For only $25 the package includes:
One official replica Drake Bulldogs youth jersey
One game ticket
One concession voucher

Package valid for one ticket to one of the following games:
Women’s Basketball vs. Iowa, December 21, 6 p.m.
Men’s Basketball vs. McKendree, December 29, 2 p.m.
Men’s Basketball vs. Loyola, January 5, 2 p.m.
Women’s Basketball vs. Loyola, January 11, 6 p.m.

To order visit DrakeTix.com/promo using Promo Code JERSEY or visit the Knapp Center Ticket Office.

Ryan Harris

Come relax, reset, and meditate in this special Dead Day Yoga session. Classes will be held at the Bell Center on Friday, Dec. 7 from 11–11:45 a.m. and 12:15–12:45 p.m., with the Fitness Studio available from 11:45 a.m.–12:15 p.m. for meditation and relaxation. Our instructors will guide participants through deep breathing, stretching, and mindful exercises. Registration is recommended using the Drake Rec App. Hot drinks (tea, hot cocoa) will be provided. Mats and blocks will also be provided. These classes are free and open to all Drake students, faculty, and staff.

Drake Wellness

Attend a discussion and question-and-answer session on the recent proposed draft regulations for Title IX and learn how you can participate in the rule-making process. The session will be held Dec. 5 at 12 p.m. in the Drake Room, Olmsted Center. Speakers include Jerry Anderson, dean and professor of law; Lynne Cornelius, violence prevention coordinator; and Katie Overberg, Title IX coordinator.

Katie Overberg, Title IX Coordinator/Equity and Inclusion Policy Specialist, and Lynne Cornelius, Violence Prevention Coordinator

Over winter break, we are planning to update the payment processing system used to deposit funds into Bulldog Bucks accounts. This will not change the deposit site or anything relating to the Bulldog Bucks account functions. The main change will be the appearance of the payment screens. Please note that any saved payment methods will need to be re-entered and saved with your initial deposit in the new system.

As a reminder, Bulldog Bucks are an optional account on a Drake Card, and can be used for on-campus food, laundry, printing, or bookstore purchases. Bulldog Bucks do carry over from semester to semester, and are cleared after graduation. Guests (parents, friends, etc.) are welcome to give the gift of Bulldog Bucks at any time by clicking “Make a Guest Deposit” at the sign in page—all you’ll need is a Bulldog’s email address to add funds to their account.

If you have any questions or concerns about this update, feel free to email Sara Heijerman at sara.heijerman@drake.edu.

Sara Heijerman, Student Services Center

Join The Ray Center in welcoming 5,000 elementary and middle school students to campus for the Women’s Basketball game at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 4. Do you have community service hours to use?  Volunteers are needed for the event. To volunteer or for questions, contact Amy Smit at amy.smit@drake.edu.

Amy Smit, The Robert D. and Billie Ray Center

Sigma Tau Delta, Drake’s English honor society, is continuing their book drive. Place children’s books in boxes placed throughout campus to help future teachers start their classroom libraries. The drive goes through Dec. 2, so donate your books now!

Alexus Kreft, Sigma Tau Delta, AS’20

The Office of Community Engaged Learning and Service is partnering with Monsoon Youth Program to collect donations for their Homelessness Prevention Donation Drive. The items collected will be donated to youth and families at the Iowa Youth Homeless Center on Sunday, Dec. 9. See below for their most needed items. Donations will be collected at the Office Of Community Engaged Learning, 1213 25^th St (next to Varsity Theater) until Dec. 7.

Top donations needed:

Laundry detergent pods (free and clear/hypoallergenic recommended)

Laundry detergent (free and clear/hypoallergenic recommended)

Dryer sheets (free and clear/hypoallergenic recommended)

Deodorant (primarily women)
Brand new socks (adult small-XXL)
Brand new sweatshirts and sweatpants (adult small-XXL)

Brand new underwear (adult small-XXL)
Diapers (newborn to 5)
Pads
Panty liners
Tampons
Hand warmers
Flashlights and batteries
Brand new hats
Brand new gloves

Renee Sedlacek, Community Engaged Learning 

The University is coming to the end of its first year offering online programs.  In the first year, 95 new online students enrolled in four new online programs.  Online Programs is set to offer two new programs in 2019, the Master of Data Analytics Leadership through the College of Business and Public Administration and the Master of Jurisprudence in Compliance and Risk Management through the Law School.  We expect that we will have our 100th online student enrolled in the first term of Spring.

This past fall was our largest enrollment yet, with 53 students starting either in Term 1 or Term 2.  As we continue to add programs, these numbers will grow.  We also already have four graduates.  The Master of Art in Communication has had one student graduate this past summer and three are graduating in December.

We are often asked where are our online students living?  Our numbers don’t vary much from national averages.  The majority of online students come from the Des Moines area and Iowa, although we do have a nice mix nationally.  Forty-six percent of our students come from the Des Moines metro area and 22 percent come from the rest of Iowa.  The remaining third come from outside of our state, from as far away as Texas and Florida to right next door in Illinois, Missouri, and Minneapolis.

It will be exciting to see if we can get students from every state in the future. In the meantime, if you have any questions regarding our student make-up, please let me know.

Christina Trombley, Online Programs

Did you know 40% of food goes to waste in the U.S. each year? At Drake alone, Next Course Food Recovery has recovered over 28,000 pounds of food this year, saving it from going into the landfill and sending it to local agencies who could use it instead. Be a part of this food movement. Attend a training Wednesday, Nov. 28, from 4–5 p.m. in lower Olmsted, TMR132, to learn about Next Course, what we do on campus, and general food waste and ways to fight it—all while getting trained in how to do a food recovery at Drake. Faculty and staff are encouraged to attend as we often need additional volunteers over winter break and J-Term when there are fewer students on campus. Staff are eligible to use their community service leave hours with supervisor permission.

Learn more by visiting the Facebook event. For questions, contact Catie Mullen at catie.mullen@drake.edu.

Catie Mullen, AS’21, Next Course Food Recovery SLA