Students who have considered studying abroad during their time at Drake are invited to attend an information session hosted on April 19 in the Cowles Library fish bowl (LIB 201). The first 30 minutes (10–10:30 a.m.) will be general information about the process, timeline, and financial aspects of studying abroad, and the last 30 minutes (10:30–11 a.m.) will be an in-depth look at our incredible DU Spain program offered in Spring 2025. We look forward to meeting you and helping make your study abroad dreams a reality.

— Chelsea Funk, Global Engagment

Functionality to make corrections or changes to the 2024–2025 FAFSA is expected to be broadly available to students this week. Common corrections include providing required signature(s) and/or consent to the IRS direct data exchange, updating your college grade level (P1 and P2 students should choose “Other undergraduate – junior year and beyond”) . Guidance on how to make changes to your FAFSA can be found here.

The Financial Aid Office is preparing 2024-2025 financial aid offers, and is prioritizing students enrolled in the summer semester (or P4 students), as well as prospective students. Undergraduate and P1, P2 or P3 students should complete the Summer Application for Financial Aid if they are interested in borrowing Federal Direct Subsidized/Unsubsidized student loans for the summer semester.

If you have not yet completed the 2024-2025 FAFSA and wish to be considered for need-based assistance or federal student loans in the summer 2024, fall 2024, or spring 2025 semesters, please complete it at www.studentaid.gov as soon as possible.

Ryan Zantingh, Director of Financial Aid

Join Students for Dignity for an info session to learn how you can be part of a new movement to ease divisions, prevent violence, and solve problems in the United States.

 Students for Dignity is a national student led campaign addressing the growing division in our country and on college campuses. We offer a welcoming space where students openly share their perspectives and engage in thoughtful discussions with their peers.

We ground our work in The Dignity Index, an eight-point scale that measures how we treat each other when we disagree. The Dignity Index is founded on the belief that treating others with contempt tears us apart, treating others with dignity can bring us together, and talking about dignity and contempt prompts us to use more dignity and less contempt.

By applying the Dignity Index, we objectively evaluate public and political speech to assess the level of contempt or dignity in campaign messages, fundraising emails, and other political discourse. In doing so, our members actively engage in shaping the political discourse of our nation. Our goal is to create a new incentive where dignity – not contempt – is a winning strategy, and becomes the standard people demand from those who represent them, inform them, and entertain them.

Let’s unite, advocate, and make a difference together.

When: Monday, April 15, 2024 at 5 p.m.

Where: The Harkin Institute Boardroom (2800 University Avenue, Des Moines IA, 50311)

Click here to RSVP. Food will be provided.

— Kathryn Kuckelman, The Harkin Institute