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Last chance to sign up for kickball

This is the LAST week to sign up for the kickball games at the All Staff Council Summer Kick-off Social!  The games will take place on May 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. Please submit your team or sign up as an individual by May 13 online. 

Even if you don’t want to play, we hope you’ll come cheer on your co-workers, and enjoy some time away from your desk—bring a lawn chair if convenient. We’ll have beverages and lawn games to enjoy, and, if desired, bring a few dollars to purchase a cupcake from SCRATCH CURBSIDE! As a reminder, we’ve been collecting entries for a FREE parking pass at ASC events all year, and this will be your LAST chance to enter the drawing. We’ll be selecting our winner at 3:30 at the event.

See you there!

—All Staff Council Communications Committee

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All Staff Council Summer Kickball Game

It’s time to sign up your team for the All Staff Council Summer Kickball Game!  Kickball games will take place at the ASC Summer Kick-off Social on May 18 from 2 to 4 p.m. Please fill out this Qualtrics survey if you are interested in signing up a team or participating as an individual player.

Even if you don’t want to play, we hope you’ll come cheer on your co-workers, and enjoy some time away from your desk. As a reminder, we’ve been collecting entries for a FREE parking pass at the ASC events all year, and this will be your LAST chance to enter the drawing! We’ll be selecting our winner at 3:30 at the event.

—All Staff Council Communications Committee

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Update from the Associate Provost

The last day of the semester that The Writing Workshop will be open for tutoring  is Sunday, May 8.

“Scholarly Voices: From Writing to Speaking: An Informal Panel Discussion,” will be held on Friday, May 6, at 3 p.m. in the Speaking Studio in the lower level of Cowles Library.  The panel will consist of Professors Jennifer Perrine, Bill Lewis, Dan Alexander, and David Courard-Hauri. More information: Scholarly Voices event information

—Art Sanders, Associate Provost

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All Staff Council Summer Kick-off Social this Wednesday

Who: All faculty and staff
What: Kickball Tournament and Summer Social (refreshments and additional lawn games will be provided)
When: Wednesday, May 18, 2–4 p.m.—come and go as you please
Where: Helmick Commons (rain location will be the Fieldhouse)
Why: All Staff Council would like to thank YOU for another great year of service. Join us for an afternoon of fun, and start drafting your kickball team! Watch for the team sign-up in May.

We hope you can join us, contact Kerwin Dobbins (kerwin.dobbins@drake.edu) with any questions about this event.

—All Staff Council Communications Committee

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Robing details for inauguration

Faculty and staff who are wearing academic regalia and sitting with the floor party, please note that robing for the inauguration ceremony will begin no later than 12:30 p.m. in the women’s gym of the Shivers Basketball Practice Facility. To access the gym, enter through the Bell Center and proceed to The Knapp Center court. Walk across the Knapp floor, behind the stage curtain to the east, and you will see an entrance titled “Women’s Basketball.” Proceed straight ahead down the corridor to the women’s gym. Once inside the gym, there will be personnel and signage to direct you. All wearing regalia should be at the gym no later than 1 p.m. The procession onto the Knapp Center floor will commence at 1:15 p.m.

If you have ordered or rented your regalia from the University Bookstore, you will need to pick it up from the University Bookstore prior to the event.

—Joseph Schneider, Inauguration Co-Chair

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Fulbright opportunities for students

Fulbright offers several kinds of grants for students to study, conduct academic research, engage in the creative and performing arts, or teach English in a range of countries after they earn their 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 U.S.

Faculty, I seek your help in identifying potential applicants and encouraging them to contact me for further information.

  • Who might be a promising potential Fulbright applicant? Generally, it’s a student …
  • With the interests and the personal suitability/temperament to serve as a cultural ambassador representing the United States
  • Who is prepared to adapt to living outside the country for up to one year and actively seeking to immerse him or herself in the host country
  • With a strong academic or artistic record of achievement and persistence
  • Who is actively engaged in the community or their chosen profession

For Study/Research Grants, the student must also:

  • Be able to develop a feasible, interesting, and appropriate project for the proposed country, in terms of accessible resources, time, and the student’s academic and linguistic preparation. The project might involve graduate study, research, or the creative and performing arts.
  • Demonstrate talent and potential for growth

For the English Teaching Assistant Program, the student must also:

  • Be able to develop and carry out a variety of learning activities under some supervision
  • Possess good facility with English usage and grammar in spoken and written forms, (e.g. clear, precise diction)
  • Be able to make presentations on U.S. culture and society

If a promising student comes to mind, please suggest the Fulbright program and encourage him or her to contact me to learn more about available opportunities. If you have further questions about the Fulbright program for students, please contact me at karen.leroux@drake.edu.

—Karen Leroux, Asssociate Professor of History and Coordinator, Post-Graduate Scholarships – Drake International

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Principal Financial Group Global Citizenship Award

Nominations are invited from Drake faculty and staff for the Principal Financial Group Global Citizenship Award, which recognizes outstanding contributions to global engagement and internationalization of the campus and curriculum on the part of faculty or staff. The selected awardee will receive a plaque and up to $3,000. The winner will be announced at the Aug. 19 Learning Symposium. A screening committee, appointed by the provost, will review all nominations and make recommendations to the provost.

The nominee must be a faculty or staff member in at least the fourth year of service at the University. The nominee cannot have won this award within the past five years. Faculty and staff members who report directly to the vice provost for international programs are ineligible.

The letter of nomination is due no later than May 16. The letter should be sent as an attachment to Denise Ganpat (denise.ganpat@drake.edu). See guidelines and more information at: www.drake.edu/cgc/faculty/award

—Drake International