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For Students Archive

Student Services Center Update

As a new semester is starting, we wanted to provide an update that the Student Services Center will remain in the temporary location in Lower Hubbell Hall for the remainder of the spring semester. We will be happy to assist you with purchasing parking passes, paying parking citations, adding Bulldog Bucks to your account, picking up student payroll checks, or printing off new Drake ID cards. 

We’d also like to provide some helpful information regarding campus card access. Students from certain majors are granted extended access to buildings relating to their field of study—this is automated, and based off of either your major or specific classes in your schedule that may require access to a building. Students living in the residence halls also receive automated access to their hall, and ability to access other halls during the day.

Additional card access is available when needed, and includes an approval process and manual update (please be aware that some access is based on a specific approval process, and may not be granted). Most manual access updates are tied to specific campus jobs or research. If you think you are missing a plan, speak with your manager, main building contact, or submit an ITS Help Ticket so we can research your card issue. 

If your card is lost and needs to be replaced, you may purchase a new card in the Student Services Center. The lost card will be deactivated automatically upon printing of new card. If your card is no longer working (but has worked in the past), make sure that you are registered for your spring classes—cards will not function if you are not a current student or employee. Also make sure there are no cracks in the card—cracked cards cannot communicate with door readers, and will need to be replaced at the Student Services Center. 

Have a great semester, and feel free to reach out with questions or card issues.

Sara Heijerman, Student Services Manager

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Building Card Access Information

As a new semester is starting, we wanted to provide an update that the Student Services Center will remain in the temporary location in Lower Hubbell Hall for the remainder of the spring semester. 

We also want to provide some helpful information regarding campus card access. If you read the information below and feel you do not have the correct access on your Drake Card, please email studentservices@drake.edu so we can research your card issue. Please be aware that some access is based on a specific approval process, and may not be granted.

All Drake faculty and staff should have automated 24/7 exterior door access to the building that their office is in, and also have extended 6 a.m.–11 p.m. exterior access to other academic buildings for meetings/classes.

Additional card access is available when needed, and includes an approval process and manual update. Most manual access updates are tied to specific campus jobs or research. If you think you are missing a plan, speak with your manager, main building contact, or use one of the contact methods mentioned above for additional information. 

Lost cards are generally turned in at the Student Services Center, and cardholders are notified via email when they are found and available to pick up. If your card is lost and needs to be replaced, you may purchase a new card in the Student Services Center. The lost card will be deactivated automatically upon printing of new card. If your card is no longer working (but has worked in the past), check to see if there are small cracks in the card—cracked cards cannot communicate with door readers, and will need to be replaced at the Student Services Center. 

Have a great semester, and feel free to reach out with questions or card issues.

Sara Heijerman, Student Services Manager

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Hubbell $5 lunch deal every Wednesday

Drake faculty and staff can enjoy lunch for just $5 at Hubbell Dining Hall South every Wednesday throughout the remainder of J-Term and the spring semester! Hubbell provides healthy choices, hot soup, full salad bar, and more, and it is located just 5 minutes from almost anywhere on campus. Save your parking spot and celebrate Hump Day at Hubbell. We’ll see you Wednesday!

Jennifer Bowersox, Drake University Dining

HR Information Archive

Join Weight Watchers at Work

Now is the perfect time to get into the habit of making healthier choices. If your goals include losing weight, then Weight Watchers at Work may be the solution. 

Weekly meetings include a confidential weigh-in prior to the meeting, followed by a 30-minute class. Weight Watchers unique mix of face-to-face interactions with a trained leader, group support, accountability, digital tools, and the convenience of meetings in the workplace have helped faculty and staff to be successful in their weight loss goals. 

The cost is $156 for a 12-week renewable series with a minimum of 15 paying participants. Payment may be made in a lump sum or split into three payments. 

If you are interested in joining a Weight Watchers at Work series during the spring term, please contact Linda Feiden at linda.feiden@drake.edu.

Linda Feiden, Human Resources

News & Achievements Archive

Repairing the Relationship between Students and Nature

Drake University doctoral candidate in the School of Education Kean Roberts and Jerrid Kruse, associate professor of education, recently published an article exploring ideas and strategies educators might use to help students develop more robust ideas about nature and strengthen their relationship with nature. Many of the ideas were pilot tested by Roberts in his work with middle and high school students as well as during Kruse’s honors course that engaged students in experiences and philosophical dialogue about nature. View the article.

