The J-Term Fair will be held on Monday, March 7, from 4:15 to 6:15 p.m. in Parents Hall in the Olmsted Center. This is an opportunity for the Drake community to learn more about J-Term classes, housing, registration, and finances.
— Submitted by Associate Provost Arthur Sanders
What: “The Invisible Curfew: Women’s Fear & Use of Public Space during China’s Urbanization,” featuring Global Practitioner-in-Residence Peiqin Zhou
When: March 1, 7-8:30 p.m.
Where: Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center
Peiqin Zhou is associate professor and deputy chair in the Dept. of Sociology at Nanjing University in China. She is serving as visiting Global Practitioner-in-Residence in Drake’s Department for the Study of Culture and Society. Zhou studies urban women’s use of public space in China and how fear affects young women in a low-density suburb. Due to “the shadow of sexual assault,” women usually show more fear of crime, measures to avoid victimization, and negative impacts on their lives. The crucial factor triggering fear is the lack of informal social control, which is partly due to the architecture design embodied by modern functionalism and partly due to the homogeneity of social life. She argues that women’s spatial experience will improve if more informal social control is put into effect, but a more profound sociological imagination is called on to better understand this issue.
Sponsor: The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship.
— Submitted by Denise Ganpat, Center for Global Citizenship
What is reproductive justice? Faculty and students from Law, Politics and Society and Women’s Gender Studies host Loretta Ross and Ricki Solinger. The two will have a conversation about reproductive justice, its meaning, its importance and its place at Drake. Join them March 2 at 7 p.m. on Pomerantz stage in the Olmsted Center.
Learn more about the speakers here.
—Submitted by Renee Cramer, Associate Professor Law, Politics and Society/Department Chair
The Drake Choir and Chamber Choir will perform a pre-tour concert on Tuesday, March 8, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium before embarking on a tour to Minnesota, March 9–13, with evening concerts in Winona, Collegeville, and St. Louis Park. The choirs’ tour repertoire includes music by contemporary American composers, works by Handel and Bruckner, as well as a particularly enticing piece by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds, with whom the ensembles will work when they tour Latvia, Estonia, and Finland in May. There is no charge for the evening concerts but a freewill offering will be taken.
—Submitted by Aimee Beckmann-Collier, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor of Conducting
Midterm grading for non-Law School courses will open on March 1 and will be due at 10 a.m. on March 21. Students will be able to view their midterm grades as soon as instructors submit them. My sincere thanks to all instructors who submit their grades on time.
—Submitted by Kevin Moenkhaus, Director, Student Records and Academic Information
On Friday, March 4, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. in the Olmsted Breezeway, Be The Match On Campus will be holding a bone marrow registry drive. Be The Match On Campus is a new student organization that focuses on holding bone marrow registry drives and spreading awareness of the need for committed, diverse members on the registry. Sign up is free and only requires an ID. The sign up process will include a form and cheek swabs to gather DNA for the registry. If you have any questions, you can contact Be The Match On Campus President, Elena Dietz at elena.dietz@drake.edu.
-Submitted by Elena Dietz
All students (and their siblings) are invited to improve their personal wellness through participation in a FREE 2K Glow Fun Run across campus on Friday, March 4 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Helmick Commons. All runners receive free glow accessories and a water bottle! Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., and you can check out the Wellness Fair featuring Drake organizations from 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more information, please email wellness@drake.edu.
-Submitted by Kaitlin Brueggen
Filmakers Library Online provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum (brought to you by Cowles Library). It presents points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions world-wide. Read more on the Cowles Library blog.
-Submitted by Bruce Gilbert, Director, Library Operations and Technology/Professor of Librarianship
What: “End of the Commodities Super Cycle: Implications for the U.S. Presidential Election, the World Economy, and Beyond,” a panel discussion featuring Jim McCaughan and Bob Baur (Principal Financial Group), Paul Schickler (DuPont Pioneer), and moderator Kavilash Chawla (Bâton Global).
When: Tuesday, March 8, 7-8:30 p.m.
Where: Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center
The panel will provide an economist’s view on what is driving the end of the commodity super cycle and the implications for the broader global economy for 2016. Attendees will also learn how the decline in commodity prices is affecting a global commodity-related business like DuPont Pioneer and how some of the global, macroeconomic forces may impact strategic investments, growth, expansion, and strategy decisions. The panel may touch on what the end of the commodity super cycle means for a financial services firm, especially as it relates to pension and asset management. It will address how changes in the commodity sector are impacting portfolio flows, financial investors, and strategic investors. More information on panelists is available online.
Sponsored by The Principal Financial Group and the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship at Drake University.
— Denise Ganpat, Center for Global Citizenship