The Iowa Space Grant Consortium awarded Delaney Goertzen, second-year health sciences student, a Spring 2021 NASA merit undergraduate scholarship. These competitive scholarships are awarded to students pursuing STEM disciplines. Congratulations, Delaney!
— Kaylyn Maher, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences
Drake Women’s Rowing is hosting an informational Zoom meeting on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 7 p.m. No prior rowing experience is necessary to join the team. We welcome all women who wish to join an NCAA Division I sport, train with amazing teammates for conference championships, compete in a fun and challenging atmosphere, and increase physical fitness.
Please fill out our Google Form if you are interested in joining the team.
The link to the Zoom meeting will be available on the University Calendar.
Contact Drake Rowing Head Coach DiSilvestro with any questions: charlie.disilvestro@drake.edu.
— Ryli Smith, Athletics
Do you miss the chance to visit with your Drake colleagues on the way to the “water cooler”? Please join our virtual break, hosted by All Staff Council and Human Resources. The event will take place Thursday, Jan. 28, from 3–4 p.m. on Microsoft Teams.
During the event we will host small group break out rooms where you can reconnect, get to know new people, and maybe leave with some recommendations of fun things to do in the area.
Please see the event on the University Calendar for the link to the Teams Meeting.
— Kevin Saunders, on behalf of All Staff Council
Student Disability Services and Academic Achievement have joined together to launch the new Access & Success office. This resource-neutral approach will yield increased capacity, allow for more proactive intervention, and support sustainable collaboration to best serve students. Access and Success will clear a pathway for the campus community to get students connected to needed resources.
Access and Success will serve all Drake students and focus on a holistic, wellness centered approach. In addition to disability services and peer tutoring, other resources may include, but are not limited to, academic coaching appointments, webinars, and workshops.You can quickly and easily connect your students to these resources by making an access and success referral in Starfish.
If you host a webpage or maintain any pdf resources that link to Academic Achievement, please note the URL will change on Feb. 1 to drake.edu/access-success.
— Michelle Laughlin, Access and Success
If you elected coverage for your dependents who reside out-of-state, you must contact Wellmark Customer Service (800-362-2230) to request a guest membership in Drake’s Health Plan. You will also need to designate an out-of-state primary care provider for your dependents to ensure access to in-network benefits. Your dependents may locate in-network Blue Card providers by calling 800-810-BLUE or visiting the National Doctor and Hospital Finder at bcbs.com. Should you have questions about this process, please contact Wellmark Customer Service at 800-362-2230.
— Marlene Heuertz, Human Resources
Although we’ve always encouraged logging into our eduroam campus wireless network using your Drake email address, it wasn’t required. This changed on Dec. 1, 2020. You must now use your Drake email address to log into the eduroam network. This network setting was changed to better maintain our network and ensure credentials are passed properly to access eduroam at other affiliated institutions.
In October, we sent emails to everyone who was logging into eduroam using their Drake ID. If you received this email and haven’t made this change, you’ll first need to forget the eduroam network on any device where you are connected. See Forgetting a Wireless Network (How-To). Once that is done, please connect to eduroam again and log in using your Drake email address.
Need a reminder on how to log into eduroam? Follow the instructions at Connecting to the eduroam Wireless Network (How-to).
If you have been working, learning, or teaching entirely remotely, you’ll need to make this change when you return to the Drake campus.
— Carla Herling, ITS
The National Association on Mental Illness (NAMI) Greater Des Moines chapter, has put together a new speaker series featuring some of the top motivational speakers in the country. Each of these virtual webinars are free. Their opening event will take place on Wednesday, Feb. 3, at 12 p.m. Check out the details and register for the speaker series.
This six-part speaker series is part of a free webinar series from NAMI in 2021. Topics range from managing stress and understanding seasonal affective disorder to problem solving and PTSD. Their goal is to ensure that mental health services and supports are readily accessible to everyone in need.
— Linda Feiden, Human Resources
Drake Online & Continuing Education has worked with ITS, including Academic Emerging Technologies (AET), to develop a new service for faculty and instructors developing and teaching online classes. A new portal has been established in TeamDynamix for service requests related to online teaching. Faculty and instructors can choose between two services: Online Course Consultation and Online Course Issues. Consultation is focused on helping faculty who are developing a course. Course Issues is for instructors experiencing technical issues in their online classes. In addition, we will be building a library of knowledge base articles to support online teaching throughout the next year.
The portal is live and faculty can begin requesting assistance immediately.
