The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center at Drake University, home of CHARACTER COUNTS!, is proud to declare October 20–26, 2019 as National CHARACTER COUNTS! Week. This annual recognition, dating to 1993, was initially created and continues to be bolstered by the United States Senate’s passage of a joint resolution declaring the third full week...
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Drake ranked highly in its first year as a ‘National University’ in U.S. News & World Report’s Best Colleges survey
Drake University made its debut in the “National Universities” category in U.S. News & World Report’s 2020 Best Colleges survey, ranking among the top third of the nation’s most prestigious universities. U.S. News places Drake at #130 among 402 of the nation’s elite private and public doctoral institutions, a list that includes Princeton, Harvard, Columbia,...
120+ Bulldogs Volunteer for DU Good Day 2019
On September 21, over 120 Bulldogs showed up in 11 locations across the country to volunteer at local nonprofits for Drake’s annual day of service, DU Good Day. “DU Good Day is a great reminder that there are easy ways to positively contribute to the community we live in. I’ve been blessed by the community...
Drake Law School named to preLaw Magazine’s 2019 Employment at Law Firms Honor Roll
Drake University Law School received the number two spot on preLaw magazine’s list of top schools for employment in Small Law, defined as firms with 100 or fewer attorneys. According to preLaw, schools that do well in Small Law are commended because of the effort it takes to establish relationships with such firms, since they...