Guest Speaker for Learning Symposium

I am pleased to announce that our guest presenter for the afternoon session of the Learning Symposium will be Jennifer Godinez (AS ’97). Jennifer Godinez is associate director of Minnesota Education Equity Partnership (MnEEP). As associate director, she co-leads MnEEP and is responsible for key initiatives and program evaluation. Prior to joining Minnesota Education Equity Partnership, she served as executive director of La Escuelita and is founding chair of the Latino Scholarship Fund of Minnesota. She has in-depth experience in youth development, college access program development, race equity policy and strategy development, and education policy development. At Drake she was a Multicultural Cowles Scholar, with a sociology major and multicultural studies concentration. She also holds an M.P.P. from the Hubert H. Humphrey School of Public Policy, which she attended as a Public Policy and International Affairs Fellow. She will talk with us about her academic and professional journey in developing pathways of cultural responsiveness, inclusivity, and equity action.

While I am at it, I remind you to register for the 2016 Drake University Learning Symposium.

2016 Learning Symposium: “Inclusive Excellence ”
August 19, 2016 8 a.m.–3 p.m.
Sheraton West Des Moines
1800 50th Street, West Des Moines

Click on this link to register and select the sessions you would like to attend—space is limited by the size of the rooms.

We hope you join us at the Symposium to welcome our new provost into the learning community that is Drake University.

Provost Mobile Office Hour
My next scheduled mobile office hour is Tuesday, May 3, 10 a.m.–noon, Cowles Cafe.

—Joe Lenz, Interim Provost