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HR Information Archive

Retirement workshop: Get a Head Start

Now, more than ever, it is imperative you have the information necessary to plan effectively for your retirement. Join us Thursday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m. in Olmsted Center, Rooms 310-11, for a step-by-step overview of Drake’s retirement plans. Paige Cook with TIAA will help you get a head start by explaining how TIAA can help you create an effective retirement strategy.

Attendees will earn BUILD (Bulldogs United in Learning Drake) credits and be entered into drawings for prizes each semester.

For more information, please contact Marlene Heuertz at marlene.heuertz@drake.edu.

—Marlene Heuertz, Associate Director, Benefits

News & Achievements Archive

Spanish students create informative video for community partner

The addition of courses for the new Spanish minor has yielded a valuable partnership between Drake students and Primary Health Care, a walk-in clinic located near Southridge Mall.

Students in Professor Inbal Mazar’s Spring semester class, Spanish for Healthcare Providers, shadowed language interpreters to experience the depth and breadth of their health and medical language vocabulary and usage. During this assignment, the 16 students brainstormed various ways they could give back to the organization, in thanks for the opportunity to collaborate with the clinic. They decided to create an eight-minute training video. The video outlines how to be culturally sensitive while explaining patient management of chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. The resulting video is in English with Spanish language subtitles.

The project itself was a collaborative effort between world languages and cultures and James McNab, media producer for Drake, who trained students in video production, and Sally Haack, associate professor of clinical sciences in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The video can be viewed on YouTube and is available on the world languages and cultures page.

If you have questions about world languages and cultures programs, contact Marc Pinheiro-Cadd at marc.pinheiro-cadd@drake.edu, or for questions about the Spanish for Healthcare Providers course, contact Inbal Mazar at inbal.mazar@drake.edu.

—Dorothy Pisarski, Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication

News & Achievements Archive

Faculty/staff Days: Oct. 11

All Drake faculty and staff are eligible to receive up to four complimentary tickets to the events listed below. Tickets may be picked up at the Drake Athletics Ticket Office Monday-Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or at the ticket window on game day. Must show valid Drake Card at time of pick up.

Men’s Soccer
Drake vs. Bradley
Oct. 11 at 7 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

More information is available at www.DrakeTix.com/promotions.

Questions? Call 515-271-3647 or email tickets@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Assistant Director, Ticket Operations and Donor Management

Featured Events Archive

International film series starts Sept. 25

Fall 2016 International Film Series, made possible by a gift from the Evans Foundation

Theme:  South American Politics and Human Rights
Countries:  Peru, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia
Language:  Spanish with English subtitles

Sept. 25:  No (No)
Location: Sussman Theater, lower level of Olmsted Center
Time: 2–4:30 p.m.
Topic: The “no” movement on the presidential referendum on Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet

Oct. 12:  Hija de la Laguna (Daughter of the Lake)
Location: Meredith Hall, Room 101
Time: 7–9 p.m.
Topic: An Andean woman’s efforts to save lakes from the Peruvian gold rush

Oct. 23: Los Colores de la Montaña  (The Colors of the Mountain)
Location: Sussman Theater, lower level of Olmsted Center
Time: 2–4:15 p.m.
Topic: A young man’s experience in the midst of armed military and the guerrilla rebels fighting in the Colombian countryside

Nov. 13: El Clan (The Clan)
Location: Meredith Hall, Room 101
Time: 12–2:30 p.m.
Topic: Kidnapping for ransom in 1908s Argentina

—Denise Ganpat, Administrative Assistant 2

Featured Events Archive

Fine Arts events: Week of Sept. 19

Drake Choir performs with Des Moines Symphony
The Drake Choir, the University’s select touring ensemble, will perform Beethoven’s electrifying Ninth Symphony with the Des Moines Symphony, under the direction of Maestro Joseph Giunta, on Sept. 24 (7:30 p.m.) and 25 (2:30 p.m.) at the Civic Center. The choir, which comprises 70 singers who are students in every college and school of the University, has frequently collaborated with the Des Moines Symphony and is honored to do so once again. Twelve Drake Choir alumni will also join the ensemble for these performances. A number of Drake music faculty are members of the Symphony, which was founded as the Drake University-Des Moines Symphony more than 75 years ago. Tickets for the performance can be obtained at the Symphony’s website, dmsymphony.org

