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For Students Archive

Clean out your closet and help clothe fellow residents in need

The Winter Warmth Drive is back at Drake, Oct. 18 through Nov. 2. The drive collects winter clothing for local young people in need, as well as homeless and refugee metro residents. Please donate new or gently used winter coats, hats, gloves, scarves, blankets, snow pants, and snow boots; infant through adult sizes are welcome. The Winter Warmth Drive is sponsored by the Christian Legal Society.

Clothing donation collection boxes will be located throughout campus beginning Oct. 18. For more information on the drive, please visit: winterwarmthdrive.org, or contact matthew.lepke@drake.edu.

—Matthew Lepke

For Students Archive

Bring your business idea to life: Apply for the Lorentzen Student Hatchery

In the Lorentzen Student Hatchery, Drake students spend a summer building their own business. The Hatchery provides a unique opportunity for any Drake student––undergraduate or graduate––to earn up to $10,000 over the 2018 summer while working for themselves. Both teams and individuals are welcome to apply. The last of the informational sessions will be held Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 6 p.m. in Meredith Hall in the Innovation Studio, Room 124C.

Applications for the 2018 cohort are due Monday, Oct. 30, and presentations are scheduled for Tuesday, Nov. 7. Students invited to participate in the 2018 Hatchery will have the opportunity to meet John C. Lorentzen, the 1977 Drake graduate who proposed and funded the student hatchery program, on Friday, Nov. 10, when the 2017 Hatchery cohort makes their presentations.

Visit the College of Business and Public Administration website to learn more and download an application, or contact the Entrepreneurship Centers at jpec@drake.edu.

—Stephanie Cardwell, Entrepreneurship Centers

News & Achievements Archive

Gamma Iota Sigma fraternity brings home awards

The Chi Chapter of Gamma Iota Sigma (GIS) at Drake received the following outstanding and notable awards at the 46th Annual GIS International Conference in Dallas on Sept. 28–30. Gamma Iota Sigma is an international risk management, insurance, and actuarial science collegiate fraternity.

 

The Edison L. Bowers Award
The highest honor a chapter can receive. The award recognizes the GIS chapter that demonstrated an exceptional, well-rounded, and organized program throughout the past academic year.

Superior Chapter Award
Recognizes chapters that have excelled in all areas of chapter management.

Black and Gold Award
Presented to any chapter for single achievements or events considered exceptional and possible only through extensive planning, organization, and participation by a significant number of the chapter’s members. This award was received for the Paint Your Future service event and Mock Career Fair event.

Individual member awards:

Kate McCoy – Alan C. Williams Award
Recognizes the individual member of GIS that sets the best example for all other members and is the best “ambassador” to the insurance, risk management, and/or actuarial science industries at the international level as well as at the local and regional levels. This is the highest honor that can be bestowed on any member of GIS, and it is only presented when there is a worthy recipient.

Trevor Carlson – Thomas J. Miles Actuarial Award
Recognizes an individual member of GIS that best represents the qualities of scholarship, leadership, character, and service exemplified by Dr. Miles.

—Dianna Gray, College of Business and Public Administration

News & Achievements Archive

Drake students selected for World Food Prize Foundation internships

The World Food Prize Foundation announced in September that Lauren Blum, a third-year pharmacy student from Groveland, Ill.; Madeline Cheek, a senior writing and anthropology major from Barrington, Ill; Caroline Hogan, a junior public relations major from Edina, Minn.; Sarah Schroeder, a senior strategic political communications major from Waukee, Iowa; and Gustav Swanson, a junior international business and marketing major from Chicago, Ill.; are among the 15 students to be selected as The World Food Prize’s George Washington Carver Interns for the fall 2017.

The students will work alongside an individual staff mentor at the Foundation to plan and execute many of the Foundation’s events and programs. They will help to plan the Borlaug Dialogue International Symposium, guide the Global Youth Institute, stage the Iowa Hunger Summit, and welcome Laureates, government officials, business leaders, and research scientists from more than 40 countries.

Read the news release for more information.

Featured Events Archive

Bulldog Club Basketball Tip-Off Breakfast: Oct. 26

Join fellow Bulldogs at the Marriott in downtown Des Moines Oct. 26 at 7 a.m. for breakfast and a preview of this year’s Drake basketball seasons. Hear the latest from head coaches Niko Medved and Jennie Baranczyk while enjoying a delicious spread. To attend, RSVP at DrakeTix.com/tipoff by Oct. 20. The event cost $15 to attend.

For questions, contact Austin Strawhacker at 515-271-2228, austin.strawhacker@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics

Featured Events Archive

Lecture: Advanced Data Analytics, the Fraudsters Worst Enemy

On Nov. 9, at 7 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium, Victor Padilla from RSM will lead a discussion on the use of data analytic tools, public information, and visualization techniques to detect and uncover fraudulent activity. The lecture is sponsored by the Drake School of Accounting and Financial Executives International. It is open to the public and free to attend.

—Stephen Gara, College of Business and Public Administration

Featured Events Archive

A day in the life of a person with a disability

Drake’s Disability Action Awareness Community will hold its annual Day in the Life event Oct. 22 at 8 p.m. in Parents Hall South. Participants will be broken into small groups and given a profile on someone with a disability. Then, they will have to problem solve through the many adversities they face on a daily basis. The event is designed to shed light on what it is like to live with a disability. Food will be provided.

—Courtney Nelson