The University Book Store is hiring temporary team members to help with back-to-school duties from August to early September. Interested candidates should enjoy working in a fast-paced, fun, customer-service environment. If interested, apply online.
— Katie Wilz, University Book Store
Beginning Aug. 1, there will be a new director of the Drake Undergraduate Science Collaborative Institute (DUSCI). Brian Gentry, associate professor of pharmacology from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, will step into the director role, replacing John Gitua, associate professor of Chemistry from the College of Arts and Sciences. John diligently served as director for the past five and half years.
Brian has been an active member of DUSCI for many years. He has served as a DUSCI faculty advisory board member, has been a student research mentor for summer research students, and has been active in DUCURS as a moderator/judge every year.
— Kayla Jenkins, College of Arts & Sciences
Work to repair a steam line located between the Olmsted Center and Aliber Hall began this week. The project is expected to take approximately 10 days to complete. Immediately following its completion, repairs will begin on a steam line located between Cline Hall and Forest Avenue. The repair will limit access of the east entrances of Cline Hall and Harvey Ingham Hall. Those on campus should use the south entrance of Cline Hall to access Harvey Ingham Hall.
The repair work is scheduled to be complete prior to the start of the fall semester. Facilities Planning and Management is working diligently with the contractor, Stroh Corporation, to minimize inconveniences to those on campus. There will be signage in place to direct pedestrians around campus. See the attached map for locations.
— Jolene Schmidt, Facilities Planning and Management
Have you tried out the new internal campus portal, myDrake? Visit my.drake.edu, your new gateway to campus information, resources, and functions. You’ll see links to the tools you need regardless of your campus role(s).
Once you sign into myDrake, your login credentials will be shared with additional applications. ITS staff is working on connecting as many campus systems as possible with single sign-on (SSO), so the number of systems that require an additional login will continue to decrease.
Not sure where to get started with using myDrake? Visit the IT service portal guides or the myDrake FAQs.
blueView will remain into the fall semester, but we hope that you’ll make the switch to using myDrake today.
Questions? Feedback? Email Carla Herling, IT communications manager, or Jeff Regan, myDrake project manager, or complete the feedback form.
— Carla Herling, ITS
Clearance items at the University Book Store are now 25–75% off. New markdowns have been made on Relays and some Drake items. In addition, clearance items are available online at www.drake.bkstr.com. Shop before it’s all gone.
Store summer hours:
Monday– Thursday, 9 a.m.–5:30 p.m.
Friday– Saturday, 10 a.m.–4 p.m.
— Katie Wilz, University Book Store
On Thursday, July 12, ITS will perform system maintenance that will affect registrations for the DUGuest wireless network from 10 a.m. to noon. During this maintenance period, no one will be able to register a device on the guest wireless network. Devices that have been registered on the guest wireless network before 10 a.m. should not see any disruption in service. This maintenance will not affect access to any of the other campus wireless networks.
We appreciate your patience while we perform this necessary work. If you continue to have any issues after the planned maintenance window, please contact the Support Center at 515-271-3001 or visit service.drake.edu/its to report your issue.
— Carla Herling, ITS
Due to water damage from the storms on June 30, the ITS Support Center in Carnegie Hall is closed for walk-in support. Access to Carnegie Hall will continue to be unavailable for several weeks to allow for repairs. ITS staff are being relocated to the second floor of Collier-Scripps, and walk-in support should be open by the end of the week. More information to come.
Phone support is available by calling 515-271-3001 or you can use the IT Service Portal at service.drake.edu/its to report any issues you may be having.
We apologize for any inconvenience and will update you when the Support Center reopens in its temporary location.
— Carla Herling, ITS
The Office of Student Financial Planning is hosting a retirement open house for Susan Ladd, director of financial aid, tomorrow, July 11, from 2–4 p.m. in the Carnegie Hall lobby. Susan is retiring after 26 years of serving students, families, faculty, and staff at Drake University. She has held many roles over the years, including graduate assistant, assistant director, associate director, and university project manager for the Drake ERP (Banner) implementation. Additionally, she has served on numerous committees. Her official last day of employment was July 2. Please join us to celebrate her service and wish her well.
— Christine Ditter, Student Financial Planning
The Des Moines metro was hit with catastrophic flash flooding on Saturday, June 30. Drake’s campus was one of the many locations affected. The lower levels of more than 30 buildings on campus were impacted as the rapid rainfall led to power outages and overflowing storm sewers.
Facilities, Planning, and Management (FPM) has been working with the University’s insurance agent and cleanup and repair teams to assess the damage. Faculty and staff whose workspaces were affected, and will need to be temporarily relocated, were already notified by FPM. Faculty and staff who have questions, can contact Kelly Foster at kelly.foster@drake.edu.
Remediation companies SRP Environmental and Service Master are on campus and will be working until the affected buildings are cleaned and restored. Please note, SRP Environmental and Service Master are operating out of G-K lots 21 and 34.
Following the cleanup process, drywall, flooring, and other building materials, including furniture, will be replaced and restored. If you have personal belongings or specific business equipment that received water damage, please have your building contact send information/inventory to Donna Blunck at donna.blunck@drake.edu.
FPM does not expect the storm to disrupt the many construction and facilities projects underway across campus. The department is working hard to address the water damage—and confident in the progress being made—all while keeping previously scheduled projects moving forward.
We look forward to welcoming faculty and students to campus next month for the start of fall semester.
— Kevin Moran, Facilities, Planning, and Management
After gathering input from campus and posting for the two-week review period, the Approval Authority Policy was presented to and approved by the Board of Trustees during their April meeting. The policy combines and replaces two previously existing policies titled Contract and Legal Service Authority and Executive Purchasing. The new policy will become effective July 1, 2018.
As a reminder, the purpose of the policy is to ensure all contracts and transactions are signed by those with the authority to obligate the University with external parties in accordance with the delegation approved by the Board of Trustees. Individuals authorized to sign contracts and transactions under this policy are expected to have the necessary information and expertise to fully understand the implications of such commitments.
The new policy is available in the University Policy Library. Please take a moment to review the Approval Authority policy.
New Payment Request Form
As we have planned for implementation of the Approval Authority Policy, we have taken the opportunity to revise the forms used to submit payment requests to accounting. A new form titled Payment Request Form will combine and replace the previously existing Direct Pay and Invoice FOAPAL form. The new form is available on the Finance & Administration Forms webpage. The use of the new Payment Request Form will be effective July 1, 2018. Please discontinue use of the Direct Pay and Invoice FOAPAL forms.
— Heather Travis, Controller
