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New series for faculty, staff focuses on safety and inclusion

Through a collaboration between the Public Safety, Title IX and Violence Prevention, and Equity and Inclusion departments, Human Resources is excited to offer a new series of programming focused on safety and inclusion. The program will make our own campus experts accessible to faculty and staff to talk about how we can all make our community feel safe and inclusive.

Mark your calendar for the brown-bag lunch series, which will include five sessions throughout the year:

Sept. 12: Drake Public Safety
Oct. 10: Equity and Inclusion part 1
Nov. 14: Title IX/Prevention part 1
Feb. 13: Equity and Inclusion part 2
March 13: Title IX/Prevention part 2

All programs will take place in Turner Jazz Center starting at noon. Those who attend will enter a drawing for Hubbell Dining Hall and annual parking passes.

Mary Alice Hill, Human Resources

For Students Archive

Undergraduate student leadership opportunities

We know that developing leadership skills is crucial in preparing you for your Drake college experience and for your future career. To that end, here are two leadership opportunities offered exclusively to Drake students through the Donald V. Adams Leadership Institute on campus.

Emerging Leaders Model
Are you a first-year student interested in leadership? Apply to participate in the Emerging Leaders Model (ELM) this fall. This seven-week workshop series provides first-year Drake students an opportunity to gain leadership skills and prepare for their future leadership roles on campus, all while exploring valuable tools to lead effectively as a college student through “The Student Leadership Challenge.”

Attend an information session to learn more:
• Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 4 p.m., Olmsted, Room 312
• Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 9 a.m., Olmsted, Room 312

Ready to Apply? Submit your ELM application by Sept. 13. For questions, contact Kristin Economos, director of student leadership programs, at kristin.economos@drake.edu. Find more information.

Adams Academy
Are you interested in enhancing your student leadership skills? The Adams Academy is a signature program offered exclusively to Drake sophomore, junior (P1), and senior (P2) student leaders. This semester-long leadership program will enhance your leadership skills through educational workshops, interactive activities, and guest speakers from across the Drake and greater Des Moines communities. Students who participate in the Adams Academy will:

• Enhance your leadership knowledge and skills
• Identify strengths and areas of weakness as a leader
• Build authentic and inclusive relationships with other student leaders
• Join a network of 1,400+ Adams Academy graduates
• Learn more from faculty and staff in leadership roles across campus

Attend an information session to learn more:
• Tuesday, Sept. 11, at 12 p.m., Olmsted Center, Drake Room
• Wednesday, Sept. 12, at 3 p.m., Olmsted Center, TMR 132
• Friday, Sept. 14, at 9 a.m., Olmsted Center, Drake Room

Ready to Apply? Submit your Adams Academy application by Sept. 16.

For questions, contact Kristin Economos, director of student leadership programs, at kristin.economos@drake.edu. Find more information.

Kristin Economos, Student Leadership Programs

HR Information Archive

Welcome new Bulldogs

Please join Human Resources in welcoming several new full-time employees to the Bulldog family during the month of August.

