The University Book Store will have a two-day sale September 18 and 19. Bookstore hours are 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Shop in store or online. Sale items include 25% off Champion, League, and Gear Drake wear, 25% off headwear, backpacks, and much more. Additional 50% off clearance.

The University Book Store is located in the Olmsted Center.

Katie Wilz, University Book Store

Drake’s Title IX webpage is a one-stop resource for information, resources, and policies addressing sexual and interpersonal misconduct, including sexual violence or assault, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, dating/domestic violence, or stalking.  The webpage includes the Sexual and Interpersonal Misconduct policy, resources for support, options for reporting, and assistance with safety, housing, or classes or with finding information about our processes and policies.

If you have questions about sexual and interpersonal misconduct, or if you would like to learn more about prevention efforts or Drake’s policies and procedures, please contact the Title IX Coordinator, Katie Overberg (271-2982 or titleix@drake.edu) or the Violence Prevention Coordinator, Lynne Cornelius (271-4141 or prevention@drake.edu).

Define the Line. Respect the Line. is a Drake initiative to raise awareness of prevention efforts as well as resources and support the University provides as it pertains to sexual and interpersonal misconduct. Define the Line. Respect the Line. emphasizes that while everybody has the right to determine their own line, there is one clear line at Drake: sexual or interpersonal misconduct is not tolerated, accepted, or ignored. Think, talk, learn, listen, and act in a way that respects this line—we are all part of Drake.

Katie Overberg, Title IX Coordinator, and Lynne Cornelius, Violence Prevention Coordinator

Sign up to join the ever growing group of students, staff, and faculty involved in helping make Drake a safer and healthier community. Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) is a bystander education training that equips participants with skills to engage in difficult conversations around campus and practical intervention techniques. Training will be held three Friday afternoons: Sept. 21, Sept. 28, and Oct. 5 from 1 to 5 p.m. Participants must be able to commit to all three days. Sign up today.

Lynne Cornelius, Violence Prevention & Programming

As part of the recent launch of myDrake, ITS is making improvements to the faculty and staff contact directory, currently located at www.drake.edu/directory/. On Oct. 22, the full campus directory will only be available in myDrake from the Campus Directory link (under the Commonly Used Apps section). It will contain the contact information for departments, and individual faculty, and staff members. The directory at www.drake.edu/directory will be modified to only contain the main departmental contact information.

This change will have several benefits. It will centrally locate the main contact directory within myDrake, and over time, will decrease unwanted spam and phishing of faculty and staff by having individual contact information unavailable to the public. With the every-increasing complexity of attacks, we cannot afford to give away our personal information.

There will be more information in future issues of OnCampus. Have questions? Contact Peter Lundstedt at informationsecurity@drake.edu or Jeremy Sievers at jeremy.sievers@drake.edu.

Peter Lundstedt, ITS, and Jeremy Sievers, University Communications & Marketing

It’s my pleasure to welcome you to (or back to) campus as we begin another academic year. I’d like to begin by reminding you that, due to summer flooding, the IT Support Center, normally located in the lower level of Carnegie, has temporarily moved to the second floor of Collier Scripps. It will remain there through most, if not all, of the fall semester, returning to Carnegie before spring semester.

It’s never pleasant to start the new academic year with an information security threat, but for the second year in a row, Drake has been the target of a sophisticated Labor Day phishing attack. Over a period of three days, attackers were able to trick several individuals into entering their username and password in fake sites that resembled the myDrake portal.

The ITS team detected the phishing attack early and was able to intervene quickly to minimize its impacts. Based on what we know today, no personal or sensitive information was compromised or stolen. We will continue to investigate the attack and take additional action if necessary.

These thieves continuously improve the sophistication of their attacks. As you engage in the important work that you do here as students, faculty, and staff, please remain vigilant and carefully examine every email message before clicking any links or entering personal information into web pages accessed from those links.