Thomas Splitt in concert
Thomas Splitt, a pianist and composer who earned high acclaim for his fresh, improvisational style during the 1980s and 1990s will make his proud return to the concert stage for the first time in more than 15 years thanks in part to the efforts of Drake students. He will kick off a series of concerts on Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Harmon Fine Arts Center’s Performing Arts Hall; the performance is free and open to the public. To learn more about Splitt’s connection to Drake, visit the Drake Newsroom.

Featured Events Archive

Humanities Center Colloquium Series

The Humanities Center Colloquium Series kicks off with a lecture from En Li, assistant professor of history, on Sept. 23, 3–5 p.m., in Levitt Hall. “Betting on Empire: Examination, Lottery, and Public Life in Nineteenth-Century China” begins with a study of a civil service examination scandal in 1885. A highly organized lottery scheme, where money was bet on surnames that would pass the state’s official selection examination, spurred manipulation of the exam results. This research shows gambling became an important part of public culture in late-Qing China for its reorganization of interpersonal relations; cultivation of a self-governed society; and facilitation of exchanges in information, materials, and capital in an increasingly interconnected empire.

—Jeff Karnicky, Associate Professor of English

Featured Events Archive

This week in Drake Athletics

Come and cheer on your Bulldogs!

Men’s Tennis
Drake Invitational
Sept. 23–25
Roger Knapp Tennis Center

Rowing
Head of the Des Moines
Sept. 24 at TBA
Des Moines River

Football
Drake vs. Morehead State
Sept. 24 at 1 p.m.
Drake Stadium
*Homecoming & Parents/Family Weekend

Softball
Drake vs. Upper Iowa
Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.
Ron Buel Field

Softball
Drake vs. Minnesota
Sept. 25 at 12 p.m.
Ron Buel Field

Women’s Soccer
Drake vs. Evansville
Sept. 25 at 1 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex
*Stub Swap—Redeem your Sept. 24 football ticket stub for complimentary admission to the match

Questions? Call 515-271-3647 or email tickets@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Assistant Director, Ticket Operations and Donor Management

For Students Archive

Global Learning Scholarships now available

The Global Learning Scholarship application is live for students who are studying abroad spring 2017 and J-Term 2017. These scholarships are designed to enable students to reach their full potential as responsible global citizens. All global learning scholarships are need-based. The application deadline is Oct. 15. To learn more and to apply, visit this link. If you have any questions, please contact Maria Rohach at maria.rohach@drake.edu.

—Maria Rohach, Assistant Director, Drake Administered Programs Abroad

For Students Archive

Alpha Phi Omega recruitment week

Like service? Like meeting new people? Want to be part of a national organization that is easy to fit into your schedule? Then Alpha Phi Omega may be for you! APO Service Fraternity is having recruitment week Monday–Friday, Sept. 19–23! Come sign up or get more information in the Olmsted Breezeway 11 a.m.–4 p.m. every day during recruitment week. Questions? Email recruitment.apo.omega@gmail.com.

—Grace Baumgartner

For Students Archive

Graduate & Law Student Appreciation Days

Drake graduate and law students can get a complimentary ticket to predetermined home events this year. Branded as “Free 50” games, 50 tickets are available to each school. Students are encouraged to secure their tickets early.

Please visit www.DrakeTix.com/graduate to secure tickets with redemption codes below. Additional pricing information for law and graduate students is also available.

Redemption Codes:
Law School: LAWSTUDENT
CBPA Graduate School: CBPASTUDENT
SOE Graduate School: EDSTUDENT
SJMC Graduate School: JMCSTUDENT

Questions? Call 515-271-3647 or email tickets@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Assistant Director, Ticket Operations and Donor Management