Jerrid Kruse, School of Education


News & Achievements Archive

Lisa Ling to deliver 40th Bucksbaum lecture at Drake University

Acclaimed journalist Lisa Ling will deliver the 40th installment of the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series at Drake University. The lecture will begin at 7 p.m. on Thursday, April 11, in the Knapp Center, 2525 Forest Ave. A book signing will immediately follow the event. The lecture is free and open to the public; no tickets are required.

Currently executive producer and host of CNN’s This is Life, Ling journeys to the far corners of America, dedicated to uncovering important issues. She previously served as executive producer and host of Oprah Winfrey Network’s Our America, field correspondent for The Oprah Winfrey Show, and contributor to ABC News’ Nightline and National Geographic’s Explorer. Ling got her start in journalism as a correspondent for Channel One News. She then went on to co-host ABC’s The View, which won its first Emmy during her tenure.

“Lisa Ling will be an important addition to the distinguished group of speakers who have been a part of the Bucksbaum Lecture series,” said Kathleen Richardson, dean of Drake’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication. “Her career successes and dedication to uncovering injustice in the world are an inspiration to future journalists everywhere. We are thrilled to welcome Lisa to campus during the centennial year of journalism education at Drake.”

Ling has reported from around the world, covering everything from Afghanistan’s civil war to the Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda. She often investigates crises in the United States as well, including the scourge of prescription pill addiction in Utah, the recent influx of women in North Dakota’s boomtown energy economy, and a town in the rural Midwest where young men aspire to be priests.

Ling was a member of President Obama’s Commission on White House Fellowships and a co-founder of Secret Society of Women. She also co-authored several books, including Mother, Daughter, Sister, Bride: Rituals of Womanhood and Somewhere Inside: One Sister’s Captivity in North Korea and The Other’s Fight to Bring Her Home.

About the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series
The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture Series is made possible by a gift from the late Melva and Martin Bucksbaum. The Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lectureship Committee includes: Neil Hamilton (chair), Julian Archer, James Autry, Pamela Bass-Bookey, Michael Gartner, Janis Ruan, Mary Bucksbaum Scanlon, and Eleanor Zeff.

Campus Announcements Archive

Spring photography headshot days

University Communications and Marketing holds open portrait sessions during the fall and spring semesters. The sessions rotate around campus making it more convenient for the campus community. These sessions are free to all faculty, staff, and students. High-resolutions portraits are made available for download through SmugMug.

Spring headshot sessions:

  • Jan. 18, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., University Communications & Marketing (1229 25th St.)
  • Feb. 15, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., SOE, Collier-Scripps Hall, 2nd Floor (Dean’s Conference Room)
  • April 12, 12 p.m. to 2 p.m., location TBD

No appointment necessary.

Jeremy Sievers, University Communications and Marketing

Campus Announcements Archive

MLK Jr. Day building schedules

Doors to most buildings will be locked for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day (Monday, Jan. 21). Card access will still allow you to access your authorized buildings, but they will be locked to the general public due to decreased staffing and foot traffic. Regular door schedules will resume on Tuesday, Jan. 22.

Cowles Library open hours/after-hours are listed on their website library.drake.edu.

Please contact Public Safety at 515-271-2222 if you have a door access emergency during this time. Feel free to email Student Services Center at studentservices@drake.edu if you have a general (non-emergency) card access question or concern.

Sara Heijerman, Student Services Manager

HR Information Archive

Welcome new Bulldogs

Please join the Human Resources department in welcoming six new, full-time Drake University employees for December 2018:

  • Norma Soman Ramirez, Facility Maintainer III, Facilities Planning and Management
  • Adriana Velazquez, Facility Maintainer III,Facilities Planning and Management
  • Paul Francis, Facility Maintainer III, Facilities Planning and Management
  • Salena Brickey, Director, Marketing and Communications, Law School
  • Samuel (Sam) Erickson, Assistant Director, Game Operations, Athletics
  • Michele Dunne, Administrative Assistant, Student Financial Planning

Laura Schwarz, HR Support Specialist