Please continue to keep in mind the following tips:

• Slow down and look carefully. Watch for misspellings, poor grammar, or other obvious errors.
• Check the source of the message. Ask yourself if the sender makes sense given the content.
• Watch where you click. Hover over the link and examine the destination before clicking.
• Be wary of attachments. If you don’t know the sender, don’t open an attachment.
• Don’t give out your password.

When in doubt, report it. Learn how to report suspicious messages.

Drake will continue to make security improvements because these attacks aren’t going to stop and we need to use all available tools to help us protect both our own personal information and the rest of the sensitive and personal data that Drake manages.

On a more positive note, ITS is bringing some exciting new resources to the Drake community.

The new myDrake portal is here and is rapidly becoming the go-to site for access to the University’s resources. As part of the myDrake project, blueView, Drake’s current portal, will no longer be available as of Sept. 20. If you haven’t yet used myDrake, give it a try. Not sure how to get started? Visit the how-to guides.

Take some time to browse the list of upcoming Tech Tuesday sessions and join us for any topics of interest. Tech Tuesdays are one-hour information and learning sessions on a variety of IT topics for users of all levels and interests. Attendees have reported that the sessions are engaging, informative, and beneficial. Please let Carla Herling know of any topics you would like to see covered at future sessions.

Finally, we are excited to offer you the opportunity to listen in on our weekly project update meetings. These 30-minute project update meetings are held every two weeks, in which ITS staff review the status of active projects. View a list of upcoming dates. Anyone can join the Blackboard Collaborate web conference. Find detailed instructions. You can also connect by phone at 571-392-7650 using PIN# 9060694541.

On a personal note, I’m grateful for the continuing opportunity to serve the students, faculty, and staff of Drake University. I’m reminded every day of the strong commitments we make to each other, demonstrating how we live our new core values, and I believe sincerely that, together, we do transform lives and strengthen communities. Thank you for all that you do to make Drake special.

Chris Gill, ITS

After the launch of our new campus portal, myDrake, over the summer, we are ready to retire our current portal, blueView. blueView has been around for over 10 years, and as of Thursday morning, Sept. 20, it will no longer be available to campus.

Beginning on Sept. 20 you will need to use the myDrake portal to access Banner Self Service (MyDUSIS), email, document sharing, and other key campus systems. We recommend familiarizing yourself with myDrake, if you haven’t already, by navigating to my.drake.edu using your favorite browser today. Not sure where to get started? Check out the how to guides.

Carla Herling, ITS

Are you going to a Spanish speaking country during J-Term or next spring? Would you like to begin learning a few useful words and phrases in Spanish? Do you want or need to keep up your foreign language fluency? Drake University’s Department of World Languages and Cultures offers free help in an informal setting.

Spanish Conversation Hours are scheduled four times a week in Meredith Hall, Room 202: Wednesdays 3:30-4:30 p.m.; Thursdays 2:30-3:30 p.m.; and Fridays 1-2 p.m. and 2-3 p.m. No registration is required. You can stay for the hour or drop in for a few minutes. No sessions are held during University holidays or final exam week.

All levels of Spanish speakers from all areas of the Drake community are welcome. The group warmly supports all participants with opportunities for practicing Spanish; no long-term commitment is required to attend. A native speaker facilitates the conversation in Spanish in a casual atmosphere. Don’t worry if you haven’t spoken in Spanish for a decade, or ever; all participants are on the language-learning journey.

For further information, contact Assistant Professor Inbal Mazar at inbal.mazar@drake.edu.

Dorothy Pisarski, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Take advantage of Drake’s new sand volleyball court with a weekly pick-up game of volleyball every Thursday from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. Games will begin Thursday, Sept. 13, over the lunch hour and will continue throughout the year. Faculty, staff, and students are all welcome to play. While the weather permits, games will be held outdoors at the new sand court and move indoors to the Bell Center once it gets too cold.

Request to be added to the email distribution list.

Three volleyballs and a rake are available to be checked out of the Student Life Office in Olmsted. Equipment is also available from the front desk of the Bell Center.

Kourtney Kirkpatrick, University Advancement