Andrew Beall, Women’s Basketball Manager, Athletics
Madelyn (Mady) Schmidt, Assistant Volleyball Coach (formerly P/T), Athletics
Sarah Michaud, Athletic Trainer, Athletics
Lindsay Crevoiserat, Assist. Coach, Women’s C.C./Dist. Track & Field, Athletics
John Hollimon, Assistant Men’s Tennis Coach, Athletics
Madeleine (Maddie) Johnson, Assistant Women’s Tennis Coach, Athletics
Jordan Viers, Athletics Trainer, Athletics
James (Jim) McKinney, Network Engineer, ITS
Tin Duong, Infrastructure Support Specialist, ITS
Sheena Bahls, Administrative Assistant, Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Sarah Brundrett, Manager, Ops & External Relations, Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Alisa Drapeaux, Assist. Prof., Health Sciences/Director Hlth.Sci.Exper.Edu., Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Kelsey Jones, CPSO 1, Public Safety
Ryan Grams, CPSO 2, Public Safety
Jessica (Jess) Kurtz, Administrative Assistant, Arts & Sciences
Clarissa Snapper, Gallery Coordinator, Arts & Sciences
Kevin Carlson, Assistant Professor, Kinesiology, Arts & Sciences
Cheryl Jones, Assistant Professor, Chemistry, Arts & Sciences
Heather Falter, Assistant Professor, Music Education, Arts & Sciences
Erika Iverson, Visiting Assistant Prof. Law, Politics & Society, Arts & Sciences
Kieran Williams, Visiting Assistant Professor, Politics, Arts & Sciences
Neil Steinburg, Visiting Assistant Professor, Mathematics, Arts & Sciences
Matthew Canfield, Assistant Professor, Law, Politics & Society, Arts & Sciences
Adam Yankowy, Visiting Assistant Professor, Theatre Arts, Arts & Sciences
Bret Lang, Visiting Instructor, Environmental Science, Arts & Sciences
Cara Schwarz, Laboratory Assistant, Chemistry, Arts & Sciences
Emily Schoenrock, Head Start Teacher, Head Start
Amy Bentley, Policy Director, Harkin Institute
Vinay Harpalani, Visiting Professor of Law, Con. Law, Law School
Mark Bennett, Director of the Institute of Justice Reform, Law School
Shelly Hamlin-Rodrick, Administrative Assistant, Law School
Whitney Goodman, Administrative Assistant, Law School
Janelle Ausenhus, Assistant Professor, Applied Behavior Analysis, School of Education
Matthew (Matt) Stout, HVAC Mechanic, Facilities Planning and Management
Kathrine Beers, Assistant Director, Admissions Regional CO, Office of Admissions

Laura Schwarz, Human Resources

For Students Archive

Training session tomorrow on new career management software

This summer, Professional and Career Development Services upgraded its career management software by replacing Career bluePrint and moving to Handshake. We are excited about this upgrade and all the new features and services it will make possible for students.

Training Session
All are invited to attend a training session on tomorrow, Sept. 12, at 5 p.m. in Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center. Professional and Career Development Services will hold other training sessions within the colleges throughout the fall.

Student Access
Students can access Handshake by logging in to myDrake and clicking on the Handshake icon under Campus Resources. Use the Single Sign-On feature to log in.

Why Handshake?
We chose Handshake because of the wealth of features and functionality it offers.

• A customizable, personalized experience similar to that of LinkedIn or Facebook
• An intuitive design that’s easy to learn and use
• A set of fast and powerful search tools for job seekers
• The ability to have access to jobs on a local, regional, and national scale
• Better access to internships and other career development opportunities
• An iOS ready mobile app

For more information or if you have questions, contact your PCDS liaison at drake.edu/career/contact.

Crystal Stanley, Academic Excellence and Student Success

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Training session tomorrow on new career management software

This summer, Professional and Career Development Services  upgraded our career management software by replacing Career bluePrint and moving to Handshake. This new technology provides significant improvements to online recruiting, events management, and communication services functions. We are excited about this upgrade and all the new features and services it will make possible for our students, alumni, employers, and the broader Drake community.

Training Session
All interested faculty and staff are invited to attend a training session tomorrow, Sept. 12, at 5 p.m. in Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center. Additional training sessions within the colleges will be offered throughout the fall.

Accessing the System
Interested faculty and staff are welcome to create a student account on Handshake. For more information, or if you have questions, contact your Professional and Career Development Services liaison at drake.edu/career/contact.

Why Handshake?
We chose Handshake because of the wealth of features and functionality it offers to our users. For example, Handshake provides:

  • A customizable, personalized experience similar to that of LinkedIn or Facebook
  • An intuitive design that’s easy to learn and use
  • A set of fast and powerful search tools for both job seekers and recruiters
  • The ability to have access to jobs on a local, regional, and national scale
  • Better access to internships and other career development opportunities
  • An iOS ready mobile app

Crystal Stanley, Academic Excellence and Student Success

Featured Events Archive

The Comparison Project: Miracles as Stories

On Thursday, Sept. 13, at 7 p.m. in Sussman Theater, The Comparison Project will host its first lecture in its fall 2018 series on miracles, which will be delivered by Kenneth Woodward.

