Celebrate with Drake University professors and area alumni at a reception in Chicago on Friday, March 27. Connect with SJMC alumni and help us celebrate many accomplishments, including the promotion of SJMC Dean Kathleen Richardson, SJMC’s independent status on campus, the new Strategic Political Communication major, and the PR major’s CEPR accreditation—an honor earned by...
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Drake’s Pharm.D. program receives 8-year accreditation
The Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education has extended its accreditation of Drake University's Doctor of Pharmacy program for eight years.
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Law School Celebrates 150 Years
Recognizing the unique relationship between Drake Law and the Iowa Legislature, the Iowa Senate and House approved a resolution on Feb. 18 congratulating the Law School on its 150th anniversary and declaring the day as Drake Law School Day. While the proclamation itself might carry little legal weight, lawmakers, friends, and alumni echoed the sentiment...
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SJMC Monday Memo | March 2, 2015
Students attend Ad Summit For the fifth consecutive year, Drake Ad Majors attended the Student Advertising Summit (SAS) in Minneapolis. Close to 300 students from 7 states attended the all-day event that included two keynote speakers, your choice of four out of twelve workshops, three round table networking sessions, recruiting tables, portfolio reviews and agency...
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SJMC Monday Memo | Feb. 23, 2015
Studying Abroad Twenty-three SJMC students are studying abroad this semester, in New Zealand, Australia, Italy, Austria, London, Peru, Russia, Costa Rica, Spain, Ireland. Mari Moroz (below) is in Rome, where her walk to school takes her past ancient Roman ruins. Read her blog. Good news Austin Cannon, a news-Internet junior, landed a highly competitive internship through...
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Drake students win advertising awards
Two pairs of Drake University Advertising students were awarded Silver prizes at the American Advertising Awards show Saturday night in downtown Des Moines. Melanie Buck and April Tan won the Silver award in the Digital Advertising category for an iPad ad they developed for the Masters of Communication Leadership program. Hannah Erickson and Amanda Seiberlich were...
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Iowa Legislature congratulates Drake Law on 150 years
The Iowa Senate and House approved resolutions Wednesday congratulating Drake University on the 150th anniversary of the founding of its law school.
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SJMC Monday Memo | Feb. 16, 2015
We rock! Advertising students Melanie Buck and Amanda Seiberlich have been notified that they have won Addy awards in the local American Advertising Federation contest this month. They will find out during the awards ceremony Feb. 21 whether they have won gold or silver. Congratulations, Melanie and Amanda! Visiting Professionals Journalist and host of “The...
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Nine honorees have Drake ties in Business Record’s “Forty Under 40” list
Congratulations to nine members of the Drake community who were named to the Des Moines Business Record’s “Forty Under 40” class for 2015.
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Drake’s Pharm.D. Program Receives 8 Year Accreditation
The Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences is pleased to report that its Pharm.D. program is accredited until June 30, 2023, as determined by the ACPE Board of Directors at their January meeting. This eight-year accreditation term is the maximum available to pharmacy programs and represents the high quality of the CPHS pharmacy program...