It’s time to submit your course material requests for Spring 2020. Textbook adoptions are due Oct. 15.
Submit your adoptions online via Follett Discover:
If you need training on using Follett Discover or assistance in any way feel free to reach out to the University Bookstore.
— Donna Hallstrom, University Bookstore
We are seeking applicants to teach 40 sections of INTD 025: Bulldog Foundations in Fall 2020. Applicants must hold a master’s degree or equivalent, and teaching experience is preferred. To find out more, please attend one of two informational sessions:
Oct. 16, 9–10 a.m., Cowles, Room 201
Oct. 17, 10–11 a.m., Cowles, Room 201
Bulldog Foundations helps students explore concepts and develop skills that are crucial for development of meaningful personal lives, professional accomplishments, and responsible global citizenship. Students will explore social justice issues, consider life skills necessary for success, and refine academic strategies. This course helps students transition into the Drake community with ease.
The course will run for the first ten weeks of the semester and will meet once a week for an hour and fifteen minutes. Instructors will be given all curriculum, materials, and facilitator guides for the course, and will not need to develop any curriculum on their own. Attached, you will find the Bulldog Foundations syllabus.
In addition to assigned class time, chosen instructors will need to attend an introduction meeting during the week of April 7th, an all-day training the week of August 3rd, and check-in meetings the week of October 19th and a wrap-up meeting during the week of fall 2020 finals.
Instructors will be paid a $1000 stipend for teaching Bulldog Foundations unless this course serves as a part of your full-time teaching load.
Fill out the google form to apply.The application is due Nov. 15, and successful applicants will be notified by Dec. 6.
— Erin Lain, Associate Provost for Campus Equity and Inclusion
The Provost’s Office is seeking applicants for an Administrative Fellow for Graduate and Professional Programs. Read full details.
This is a two-year, renewable term position, and is open to tenured faculty at the rank of associate professor or professor.
Applications should be submitted to Drinda Williams (drinda.williams@drake.edu) by Friday, Oct. 18, and should include:
— Drinda Williams, Office of the Provost
Bring your parents and hit the University Bookstore tent before Saturday’s football game. Enjoy hot chocolate, snacks, music, and giveaway’s. The Bookstore is open on Saturday from 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Stop in and see us. Go BULLDOGS!
— Donna Hallstrom, University Bookstore
Drake faculty and staff are eligible to receive up to four complimentary 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 Football vs. Valparaiso
Saturday, October 5 | 1:00 p.m. | Drake Stadium
Drake Volleyball vs. Illinois State
Friday, October 11 | 6:00 p.m. | Knapp Center
For more information, please contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.
— Ryan Harris, Assistant Athletic Director, Ticket Sales
Join us in the Innovation Studio (Meredith, 124C) from 1–4 p.m. on Wednesday, Oct. 2, to learn to use the sticker maker and the button maker. Come with a design idea or let us help you make one. Or just learn to use the equipment so you can come back later on your own (equipment is always available). Students of any major are welcome!
— Stephanie Cardwell, Buchanan Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
As we begin another year, we pause to say thank you for your support of Drake. Collectively, we transform lives in so many ways. Gifts to Drake impact the educational experience. If you have already made a gift this fiscal year, THANK YOU!
If you haven’t made a gift this fiscal year, please join me in continuing your engagement. Your contribution, to any area you wish to support, makes a meaningful difference and sends a powerful message.
You can make a gift on our website or through payroll deduction by contacting Pam Pepper at pam.pepper@drake.edu or (515) 271-4558. Your contributions will help the University continue to empower students to achieve their dreams.
If you would like to participate in All In, our 24-hour giving campaign, please mark April 2 & 3 on your calendar.
— Pam Pepper, University Advancement
The ITS project management team hosts a bi-weekly project update call. During this 15 minute call, we share brief updates on our larger technology initiatives with campus. It’s a great way to get learn more about what ITS is working on. We would like to let everyone know of an upcoming time change to this call. It will remain on Thursdays, but it will move from 10 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. starting Thursday, Oct. 3. The dates, new times, and details for joining the call can be found on the campus calendar.
Additional information on projects can be found on the ITS website.
— Kris Brewster, ITS
Can you see yourself living and working in Washington, D.C.? A representative from The Washington Center for Internships and Academic Seminars will be on campus on Tuesday, Sept. 25, and will hold an all-campus information session from 3:30–4:30 p.m. in Meredith, Room 237.
The Washington Center (TWC) is a nonpartisan non-profit educational provider in Washington, D.C. that specializes in experiential learning for students across the country. TWC is very well-regarded for its semester-long study in D.C. program, where students combine academic coursework, a full-time internship, and professional skills development. They also run short academic seminars every January, offer summer internship programming, and have on-the-ground seminars during party nominating conventions every four years.
As an affiliated institution, Drake has a tuition exchange and credit exchange agreement with TWC. One of the unique characteristics of TWC is the extent to which they orient their programming to student audiences outside of Political Science majors—from business and finance to media and communications, art and fine arts, law, social justice, sociology, history, museum studies, international affairs, english—their offerings and internships integrate a broad array of policy topics and areas of study.
—Rachel Paine Caufield, Professor of Political Science
Are you an excellent teacher? Or even just a pretty good one? Or at least okay at some parts of the job? If so, please consider lending your insights and expertise—and, yes, time (but not too much)—to the Center for Teaching Excellence as we build a critical mass of teachers and mentors to sustain Drake’s teaching-central mission. We are seeking mid-career and senior faculty willing to serve as mentors for newly appointed colleagues; observers and consultants as part of our teaching excellence corps; and those interested in joining peer-to-peer exchanges.
To learn more about these and other ways you can get involved with the Center’s work, send an email to teaching.excellence@drake.edu.
— Craig Owens, Professor of English
