Cheer on the Bulldogs in Moline, Ill., March 9–12 at the MVC Tournament by reserving your All-Session tickets today through the Drake Athletics Ticket Office. A limited number remain in the Drake section for $64 each. Call 515-271-3467, or visit the Drake Athletics Ticket Office Monday-Friday, 9 a.m.–5 p.m. Questions? Please contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.
—Tom Florian, Drake Athletics
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:
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:
—Chris Nickell, EHS
Faculty Senate approved March 12–16, 2018, for next year’s Spring Break.
—Nancy Geiger, Student Records and Academic Information
The Drake University Social Media Directory displays the URLs for every Drake-affiliated social media page. Take a look around to see which departments have pages, follow them, and invite your friends to follow along. While you’re looking around, let us know if your department page has changed—maybe you have a department name change, you want a new cover photo, or you don’t see your URL on the directory at all. Either way, let us know by emailing Niki Smith at niki.smith@drake.edu.
If you want to learn more about creating an official presence on social media for your department or unit, reach out to Niki Smith.
Also, there is a student social media directory for all student organizations. Niki is also the contact for that directory if you see anything to add or update.
—Niki Smith, University Communications
Lynda.com is an online subscription library offered free to all Drake students, faculty, and staff that teaches the latest software, creative, and business skills through high-quality instructional videos.
With more than 3,700 courses, Lynda.com is designed for all levels of learners and is available whenever you’re ready to learn—even on your mobile device.
Benefits to using Lynda.com include:
To get started, visit the Campus Life tab in blueView.
—Carla Herling, Information Technology Services
Drake will host a free conference examining how local, state, national, and international demographics will change in coming years. Though the theme was chosen long before the presidential election, organizers say the conference is particularly relevant in the weeks after President Donald Trump’s controversial executive order restricting immigration and travel.
The 2017 Engaged Citizen Experience Conference, “Demographic Opportunities and Challenges: Domestic and International,” will be held Friday, Feb. 24, beginning at noon in the upper level of Drake’s Olmsted Center. The event is free and open to the public; advance registration is requested via the conference website. Learn more about the conference in the Drake Newsroom.
