Remember that you can access the Chronicle of Higher Education, New York Times, and Wall Street Journal from wherever you are. Cowles Library provides site licenses to these resources for all Drake faculty, staff, and students. If you’re not set up yet, here’s the info:

Chronicle: https://blogs.library.drake.edu/2015/07/24/chronicle-of-higher-education/

NYT: https://researchguides.drake.edu/nyt

WSJ: https://blogs.library.drake.edu/2019/07/09/wall-street-journal-now-available-at-drake/

— Jill Gremmels, Dean of Cowles Library

The Adams Leadership Awards recognize and celebrate the achievements of student leaders and organizations at Drake University. Please consider nominating Drake students and student organizations who have exhibited strong leadership and excellence throughout the 2019–2020 academic year. Nominations can be submitted by any Drake student, faculty, or staff member. View a full list of awards and the nomination form. The nomination deadline has been extended to April 16 at 11:59 p.m.

In place of this year’s Adams Leadership Convocation ceremony, the nominees and recipients of each leadership award will be announced online the week of April 27. If you have any questions, please contact Kristin Economos, director of student leadership programs, at kristin.economos@drake.edu.

— Kristin Economos, Office of Student Involvement and Leadership

The University will now require all students pursuing an undergraduate degree from Drake University to complete the FAFSA prior to July 1 (preceding the academic year enrolled) as part of the Tuition Rebate Application process.

This requirement ensures that eligible students are considered for the Iowa Tuition Grant (which partially funds tuition and reduces the cost of offering this benefit). In addition, students will be considered for the Federal Pell Grant, which would be available to cover the costs of other educational expenses like room, board or books.

This new requirement was effective April 1, 2019. This requirement may be waived students who can demonstrate that they would not qualify for the Iowa Tuition Grant (see the Tuition Rebate Policy for details). The Tuition Rebate Policy is available here.

— Brandy Eganhouse, Student Financial Planning

It is with great sadness that we share the passing of Don Moon, 88, former associate professor emeritus of education. Don passed away March 9 at Deerfield Retirement Community. A visitation service will be held from 6–8 p.m., Friday, March 13, at Iles Westover Chapel. Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Saturday, March 14, at Grace Lutheran Church, 5201 Urbandale Avenue, Des Moines. 

Don, a member of the Drake faculty for 35 years, also served as director of educational media and television services from 1964 to 1996. He spearheaded many advancements in television services, including the first TV coverage of the Drake Relays produced by students. Following his retirement in 1998, he was the University’s interim director of distance learning for two years.

In addition, Don was a founding member of the Billie and Robert D. Ray Lifelong Learning Society, where he developed several courses. Don was a tireless supporter of Drake Athletics. He was a 50-year Drake basketball season ticket holder. He will be deeply missed by many. Read Don’s full obituary.

The OnCampus newsletter will not be distributed next week due to spring break. The newsletter will resume Tuesday, March 24.

— Ashton Hockman, University Communications & Marketing

With the arrival of spring and warmer temperatures, you may begin to wonder when the air will kick on in your building. Or, why you can’t have both heat and air as options at the same time. Drake has a two-pipe heating and cooling system. In basic terms, this means the system can be in either heating mode or cooling mode, but not both at the same time.

The changeover from heating to cooling or vice versa is made manually, and takes about a week to implement. The planned date to switch campus buildings from heating to cooling mode is April 15.

With that said, there is always the possibility that unusual weather patterns might cause some discomfort. Facilities Planning and Management monitors the weather forecast closely and adjusts switch over dates according to forecasted temperatures, but due to our fluctuating Iowa weather, it is often a guessing game.

Facilities Planning and Management switches the residence halls from heating to cooling first since they are occupied 24/7. It is also important to note that once the system has been switched over, there is no changing it back due to the manual process required to make the change.

Every building is a little different, too, so if anyone has any specific questions with their particular building or space, please contact Brett Lovelady, Drake HVAC manager, at 515–271–4728 or brett.lovelady@drake.edu.

— Brett Lovelady, Heating and Cooling, Facilities Planning and Management

This update has been postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ITS will provide an update when a rescheduled date is determined.

ITS is making updates to eAccounts in order to facilitate single sign on (SSO). The eAccounts system allows you to add Bulldog Bucks to your Drake ID card. After the upgrade on Tuesday, March 17, you will no longer have to enter your credentials a second time when you access eAccounts from the myDrake portal. You can learn more about how SSO works at Single Sign On (SSO) and Drake applications (FAQ).

As a result of this upgrade, you may need to re-enter saved credit card information for your account, or re-select Drake as your institution when using the mobile app. Additionally, you may receive an email about a new registration from no-reply@blackboard.com. This is a system-generated email and can be deleted.

Additional resources on using eAccounts and Bulldog Bucks can be found in these ITS guides.

— Carla Herling, ITS