On Nov. 13, Drake students raised $5,000 in support of Drake’s Adult Literacy Center by organizing the Adult Spelling Bee at Olmsted Center. The event, sponsored by Bankers Trust, attracted nine corporate and Drake teams.

The students who organized the event were part of the course LEAD 100, Leadership: Influence and Change, led by Meghan Blancas and Jerry Parker; the course includes a service-learning project designed to promote positive social change at Drake and in our community. This is the second year in a row LEAD 100 has sponsored this event with assistance from the Office of Community Engagement and Service-Learning.

—Submitted by Tom Westbrook, Professor of Leadership Studies and Director of Leadership Concentration