ITS will send emails that mimic real attacks as part of its phishing education in March. As a reminder, here are some indications that an email may be dangerous:
A strange sender, or one that you don’t expect
A request to take ‘urgent’ or ‘immediate’ action
Links or attachments that don’t match the message content or that you don’t recognize
Slow down and take a second look before acting. If you receive an email that you suspect is phishing, don’t click any links, download any attachments, or reply. Instead, forward the email as an attachment to informationsecurity@drake.edu.
Additional training will be assigned to faculty and staff members who repeatedly click links or open attachments in phishing emails, simulated or not.
This summer, Drake will install fire sprinkler systems in Harvey Ingham, Fitch, and Olin Halls. The project will begin May 21 in Harvey Ingham Hall. The goal is to complete all three buildings before school starts Aug. 27. Facilities Planning and Management will share the construction schedule once it is received from the contractor.
—Jolene Schmidt, Facilities Planning and Management
This week, ITS is upgrading the system responsible for creation, synchronization, and maintenance of accounts in Office 365. Drake uses Microsoft Office 365 for services including email, calendaring, contacts, and cloud storage.
While we don’t anticipate any issues due to this maintenance, it’s possible that a small number of accounts could be briefly disabled. This would temporarily prevent those affected from logging into their email accounts. If you encounter any issues logging into your Drake email this week, please report it online or contact the Support Center at 515-271-3001.
Due to decreased traffic during Spring Break, building open hours will be adjusted to better secure the campus and improve resident safety—please note that this will not affect any “after-hours” card access.
On Saturday and Sunday (March 10, 11 and 17), almost all academic and administrative buildings will be closed. Most buildings will have open hours from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. during the week of Spring Break (March 12-16). Regular hours will resume on Sunday, March 18. View Cowles Library hours.
If you have a door access emergency during Spring Break, contact Public Safety at 515-271-2222. For general card access questions or concerns, contact Student Services Center at 515-271-2000 or studentservices@drake.edu.
Beginning on Feb. 22, members of Human Resources will be available Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Center, Drake Room. This is an opportunity for you to talk with HR Partner Services about any HR topic that’s on your mind. You are also welcome to schedule a meeting with a HR representative at 3206 University Ave. if another time works better for you. See the attached chart for the HR Partner who supports your team. We look forward to meeting with you and hearing your ideas for making Drake an even better place to work.
Andy Roat, owner of Fleet Feet Sports, will present “The ABC’s of Running” on Wednesday, Feb. 28, from 10 to 11 a.m. in the Olmsted Center, Rooms 310 and 311. The presentation will discuss everything you need to know to be a successful runner–from training programs to shoes. Whether you are brand new to running or a seasoned road warrior, this presentation is for you. Not only will you walk away informed, but you could win a SMART ID tag. These small shoe tags are a great way to store important contact and medical information when you go for a walk or run.
Participants will earn BUILD (Bulldogs United in Learning Drake) credit and be entered into a drawing at the end of the semester.
This free instructor-led course will teach you how to respond to first aid, breathing, and cardiac emergencies. It includes hands-on practice of lifesaving skills and certification for those who successfully complete the course.
The four-hour course is taught over two days. You must attend both sessions. Chris Nickell, director of environmental health and safety, will present. A minimum of four and maximum of 10 participants is required to hold a class. Click both links below to register.
Rev. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman, recipient of the Myron Marty Lectureship
The 2018 Myron Marty Lectureship in the Arts + Humanities is Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. in Sussman Theater; a reception will follow.
The Rev. Dr. Eboni Marshall Turman is the recipient of the Myron Marty Lectureship for 2018 and will present, “Uncomposed Artfulness: A Black Womanist Theological Aesthetic.”
This lecture will explore the similitude between the aesthetic resistances of black church women and black feminist contemporary protest forms, with the goal of disrupting the false binary of the sacred and the secular that dares to limit divine activity to an either/or hierarchy.
An examination of black women’s ecclesial performance of “descent and recovery” as resistance and cathartic response to afro-misogynistic regulative practices in the church will be placed in conversation with the protest posture of “dying-in” that responds to anti-black state sanctioned regulative practices. The lecture will conclude with preliminary remarks on the work of the spirit (pneuma/axé) in black movement [dance] and protest, and point to the ethico-pneumatological implications of uncomposed artfulness in black church and society.
Dr. Turman is assistant professor of theology and African American religion at Yale University Divinity School. A first-career concert dancer and ordained National Baptist preacher, Dr. Turman holds degrees in philosophy, theology, and Christian ethics from Fordham University-Lincoln Center and Union Theological Seminary in the City of New York. She is the author of Toward a Womanist Ethic of Incarnation: Black Bodies, the Black Church, and the Council of Chalcedon.
The Myron Marty Lectureship in the Arts + Humanities honors Myron “Mike” Marty, Drake’s dean of liberal arts from 1984 to 1986 who oversaw the integration of the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Fine Arts, continuing to serve as dean of the newly formed College of Arts and Sciences until 1994. The lectureship is made possible by a gift from the Ralph and Sylvia G. Green Charitable Foundation in honor of Marty’s dedication to arts and humanities scholarship and programming at the University.
Nominations are open for All Staff Council. Please take a few minutes to nominate yourself or others to serve on All Staff Council. Remember—All Staff Council positions are open to both bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit staff members. The nomination process will close on Wednesday, Feb. 28, at 12 p.m.
The following committees and number of positions are open for election:
Governance: 3
Recognition: 2
Special Events/Community Service: 3
Special Interest: 2
Chair Elect: 1
More details on each position are available on the nomination form.
All nominated individuals will be contacted for confirmation that they wish to run and asked to provide a brief statement about why they wish to serve on the committee.
Submit nominations (Link may be used multiple times for multiple nominations)
GroupX offers Tread N’ Shred in the Underground Fitness gym on Tuesdays from 7 to 7:45 p.m. Tread N’ Shred is designed to increase cardiovascular fitness through treadmill interval training and improve overall strength with super circuits. The class will both challenge you and improve your athletic performance. Sign up on the free IMLeagues app or online at imleagues.com.
