Please join Cowles Library faculty and staff as we welcome new dean, Gillian Gremmels, and celebrate our newly renovated main floor from 3—5 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 2. We will provide tours of the new space, along with hors d`oeuvres and drinks. Guests will receive one drink ticket for beer or wine, and tea, coffee and water will also be served.

Leslie Noble, Cowles Library

Earlier in the month, Drake’s All Staff Council Recognition Committee celebrated the Office of the Registrar team with a surprise treat delivery, compliments of Drake Dining. This spotlight provides a few fast fact about the Registrar’s Office. Thank you to the team for everything they do to make Drake a great place.

Office of the Registrar 
Staff: 7 staff members

Longest serving team member: Nancy Geiger, Student Information Analyst, started in 1984—There are no words to describe how valuable.

Newest team member: Michael Kline, started in 2017

What has the Office of the Registrar been working on that the Drake community should know about? We recently completed an office restructure to support our transition from Office of Student Records to the Office of the Registrar.  One challenge, which is also an accomplishment, is our ongoing effort to centralize and streamline processes for faculty, staff, and students.

In addition, we are pretty excited about our new carpet and paint colors (as a result of water damage from the storm in June). We encourage everyone to stop by and check out our updates.

Good to know: If you add up all of our teams’ years of service, we have over 80 years of Drake experience.

The Office of the Registrar is located in Old Main.

Cathy Williams, University Advancement/All Staff Council

The third session in our series on online learning is Thursday, Oct. 25, in the Drake Room in Olmsted from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. The topic is Building Presence. These sessions are not meant to be “nuts and bolts” how-to sessions, but rather discussions of the issues related to the topic. You do not need to have experience teaching online to attend, nor do you have to have attended the previous session. There is no need to register.

Art Sanders, Associate Provost

The second Friday Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) session is on Oct. 26 at noon in TMR 133. These discussions are opportunities for those engaged in SoTL projects at any level—from just thinking about starting one, to almost complete, or those simply curious about SoTL—to share ideas, seek advice or ask questions of colleagues engaged in this process. Members of the IT Support Services staff will be present to provide advice/information about SoTL projects that might involve technology usage.  It is too late to order a lunch, but you are still welcome to join us.

Art Sanders, Associate Provost

There are many Drake-branded professional apparel options available on shop.drake.edu. Most of this apparel is exclusive to the website and not available in the Book Store. Options include cardigans, sweaters, long sleeve shirts, and more. Until Oct. 31, you can get a free T-shirt with an order of $35 or more.

Nate Reagen, Office of the President

The Banner 9 project team is focusing on a few things as the Admin Page portion of the project nears completion.

Training
The Banner 9 project team continues to be focused on campus training. Around two thirds of campus Banner users have received Banner 9 training. The plan is to schedule another five sessions of general navigation training between now and the Thanksgiving break. This will wrap up training efforts for Banner 9 Admin Pages.

Admin Page Customizations
The team is also finishing up testing for ten customizations and expects to wrap up this work in the next few weeks.

Eliminating Banner 8
The Banner 9 project team is targeting to turn off user access to Banner 8 INB and switch completely to Banner 9 Admin Pages at the beginning of the new year.

Questions? Please contact Kris Brewster at kristina.brewster@drake.edu or ext. 2305. Learn more about this and other ITS projects here.

Kris Brewster, ITS

The next Friday FYS lunch/discussion is on Nov. 2 at noon in TMR 133. While these meetings are designed for those currently teaching FYS, we welcome those with an interest in possibly teaching FYS in the future as well. If you would like to attend please go to https://fyslunchnov.eventbrite.com and let us know your lunch preferences.

Art Sanders, Associate Provost

Join the University Book Store for refreshments and festivity on Monday, Oct. 29, and Tuesday, Oct. 30, from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m at the Book Store in Olmsted Center. Get a jump on your holiday shopping with a special in-store discount and sign up for our raffle. Watch for your invite in campus mail. Bring along your book adoption information for spring semester. Staff will be on hand to answer any questions about course material options.

There will be a faculty regalia sale, too. Take advantage of a special 10% discount from Oak Hall on orders before Nov. 30. A sales representative from Oak Hall will be available both days from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Donna Hallstrom, University Book Store

All Staff Council is holding its annual chili cook-off on Oct. 17 from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. in Parents Hall South. Come enjoy samples of a wide variety of homemade chili made by Drake University faculty and staff members.

Donate non-perishable food or other goods to Drake’s Free Little Food Pantries and be entered into a drawing to win a Drake Parking Pass. Drawing takes place at end of the school year. Goods may include canned foods, personal hygiene products, baby formula, or diapers, etc.

Those competing, consuming, or just wanting to be part of the fun, please join All Staff Council for a $5 soup and bread bar lunch provided by Sodexo. The People’s Choice Award winners will be announced shortly after 12:30 p.m. during the event. For questions, please contact ascspecialevents@drake.edu.

Reminder: All Staff Council event days are jeans days (per managers approval). Wear your Drake blue on Oct. 17.

Aimee Lane, Athletics/All Staff Council