The Drake Women’s Basketball team will host their annual one-on-one Event on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in The Knapp Center. Enjoy a dessert reception starting at 6 p.m. and then meet this year’s team. A special ring ceremony recognizing the 2017-18 season will follow the program. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information please contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or visit GoDrakeBulldogs.com.
Ryan Harris, Athletics
Documentary film: “Food for Change”
Wed. Oct. 10, 6–8 p.m.
Sussman Theater
Discussants: Prof. Michael Haedicke, Next Course coordinator Julie Uram, and Iowa Food Coop Manager Tom Huber.
Co-sponsors: DEAL, Iowa Food Coop, SJSSC, Next Course Food Recovery.
Free and open to the public.
Amahia Mallea, Associate Professor of History
Drake University will switch from cooling to heating season within residence halls Oct. 10. For other campus buildings, heat will be turned on Oct. 15. An important reminder, once the University switches to heating, we cannot switch back to cooling. Normally, we will experience a few warm fall days and we will not have cooling available.
Jolene Schmidt, Facility Planning and Management
Space is still available to participate in and join author Callista Gould as she facilitates this entertaining read that looks at the little actions that move your career forward in the areas of Networking, Social Media, Interviewing, Travel, Dining, Entertaining, Meetings, Speaking, Attire, Workplace Relations and more. It’s full of true stories of triumphs and disasters in the world of business and non-profits. The Exceptional Professional is essential reading for new professionals and entrepreneurs, and a great refresher for seasoned professionals. Begin reading now, and participate in the 1–2 hour discussion on Dec. 5 in the Olmsted Drake Room.
Contact debra.wiley@drake.edu to participate in the Reading Group and obtain your copy of the book.
Debra Wiley, Human Resources
The College of Business & Public Administration graduate programs continues their 101 Speaker Series with a panel of experts on Oct. 16 with Cybersecurity: What you need to know as a consumer.
The 101 Speaker Series is designed to engage the audience through interaction with our local panel of experts. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions on a wide range of topics of interest. The series is open to the public. Doors open at 11:45 a.m. and the event runs from 12–1 p.m.
This event includes a free lunch; however, registration is required. Register online here.
Dianna Gray, College of Business & Public Administration
The third session in our series on Grant Writing and Research, is Monday, Oct. 8, in the Drake Room in Olmsted from 3:30 to 5 p.m. The topic is Institutional Assurances: What Every Researcher Needs to Know. Each session is designed as a separate stand alone session so that those who have not attended previous sessions are welcome. There is no need to register.
Art Sanders, Office of the Provost
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct a nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS) and Wireless Emergency Alert (WEA) tomorrow, Oct. 3.
What’s happening?
On Oct. 3 at 1:18 p.m., FEMA and the FCC will conduct a nationwide test of both WEA and EAS. The test will assess the operational readiness of the infrastructure for distribution of national emergency or disaster messages and determine whether technological improvements are needed. This is the first national WEA test to cell phones. The message will be a Presidential Alert and will read “THIS IS A TEST of the National Wireless Emergency Alert System. No action is needed.” The WEA test will be sent through IPAWS as part of the nation’s alert and warning infrastructure that automatically authenticates alerts.
These test notifications are occurring outside of our Bulldog Alert (Rave Alert/Rave Guardian) platform, Drake is not initiating or using our systems for the alert. However, as this is the first time FEMA is testing a Presidential Alert, it is likely that all or a majority of the campus community will receive this alert (there is no way to opt-out of the Presidential Alerts). It is our hope that this does not cause confusion as to the origin of the alert.
If Drake University initiates a Bulldog Alert tomorrow, as always the alert will start with the statement “Bulldog Alert” and then the appropriate information will follow.
Questions on the national test can be sent to FEMA-National-Test@fema.dhs.gov.
Scott Law, Public Safety and Operational Services
Lecture: “Changed in a Flash: How One Woman Was Struck by Lightning, Talked to God, and Came Back to Dream the Future”
Date/Time: Thursday, Oct. 4, at 7 p.m.
Location: Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center
Speaker: Jeffrey J. Kripal, J. Newton Rayzor Professor of Religion, Rice University
Jeffrey J. Kripal holds the J. Newton Rayzor Chair in Philosophy and Religious Thought at Rice University and the Associate Director of the Center for Theory and Research at the Esalen Institute. He is the author of numerous books, including his most recent Secret Body: Erotic and Esoteric Currents in the History of Religions (Chicago, 2017). He specializes in the comparative study and analysis of extreme religious states from the ancient world to today.
In this lecture, Prof. Kripal will describe the near-death experience of Elizabeth Krohn, with whom he has co-written a recent book. He will then use Elizabeth’s visionary narrative and precognitive dreams to rethink how such anomalous events are treated, or not treated, in the study of religion and what they might still mean for rethinking the limits of the human.
Monique Rodriguez, College of Arts and Sciences
Please join us for our next Meet My Religious Neighbor open house Sunday, Oct. 7, at 11:30 a.m. at the Iowa Sikh Association on 1115 Walnut Street in West Des Moines.
For this open house, we will be joining the Sikh community for its regularly scheduled Sunday workshop service. Approximately one hour of hymns (kirtan) will be followed by a short prayer (aardas), an exposition of the passage of the day (hookah nama), and the serving of the “holy pudding” (karah prashad). Following the service, everyone is invited to join the congregation for langar — a free, vegetarian meal.
Guest should dress modestly, avoid pointing outstretched legs at the holy book and altar, and also avoid turning their back to the holy book and altar (at least in close proximity to it). Shoes must be removed to enter the sanctuary. Simple kerchiefs (which are provided) must be worn by men and women.
Monique Rodriguez, College of Arts and Sciences
I am in need of music is the theme of the Drake University Department of Music’s choral concert on Sunday, Oct. 7, at 3 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. This debut concert will feature performances by the Drake Choir, Chamber Choir, and Chorale and includes music by contemporary American, Latvia, and Mongolian composers, as well as a work by Mozart (with chamber orchestra). There is no admission charge.
Aimee Beckmann-Collier, Music