All posts by Ashton Hockman

Campus Announcements Archive

Campus printing update

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.

  • In order to release print jobs to Konica-Minolta multi-function devices, please use the standard BW_FollowMe or Color_FollowMe print queues that are installed on all Drake-owned computers by default.
  • For releasing print jobs to Lexmark devices, use the NEW BW_Lexmark_FollowMe or Color_Lexmark_FollowMe print queues. The Lexmark print queues must be manually downloaded and installed on Drake-owned computers by following one of the sets of instructions below.

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

For Students Archive

Free basketball tickets for students

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.

  • Enter The Knapp Center Southwest Student Entrance.
  • Present your Drake Card to the Drake Athletics staff person. Your ticket will be printed at the gate.
  • Student seating is available in sections J–K and S–T for men’s basketball games and sections J–K for women’s basketball games.

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

News & Achievements Archive

Eaton contributes to international bird coloration database

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.

Read the full news release

Featured Events Archive

Gallery exhibition: Mies/Weese at Drake

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:

  • Panel discussion on current building projects at private colleges and universities in Iowa, with representatives from Drake, Cornell College, Grand View University, and Grinnell College; Nov. 11, 10 a.m.–12 p.m.,Turner Jazz Center
  • Lecture on Harry Weese and Associates by Robert Bruegmann, professor emeritus, University of Illinois at Chicago; Nov. 16, 7 p.m., Harmon Fine Arts Center, Room 336
  • Lecture on Mies van der Rohe by Dirk Lohan, principal, Wight & Company, and grandson of Mies van der Rohe; Dec. 7, 7 p.m., Meredith Hall, Room 106

—Josh Cox

Featured Events Archive

Drake alumnus and neurosurgeon to share expertise

Dr. Holsapple, chief of neurosurgery at Boston University Medical Center, will present his lecture about the brain, neurosurgery, medicine, and consciousness on Wednesday, Nov. 8, at 6 p.m. in Sussman Theater. Dr. Holsapple is a Drake alumnus. Attendees will learn about neurosurgery and hear a neurosurgeon’s perspective on medicine. The lecture is open to the public and sponsored by Phi Delta Epsilon. For questions, contact Alec Wieker at alec.wieker@drake.edu.

—Alec Wieker

HR Information Archive

Dietitian to share healthy eating tips

Do you know what the top 30 foods are for a better body? How much do you know about hidden sugars, anti-inflammatory foods, and losing belly fat? Join Hy-Vee registered dietitian Anne Cundiff on Tuesday, Nov. 14, at 10 a.m. in the Olmsted Center, Room 310/311, for this fun and informative session. This presentation also includes information on foods to incorporate into the holidays to start off the new year, and we will be giving away prizes.

Participants will earn BUILD (Bulldogs United in Learning Drake) credits and be entered into a drawing at the end of the semester.

An online registration form for this class is accessible through the blueView Employee tab, in the Learning and Development Channel under Human Resources.  You may also contact Linda Feiden at linda.feiden@drake.edu to register.

—Linda Feiden, Human Resources