The Des Moines Women’s Club has 14 different scholarship programs available to students from Polk, Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story, or Warren Counties. Applications are due Jan. 18, 2022.
To learn more about the available scholarships and to apply, visit desmoineswomensclub.com/scholarships.
— Ryan Zantingh, Student Financial Planning
Join us Nov. 29–Dec. 2 at 11:30 a.m. for lunch and a semester catch up with fellow students and Hannah Clayborne, dean of students. Lunch will be provided at Hubbell Hall and sign up is limited to 10 students per session on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration is required. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up. Contact Gina Ryan (gina.ryan@drake.edu) with questions.
First-year students, Nov. 29 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AAFA82AA7FFC52-lunch
Sophomores, Nov. 30 https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AAFA82AA7FFC52-lunch1
Juniors, Dec. 1
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AAFA82AA7FFC52-lunch2
Seniors, Dec. 2
https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0F4AAFA82AA7FFC52-lunch3
— Hannah Clayborne, Dean of Students
The web-based Drake Undergraduate Social Science Journal (DUSSJ) is accepting submissions for its Spring 2022 edition. Any current Drake undergraduate (or recent graduate) is eligible to submit a paper on a topic in the social sciences (political science, international relations, anthropology, sociology, economics, history, and social psychology). Submissions may be short analytic essays or longer research papers. Papers that feature thoughtful, original analysis, polished writing, and careful citation are especially welcome.
The deadline for submission is Friday, Feb. 11.
No more than one submission per person will be considered. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by a student editorial board. When submitting a paper, please indicate if it is a research paper or short analytic essay. Also, please indicate the primary discipline and any secondary discipline(s).
Questions and submissions should be sent to the DUSSJ faculty advisors, Professor Li and Professor Henderson at advisor.dussj@gmail.com.
— Heath Henderson, College of Business & Public Administration
Drake Law School’s Recent Alumni Engagement Board is pleased to announce a new discussion series that will bring individuals from different parts of the political spectrum together to explore current issues in a respectful and informative forum. The series kicks off on Wednesday, Dec. 1, at noon with a virtual panel discussion about civility in politics. Panelists include Drake Professor Rachel Paine Caufield, Drake Law Professor Anthony Gaughan, State Representative Jennifer Konfrst, and former U.S. Congressman David Young. Register at eventbrite.com/e/civility-in-politics-registration-211731483567.
— Theresa Howard, Law School
The next gathering of the University Book Club is coming up in December—there is still time to read! Our December book is jointly sponsored by Human Resources, Cowles Library, and All Staff Council. We’ll be incorporating two of these jointly sponsored books (“Toolkit for Life” books) into the schedule this year, by member request. We hope that the content in these books will be valuable to our members.
The first “Toolkit” book on our list is “Rising Strong” by Brene Brown. We’ll be meeting via Zoom at 10 a.m. on Dec. 15. If you would like to be added to the calendar/Zoom invite for this particular meeting, feel free to email sara.heijerman@drake.edu.
You can also reach out if you are not currently a member of the University Book Club, and would like to be added to our email list or TEAM’s chat group. We also have a Facebook page (Drake University Book Club), and welcome new members at any point in the year.
Our upcoming book selections are listed below. Feel free to put them on your calendar, and we look forward to seeing you at any meeting you wish to attend.
Dec. 15 – Toolkit for Life Book 1
Rising Strong by Brene Brown
January 20 – The Premonition: A Pandemic Story by Michael Lewis
March 3 – Toolkit for Life Book 2 Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport
May 10 – The Rose Code by Kate Quinn
July 20 – Carry On: Reflections for a New Generation by John Lewis
— Sara Heijerman, Student Services Center
More the Merrier Sale
Get into the holidays with the Bookstore’s More the Merrier Sale Nov. 24–29. The sale is in-store and online Wednesday, Nov. 24 and Monday, Nov. 29, and online only Nov. 25–28. Use promocode: MOREMERRY at www.universitybook.com.
Griff II 2022 calendars
2022 wall calendars featuring beautiful, unique, and iconic photos of the beloved official live mascot for Drake University, Griff II, are now available in-store and online.
— Kyle McVay, University Bookstore
Enjoy all the fun entries from the All Staff Council Halloween photo contest on the Special Events page.
Congratulations to the winners:
The holidays are right around the corner. Join the All Staff Council in celebrating this joyous time of year while decorating festive cookies. Lynne Cornelius will be showing us her expert decorating skills starting at 3 p.m. on Dec. 17 via Teams. Join the event here (and look for it on the University Calendar).
This is a virtual, family-friendly event for decorators of all ages. Participants can order kits for the session for $10 that will include 3 large cookies and 3 frostings. You can submit orders for cookie kits by Dec. 10 using this form. We will raffle off a dozen cookies to a lucky participant.
Please contact ascspecialevents@drake.edu with any questions or comments. The event is sponsored by ASC events and community service committees.
— Drinda Williams, on behalf of All Staff Council
The deadline to enroll in Drake benefits for the 2022 Plan Year is fast approaching. If you wish to change your current health, dental, or voluntary life insurance coverage, you must elect or terminate participation in the Benefits Portal in myDrake. Additionally, if you wish to participate in Drake’s health or dependent care flexible spending account (FSA) plans during 2022, you must enroll or re-enroll in the Benefits Portal. To learn more about Drake’s comprehensive benefits, visit the new Benefits Guide here.
Instructions and information about how to access the Benefits Portal are available here. If you have not yet made benefit elections for 2022, please don’t wait until the last minute. All benefit elections for the 2022 Plan Year must be made no later than 11:59 p.m. on Tuesday, November 30, 2021.
— Marlene Heuertz, Human Resources
Starting on Jan. 4, Drake will be requiring the use of the Microsoft Authenticator multi-factor authentication (MFA) app to access campus systems. When you log into a system set up with MFA, you will be prompted to prove that you are the person logging in by using the Microsoft Authenticator app to verify your identity. Learn more about this change by visiting service.drake.edu/its/mfa.
To encourage early preparation, ITS is offering an incentive to the first 150 people who submit proof of downloading the Microsoft Authenticator app and connecting it with their Drake account. They will receive a $1 off coupon to use at the campus Starbucks. One coupon per person, and a screenshot of your phone is required.
Visit https://forms.office.com/r/HGSY0L1JSf to enter and see complete rules.
— Carla Herling, ITS
