Nominations are invited for the Principal Financial Global Citizenship Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to global engagement and internationalization of the campus and curriculum on the part of faculty or staff. The selected awardee will receive a plaque, up to $3,000, and will be announced at the 2020 Global Citizen Forum in March. A screening committee, appointed by the Provost, will review all nominations and make recommendations to the Provost. Nominations should be submitted to Bonnie Ehler at bonnie.ehler@drake.edu by Monday, Feb.10, 2020. Please review the following details:

A letter of nomination should be submitted recommending an individual for the award and explaining the context and manner in which the nominator has come to know the faculty or staff member. This letter should speak to the following qualifications:

Pursuant to the University’s mission to develop “responsible global citizens,” explain how the nominee has made outstanding contributions at Drake toward realizing the following:

1. Serve as a global knowledge hub that brings value to external partners in local, national and international settings.
2.  Infuse global and multicultural perspectives across the campus and curriculum.
3. Develop infrastructure, resources and communication systems to support internationalization and global engagement.

The nominee must be a faculty or staff member in at least her/his fourth year of service at the University. The nominee cannot have won this award within the past five years. Faculty and staff members who report directly for Drake International are ineligible.

Nominees who indicate a willingness to be considered will be invited to submit a c.v. and a statement discussing their contributions to the above goals. One or two letters of support from faculty, staff or students will be accepted (this is optional).

Any individual who was nominated for the award in 2019 may be re-nominated if the nominator resubmits a letter offering the individual for consideration this year. Files of previous nominees are maintained for one year. If a faculty member is re-nominated, the nominator will be invited to review the file from the previous year to ensure that the nomination is as current as possible.

Nomination letters are due by February 10, 2020, and should be sent as an attachment to bonnie.ehler@drake.edu.  Questions may be directed to Annique Kiel, annique.kiel@drake.edu.

— Annique Kiel, Executive Director, Global Engagement and International Programs

Drake faculty and staff are eligible to receive up to four complimentary general admission tickets to the events listed below. Tickets may be picked up at the Knapp Center Ticket Office Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or at the ticket window on game day. Must show valid Drake Card at time of pick up.

Drake Men’s Basketball vs. Southern Illinois
Saturday, Feb. 1 , 5 p.m.

Drake Women’s Basketball vs. Missouri State
Sunday, Feb. 9, 2 p.m.

For more information, please contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.

— Ryan Harris, Drake Athletics

The eduroam network replaced the DUFacStaff wireless network on Dec. 31.

You must log into eduroam using your Drake email address, rather than your Drake ID number. This ensures that your credentials are passed securely.

The eduroam network is available in over 1,000 locations in 100 countries, so if you visit another campus or educational institution, you may be able to take your wireless network with you.

Learn more about eduroam on our FAQ page.

— Carla Herling, ITS

The following contains an update from Short’s Travel Management, Drake’s travel services provider:

On Oct. 22, the FBI issued a warning to travel management companies, such as Short’s Travel, advising that stolen credentials are being used to book international travel for fraudulent passengers. These individuals are obtaining names, job titles, contact information, or a combination thereof to impersonate employees of travel management company clients. Due to this industry-wide increase in fraudulent requests, Short’s Travel is requiring a profile for all travelers or travel arrangers.

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, in an effort to decrease fraud and continue to provide the highest level of service and security for our clients, Short’s Travel will require all travelers or their travel arrangers to have a profile in the Short’s system before they are allowed to book travel.

What does this mean for me? Most Drake travelers already have a profile set up in the Short’s system, so this should cause minimal disruption to the booking process.  Those who don’t, will need to set up a profile. Some travelers, who in the past have been approved to travel without a profile or who’s arranger did not have a profile, will be required to create their profile prior to making any airline reservations.

For assistance with creating profiles, or for any questions or concerns, please contact Caron Findlay at extension #2424 or caron.findlay@drake.edu.

— Caron Findlay, Director, Purchasing and Business Services