Faculty and staff who attended the Drake Learning Symposium were introduced to an array of strategies to help navigate difficult conversations in both the classroom and in the workplace. Keynote speaker Dr. Kathy Obear was a dynamic and knowledgeable facilitator, addressing an audience of over 120 Drake employees.

Feedback from the event included a request by many for additional training and ways to carry the information into departments across campus. Those who attended received a packet of information with website links for free access to Dr. Obear’s books, resources to accompany the books, and webinars. Any of these might be used for additional small group work. Please contact Drinda Williams if you need these links.

In addition, the classroom and workplace scenarios generated by those in attendance have been recorded, and may be used for small group discussion or problem solving. Please contact Drinda Williams if you would like these scenarios.

The Learning Symposium was followed by this year’s first Drake Social in the Cline atrium. President Marty Martin welcomed new and returning faculty and staff, and shared some ways employees will be engaging with the Drake Values throughout the year.

See the Learning Symposium web page for more information.

Drinda Williams, Office of the Provost

The first session in our series on grant writing and research, is tomorrow, Sept. 12, in TMR 133 from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The topic is Grant Writing and Finding Funding. There is no need to register.

Art Sanders, Associate Provost

The first of this semester’s online learning sessions is Thursday, Sept. 13, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in the Drake Room, Upper Olmsted. The topic of the session is Cheating. You should have received a document that will guide discussion.

Art Sanders, Associate Provost

The Speaking Center opened yesterday, Sept. 10. For more information, please contact Joan McCalister at joan.mcalister@drake.edu. 

Art Sanders, Associate Provost

Clive Elliott – theatre artist, beloved educator, and friend – passed away on Sept. 1, 2018, at Fountain West Health Care Center in West Des Moines. He was 82.

Clive began an association with the Theatre Department at Drake in 1982 when he started as a visiting director and performer. He officially joined the Drake faculty full-time in 1990 as the Daniel B. Goldberg Artist in Residence. He remained for nearly 23 years, teaching, directing, and occasionally performing in productions before retiring in 2012. Clive touched the lives of countless students at Drake; his performance of the Lewis Carrol poem “Jabberwocky” (from Alice in Wonderland) was a perennial favorite at the orientation assembly for new students. Clive also shared his talents with the community by directing Shakespeare plays, performing character roles in ballet productions, and adjudicating student performances for the Iowa High School Speech Association’s annual competitions.

Clive had a passion for classical music, art, and poetry. His guilty pleasures were coffee, kids movies, and anything chocolate. He was a voracious reader and he had a wonderful gift for storytelling. Clive didn’t keep scrapbooks. He never wrote a memoir of his remarkable life, although many of his friends urged him to do so. He took great pride in the accomplishments of his students, whether they followed his footsteps into professional theatre or found success elsewhere. They are his true legacy.

Those who wish may donate in Clive’s memory to the Drake University Theatre Department or Hospice of Central Iowa. A celebration of his life will be held later this fall – date and location to be determined. Read Clive’s full obituary.

Drake Basketball season ticket packages go on sale Thursday, Sept. 13. Drake faculty and staff receive a discount on season ticket packages. To get the best available seats all season long, purchase season tickets today.

Faculty and staff pricing can be found at www.draketix.com/season.  Discounted tickets can be purchased by visiting The Knapp Center Ticket Office and displaying your Drake Card.

For more information please contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or visit www.godrakebulldogs.com.

Ryan Harris, Athletics

All Drake faculty/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 through Friday between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or at the ticket window on game day. Faculty and staff must show a valid Drake Card at the time of pick up.

Football
Drake vs. Missouri S&T
Saturday, Sept. 15, at 1 p.m.
Drake Stadium

Volleyball
Drake vs. Northern Iowa
Friday, Sept. 21, at 7 p.m.
The Knapp Center

View more information. For questions, contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or visit godrakebulldogs.com.

Ryan Harris, Athletics