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For Students Archive

Interning in D.C.?

The Harkin Institute D.C. Experience Scholarship provides financial assistance to a Drake undergraduate student who has secured an internship in a congressional office, government agency, or nonprofit in Washington, D.C. This opportunity is open to students of every major, area of study, and political party affiliation.

The scholarship covers:

  • Travel expenses up to $500
  • Housing accommodations for a 12-week period from May to August 2017 with Washington Intern Student Housing (WISH)

Apply and learn more at drake.edu/harkininstitute/scholarship. Applications are due April 4.

—Erin Austin, The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement

News & Achievements Archive

99% of Drake grads find professional success

New data affirms that Drake does an exceptional job of preparing its alumni for professional success. Ninety-nine percent of students who graduated from Drake during the 2015–2016 academic year had a job, were enrolled in graduate or professional school, or were engaged in internships or other activities related to their professional goals within six months of completing their studies, according to a University assessment completed this month. Learn more in the Drake Newsroom.

News & Achievements Archive

CPHS news: Week of Feb. 27

Drake OTD student accepted to prestigious program
Emily Nadolny, a Drake occupational therapy doctoral candidate from Willmar, Minn., recently was chosen to attend the highly selective Second Annual Summer Institute for Future Scientists in Occupational Therapy. Learn more about Emily in the Drake Newsroom.

CPHS alumni honored
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences honored four outstanding alumni during the college’s annual Pharmacy and Health Sciences Day, held Thursday, Feb. 23 in Sheslow Auditorium.

Drake alumni Marc Baumert and Grant Knowles received the college’s Young Alumni Achievement Award, issued each year to alumni who graduated within the past 10 years. Nancy Bell and R. Mathew Hosford received the Alumni Achievement Award. Three of the alumni—Baumert, Bell, and Hosford—work in the Des Moines metro area; all have demonstrated remarkable loyalty to their alma mater and extraordinary professional success. Learn more about these remarkable alumni in the Drake Newsroom.

Featured Events Archive

“Around the World and Back: The Drake Research Experience”

When: Friday, March 3
Time: 12–12:50 p.m.
Where: Harvey Ingham, Room 134
Who: Megan Lindmark
David Courard-Hauri, Mentor
Environmental science & policy
College of Arts & Sciences

Drake offers a wide array of research opportunities to students, both on campus and around the world. This discussion will examine the variety of research students at Drake have conducted, beginning with Megan’s Drake University Science Colloquium Series summer experience investigating ecological economics via in-person interviews. They will also consider fish population assemblage in a protected fishing area in a floating village in Cambodia. Later they will examine how a May Term in Uganda grew into a full-scale, community-based water quality investigation in rural Uganda. Most importantly, the session will examine how these very different research projects have shaped the Drake Experience and can all be tied together into a comprehensive educational experience.

—Sharyn O’Connor-Beener, College of Arts & Sciences

Featured Events Archive

Spread the Word to End the Word event

Best Buddies will host Katie Meade, the first model with Down syndrome to be the face of a beauty campaign, on Thursday, March 2, from 7 to 8 p.m. She will be speaking during Spread the Word to End the Word week, which is a national movement to end the use of the ‘R’ word. She will talk about her experience with Best Buddies, her opportunities as a model, and how the ‘R’ word has impacted her. The event will be held on Pomerantz Stage in the Olmsted Center and is free for all students and the public. This event is a collaborative effort between Best Buddies, DAAC, Alpha Phi, and Student Activities Board. We look forward to seeing everyone!

—Jessica Campbell

Featured Events Archive

Choirs present pre-tour concert

The Drake Choir and Chamber Choir will present a pre-tour concert on Tuesday, Feb. 28, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. The performance will include pieces by contemporary American composers (including the premiere of a piece commissioned by the Drake Choir) as well as works by Brahms, Schütz, Gretchaninov, and Gershwin. The choirs will sing in Omaha, Lincoln, Colorado Springs, and Denver during their March 1–5 tour.

—Aimee Beckmann Collier, Department of Music