The Office of Community Engaged Learning is accepting nominations for the Newman Civic Fellowship.

The Newman Civic Fellowship recognizes community-committed students who engage in collaborative action with others from campus or from surrounding communities in order to create long-term social change, take action in addressing issues of inequality and political polarization, and demonstrate the motivation and potential for effective long-term civic engagement.

Nominees must be enrolled in higher education for the duration of the 2018–2019 academic year.

To nominate a student, please submit one to two paragraphs with information about the nominee’s approaches to addressing the root causes of social issues. These may include involvement in public policy reform, community organizing, community-based research, social entrepreneurism, or other efforts to build the capacity of community-based organizations. Additionally, please include why you believe this person has the motivation and potential to develop innovative and collaborative approaches to addressing public problems and to contribute to a network of similarly committed students.

A committee will review nominations to select one student from Drake to be nominated for the Fellowship. That student will need to complete additional paperwork.

Please submit nominations to Amanda Martin, program coordinator in community engaged learning, at amanda.martin@drake.edu no later than Nov. 28.

—Amanda Martin, Community Engaged Learning

Several trees on Drake’s campus were removed due to construction of the Science Connector Building and Collier-Scripps Hall. While new trees were planted as part of the landscaping around the new buildings, Drake is required to follow the City of Des Moines Tree Removal and Mitigation policy whenever trees are removed due to construction. To comply with this policy, Country Landscape will be on campus the next two weeks to plant an additional 21 trees.

—Jolene Schmidt, Facilities Planning and Management

Now through Nov. 17, ITS is holding a phishing quiz, a contest where Drake students, faculty, and staff can learn how to identify phishing emails and fraudulent websites. The first 300 people to take the quiz will win a certificate for a free taco courtesy of Taco Johns. Everyone who completes the quiz will be entered to win one of six additional prize packages. Visit www.drake.edu/its/phish today.

Additionally, ITS will have a table in the Olmsted Breezeway on Nov. 1, Nov. 7, and Nov. 9 from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Stop by to spin the prize wheel. If you answer a phishing question correctly, you could win an additional prize.

—Peter Lundstedt, ITS

A new water main will be installed on campus (on the old 27^th Street) this week. As a result of the construction, water to Jewett, Cartwright, Collier-Scripps, Olin, the Fieldhouse, Bell Center, and Facilities Planning and Management will be turned off on Wednesday, Nov. 1, at 11 p.m. Water will be turned back on by 6 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 2. During the shutdown, residents of Jewett will have card access to Morehouse to shower and use the restroom facilities.

In addition, the intersection of 27^th Street and Forest Ave. will be closed between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. from Nov. 1 to Nov. 5. The City of Des Moines will install detour signs on University Ave., 30th Street, and 25th Street. Please be careful in all construction areas around campus during this period.

—Jolene Schmidt, Facilities Planning and Management