Facilities Planning and Management will begin transitioning campus buildings from heating to cooling mode the week of April 10. Due to above average temperatures, the switch to cooling is happening a week earlier than last year.
Turning on the air is much more complicated than simply flipping a switch. The University’s heating and cooling system consists of miles of underground pipes which are filled with steam to heat and chilled water to cool, but not both at the same time. For this reason, the process to change buildings from heating to cooling, is a manual and labor-intensive process due to the need to drain and refill the pipes.
The process will take HVAC staff several days to complete with priority given to residence halls.
Thanks for your patience during this transition. If a room is not comfortable, please let Facilities Planning and Management know so our staff can see if adjustments can be made.
All Staff Council is holding a Bulldogs Connect networking lunch on Wednesday, April 12, from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. The Recognition Committee is hosting this month. Enjoy learning what staff on this committee focus on throughout the year. Anyone is welcome to come for a $5 lunch at Hubbell. Look for the table with the Drake swag and a special Bulldogs Connect table tent in Hubbell.
Also a reminder that All Staff Council invites you to share any suggestions, concerns, or other feedback you’d like us to look into using this form. (If you’d like us to respond to your feedback directly, please include your name and contact information, otherwise let us know your thoughts anonymously.)
What if we thought of Relays week as a time to have fun while also giving back to the community?
Student Senate Community Engagement Committee is putting together a campus-wide Meals from the Heartland event: Bulldogs Pack and Give Back on Friday, April 21, at 1 p.m. in the Knapp Center. Hosting near Drake Relays should help with traction and add a service component to Relays. We want to make 40,000 meals with 150 volunteers, sending half of it to local food pantries and half of it to people across the globe that need it.
If you have ever wanted to be involved with sustainability initiatives at Drake, April is the month to do it! Drake is going all out for Earth Week, working with DEAL, DOLC, the Student Alumni Association, and the Office of Sustainability. Take a minute to see what is going on.
April 14, 1–3 p.m.: Come help prepare the Sprout Garden and Food Forest for the season. Planting and other preparation work will take place to ensure a bountiful harvest. The compost pile DEAL sifted last weekend is also ready to be used.
April 21, 11–1 p.m.: Celebrate Arbor Day a bit early and join DEAL and Facilities Planning & Management to plant trees around Drake’s campus. Meet at the Southeast GK courtyard to help retain our Tree Campus Higher Education recognition for the 12 year.
April 22, 10–12 p.m.: Meet at the Harkin Institute parking lot for Paul Morrison Spruce Up Day! Spend part of Earth Day honoring the legacy of Paul Morrison through sprucing up the Drake Neighborhood. After the clean-up, participants are invited to join a tabling event and tour the Harkin Institute over doughnuts and coffee.
April 17–21: DEAL presents 2023 Earth Week. An entire week dedicated to celebrating the Earth, concluding with live music, the Veggie Thumper food truck, and prizes on April 21 at the Olmsted Pit from 5–9 p.m.
April 27–29: Join the Sustainability Coordinator to collect recycling during relays. Sign up here, for an hour time slot.
Fourth-year student pharmacists in Drake University’s College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (CPHS) who are interested in completing residencies learned of their postgraduate year one (PGY1) pharmacy residency training “matches” on March 15, 2023. Twenty-three of thirty (77%) CPHS student pharmacists pursuing residencies matched in Phase I of the American Society of Health-System Pharmacists (ASHP) Resident Matching Program. Seventeen of these students were matched to programs in Iowa and contiguous Midwestern states. The remaining six students matched to programs in Alaska, California, Utah, and Virginia.
Graduates who have already completed their first year of residency may apply for a PGY2, a second year of specialized pharmacy training. This year, 12 of 14 (86%) of CPHS graduates matched for a second year of residency.
Students and graduates who did not match have a second opportunity in Phase II; results will be released on April 14, 2023. The informal post-match scramble will be held following Phase II of the Match to ensure that individuals have as many chances as possible to connect with a residency program.
“Congratulations to the Drake graduates pursuing residency training who matched during Phase I of the ASHP matching process,” said Renae Chesnut, CPHS dean and professor. “The selection of our graduates by competitive programs across the country indicates the preparation that Drake provides our students.”
Read more and see where these students and alumni are headed across the United States here.
Ryan Stoldt received $9,809 from the US Department of Defense in support of his research titled Algorithmic Personalization and Online Radicalization: A Mixed Methods Approach.
Amanda Martin received $250 from the Sodexo Foundation to support her Sprout Garden Global Youth Service Day
Danielle Shelton received $17,000 from the Nellie Ball Trust Research Fund in support her research titled Legal Accommodations for Individuals with Mental Disabilities.
Richelle Williams received $1,000 from the Midwest Association of Athletic Trainers of America in support of her research titled Exploring Police Officers’ Perceptions of a Health/injury Risk Management Program Involving Athletic Training Educators
— Mary P Wohlford, Sponsored Programs Administration and Research Compliance
The 2023 Harkin on Wellness (HOW) Symposium will take place on Thursday, April 13, 2023, at the Olmsted Center.
During the COVID-19 pandemic, healthcare systems were overrun with patients and supply chain issues disrupted our access to healthy foods. Community leaders and organizations responded by creating new approaches to address the relationship between food and health. These new approaches include the growth of food systems coalitions and councils working to shape, advise, and implement food policy. These groups also worked to increase opportunities and reduce barriers to healthy outcomes at the regional level.
This year’s Symposium will showcase the work being done at state and local levels to improve people’s lives by reimagining the food system from farm to table and everywhere in between.
We are pleased to welcome Deputy Under Secretary for the USDA’s Food, Nutrition, and Consumer Services, Stacy Dean and Dr. Walter Willett, M.D., Dr. P.H., Professor of Epidemiology and Nutrition at Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health and co-chair of the EAT-Lancet Commission as the keynote speakers for HOW 2023. Additional speakers will include experts on the environmental impacts of food production and on local approaches to improving health and wellness.
American Sign Language (ASL) and live captions in English will be available for all general session content for all attendees. ASL are available for breakout sessions upon request. (To request accommodations or ask accommodation questions email harkininstitute@drake.edu.)
Date: Thursday, April 13, 2023 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 4:45 p.m. In Person Location: Olmsted Center at Drake University (2875 University Ave., Des Moines, IA 50311) Virtual Location: Livestream (access details and link will be sent to registered virtual attendees closer to the date of the event) Registration: This event is free but registration is required.
For more information: https://harkininstitute.drake.edu/2023/02/23/how-2023/
Drake University has a new textbook adoption tool called Fast. This new tool will be implemented for the Summer 2023 adoption process. One training is remaining on Wednesday, April 5, at 2 p.m. for those of you who have not yet been through the training or if you want to see the training again you are welcome to attend. To join the zoom training session click the link below and “Join Demo” button and it will take you to the training presentation.
Please join Public Safety, Residence Life, Environmental Health and Safety, and Facilities Management and Planning for the second Campus Safety Walk of the year.
We will meet in the Olmsted Breezeway at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, to walk the campus.
Drake’s Working Worldwide program is open for 2023–2024 with an extended deadline of May 15, with an acceptance on a rolling basis. The Working Worldwide Program offers recent graduates from any academic background the opportunity to live and work in Kosovo working at a company, non-profit, or governmental organization for up to one year. Whether you are interested in gaining professional, international, or cultural experience, the Working Worldwide Program will work to find the best setting to help you meet your goals. View the application to get more details and meet with Chelsea Funk to discuss whether this is the right opportunity for you.
— Chelsea Funk, Assistant Director of Education Abroad
