Bring family and friends and help us pack the Knapp Wednesday to create a fantastic home-court advantage for our volleyball team. Purchase tickets. Admission is free for Drake students.
The Drake volleyball team has had a historic season. They set a program record with 30 victories this season, including a 16–2 record in the Missouri Valley Conference. The team was just two points shy of winning the conference tournament, but accepted a bid to the NIVC (the equivalent of the NIT and WNIT in men’s and women’s basketball) and is now sitting at the top of the bracket. The Bulldogs has won 16 of its last 17 matches. What is more, they are 10–0 at home in the Knapp Center and have lost only one of 31 sets played.
If your browser version is more than two behind the current version, you may experience issues when working within Learn Ultra. This may include not being able to access courses, viewing resources within a course, or odd behavior when working in a course.
It is recommended to keep your browser up to date as security patches are applied on a continual basis. For Chrome, Firefox, & Edge, you can update to the current version by restarting the browser. For Safari, you will need to visit the app store and check for an updated version.
The Office of Community Engaged Learning is now accepting nominations for the Newman Civic Fellowship.
The Newman Civic Fellowship is a national year-long program that recognizes and supports community-committed students who are changemakers and public problem-solvers. Students should engage in collaborative action with others from campus or from surrounding communities in order to create long-term social change, take action in addressing issues of inequality and political polarization, and demonstrate the motivation and potential for effective long-term civic engagement. Through the fellowship, Campus Compact provides students with training and resources that nurture their assets and passions and help them develop strategies for social change.
Benefits include: regular virtual events focused on skill development and professional learning, an annual in-person convening of Fellows, one-on-one leadership development with a local mentor of their choice, connection to a nationwide network of engaged student leaders, public national recognition, special scholarship and career opportunities, opportunities to present or publish work.
Nominees must be enrolled at Drake University for the spring semester 2023, and the 2023-2024 academic year.
To nominate a student, please complete this short nomination form by Jan. 9 at 12 p.m.
A committee will review nominations to select one student from Drake University to be nominated for the Fellowship. That student will need to complete additional paperwork.
Transact, Drake’s transaction management system, will be down for maintenance on Saturday, Dec. 17, from 12:30 p.m. until 8 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 18. During this time, the following services will be unavailable:
Use of cards for printing, purchases, or meal plans.
Dining services and Starbucks will be closed during this time.
Use of cards for door access will continue to work.
Campus Cash at area establishments.
Bulldog Bucks including making online deposits to Bulldog Bucks.
Thank you for your patience while we perform this essential work.
Will you be traveling abroad over winter break, J-Term, or doing a semester overseas? Make sure to notify ITS before you go so we can ensure your access will continue uninterrupted. Submit an Account/Security Request before you leave and you’ll be set.
Also, remember that the eduroam wireless network is available at over 33,000 locations worldwide. Check to see if your destination is on the list at https://eduroam.org/where/.
Multi-factor authentication is a great tool to protect the security of your Drake accounts and data, but it does take a little preparation to work smoothly. Here are some tips to reduce frustration while keeping your information safe during the holiday season.
On the main floor of Cowles library, about 250 vinyl records cover the shelves and are now part of the library’s circulating materials. Along with LPs for self-checkout, portable record players can be checked out from the information desk. In addition, the library added a listening station fit with a turntable and headphones.
“The record collection provides a new experience and access to materials that students, faculty, and staff normally wouldn’t stumble upon,” said Joanna Stankiewicz, access services manager at Cowles Library. “It was something that was started by the Music Department, and the library embraced it.”
The records collection moving to Cowles Library was a project that was talked about for years. When Stankiewicz arrived at the University about a year ago and was told about the project, she recognized the opportunity that the collection was. Work began in the summer of 2021 to begin the process of organizing and cataloging the collection.
“We found a Drake Alumni Choir record … I think it’s from the 1960s,” said Stankiewicz. “I would have never thought that was something we would find. There are some really fun records like the Mission Impossible soundtrack … a Nina Simone record; there’s Ella Fitzgerald.”
About 4,000 records were kept behind doors at the Dickson Media Resource center, according to James Romain, Music Department chair and professor of saxophone.
“Before there were computers and streaming, all of the media had to be physical,” said Romain. “So, for decades, the department was developing a collection of recordings, prior to the advent of the CD … for maybe about 50 or 60 years.”
