Faculty and staff can dine for $5 with their Drake Cards at Hubbell from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m on March 21. Enjoy a pairing of soups, salads and sandwiches to try something new for spring!
—Jennifer Bowersox, Sodexo
Faculty and staff can dine for $5 with their Drake Cards at Hubbell from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m on March 21. Enjoy a pairing of soups, salads and sandwiches to try something new for spring!
—Jennifer Bowersox, Sodexo
By majority vote, the following individuals have been elected to serve a two-year term on Faculty Senate as an at-large senator: Daniel Alexander, Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp, Jennifer McCrickerd, Heidi Sleister, Mark Vitha, and David Wright.
—Nancy Geiger, Faculty Senate Secretary
The mission of the Roland and Mary Nelson Institute on Diplomacy and International Affairs is to provide in-depth international knowledge and experiences for students who wish to pursue careers in international affairs. The three-member advisory group establishes and maintains policies and procedures for the Institute’s major programs, including Visiting Diplomats, the annual Nelson Conference, the Student Conference Travel Fund, and the Global Pressing Issues Grant. The advisory group works with the director of the Institute and University administration to develop strategies that advance the mission of the Institute.
The dean of arts and sciences and executive director for global engagement and international programs are accepting self-nominations or expressions of interest from full-time, tenured faculty interested in serving a three-year term on the Nelson Institute Advisory Group. Please forward a letter of interest and CV highlighting your background in international affairs to Denise Ganpat (denise.ganpat@drake.edu) by March 15.
—Denise Ganpat, Drake International
There is still time to read the Spring Break Book Club book! We have been reading the 2017 All Iowa Reads book, Bottomland, by Michelle Hoover. Cowles Library has books available for checkout at the circulation desk.
Please see the attached flyer for additional information. Contact Sara Heijerman at ascspecialevents@drake.edu if you have any questions, would like to receive future book club info directly to your email, or would like to RSVP for the discussion. Our Spring Break discussion will be Tuesday, March 14, at 4:45 (Mars Cafe).
The author of this book will also be visiting Central Library at 7 p.m. on March 7. We will not be attending as a group, but feel free to attend this event if you are able.
We hope you’ll enjoy the book recommendation; we’ve also pre-selected our summer book, if you want to get a jump start on the next great read. We’ll be reading Lab Girl by Hope Jahren. Happy reading.
Drake Book Club – previous selections:
—ASC Special Events Committee and Cowles Library
Sara Heijerman and Dan Chibnall (Current Book Club Contacts)
This is your last chance to register for the second Stand Up, Speak Up: Drake Women & Leadership Symposium. We kick off at 10 a.m. this Friday, March 10, with educational sessions, lunch, and a post-event ice cream social. Attendees will also receive BUILD credit so sign up today!
The coordinator of post-graduate scholarships Karen Leroux relies on faculty and staff to identify potential Fulbright applicants and encourage those students to seek more information and apply.
The Fulbright U.S. Student Program offers several kinds of grants for motivated and high-achieving students to study, conduct academic research, engage in the creative and performing arts, or teach English in a range of countries after they earn a bachelor’s degree.
The most common types of student awards are: 1) Study/research grants, in which graduates design their own projects to conduct abroad; and 2) English Language Teaching Assistant (ETA) programs, which place graduates in classrooms abroad to assist in teaching English while serving as cultural ambassadors for the United States.
Who might be a promising potential Fulbright applicant? Generally, it’s a student …
If a promising student comes to mind, please suggest the Fulbright program and encourage him or her to contact Karen at karen.leroux@drake.edu to learn more about available opportunities.
You can also find more information at www.drake.edu/international/postgraduate/fulbright/
—Dorothy Pisarski, Drake International communications liaison
Faculty Senate will meet in regular session on March 8, April 19, and May 3 in Cowles Library, Room 201, beginning at 3:30 p.m. Consult the Faculty Senate website for more information, or contact Nancy Geiger, Faculty Senate secretary, ext. 3095.
The second of our spring semester Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) lunches is Friday, March 10, at noon in TMR 133 (lower level of Olmsted). 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. If you would like us to provide lunch for you, please register by Wednesday, March 8, at 10 a.m. at: http://tinyurl.com/SoTLLunchMarch For more information, contact arthur.sanders@drake.edu.
—Art Sanders, Associate Provost
If you are interested in the Cowles Library facility project, or you participated in the facility sessions and survey in the fall, we want to hear from you! Join us on March 1 at 3:15 p.m. in Cowles Library, Room 201, for a discussion and review of the library’s facility planning process led by the architect team from FEH.
—Leslie Noble, Cowles Library
Three grants are available for global service-learning program development. Funding is awarded on a rolling basis until June 30.
Please visit this site for more information on each opportunity and how to apply.
—Amanda Martin, Community Engagement and Service-Learning