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Fine Arts events: Week of Oct. 3

Drake Symphony Orchestra to present all-Russian concert
Drake Symphony Orchestra’s first concert of the season will be Sunday, Oct. 9, at 7:30 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium; it will be an all-Russian concert. The program will open with Mossorgskys Khovanshchila’s “Dawn Over the River Moscow.” The Drake String Ensemble will then perform Kalinikov’s Serenade for Strings. The evening concludes with Rimsky-Korsakov’s “Symphony No. 1.”

Drake Chamber Choir to perform “Requiem”
The Drake Chamber Choir will perform Gabriel Faure’s radiant “Requiem” with a professional orchestra and choirs from Valley, Waukee, Urbandale, and Dowling Catholic high schools on Sunday, Oct. 9, 3 p.m., at St. Ambrose Cathedral, 607 High St., in downtown Des Moines. A pre-concert session will be given by Tim Knepper, professor of philosophy, and Dr. Allen Zagoren, associate professor of practice in public administration, at 1:45 p.m. in the St. Ambrose Parish Center, located immediately west of the church. There is no admission charge for the concert or pre-concert session, although a freewill offering will be taken to help defray concert expenses.

Department of Theatre Arts presents Doubt: a parable
Drake Department of Theatre Arts is opening their 2016-2017 season October 6 with the controversial, religious drama, Doubt: a parable by John Patrick Shanley.

Doubt: a parable runs Thursday, Oct. 6 through Sunday, Oct. 9 in the Coleman Studio Theatre of the Harmon Fine Arts Center. Performances will start at 7:30 p.m. on Oct. 6-Oct. 8 and 2 p.m. on Oct 9. Admission is $8 for adults and $6 for students and senior citizens. Tickets are available at the Fine Arts Box Office as well as online. Visit http://drake.edu/fineartsboxoffice/ or call 515-271-3841 for more information. To read more about the production, visit the Drake Newsroom.

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Join the Healthiest State Walk

Faculty, staff, and students are invited to join this year’s Healthiest State Walk on Wednesday, Oct. 5. This one kilometer (0.62 mile) walk is part of the Healthiest State Initiative and its goal of making Iowa the healthiest state in the nation.

We will meet at the north entrance of Cowles Library at 12:15 p.m. on Oct. 5. All participants will be given a map of the route and a raffle ticket for a chance to win some great prizes! If it rains, we will walk on the indoor track at Knapp.

It only takes around 12 minutes to walk a kilometer so we encourage everyone to take a few minutes away from work or studies and participate in this fun event. If interested, please email Linda Feiden at linda.feiden@drake.edu.

—Linda Feiden, Human Resources

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Sussman Fall Leadership Conference

Controversy with Civility 
Saturday, Oct. 8
10 a.m.–2 p.m.

Register here: http://bit.ly/sussmanfall16 

Keynote by Joshua Fredenburg 
Emotional fitness is absolutely essential for success in the personal, career, and leadership arenas. In this keynote, you’ll learn more about emotions and how to manage them more effectively in stressful, challenging, and pressure-filled moments as a leader. The people who have learned about this concept have watched as conflict turns into something they deal with directly, rather than avoid.

Students from all leadership levels (emerging to lots of experience) are welcome! Breakout topics include:

  • Strategic planning
  • Stress management
  • Managing a dysfunctional team
  • Getting your team through transition and change

—Meghan Blancas, Office of Student Involvement & Leadership

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Eat lunch with Senator Ernst at The Harkin Institute

Every semester, The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement offers a small, intimate group of Drake students the opportunity to meet with local, state, and national leaders for food and conversation. This student lunch and reception series provides undergraduate, graduate, pharmacy, and law students with the networking opportunity of meeting informally with a leader in policy, government, business, and nonprofit industries.
For the third event in this series this semester, we will bring Senator Joni Ernst to the institute for lunch on Wednesday, Oct. 19. The event is from 10:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. in The Harkin Institute office at 2429 University Ave.

Apply here by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 12, for the opportunity to have lunch with Senator Ernst.

Senator Joni Ernst has dedicated her life to Iowa and her country, having served in the military for more than 23 years and now in the U.S. Senate. She was elected as the first woman to serve in federal elected office from Iowa and also became the first female combat veteran elected to Senate. Senator Ernst was raised on a farm in Montgomery County and graduated from Iowa State University, where she joined ROTC. After graduating, she joined the U.S. Army Reserves, and in 2003, she served as a company commander in Kuwait and Iraq, leading 150 Iowa Army National Guardsmen during Operation Iraqi Freedom. In November 2015, Senator Ernst retired as Lieutenant Colonel in the Iowa Army National Guard. She served in local and state government positions before running for the U.S. Senate in 2014. Senator Ernst prides herself on bringing her small-town Iowa values of hard work, service, and sacrifice to Washington, D.C.

—Erin Austin, Harkin Institute

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Blackboard emails and Microsoft’s Clutter feature

A number of emails from Blackboard have been accidentally filtered into students’ Clutter folders instead of their inboxes. Clutter is a new Microsoft feature that is intended to help filter junk email. Please be sure to check this folder regularly to see if you’re missing any important classroom communications. For more information on how to use the Clutter feature, please view this Clutter tutorial.

—Carla Herling, Information Technology Services

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Advisor Resource Network (ARN) October session

Hello Student Organization Advisors! The Advisor Resource Network (ARN) is back for its second session. The ARN is a time for those who advise student organizations—or those who are interested—to come together and talk about various topics pertinent to advising student organizations. The October session will focus on student development theory. Sessions will be held at various times to accommodate varying schedules. You need only register for one. You can register for a session by clicking on the links below. Registration is not required, but greatly appreciated. Questions? Contact Kodee Wright at kodee.wright@drake.edu.

Session 2—All sessions held in the Drake Room, Olmsted Center
Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2–2:50 p.m.  
Thursday, Oct. 20, 12–12:50 p.m.
Friday, Oct. 28, 10–10:50 a.m.

—Kodee Wright, Office of Student Involvement and Leadership