The Dickson Media Resource Center was a place where students could listen to vinyl records, CDs, and so forth, housed in the Harmon Fine Arts Center.
With the reality of streaming services, the number of students visiting the Media Resource center has been dwindling through time. Especially now, as the department lacks staffing resources to catalog the materials and run the listening station.
“There is a widespread resurgence in interest in LPs,” said Romain. “I think it was Joanna who decided that this would be a nice opportunity to be able to share it with people who specifically have that interest.”
And listening to a vinyl record provides an experience more closely intended by the artist, Romain said.
“[The artists] chose the order that pieces would be in,” said Romain. “A symphony might last for 45 minutes—it’s a whole, large work that is very much related; the movements have internal relationships to one another.”
That’s not the only benefit of listening to vinyl records.
Aside from being able to digest whole stories within the albums and study the liner notes, it’s a tool that allows one to nurture the soul in trying times.
“Music can be beneficial for mental health,”said Stankiewicz. “If we can provide some quiet and relaxation, and a more holistic approach to serving campus needs, I think that’s great.”
The library is planning to expand the collection to 300 records in the next few weeks. Not to mention, the thousands more that are still waiting to be moved from the media resource center—it’s an ongoing project that’s only going to continue growing.
“We’re also looking to find out what students are interested in, and what they want to listen to,” said Stankiewicz. “Just like we do with our books, our traditional materials, we want to expand that collection and take care of it based on their interests, whether it’s educational or just for leisure.”
The record collection and listening station are located on the west side of the first floor of Cowles Library. The library created step-by-step instructions for using the turntable, since for many people, using a record player is a new experience.
— Written by Sarah Jamil, junior, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The Nelson Institute will once again host a student research symposium as part of the spring Global Citizen Forum to be held March 1–3, 2023. The theme for the 2023 Global Citizen Forum is Social impact and responsibility.
The Nelson Student Research Symposium promotes a university-wide discourse on global intercultural topics. It is recommended that presentation topics for the 2023 symposium align with one (or more!) of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The SDGs provide a framework for tackling complex global pressing issues such as poverty, sustainable communities, climate action, and justice.
While research presentations that support the theme are encouraged, all global topics from any academic discipline are welcome. We anticipate that the presentations will be about 15 minutes each. Undergraduate and graduate students may present at the symposium.
Below are a few reasons why students (including, potentially, you!) should be encouraged to consider submitting papers for the symposium:
It is a great opportunity to practice presentation skills, and obtain useful feedback!
It is a platform to share the outcomes of research on a global topic of interest.
It is a great addition to resumes, especially for students who are considering going to graduate school.
Proposal submission
Papers (or concepts) should be submitted via Qualtrics form. Deadline: Friday, Feb. 10, 2023
At Drake, we are committed to continuously evolving and improving our sustainability initiatives. To discover opportunities to reduce Drake’s carbon impact, we must understand how we currently operate.
The Office of Sustainability is conducting a transportation survey to gain insight on the transportation behaviors of students, faculty, and staff. Your feedback will provide important information to make sustainable transportation more obtainable and convenient. More importantly, it will provide a baseline for Drake to accurately track scope three greenhouse gas emissions. This will allow Drake to complete an updated carbon footprint report and track the University’s progress toward meeting the carbon reduction targets outlined in the Climate Action Plan.
Please help us by taking five minutes to complete this brief survey.
For more information about alternative transportation and Drake’s sustainability initiatives, visit Drake’s sustainability website.
— Hannah Remke, Sustainability Coordinator, Facilities Planning and Management
Beginning on January 23, 2023, Drake will no longer offer a single sign on (SSO) option for Adobe products. Access to Adobe applications will not be affected; this change will streamline usage and the support ITS provides for these applications.
When this change is implemented, all users of Adobe products will need to create an Adobe login ID. You may create the Adobe ID using your Drake email address. If you already have one, you should continue to use it. Existing personal Adobe ID accounts will not be affected by this change.
The biggest impact of removing the SSO link is that any work (“assets”) saved within Creative Cloud on any SSO account will need to be transferred to another account prior to the end of J-term 2023. Instructions for transferring work from one account to another can be found at this URL: https://helpx.adobe.com/enterprise/kb/transfer-assets.html.
