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Featured Events Archive

The Comparison Project to host a Community Interfaith Dialogue on death and dying

The Comparison Project will host a Community Interfaith Dialogue on death and dying, moderated by Norma Hirsch, Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University.

Panelists:
Robert Aubrey, Chaplain (retired), Unity Point & Broadlawns
David Kaufman, Rabbi, Temple B’nai Jeshurun
Yogesh Shah, Associate Dean, Des Moines University

February 11, 7 p.m.
Dunn’s Chapel, Iles Funeral Homes
2121 Grand Ave, DSM

How do the religions of the world understand death and dying? What rituals do they practice as preparation for death and in response to death? What effects has the “medicalization of death” had on these traditional understandings and practices? And what does the medical community need to know about traditional religious theologies and rituals related to death and dying?

The Comparison Project’s Community Interfaith Dialogue will explore these questions from the perspectives of Judaism, Catholicism, and Buddhism. Our moderator and panelists will focus particularly on the tensions between traditional theologies and rituals of death and the way in which death has increasingly become the domain of medicine and law. There will be ample time for questions from the audience.
More information on this event and others from The Comparison Project is available at https://comparisonproject.wp.drake.edu/.

Featured Events Archive

Chemistry lecture on “Interactions of MG132 with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes” 

February 12, 2016
Harvey Ingham Room 134: 12–12:50 p.m.
Taylor A. Harville and Matthew Zwier Ph.D. (Mentor), both of the Department of Chemistry, Drake University

Title: “Interactions of MG132 with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes”

Abstract: MG132 is a drug used to prevent the breakdown of bone density caused by overactive osteoclastic bone resorption. The drug exhibits a burst release mechanism when delivered via a calcium phosphate based cement. It has since been shown that when multiwalled carbon nanotubes are present in the calcium phosphate based cement the release of MG132 is slowed to a more sustained release. The proposed mechanism of interaction between the drug and the multiwalled carbon nanotubes were based on the hydrophobic effect or on the π-stacking of the phenyl group of MG132 with the delocalized electrons of the nanotubes. The basis of this research is to determine more exactly the interactions between MG132 and the multiwalled carbon nanotubes using molecular dynamics simulations. The results to date show that the diffusion of MG132 along the multiwalled carbon nanotubes are mostly dominated by the drugs interactions with water. The non-solvent interactions were shown to be a combination of the hydrophobic effect, the van Der Waals interactions, and the π-stacking interactions.

 

Featured Events Archive

Choir Benefit Concert to support the choir tour to Latvia, Estonia, and Finland in May 2016

Aimee Beckmann-Collier, Ellis and Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor of Conducting, leads the Drake Choir and more than 80 Drake Choir alumni in a fundraising concert on Feb. 20 in Sheslow Auditorium.

The Choir Benefit Concert will support the choir tour to Latvia, Estonia, and Finland in May 2016.

Aimee Beckmann-Collier, conductor

Featuring vocal jazz, Broadway tunes, opera, pop, folk music, and a variety of choral works sung by the Drake Choir as a whole as well as individual students. In addition, more than 80 Drake Choir alumni will return to sing with the current choir.

Saturday, February 20, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main
$25 per person
Tickets are available online at:
www.drake.edu/choralperformances.

Please order tickets by February 12.

For Students Archive

Have an upcoming speech or presentation? Visit the Drake Speaking Center

Your personal speech coach is now located in Cowles Library.

The Speaking Center is a tutoring service to assist students in preparing speeches and presentations. We offer a library of resources and peer tutoring sessions. From planning to practice and from brainstorming to visual aids, we will help you with your group or individual class assignments, business presentations, or speech-related events unrelated to coursework.

Monday, Wednesday: 3–8:30 p.m.

Tuesday: 10 a.m.–1 p.m.

Thursday: 10 am–1 p.m. and 4–6 p.m.

Friday: 3–5 p.m.

Cowles Library, Room 18

For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit: http://library.drake.edu/speaking

For Students Archive

Convergence Space

Want to help create a makerspace on campus? Convergence is for people who want to make things or make things happen. Come to Lower Olmsted at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10 to learn about working with like-minded students from across campus to create a convergence space where you can work on innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship.

Pizza and other refreshments will be served. Questions? Email jpec@drake.edu

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Tax forms for student workers now available

If you worked on campus during 2015, you will need a W2 to complete your taxes.

The 2015 W2 form is available on blueView. Forms can be accessed through two methods:

1. Go to blueView’s Student Employee tab, and look to the left for “Payroll Information.” You will have a link for the Electronic W2.

OR

2. In blueView, go up to myDUSIS (by blackboard). Click into the Employee section, and proceed into Tax Forms. You will then have a link for “W-2 Year End Earnings Statement” and you will be able to select 2015.

Please note, only you have access to your W2 statement. Your parents do not have access to your W2 statement through their blueView access. If they need a copy, you will need to provide it to them. If you have questions, you can email student.employment@drake.edu.

—Submitted by Debra Wiley, Assistant Director, Human Resources

For Students Archive

Confidential advocate office hours on campus

A professional advocate and supervisor for Drake VIP (Violence Intervention Partners) now has office hours on campus each Tuesday from 2:30 – 4:30 p.m. in Cowles Library, Room 109. An advocate is a confidential resource who can provide support, talk through options, and address concerns related to sexual misconduct or dating/domestic violence impacting you or someone you know. If this time is not convenient, please email melissau@stopdvsa.org to schedule an alternate time.

—Submitted by Alysa Mozak, Coordinator for Sexual Violence Response & Healthy Relationship Promotion

For Staff Archive

February staff anniversaries

All Staff Council recognizes the following staff celebrating anniversaries this month:

Emma Akerly, University Communications
Tricia Atterberg, Art and Design
Lisa Boes, Center for Professional Studies
Justin Bohn, Athletics
Armando Davila, Facility Services
Jonathan Dixon, ITS
Lauren Dixson, Alumni and Development
Anthony Doss, Facility Services
James Gieseke, Student Financial Planning
Emily Hamilton, I Have A Dream Foundation
Matthew Haydon, ITS
Daniel Hostager, Athletics
Aggie Jones, School of Education
Antonio Joya, Facility Services
Danette Kenne, Graduate Programs
Kelly Kennedy, Head Start
Jeffrey Kluever, Robert D. & Billie Ray Center
Donna Knight-Donovan, Office of Student Accounts
Tom McCarthy, Facility Services
John Meyer, Athletics
Thomas Mills, Facility Services
Carl Olsen, ITS
Brenda Kay Rodriguez, University Communications
Steven Rogers, Facility Services
Georgia Sheriff, Robert D & Billie Ray Center
Terri Smith, Office of Student Accounts
Nicolle Smith, Head Start
Jennifer Spacek, Head Start
Todd Stepsis, Athletics
Melissa Sturm-Smith, Provost’s Office
Joshua Tatman, Facility Services
Terry Thorpe, Extended Campus Programs
Anne Triplett, Office of Admission
Daniel Walker, Facility Services
Suzanne Wisslead, Office of Admissions
Craig Zika, Facility Services