The Fall 2023 safety walk is scheduled for Wednesday, Oct. 25 starting at 7 p.m. Any students, faculty, or staff interested in participating along with representatives of the Drake Student Senate, Public Safety, Facilities Planning and Management, Residence Life, Student Affairs, and the Residence Hall Association please meet at the Olmsted Center Breezeway at 6:50 p.m.
To register, please click here.
Scott Law, Public Safety & Operational Services
Jump start your week with our Bulldog Pump classes from 7:30-8:15 am on Mondays starting October 23rd! Learn some lifting basics that will get you pumped for the week! Or, join us for a total body workout in our new Bulldog Crew rowing classes! These will be weekly classes held in the Knapp mezzanine starting Friday, October 20th from 11:00-11:45 am. Don’t forget to sign up for these classes, as well as our other weekly classes, using the Drake Rec App! See you there!
Please email wellness@drake.edu with any questions. If you are unable to attend for any reason, no worries! You can cancel your slot in the Drake Rec App, and we will see you next time!
Gail Witte, Drake Rec Services
Join us Oct. 16–20 for National Transfer Student Week. We know that transfer students bring extensive diversity and experience to Drake’s campus. The Office of Advising will be hosting a series of events to connect with transfer students and transfer student allies. We encourage departments to join us in celebrating the transfer students who enrich our departments and the supportive faculty and staff who continue to make the transfer process accessible and attainable for entering students.
Events:
Laura Hayes, Transfer Advising Specialist
Drake students, faculty, and staff can activate free online access to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal through subscriptions available from Cowles Library.
For instructions and information on setting up your accounts, visit our New York Times or Wall Street Journal guide, and start reading today!
Erin Menardi, Cowles Library
Drake will hold fire drills on Oct. 18, 19, 20, and 23 in compliance with the Higher Education Opportunity Act and in conjunction with National Fire Prevention month. All drills will be conducted at 10:45 a.m. with the exception of the residence halls, which will be conducted from 6 to 9 p.m. on Oct. 23. We have planned this to minimize disruption to classes, and the majority of academic buildings will be completed the week of fall break. This also allows us to have a more efficient utilization of our staff for these drills. The residence halls will be done from 6-9pm to increase participation in the residence hall evacuation.
Fire alarms will be activated in all campus buildings to signal the start of the drill. When the alarm sounds:
• Evacuate the building.
• Buildings will be locked down and cannot be re-entered until the drill ends.
• Remember to dress accordingly.
The fire drills will be coordinated through the Office of Public Safety (271-2222) working with the Office of Environmental Health and Safety (271-3804) and Facilities Services (271-2706). Please report any fire alarm malfunctions or evacuation problems to Facilities or Public Safety. Your cooperation in this very important campus safety exercise regarding the Drake Emergency Response Plan is appreciated.
Fire drill schedule:
Oct. 18
Meredith
Aliber
Cowles
Opperman
Cartwright
Harmon Fine Arts Center
Howard
Carnegie
Medbury
Collier-Scripps
Oct. 19
Olin
Science Connector Building
Harvey-Ingham
Cline
Fitch
STAH
Occupational Therapy
Oct. 20
Olmsted Center
Hubbell
Student Health
Alumni House
ROTC
Bell Center
Knapp Center
Fieldhouse
Tennis Center
Oct. 23
Cole
Old Main
Public Safety
University Communications
Kinne Center
Vote Smart
Legal Clinic
Dial Center
All residence halls (6–9 p.m.)
Former U.S. Ambassador to China, Terry Branstad, hosts a book club during the academic year to engage the Drake community on topics related to China and U.S.-China relations. This activity is part of the Ambassador-in-Residence initiative at Drake. Learn more at drake.edu/branstad.
The Ambassador’s book selection for the Fall 2023 semester is Party of One: The Rise of Xi Jinping and China’s Superpower Future by Chun Han Wong. The book was published in May 2023. A limited number of free copies are available for current students, faculty and staff who wish to participate in the book club. Sign up by emailing ambassador@drake.edu stating your intent to read the book and attend the discussion event on November 13th, as well as to your request your free copy of the book (distributed on a first-come-first-serve basis.)
A description of the book from Amazon.com is below:
“From one of the most admired reporters covering China today, a vital new account of the life and political vision of Xi Jinping, the authoritarian leader of the People’s Republic whose hard-edged tactics have set the rising superpower on a collision with Western liberal democracies.
Party of One shatters the many myths and caricatures that shroud one of the world’s most secretive political organizations and its leader. Many observers misread Xi during his early years in power, projecting their own hopes that he would steer China toward more political openness, rule of law, and pro-market economics. Having masked his beliefs while climbing the party hierarchy, Xi has centralized decision-making powers, encouraged a cult of personality around himself, and moved toward indefinite rule by scrapping presidential term limits—stirring fears of a return to a Mao-style dictatorship. Today, the party of Xi favors political zeal over technical expertise, trumpets its faith in Marxism, and proclaims its reach into every corner of Chinese society with Xi portraits and hammer-and-sickle logos. Under Xi, China has challenged Western preeminence in global affairs and cast its authoritarian system as a model of governance worthy of international emulation.
As a China reporter for the Wall Street Journal, Chun Han Wong has chronicled Xi Jinping’s hard-line strategy for crushing dissent against his strongman rule, his political repression in Hong Kong and Xinjiang, and his increasingly coercive efforts to reel in the island democracy of Taiwan, as well as the domestic and diplomatic fallout from the Covid-19 pandemic. When the Chinese government refused to renew Wong’s press credentials and forced him to leave mainland China in 2019, he moved to Hong Kong to continue covering Chinese politics and its autocratic turn under Xi. Now, Wong has drawn on his years of firsthand reporting across China—including conversations with party insiders, insights from scholars and diplomats, and analyses of official speeches and documents—to create a lucid and historically rooted account of China’s leader and how he inspires fear and fervor in his party, his nation, and beyond.
Timely, revelatory, and important, Party of One explains how the future Xi imagines for China will reshape the future of the entire world.”
— Hannah Sappenfield, Global Engagement
The Law School is once again hosting free Powers of Attorney Clinics in honor of Cady Day of Service, Oct. 20, 2023. Each clinic will consist of a 45 minute overview about financial and medical powers of attorney and living wills followed by a one-on-one appointment with a licensed attorney and/or Drake Law student to complete the required documents.
Select from one of three sessions:
All sessions will be held in Cartwright Hall.
This service is free and open to the public. Register here.
— Terri Howard, Law School
Did you know that one pint of whole blood can save up to three lives? The Drake Law School chapter of Delta Theta Phi will hold a lifesaving Blood Drive on Friday, Oct. 20, from 10:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Cartwright Hall, Kern Commons. Healthy adults who are 16 years old and weigh at least 120 pounds are eligible to donate. The blood drive is planned in honor of Cady Day of Service.
— Terri Howard, Law School
WEllcon23 is an opportunity for students, faculty, and staff to learn about the resources that Drake has to offer in terms of support through the dimensions of wellness—intellectual, physical, social, spiritual, vocational, emotional, and environmental. WEllcon23 will also serve as an opportunity for learning tools that will be helpful in achieving success throughout the semester and beyond.
Join us on Oct. 25 from 3–6 p.m. for a variety of educational and experiential workshops (i.e. yoga, body image and nutrition, mental health, and more), pet therapy, massage therapy, and resources from a variety of community and Drake organizations.
— Kayla Bell-Consolver, Student Health Center
The Broadlawns Drake Counseling Center offers a variety of Counseling Support Groups. Visit our website to learn more.
— Kayla Bell-Consolver, Student Health Center
