Renovations to Meredith Hall are proceeding on schedule, leading up to occupancy prior to the start of the Fall 2023 semester.
A new roof is nearly finished, and exterior painting is planned for the end of May 2023. Site demobilization activities and grounds restoration is expected to begin in June 2023. On the interior, completion of classrooms, corridors, and offices continue as planned.
— Rob Ebel, Facilities Planning & Management
Building schedules will change at the end of this week to accommodate the summer semester. Most building hours will shorten from their normal academic year schedules to help maintain security in the summer months when there is less traffic on campus.
Faculty and staff will still be able to utilize their authorized access plans (for example, 24/7 access to their office buildings), but the automated extended hour student plans will be shut off during this time. Regular building hours and extended student access will resume at the start of the fall semester.
Please contact Public Safety (515-271-2222) if you have a door access emergency, or contact the Student Services Center (515-271-2000 or studentservices@drake.edu) if you have a general card access question or concern.
— Sara Heijerman, Student Services Center
Drake Dining has revised their hours this week to make late-night study sessions a little better. View finals week hours of operation.
Starbucks hours of operation during the summer will be Monday–Friday from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. We can’t wait to energize your summer!
Congratulations to the winners of the 2023 Adams Leadership Awards! This ceremony, held on May 6, recognized student leadership and achievement across Drake’s campus through a variety of award categories. Please see below and congratulate the following Drake student, staff, and organization winners:
Note: For those who were unable to attend in person, a recording of the live stream can be found here.
— Kristin Economos, Adams Leadership Institute
Your Summer course materials are now available for ordering at drake.ecampus.com. Drake’s Official Online Bookstore is your trusted source for professor-selected course materials.
There are two ways to shop:
Why shop from Drake’s online bookstore?
— The Bulldog Shop
The Anderson Gallery was awarded a prestigious National Endowment for the Arts grant of $20,000 for the upcoming exhibition of artists Duane Slick and Martin Smick.
Duane Slick is an artist of Native American descent, the Meskwaki Nation of Iowa and the Ho-Chunk Nation of Nebraska. His acrylic paintings blend the subjects of oral and visual Native American traditions with a focus on trickster strategies and modernist/post-modernist painting histories.
Martin Smick is an artist who has been living and working in Rhode Island since 2007 and has taught in the Painting Department at Rhode Island School of Design since 2013. Both artists have exhibited nationally and have collaborated on two previous exhibitions.
As collaborators, Slick and Smick are conscious of their respective cultural identities and have been able to create exhibitions that engage in issues surrounding Native culture. The grant will fund their site-specific installation at the Anderson Gallery that will be open to the public from Oct. 26–Dec. 10, 2023.
Lilah Anderson, Anderson Gallery Exhibitions and Community Engagement Manager
Drake Cheer tryouts for the 2023–2024 year will be held May 6 at 8 a.m. in the Knapp Center. The Drake Cheerleading Team consists of men and women whose primary purpose is to support Drake athletics and Drake University. The purpose of the squad is to boost school spirit, promote good sportsmanship, develop positive crowd involvement, and help student participants and spectators enjoy the athletic event. Cheer squad activities should center on leading and directing the cheering of fans. Find more information about Drake Cheer and tryouts.
Megan Franklin, Athletics
Three psychology students, Alex Chavez, Brittany Scott, and Bridgette Browning received a Psi Chi Award for their presentation, “The PSASE Project: Impact of a Vocational Intervention on Application Self-Efficacy,” at the 95th annual meeting of the Midwestern Psychological Association Association in Chicago. These students worked under the mentorship of Meaghan Rowe-Johnson, assistant professor of psychology in the Department of Psychology and Neuroscience.
Chris Klietherme, Associate Professor of Psychology
The Principal Center for Global Citizenship invites nominations for the Global Scholar/Practitioner-in-Residence program for Spring 2024, seeking to attract talented individuals from academia or the professions who have outstanding international expertise to teach a course, mentor students, give public lectures, work on joint research with faculty, and aid the global capacity-building of the institution through fruitful external collaborations. Two scholars will be selected.
Candidates should be nominated by the academic unit to which they will be attached. Please submit the following supporting materials:
Nominations should be directed to Annique Kiel, executive director of Global Engagement and International Programs, by May 24, 2023. Preference will be given to practitioners or scholars from one of Drake’s global partners. Units considering a nomination are encouraged to consult with Annique prior to submission.
Among the criteria to be considered for the nominee:
In recognition of their contributions, Global Scholars/Practitioners receive a stipend, a travel allowance, an appropriate workspace in the host college/school, and access to university facilities. Global Scholars/Practitioners will be affiliated with an appropriate academic unit for the semester and will offer at least one course.
— Hannah Sappenfield, Global Engagement
