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Rock out to support the Adult Literacy Center

Walk to Lefty’s after work to enjoy Drake faculty and student ensembles in a benefit for the Drake Adult Literacy Center. Enjoy One Hundred Mondays, comprising School of Education faculty Tom Buckmiller, Michael Couvillon, Jerrid Kruse, and Matt Hayden, followed by a second faculty ensemble featuring Tim Knepper, Charlie Nelson, and Kirk Martin. Drake student Charlie Jaschek leads the student band, which also features:

  • Mike Wilson, saxophone
  • Ben McCartney, trumpet
  • Chris Walsh, bass
  • Steve Maynard, guitar

All proceeds from the $5 cover will go to the Adult Literacy Center, which relies on community donations to support its vital services in the community. More than 70 volunteer tutors from Drake and Greater Des Moines give 1–2 hours a week to assist adults learning to read. This is also the kickoff event for National Adult Education Family Literacy Week, Sept. 20–25.

Volunteer Tutor Training
Friday, Sept. 25, 5–8 p.m., and Saturday, Sept. 26, 9 a.m.–4 p.m.

Volunteers work one-on-one for 1–2 hours a week as a tutor/mentor with an adult who needs to improve his or her reading, writing, and comprehension skills. Tutoring is an opportunity to have a direct and positive impact in another person’s life. Learn how to structure lessons that teach reading basics and beyond.

—Submitted by Anne Murr, Coordinator, Adult Literacy Center

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Enjoy the first Comparison Project lecture of the year

Please join us for the inaugural event of the Comparison Project’s 2015–2016 series on death and dying. Dr. Allen Zagoren, associate professor of public administration in the College of Business and Public Administration at Drake, will give a lecture on the physiology of death and our medical attempts to forestall it. The lecture, which is free and open to the public, will be held at on Thursday, Sept. 17, at 7 p.m. in Sussman Theater.

For more information visit our website.

—Submitted by Tim Knepper, Professor of Philosophy, Department Chair

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Cheer on the Bulldogs

Enjoy an athletic event this week with men’s and women’s soccer and volleyball at home.

Volleyball
Drake vs. Western Illinois
Sept. 15, p.m.
Knapp Center

Men’s Soccer
Drake vs. UMKC
Sept. 15, 7 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

Men’s Soccer
Drake vs. DePaul
Sept. 19, 7 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

Women’s Soccer
Drake vs. Iowa State
Sept. 20, 1 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

—Submitted by Tom Florian, Assistant Director, Ticket Operations and Donor Management

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2015 Constitution Day Lecture to be held Sept. 17

Tracey Meares, Walton Hale Hamilton Professor of Law at Yale Law School, will serve as the 2015 Drake University Constitution Day Lecture speaker. Her speech is titled “Policing in the 21st Century.”

The event, which is sponsored by the Drake Law School Chapter of Order of the Coif and the Drake University Constitutional Law Center, will be held at 3 p.m., Thursday, Sept. 17, in Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center. It is free and open to the public. The Drake University Constitution Day Lecture is held each year to commemorate the signing of the U.S. Constitution on Sept. 17, 1787.

Meares is one of the nation’s experts on race relations and law enforcement. Her teaching and research focus on criminal procedure and criminal law policy, and she has written widely on issues such as constitutional criminal procedure, the sociology of the neighborhood structure, and the social psychology of legitimacy in policing. You can find more information in the Drake Newsroom.

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“Freedom to Grieve”

Luther W. Stalnaker Lecture
“Freedom to Grieve”
Nancy Berns, Professor of Sociology
Tuesday, Sept. 15, 7 p.m.
Jordan Stage, Sheslow Auditorium

When someone we love dies, we have to make sense of a new world. Nancy explores the challenges people face when learning to live with loss in a culture that pushes the idea of “closure.” People grieving face not only the pain of a loss, but social expectations about how they should grieve.

Consequences follow when we force people to use a universal roadmap for grieving and then judge those who do not follow it as wrong or sick. Nancy will explain how people need freedom to grieve because it is through grieving that we give visibility to the pain felt, the world shattered, the person lost, the joy remembered, and the love continued. She argues that rather than needing “closure,” people can learn to carry joy and grief together.

Reception to follow in the Madelyn M. Levitt Hall of Honor.

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Enjoy the hidden gem of the Drake Municipal Observatory

Enjoy a night under the stars at the Drake Municipal Observatory this Friday, Sept. 11, as the fall 2015 Public Night Series kicks off. The theme for the series this fall is “What’s New in System Sol?” and Friday’s event is titled “Those were the Days.” The Observatory is located on the grounds of the Waveland Golf Course at 4908 University Ave. in Des Moines. For the full schedule and to learn more about the Observatory, visit the Observatory’s website.

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Anderson Gallery opening reception Sept. 11

Drake University’s Anderson Gallery will open its new season with “Ideas at War: American Propaganda Posters of World War II,” an exhibition featuring more than 50 original wartime posters from the collection of the State Historical Museum of Iowa. The exhibition, curated by John Fender, designer and associate professor of graphic design at Drake, will open on Friday, Sept. 11, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Anderson Gallery in Drake’s Harmon Fine Arts Center. “Ideas at War” will remain on display through Oct. 23.

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The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship announces Fall 2015 programming

This fall, the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship is sponsoring a robust calendar of events. The events listing includes several components:

  • Speaker Series
  • International Film Series, co-sponsored with the World Languages and Cultures department and funded by a grant from the Evans Family Foundation
  • The Comparison Project, which is funded by the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship, Drake University Humanities Center, Humanities Iowa, The Medbury Fund, Des Moines Area Religious Council, Slay Fund for Social Justice, Iles Funeral Homes, and Cultivating Compassion: The Richard Deming Foundation.

All events are free and open to the public.

—Submitted by Drake International

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Enjoy the first Drake football game of the year for free!

Come out to Drake Stadium and cheer on your Bulldogs as they open the 2015 season against William Jewell. The first 100 kids will receive a miniature plush Spike the Bulldog. Bring the whole family out for a night of football and fun! Tickets may be picked up at the Drake Athletics Ticket Office Monday-Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or at the ticket window on game day. Must show valid Drake Card (ID) at time of pick up.

Drake vs. William Jewell
Sept. 5, 6 p.m.
Drake Stadium

Plus, all Drake University faculty and staff are eligible to receive up to four complimentary tickets to other fall sports events, listed below.

Volleyball
Drake vs. Western Illinois
Sept. 15, 6 p.m.
Knapp Center

Women’s Soccer
Drake vs. Iowa State
Sept. 20, 1 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

Men’s Soccer
Drake vs. Missouri State
Oct. 3, 7 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

More information is available at www.DrakeTix.com/promotions

Questions? Call 515-271-3647 or email tickets@drake.edu
—Submitted by Thomas Florian, Assistant Director, Ticket Operations and Donor Management