Catherine Williams, LA’61, shaped a brighter future for children and families in Iowa and around the country. Across her career in human services, she established the first foster parent group for children with developmental disabilities, provided the first statewide training program for foster parents, developed the first subsidized adoption program, and implemented Iowa’s first child...
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SJMC Monday Memo | April 5, 2021
Go All In to help Drake SJMC! This week is Drake’s annual All In giving challenge, April 8-9 (Thursday-Friday): https://all-in.drake.edu/. During this 24-hour campaign we will have two alumni challenge matches for SJMC. Suzanne BeDell, JO’ 81, will be matching all gifts to our Meredith Hall renovation up to $5,000. And Lynn and Phyllis Matson, JO ’69, LA ’69,...
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42nd Annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest® presented by Sammons Financial Returns to the Knapp Center
The annual Beautiful Bulldog Contest® presented by Sammons Financial returns to the Knapp Center Sunday, April 18, 3 p.m. for an in-person (and canine) event. This year, 20 English bulldogs will compete for the title of Most Beautiful Bulldog. The winning pooch will serve as the mascot for the 111th Drake Relays. The event is...
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Jones and Tharp selected as Granberg Award Recipients
Caroline Jones and Isabelle Tharp, third-year student pharmacists in the Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences (CPHS), were selected by a panel of pharmacy alumni as the 2021-2022 recipients of the C. Boyd Granberg Student Excellence Scholarship Award. In honor of the award’s namesake, this honor recognizes rising fourth-year student pharmacists who have...
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SJMC Monday Memo | March 29, 2021
International students hosting market this week The international students association is sponsoring an international market with food on Helmick Commons on Saturday, April 3 at 6 p.m.: https://www.facebook.com/events/903294073740070 Record your stories for All In Be on the lookout for Drake’s All-In event, happening April 8-9: https://all-in.drake.edu/. During this 24-hour campaign for Drake we will have two alumni...
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Standing in Solidarity (March 22, 2021)
Dear students and colleagues, The murders in Atlanta of eight individuals, six of whom were women of Asian heritage, has sparked a national conversation about the growing tide of hate and violence in our country directed towards individuals of Asian and Pacific Island decent. On Friday, President Biden and Vice President Harris traveled to Atlanta...
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SJMC Monday Memo | March 22, 2021
Keep up with Covid testing The end of the pandemic is in sight, but we aren’t there yet until more members of our community are vaccinated. When you are contacted by the University contact-tracing team, please take a Covid test when requested. We’ve done such a great job keeping Drake safe, we don’t want to...
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SJMC Monday Memo | March 15, 2021
Deadline to declare change of major Monday, March 29 is the deadline to declare/change a major ahead of advising season. Contact SJMC dean’s assistant Mallory Quinn with any questions. Respond to the Drake Student Survey The Drake Student Survey provides valuable feedback to the University and to Drake SJMC about the student experience. It drives changes and also provides information...
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“Rethinking Rights to Protect Democracy in the Digital Age”- Drake Constitutional Law Center’s spring 2021 Distinguished Lecture featuring Prof. Erika George
Professor Erika George will present “Rethinking Rights to Protect Democracy in the Digital Age: Reflections on Incitement and Inequality” as part of the Congressionally endowed Drake University Constitutional Law Center’s Distinguished Lecture Series. The event will be delivered virtually on Thursday, Mar. 25 at 3 p.m. CST. The lecture is free and open to the...
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SJMC Monday Memo | March 8, 2021
First Amendment trial being held at Drake Des Moines Register reporter Andrea Sahouri is scheduled to go on trial starting today, Monday, March 8, at the Drake Legal Clinic. Her trial will be livestreamed at live.drake.edu. Sahouri was arrested last summer while covering the Black Lives Matter protests in Des Moines. Andrea’s alma mater, Columbia Journalism...