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Campus Announcements Archive

Be Unstoppable career conference

What are two traits that employers look for in job candidates? The ability to be flexible and fearless! Are you ready?

Drake’s first career conference, Be Unstoppable, will be held virtually Feb. 19 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and feature renowned speakers from around the country. With the focus on leading students to be flexible and fearless, the conference is relevant for all majors, first-year students to grad students. Register here.

Why should you attend?

  • Keynote speaker Sarah Noll Wilson will kick off the conference with an interactive session: Let’s Get Honest and Play Fully Brave
  • Hear about career journeys and engage with professionals on a variety of topics on which you can learn today and practice tomorrow!
  • Get guidance on how to jumpstart your career, achieve more with less stress and take risks in a professional setting.
  • Practical tips on how to ace a virtual interview, make your resume stand out and more.
  • Sessions will be interactive to provide students with the chance to engage and network with presenters.
  • Build your True Blue Skills. Plus—wellness breaks!
  • Conference will conclude with Dr. Richard Deming who will have you reaching Above & Beyond in your career goals just as he does when he leads cancer patients on hikes up the world’s tallest mountains.

To attend, register with your Drake email. View full conference details.

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Candidates sought for internal searches

The Office of the Provost is seeking internal candidates for two positions.

  • Associate Provost of Campus Equity and Inclusion
  • Deputy Provost

Application materials for Associate Provost for Campus Equity and Inclusion are due Feb. 5. Application materials for Deputy Provost are due Feb. 15.

Find additional information and application procedures on the internal Drake HR page. Go into myDrake, and choose Human Resources from the top menu. Then enter this address: https://www.drake.edu/hr-internal/positions/ .

— Drinda Williams, Office of the Provost

Campus Announcements Archive

Levitt Mentor and Teacher of the Year awards

You are invited to nominate a faculty or staff member for the 2020–2021 Levitt Mentor of the Year award and/or the Levitt Teacher of the Year award.

A nominee must be a faculty or staff member in at least her/his fourth academic year of service and cannot have won this award within the past five years.

The letter should be sent as an attachment to Associate Provost Arthur Sanders at arthur.sanders@drake.edu and sandra.harris@drake.edu no later than Feb. 8, 2021.

Find details and nomination requirements for the Levitt Mentor of the Year award and/or the Levitt Teacher of the Year award. Let me know if you have any questions.

— Arthur Sanders, Provost’s Office

Campus Announcements Archive

Levitt Teacher of the Year

You are invited to nominate a faculty or staff member for the 2020–2021 Levitt Teacher of the Year award.

A nominee must be a faculty or staff member in at least her/his fourth academic year of service and cannot have won this award within the past five years.

The letter should be sent as an attachment to Associate Provost Arthur Sanders at arthur.sanders@drake.edu and sandra.harris@drake.edu no later than Feb. 8, 2021.

Find details about the requirements for the letter and the process. Let me know if you have any questions.

— Arthur Sanders, Provost’s Office

For Students Archive

Drake Women’s Rowing winter try-outs

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

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All Staff Council virtual break

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

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New Access and Success Office

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

HR Information Archive

Attention health plan participants with out-of-state dependents

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

Campus Announcements Archive

Be sure you’re logged into eduroam with your Drake email

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