Iowa caucus season is always a lively time on the Drake campus, and this year is turning out to provide an unusually rich number of opportunities for students. A group of 20 journalists from around the world were on campus Sept. 24, hosted by the Iowa International Center. The group met with SJMC Dean Kathleen Richardson to discuss journalism education and open government issues and with political science professor Dennis Goldford, the Harkin Institute’s Flansburg Fellow, to learn about the caucuses. They also attended SJMC professor Lee Jolliffe’s first year seminar, Grassroots Politics on a Global Stage.

—Submitted by Kathleen Richardson, Dean, School of Journalism and Mass Communication