Drake Women’s Tennis is hosting it’s second annual, free Kids Day Clinic at the Roger Knapp Tennis Center on Saturday, Oct. 20, from 10:30 a.m.–12 p.m. Kids ages 5–13 are invited and will be given the opportunity to hit with members of the tennis team. Rackets can be requested if needed.
RSVP to madeleine.johnson@drake.edu or mai-ly.tran@drake.edu.
Spread the word, thanks!
Maddie Johnson, Assistant Women’s Tennis Coach
The German conversation group meets again this Thursday, Oct. 18 at 6 p.m. at the Drake Diner. Come meet other German speakers from Drake or in the community. All levels welcome. Contact Sarah Baldi at sarah.baldi@drake.edu for questions. Bis dann!
Sarah Baldi, World Languages and Cultures
Interested in learning new ways of making a difference and building skills through civic and community engagement? Attend the Iowa Civic Action Academy Nov. 9–10 on Drake’s campus, a regional conference offering skill-building in civic action, philanthropy, nonprofit leadership, dialogue, advocacy, and more. You’ll have the chance to network and learn what peers are doing on other campuses. Keynote speakers include owner of RAYGUN, Mike Draper, and founder of Pursuit of Innovation 515, Nancy Mwirotsi. As an Iowa Campus Compact member, Drake students can attend for only $25. Use the code iaccmember when registering. Register here by Oct. 31.
Amanda Martin, Community Engaged Learning & Service
Join the Drake Basketball teams for a preview of the season at the Bulldog Club Tip-Off Breakfast on Tuesday, Oct. 24, at 7 a.m. Enjoy breakfast while you get the latest news on the upcoming season from head coaches Darian DeVries and Jennie Baranczyk. Event takes place at the Marriott Downtown and is just $15 per person.
Make your reservations at DrakeTix.com/tipoff or call the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647.
Ryan Harris, Athletics
The Drake Women’s Basketball team hosts their annual One-on-One event on Tuesday, Oct. 16, at 6:30 p.m. in the Knapp Center. Enjoy a dessert reception starting at 6 p.m. and then meet this year’s team. A special ring ceremony recognizing the 2017–18 season will follow the program. The event is free and open to the public.
For more information, contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or visit GoDrakeBulldogs.com.
Ryan Harris, Athletics
Men’s Soccer
Drake vs. Bradley
Saturday, Oct. 20, at 7 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex
For additional information and complete schedules, visit GoDrakeBulldogs.com or contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647.
Ryan Harris, Athletics
Drake Men’s Basketball faces Iowa State on Saturday, Dec. 15, at Wells Fargo Arena in the 2018 Hy-Vee Classic. Drake faculty and staff have access to purchase our limited Drake section tickets. Tickets can be ordered online here or by calling the Knapp Center Ticket Office at 271-3647.
Tickets
100-Level (Sec 117-119) $75
200-Level Sideline (Sec 218-220) $75
200-Level Baseline (Sec 221-223) $55
300-Level Sideline (Sec 320-322) $55
300-Level Baseline (Sec 313-314) $30
Ryan Harris, Athletics
October 9: China Town Hall featuring an interactive webcast with the Honorable Condoleezza Rice and on-site discussion with Prof. Wenfang Tang
Location: Sussman Theater, lower level of Olmsted Center
Time: 5–6:30 p.m.
CHINA Town Hall provides Americans the opportunity to participate in a national conversation about issues in the U.S.-China relationship, via an interactive webcast and in-person discussion with leading experts. Join the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations for a conversation on China featuring the Honorable Condoleezza Rice, Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor.
The webcast will feature Secretary Condoleezza Rice, currently the Denning Professor in Global Business and the Economy at the Standford Graduate School of Business, Thomas and Barbara Stephenson Senior Fellow on Public Policy at the Hoover Institution, and professor of Political Science at Stanford University. She is also a founding partner of RiceHadleyGates, LLC. From January 2005 to 2009, Secretary Rice served as the 66th Secretary of State of the United States, the second woman and the first African American woman to hold the post. She also served as President George W. Bush’s Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs (National Security Advisor) from January 2001 to 2005, the first woman to hold the position.
The webcast will be followed by an in-person discussion with Wenfang Tang, the University of Iowa’s Stanley Hua Hsia Professor of Political Science and International Studies. His current research focuses on public opinion and political change in contemporary China, as well as comparative political behavior. He has authored and coauthored several books and many articles in academic journals.
Denise Ganpat, Drake International
Event info: Friday, Oct. 19, 12–12:50 p.m., Harvey Ingham 134
Dr. Gregory Smith will speak about his use of science to unravel mysteries surrounding the artworks at the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. Using a range of spectroscopic, chromatographic, and imaging techniques, his team employs the tools of chemistry to discover lost paintings, explore the material history of objects, and detect forgeries. The lecture will explore the various roles that chemists can play in a fine arts museum, culminating in recent research repurposing the world’s oldest manmade pigment – Egyptian blue first synthesized in 3200 BCE – as a luminescent fingerprint dusting powder to catch modern-day criminals.
Dr. Smith received a B.S. degree from Centre College of Kentucky in anthropology/sociology and chemistry before pursuing graduate studies at Duke University in time-domain vibrational spectroscopy and archaeological fieldwork. His postgraduate training included investigations of pigment degradation processes and palette studies of illuminated manuscripts at the British Library and the V & A Museum, development of synchrotron infrared microscopy facilities at the National Synchrotron Light Source at Brookhaven, and researching cleaning issues related to artists’ acrylic emulsion paints at the National Gallery of Art. In 2004, Dr. Smith joined the faculty of the conservation training program at Buffalo State College as the Andrew W. Mellon Assistant Professor of Conservation Science. In 2010 Dr. Smith was hired as the senior conservation scientist at the Indianapolis Museum of Art where he has constructed a state-of-the-art research facility to study and preserve the museum’s encyclopedic collection of nearly 56,000 works of art.
Alice Fynaardt, Biology/Environmental Science Departments
Join us Oct. 21 from 12–1:30 p.m. at the Sprout Garden, located east of The Knapp Center on Forest Ave., for an afternoon of delicious recipes, an informative garden speaker, and the chance to celebrate the abundant season that the Sprout Garden has had this season. All are welcome to learn more about the garden and it’s mission, all while enjoying the beautiful fall weather.
Laura Harris, AS’20