Kenneth Woodward served as Religion Editor of Newsweek for 38 years. In addition to some 100 cover stories for Newsweek, his articles, essays, and book reviews have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, Commonweal, First Things, America, The Nation, and The Weekly Standard. Among his numerous awards are the National Magazine Award, the Pulitzer Prize of the magazine industry, and the Robert E. Griffin Award for Outstanding Achievements in the Art of Writing from the University of Notre Dame, his alma mater. Mr. Woodward is the author of four books, including his recently published “Getting Religion: Faith, Culture and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to Ascent of Trump,” which is available in paperback after his lecture.

In his lecture, Mr. Woodward will emphasize the essentially narrative character of miracles, whether they are found in sacred literature or in personal experience. In doing so, he will draw on two of his own books, “The Book of Miracles: The Meaning of the Miracle Stories in Christianity, Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam,” and “Making Saints: How the Catholic Church Determines Who Becomes a Saint, Who Doesn’t, and Why,” the latter of which contains a chapter on how church authorities validate miraculous claims.

Monique Rodriguez, College of Arts and Sciences

Featured Events Archive

Meet My Religious Neighbor

Meet My Religious Neighbor is a monthly open-house series. Each open house allows the public the opportunity to tour a sacred space, learn how religion is practiced in it, and meet the congregation who worships there.

On Friday, Sept. 14, at 1:30 p.m., the first open house of the fall semester will occur at the Shafia Islamic and Cultural Center for their jummah sermon and prayers. Shafia is a relatively new (2014) Somali mosque with Sufi influence. It is located at 1425 University Avenue in Des Moines. Many of its members are refugees, victims of persecution by Al-Shabaab in Somalia. For more information about the mosque, see the entry by Drake student Runal Patel on The Comparison Project website.

Men should enter through the back side (non-University) of the mosque; women, through the front (University). After the prayers have ended women and men together can learn about the community’s distinctive practice of Islam. To respect the customs and rules of the mosque, women should cover their hair and have arms covered to wrists and legs covered to ankles. Men should not wear shorts. Also, men should avoid touching women and vice versa (handshaking included). If you want more information, please contact Tim Knepper at tim.knepper@drake.edu.

Monique Rodriguez, College of Arts and Sciences

 

For Students Archive

International Opportunities at Drake Luncheon

Considering a career, internship, or study abroad? Want to learn more about how Drake can prepare you to be competitive and worldly in today’s globalized world? Join us for the International Opportunities at Drake Luncheon on Wednesday, Sept. 19, at 11:30 a.m. in Medbury Honors Lounge. Lunch is provided by Drake International. Learn more about what employers in international fields are looking for, and how you can use your four years at Drake to prepare for such opportunities, including study abroad, simulation club, internationally relevant internships, and much more. All are welcome! Co-sponsored by the Department of Political Science, the Department of World Languages & Cultures, the International Business program, and the Global and Comparative Public Health concentration. If you have any questions, contact Professor Mary M. McCarthy at mary.mccarthy@drake.edu.

Mary M. McCarthy, Department of Political Science

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Learning Symposium kicks off faculty and staff academic year

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

Campus Announcements Archive

Define the Line. Respect the Line: Resources available online

Drake’s Title IX webpage is a one-stop resource for information, resources, and policies addressing sexual and interpersonal misconduct, including sexual violence or assault, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, dating/domestic violence, or stalking.  The webpage includes the Sexual and Interpersonal Misconduct policy, resources for support, options for reporting, and assistance with safety, housing, or classes or with finding information about our processes and policies.

If you have questions about sexual and interpersonal misconduct, or if you would like to learn more about prevention efforts or Drake’s policies and procedures, please contact the Title IX Coordinator, Katie Overberg (271-2982 or titleix@drake.edu) or the Violence Prevention Coordinator, Lynne Cornelius (271-4141 or prevention@drake.edu).

Define the Line. Respect the Line. is a Drake initiative to raise awareness of prevention efforts as well as resources and support the University provides as it pertains to sexual and interpersonal misconduct. Define the Line. Respect the Line. emphasizes that while everybody has the right to determine their own line, there is one clear line at Drake: sexual or interpersonal misconduct is not tolerated, accepted, or ignored. Think, talk, learn, listen, and act in a way that respects this line—we are all part of Drake.

Katie Overberg, Title IX Coordinator, and Lynne Cornelius, Violence Prevention Coordinator