Last summer Drake purchased 27th Street and Carpenter Avenue stretches between 25th and 27th streets. Because of this purchase, the City of Des Moines requires address changes to the buildings located on Carpenter Avenue and 27th Street. The address changes will be effective on June 15, 2017.

New addresses:

• Harmon Fine Arts Center: 1310 25th St.
• Opperman Law Library: 2604 Forest Ave.
• Cartwright Law School: 2608 Forest Ave.
• The Point: 2612 Forest Ave.
• Jewett Resident Hall: 2700 Forest Ave.

Other recent address changes (already in effect):

• Olin Hall: 2708 Forest Ave.
• Collier-Scripps Hall: 2702 Forest Ave.
• Science Connector Building: 2714 Forest Ave.

—Jolene Schmidt, Director, Operations and Support Services

The Facilities Planning and Management (FPM) team is continuing the tree work plan to remove and prune trees. The majority of the tree pruning work has been completed including in the areas from Jewett to University Avenue and 25th Street to 28th Street. On Monday, March 13, FPM will remove the Sycamore west of Old Main. The west entrance will be temporarily blocked off to allow the removal process to take place. FPM hopes the tree removal will be completed within a two-day window.

The following buildings will also be affected by tree removal work the week of March 13: Cole Hall, Carnegie, Cowles, and Aliber.

To see a full schedule of the tree work, please visit our web site www.drake.edu/facility/

If you have any questions or concerns about the work being completed or concerns related to noise, please contact Aaron Edwards, building and grounds manager, at 515-271-2959 or FPM at 515-271-3955.

—Kevin Moran, Executive Director Facilities Planning and Management

Facilities Planning and Management manages multiple projects of all shapes and sizes. All projects aim to implement as many sustainable practices as possible and to improve the quality of the campus.

Current projects are featured below for Spring Break, March 13-17.

• Weitz Construction will be connecting the STEM building to Fitch Hall.
• Weitz will be connecting the fire sprinkler system, which will require that the fire alarm system be shut down in Olin March 13, 8–10 a.m..
• Cleaning Opperman corridor wall panel
• Addressing carpet, upholstery, and hard wood areas of buildings throughout campus
• Completing a steam line repair outside of Olmsted
• Planned power outage of the Fine Arts Center Tuesday, March 14, for an 8–10 hour period to install a new breaker for the chiller project
• Heat shutdown in Harvey-Ingham for insulation of new heating pump and piping
• Medbury second floor corridor ceiling and lighting replacement
• Prep and paint Studio Arts, Room 120
• Removal of sick or dead trees around Old Main, Cole Hall, Carnegie, Cowles, and Aliber.

If you have any questions or concerns about the work being completed or concerns related to noise, please contact Facilities Planning and Management at 515-271-3955.

—Kevin Moran, Executive Director Facilities Planning and Management

Drake was awarded the Tree Campus Award again for 2016. To be honored with this prestigious award requires a plan to maintain healthy trees and remove trees that are damaged by storms, have health concerns, are at the end of life, or present potential hazards to students, faculty, staff, and visitors to the Drake campus.

The Facilities Planning and Management (FPM) team is implementing the tree work plan to remove 12 trees and prune many others. The majority of the tree pruning work planned for the next couple of days is taking place from Jewett Hall to University Avenue and 25th Street to 28th Street. However, there are a few trees outside this area. The work began on Feb. 16 south of Old Main with several tree removals. On Feb. 27, removal work will continue near the crosswalk over Forest Avenue between Harvey Ingham Hall and the stadium as well as a tree repair between Stalnaker and Hubbell.

To see a full schedule of the tree work, please visit the FPM website.

If you have any questions or concerns about the work being completed or concerns related to noise, please contact Aaron Edwards, building and grounds manager, at 515-271-2959 or Facilities Planning and Management at 515-271-3955.

—Kevin Moran, Facilities Planning & Management

Learn more about the Drake Medal of Service
Stop by University Archives & Special Collections to learn more about the Drake Medal of Service! The exhibit includes the original proposal for the Medal, a complete list of those honored, and the medal given to our “featured recipient,” Don Adams of the Donald V. Adams Leadership Institute.

