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HR Information Archive

Cell Phone and Office Depot/OfficeMax Benefits

Did you know the average American checks their phone 80 times a day, with some checking it as much as 300 times per day? If you are one of the approximately 270 million U.S. cell phone users you may want to take advantage of the Drake employee discounts offered by Verizon, AT&T, and Sprint.

And if you are looking for supplies for your home office or holiday tech gifts, Drake employees can register their personal credit card with an Office Depot or OfficeMax retail store to receive a 5 or 10 percent discount off the regular retail price (promotions excluded).

View details on each discount.

Linda Feiden, Human Resources

HR Information Archive

Last chance to make benefit elections for 2019

Drake’s annual open enrollment period for the 2019 Plan Year ends this Friday, Nov. 30. You are not required to visit the Benefits Portal if you do not wish to make changes to your health, dental, or wellness participation.

If you wish to participate in Drake’s flexible spending account plans during 2019, you must make a new election in the Benefits Portal.

If you wish to disenroll or enroll in Drake’s health, dental, or wellness plans, you must make an election in the Benefits Portal.

Additionally, it is important to ensure your basic and voluntary life insurance beneficiary information is correct in the Benefits Portal.

All benefit elections must be made online in the Benefits Portal, accessible via myDrake’s Human Resources Section, no later than 11:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 30, 2018. Should you have questions, please contact Diana at 515-271-1871 or Marlene at 515-271-1901.

Marlene Heuertz, Human Resources

Featured Events Archive

Meet My Religious Neighbor open house

Attend the inauguration of the interfaith chapel at Plymouth Congregational Church, located at 4126 Ingersoll Ave., on Saturday, Dec. 8, at 4 p.m. This Meet My Religious Neighbor event includes not only an open house but also an interfaith dialogue featuring local representatives of six different religious traditions. Visitors are also invited to stay for Plymouth’s 5:30 p.m. “casual service.”

Meet My Religious Neighbor is a monthly open-house series. Each open house allows the public the opportunity to tour a sacred space, learn how religion is practiced in it, and meet the congregation who worships there.

Monique Rodriguez, College of Arts and Sciences

Campus Announcements Archive

Need a new headshot?

University Communications and Marketing will hold a professional headshot session Dec. 7 from 12—2 p.m. at the Office of University Communications and Marketing. The sessions are free to all faculty and staff. High-resolution portraits are made available for download through SmugMug.

Jeremy Sievers, University Communications and Marketing

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Teach in China has been rebranded to Working Worldwide

Drake International is proud to announce that the Teach in China program has been rebranded to Working Worldwide. We have made this change to include our growing opportunities in Kosovo. The China program is still as strong as ever and still offers the same amazing opportunity to live and work abroad while teaching English. To learn more, visit our website or follow us on Instagram: @drakeworkingworldwide.

Please contact Stephanie Dana Ely at stephanie.dana@drake.edu with any questions.

Stephanie Dana Ely, Drake International

For Students Archive

Teach in China has been rebranded into Working Worldwide

Drake International is proud to announce that the Teach in China program has been rebranded to Working Worldwide. We have made this change to include our growing opportunities in Kosovo. The China program is still as strong as ever and still offers the same amazing opportunity to live and work abroad while teaching English.  To learn more, visit our website or follow us on Instagram: @drakeworkingworldwide.

To learn more about the opportunities through Working Worldwide, come to an info session in the Pomerantz Conference Room in Olmsted next Monday, Dec. 3, at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m., or Thursday, Dec. 5, at 4:30 p.m. Send any questions to workingworldwide@drake.edu.

Stephanie Dana Ely, Drake International

 

 

Featured Events Archive

Drake Men’s Basketball at U.S. Bank Stadium Basketball Classic

The Drake Men’s Basketball team will face North Dakota State on Saturday, Dec. 1, at 5:30 p.m. in the U.S. Bank Stadium Basketball Classic. This is part of the first ever basketball event that will be held at U.S. Bank Stadium in Minneapolis.

Tickets are available through Ticketmaster using special offer code DRAKE18. Drake students have the opportunity to purchase Drake Student Section tickets to this event.  Student tickets are $15 each (limit one per student), while supplies last. Students must purchase tickets at the Knapp Center Ticket Office and present a valid Drake Card.

For additional information, contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.

Ryan Harris, Athletics

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Faculty and Staff Blackboard course deadline Dec. 7

Reminder: The online course, Drake University Online Information Security Awareness and Prevent Sexual Violence Together, is to be completed by faculty and staff by Dec. 7. The Prevent Discrimination and Harassment Together course is to be completed by March 31.

These new online programs underscore Drake’s commitment to the safety and security of our people. You’ll view realistic scenarios based in a higher education setting and interactively answer related questions.

Training is completed at your own pace and the courses may be accessed multiple times. Courses retain previously completed content and will return you to the place you last viewed course information. The Blackboard system will electronically record your status as “completed” when you finish each course.

Course Access
Log in to myDrake and click the Blackboard app in the shaded blue area near the top of the screen. Click Agree and Continue at the pop-up screen describing Privacy, Cookies and Terms of Use. Next, enter your Drake Banner numeric ID and password and you’ll be directed to the Blackboard home page. The courses are listed in the My Courses area of the page.

Need Help?
The home page of Blackboard includes a link to On Demand Help topics. If you experience technical issues click the Blackboard Issues link in the Bb Student News section of the home page and submit your request. For questions about course content contact Peter Lundstedt, director, Information Security and Compliance; Kathryn Overberg, Title IX coordinator and equity and inclusion policy specialist; or Mary Alice Hill, director, HR Partner Services.

Mary Alice Hill, Human Resources