The spring 2019 edition of the Drake Undergraduate Social Science Journal (DUSSJ) is now available. Check out the DUSSJ website for online versions of the papers. Also, consider browsing past editions for interesting research previously published in DUSSJ.
Congratulations to all authors for their fantastic research, and a special thanks to the editorial board for all of their hard work.
Heath Henderson, Assistant Professor of Economics
Please congratulate the newly elected members of All Staff Council. Their willingness to serve for the next three years in this capacity is appreciated.
Governance Committee
Kelly Read
Recognition Committee
Drinda Williams
Dani Peters
Dianna Gray
Special Events Committee
Tyler Spoon
Kim Jones
Special Interest Committee
Jenny Reitano
Laura Bjurstrom
ASC Chair-Elect
Sara Heijerman
Chuck Sengstock, School of Education
The Innovation Studio is happy to bring the Side Garage back to campus on Friday, April 26. Stop by Meredith Hall between 11 a.m. and 1 p.m. to print your own limited-time-only, specially-themed shirt. There is a limited number of T-shirts available, so it is first come, first served. The event is free, but students are encouraged to bring a non-perishable food or personal hygiene item for the campus Little Pantries project. For questions, email innovation@drake.edu.
Stephanie Cardwell, Buchanan Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
As our world becomes more and more connected through technological advances, learning another language is a skill that gives you the opportunity to engage with the world in a more immediate way. If you would like to expand your boundaries, Drake offers online Mango Languages.
From Spanish to Swahili and Shakespeare to Ancient Greek, Mango has virtually everyone’s language and culture curiosities covered. Whether studying abroad or strengthening a particular language skill, Drake employees can achieve their language-learning goals with Mango in over 70 languages.
For more information, go to myDrake and click on Mango Languages under Learning Resources.
A full list of Drake Employee Perks & Discounts can be found in myDrake by clicking on the Human Resources App (top of page). Next click Benefits, and then Additional Benefits, and finally Perks & Discounts for Drake Employees.
Linda Feiden, Wellness & Recognition Specialist, Human Resources
From April 23 through May 6 the campus bookstore’s online site shop.drake.edu will have a 15% discount off all gifts and accessories. Perfect timing for graduation, Mother’s Day, and Father’s Day. Visit shop.drake.edu.
Caron Findlay, Finance & Administration
Please join us for a retirement reception in honor of Donna Blunck, risk and insurance director, on April 24 from 9–10:30 a.m. in Old Main, Suite 316. If you are unable to make it, you are invited to stop by at another time prior to April 24 to wish Donna well. We are grateful for Donna’s incredible service to the University.
Venessa Macro, Chief Administration Officer
The Office of Sponsored Programs and Research Compliance (SPARC) is pleased to announce the following grants awarded July 1, 2018 through March 31, 2019. Congratulations to all those involved!
Tricia Atterberg, Sponsored Programs Administration and Research Compliance
Chris Ditter, associate director, Student Financial Planning, has been recognized by the Iowa Student Financial Aid Association with the John Heisner Memorial Lifetime Achievement Award, its highest honor.
This award requires significant contributions over an extended period of time. The recipient of this award exemplifies the ideals of service to the profession, support of colleagues and advocacy for students. Please join us in congratulating Chris for this honor and in thanking her for many years of faithful service to Drake.
Ryan Zantingh, Director of Financial Aid
Earlier this month, ITS shared that its next step in the data center move was to perform maintenance on campus connections to the Internet. ITS successfully completed the Internet bandwidth and redundancy work on April 13.
The next and last step for this move is to relocate equipment to the new offsite data center. This will be done between April 29 and May 2. While we do not expect any interruption to campus, it is always a possibility. In the event that any outages occur, we will notify campus through our regular communication channels.
Kris Brewster, ITS
Undergraduate and pharmacy students who wish to be reviewed for federal student loan eligibility during the summer term must complete the Summer Financial Aid Application.
Eligible graduate and law students (registered at least half-time and 2019-20 FAFSA completed) will automatically be presented with their federal loan eligibility.
Ryan Zantingh, Director of Financial Aid