Learn about Cowles Library resources
Did you know Cowles Library has more than 250 databases available to Drake students, faculty, and staff? We’re highlighting these valuable resources on the Cowles Library blog. Learn more about how Education Source can help you!

—Leslie Noble, Cowles Library

Would you like to begin learning a few words in Spanish for an upcoming study abroad semester or travel seminar? Do you want or need to keep up your foreign language fluency? Drake’s Department of World Languages and Cultures wants to help.

Spanish Conversation Hours are scheduled for Mondays 4–5 p.m. in Meredith Hall, Room 204, and Wednesdays 11:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. in Meredith Hall, Room 228. All levels of Spanish speakers are welcome. The group supports all participants with an opportunity to practice Spanish and no long-term commitment is required to attend. A native speaker facilitates the conversation in Spanish in an informal setting.

Additionally, this semester we are offering an hour conversation about Mexico. Hora sobre México is scheduled every Friday, 2–3 p.m. in Meredith Hall, Room 204. The purpose of this themed conversation hour is to speak about, learn, and ask questions about Mexico, en español.

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

—Dorothy Pisarski, Drake International communications liaison

Facilities Planning and Management is in the process of removing a chiller and cooling tower located at the north end of Harmon Fine Arts Building. Both are more than 30 years old, and the energy efficiency of chillers has improved significantly during the past 10 years. This project started in January and the completion date is early April. The new chiller and cooling tower will be delivered to the Fine Arts building on Feb. 27–28. The equipment will serve the following buildings: Fine Arts Center, Opperman Library, Cartwright Hall, Howard Hall, Old Main, Cole Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Cowles Library.

—Jolene Schmidt, Director, Operations and Support Services

Did you know Cowles Library has more than 250 databases available to Drake students, faculty and staff? We’re highlighting these valuable resources on the Cowles Library blog. Learn more about how Oxford African American Studies Center can help you!

—Leslie Noble, Cowles Library

Drake believes that all faculty, staff, and students share responsibility in maintaining an environment that is safe for learning and work.

Providing an open line of communication to report concerns is a vital component in fostering that environment. Reporting environmental health and safety concerns to the proper individuals is the first step in the process. Follow the reporting steps described to begin the resolution of environmental health and safety concerns that you have observed at the University.

Step 1: Observe an Environmental Health and Safety Concern
When an environmental health and safety concern is observed, determine whether you are capable of resolving it by either correcting the issue yourself or by notifying the correct party (e.g., submitting a work request to Facilities Services). If you are not able to resolve the concern, seek departmental help (proceed to Step 2).

Examples of environmental health and safety concerns include:

• Workplace conditions or actions that could cause harm to employees or the environment;
• Lack of or poor condition of equipment, tools, or personal protective equipment required to perform work safely; or
• Violations of University policies or governmental regulations applicable to occupational health and safety or environmental health.

Please note: Emergencies must be reported directly to Drake Public Safety at 515-271-2222.

Step 2: Seek Department Help
Report the environmental health and safety concern to your supervisor or administrator in your department, and he/she shall initiate the resolution process within the department. Contact Environmental Health and Safety (EHS) if your department cannot resolve the concern (proceed to Step 3).

Step 3: Contact Environmental Health and Safety
You and/or your supervisor can contact EHS for further assistance if the concern cannot be resolved at the department level. You may fill out the REPORT A SAFETY CONCERN form. This form is located on the EHS website; select “Report a concern” on the left-hand side of the page. EHS can also be contacted at ehs@drake.edu or 515-271-3804.

Please note: While the University encourages following the lines of communication described here to cultivate and sustain open dialogue between employees or students and their supervisors, you are always entitled to contact EHS directly at any time. Upon your request, Environmental Health and Safety will hold your identity confidential.

If further action is required, EHS will escalate the resolution of the concern as follows:

• Stage One: EHS will initiate contact with the manager or head of the department.
• Stage Two: EHS will initiate contact with the Dean.
• Stage Three: EHS will initiate contact with the appropriate senior administrator for the area or department.

—Chris Nickell, EHS