The Writing Center (formerly called the Writing Workshop) opens Monday, Sept. 12.

WHAT WE DO: The Writing Center’s trained peer tutors advise and assist students at any stage of the writing process:

• Understanding instructions/prompts
• Generating ideas and ways to develop ideas
• Outlining and organizing
• Writing, expanding, revising, and/or copyediting a draft

We are a free service for all Drake students, including graduate students and those in professional programs.

HOW TO SIGN UP TO VISIT: Please go to https://library.drake.edu/writing-center/ to book an appointment with a tutor—instructions for booking and visiting are available on the site as well. Appointments are approximately 30 minutes, and students can sign up for more than one session if they wish. They may also request that a tutor keep a regular time slot available for them if they would like to come in each week.

WHERE WE ARE: The Writing Center has moved! We are still on the lower level of Cowles Library—please follow signs to find our new, larger, more comfortable space. We offer hours daily, from mornings to late afternoon/evening (including weekends). Students with health concerns can request an appointment on Zoom.

FOR FACULTY AND STAFF: If you refer a student to the workshop or require all students to visit, please let us know via email (megan.brown@drake.edu). Ask students to bring their assignment prompt/instructions to the Writing Center, as well as any writing they have done so far. When students are referred, or required, to visit, the tutor will email you to let you know that your student has attended and briefly describe what work was done. When students attend on their own, we do not inform professors unless they specifically ask us to do so.

IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS please contact Prof. Megan Brown, Director of Writing (megan.brown@drake.edu).

— Megan Brown, Director of Writing

Join us for Drake Law School’s Constitution Day Lecture, “Saving the Constitution” presented by Professor Jamal Greene. The lecture will take place Thursday, Sept. 15, from 3–4 p.m. in Cartwright Hall, Room 213. The event is free. Register on Eventbrite.

Professor Greene is a Dwight Professor of Law, Columbia Law School, where he is a constitutional law expert whose scholarship focuses on the structure of legal ad constitutional argument.

He is the author of the book How Rights Went Wrong: Why Our Obsession with Rights is Tearing America Apart (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2021). He is also author of numerous law review articles and has written in-depth about the Supreme Court, constitutional rights adjudication, and the constitutional theory of originalism.

He has been visiting professor at Harvard Law School and has served as co-chair of the Oversight Board, an independent body set up to review content moderation decisions on Facebook and Instagram (“The Facebook Supreme Court”).

— Megan Leto, Law School

The Office of New Student Programs would like to invite you to attend the First–Generation Student Ice Cream Social on Thursday, Sept. 1 from 1–3 p.m. in Pomerantz Stage area in the Olmsted Center. Let’s get together to welcome our new first gen Bulldogs and kick off the start of the academic year together. This is an opportunity to celebrate Drake’s first–generation students, faculty, and staff and to continue building relationships and support within the community.

Feel free to drop in anytime between 1–3 p.m. for some ice cream and to mingle with other first–generation Bulldogs.

Students, be sure to check out the Activities Fair afterwards starting at 3 p.m.

— Marina Verlengia, New Student Programs

Drake’s Intensive English Program (IEP) provides free learning opportunities for faculty, staff, and full-time students to improve their English skills. Our IEP offers intermediate and advanced level classes with an academic focus. If you feel that you may need additional help in a certain English skill area, be it advanced academic writing, grammar, or speaking, or if you simply would like to improve your pronunciation, you may want to consider taking one of our classes.

Classes begin Monday, Aug. 29, and end Friday, Dec. 9. The last day to register for classes is Friday, Sep. 2. Exceptions may be made to this deadline at the course instructor’s discretion. Please note that these classes are not credit-bearing.

If you are interested in joining a class, wish to see the schedule, or have questions about the program, contact Kendra Hossain-Morehead at kendra.hossain-morehead@drake.edu.

— Kendra Hossain-Morehead, Center for International Programs and Services

Access and Success has moved! All of our services are now on the lower level of Cowles Library.

Academic Coaching, Student Disability Services, Tutoring, and the Writing Center and Speaking Center are now located in the same location.

Look for further announcements and events from Access and Success throughout the semester.

— Michelle Laughlin, Student Disability Services

The Nelson Institute will once again host a student research symposium as part of the spring Global Citizen Forum to be held March 1–3, 2023. The theme for the 2023 Global Citizen Forum is Social impact and responsibility.

The Nelson Student Research Symposium promotes a university-wide discourse on global intercultural topics. It is recommended that presentation topics for the 2023 symposium align with one (or more!) of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs provide a framework for tackling complex global pressing issues such as poverty, sustainable communities, climate action, and justice.

While research presentations that support the theme are encouraged, all global topics from any academic discipline are welcome. We anticipate that the presentations will be about 15 minutes each.

Proposal submission

Papers (or concepts) should be submitted via Qualtrics form. Deadline: Friday, Feb. 10, 2023

Questions?

Learn more by visiting the Nelson Institute website or by contacting Professor Jimmy Senteza.

— Hannah Sappenfield, Global Engagement