Presidential historian and environmental conservationist Douglas Brinkley will deliver the 39th installment of the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series today, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m in The Knapp Center. The event is free and open to the public.
Read the news release to learn more.
Drake Program Administrators will provide an interactive face-to-face training on the new procurement card program on Tuesday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. in the Olmsted Center, Parent’s Hall South. The training will include an outline of the program guidelines and a demo of the program’s online portal, Intellilink. There will also be an opportunity for users to ask questions they may have about the program. All users of the program are invited to attend.
Please RSVP if you plan to attend the training.
Other training resources, such as cardholder and approver guides, are also available through the Finance and Administration website at any time.
Please continue to submit any feedback or questions you might have to pcard@drake.edu.
Meghan Settje, Controller
ITS would like to thank everyone for their patience as we continue working with our vendors to find a permanent solution for the issues we’ve been having with printing to Lexmark printers. We understand this issue is causing significant frustration, and we are doing all we can to resolve the problem as quickly as possible. Our vendor is still trying to identify the cause of the issue and is working diligently to develop a fix. Unfortunately, there is still no firm estimate for when a permanent fix will be delivered.
In the meantime, ITS has developed a short-term solution that allows faculty and staff to print directly to any printer using FollowMe print queues for each type of device. This solution also works for any students who have downloaded printer drivers to their computers to print specialized document types.
Please note that print jobs sent to the Lexmark print queues will only be able to be released at Lexmark printers. You should not install the Lexmark-specific drivers unless you regularly print to Lexmark printers. You can also still print to Lexmark printers via web printing.
Step by step instructions on downloading the Lexmark print drivers:
For assistance with determining the type of printer in your area and the correct printer driver to use, please see Printer Locations (FAQ).
For information on using Web Printing, please see Using Web Printing (How-to).
—Carla Herling, ITS
Drake undergraduate, graduate, and law students are admitted free to all home Drake basketball games. Tickets will be automatically added to students’ valid Drake Card. All students must present their Drake Card to receive admission. Below is the necessary information for attending basketball games at the The Knapp Center.
Students will receive their tickets directly to their valid Drake Card via Flash Seats. Your personal information remains confidential as Drake Athletics has partnered with Flash Seats to help give you the most convenient method to attend Bulldog athletic events.
You should have received a confirmation email from Flash Seats that your tickets arrived on Wednesday, Nov. 1. Now, all you need to do is head to the game and cheer on the Bulldogs! If you did not receive an email from Flash Seats, please visit or contact the Drake Athletics ticket office at 515-271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu. Additional student ticket information is available at DrakeTix.com/student.
—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics
Fraternity and Sorority Life is sponsoring a seminar to educate and bring awareness of sexual assault and how to best support victims of assault featuring keynote speaker Vanessa McNeal. The seminar is Saturday, Nov. 12, from 9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. and is open to all Drake students, faculty, and staff. For questions, email drakefsl@drake.edu.
—Courtney Day
On Nov. 8 at 6 p.m. on the Pomerantz Stage, SAB will host the annual Fall Fest. Enjoy crafts, a photo booth, nacho bar, hot chocolate, and caramel apple buffet.
—Delia Koolick
Attend the presentation, “Help I’m Bad At Dating: A Discussion Of Pop Culture, Healthy and Unhealthy Dating Practices” on Nov. 9 at 7 p.m. at Shivers Courtside Club. The event is hosted by the Violence Intervention Partner peer advocacy program Snacks will be provided.
—Tess Cody, Violence Prevention Coordinator
Muir Eaton, associate professor of biology at Drake and longtime bird researcher with a PhD in ornithology, has contributed data on hundreds of bird species to BirdColourBase. An international consortium of 17 research labs in eight countries on three continents have provided information to the database, which holds data on more than 3,000 species of birds.
“Researchers have been accumulating bird coloration data for years, and the idea behind BirdColourBase is to unify that data, in the same way that (for example) the National Institutes of Health’s GenBank provides a database for genetic sequencing information,” Eaton said.
Bird coloration data provides a scientifically quantifiable method of describing the colors of birds. While two birds may appear similar to the human eye, the use of spectrophotometry helps scientists to record the specific color traits of each bird, including the presence of ultraviolet coloration that is invisible to the human eye—but visible to other birds.
“[Eaton’s] dataset is particularly important due to the range of species sampled,” said Than-Lan Gluckman, an evolutionary biologist who is co-organizing the BirdColourBase database along with John Endler, an ethologist and evolutionary at Deakin University in Australia.
Eaton teaches courses related to introductory biology, vertebrate biology, ornithology, winter avian ecology, museum curation, and evolution. He often recruits undergraduate students to assist with his avian research, and he leads a senior capstone experience for students pursuing a major in biology.
Come out and cheer on your Bulldogs!
Women’s Basketball
Drake vs. Milwaukee
Nov. 10 at 7 p.m.
The Knapp Center
Men’s Basketball
Drake vs. Coe
Nov. 11 at 2 p.m.
The Knapp Center
For questions, contact 515-271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.
—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics
Curated by Professor Maura Lyons and curatorial students, “Mies/Weese at Drake: Where We Live and Work” will investigate buildings designed for Drake’s campus by the acclaimed architectural firms of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and Harry Weese Associates in the 1960s and 1970s. The gallery exhibition will open Nov. 9 from 5 to 7 p.m. in the Anderson Gallery with gallery talk by the curators starting at 6 p.m.
Several programs that are free and open to the public will take place in conjunction to the exhibition:
—Josh Cox
