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Advisers: Encourage intercultural learning

Drake University and the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship offers students a unique learning opportunity to earn a Global Ambassador certificate. The purpose of the program is to:

  1. Provide students with a combination of concentrated study, personal experience, and reflection that will inform their understanding of global issues and perspectives,
  2. Provide students with the intercultural skills that will allow them to make the most of future international opportunities in business, the professions, or public service.

Students in the Global Ambassador certificate program participate in a variety of classes, cocurricular experiences, a credit-bearing study abroad experience, and service-learning. Additionally, participants enjoy several special opportunities with visiting speakers and scholars. The program capstone is a group learning experience designed to put the concept of global citizenship into practice by educating the campus and/or community about a global issue or cultural perspective.

Advisers are reminded that this certificate program complements a student’s central program of academic study. Students in any major can apply. Advisers can find more information and the downloadable application at www.drake.edu/cgc/globalambassadorprogram/

—Submitted by Drake International

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New library resource geared toward business students

Cowles Library is pleased to announce a new e-book collection, Business Expert Press. This collection includes more than 300 ebooks oriented to concise, practical course readings and reference works for business students. Plus, there are no complicated Digital Rights Management to negotiate, fully downloadable PDFs, and unlimited users!

For more information, please visit the Cowles Library blog.

—Submitted by Marc Davis, Coordinator, Program Staff Services, Planning & Projects

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Call for proposals: Nelson Institute Global Pressing Issues Grant

The Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs invites proposals for a two-year grant commencing Jan. 1, 2016, for interdisciplinary faculty-student research projects addressing a global issue of broad public importance.

The purpose of this initiative is to enhance Drake’s involvement in examining and approaching pressing global issues, thereby helping position the University as a global knowledge hub in service to local, national, and international communities.

Through a series of focus groups held in spring 2015, Vice Provost for International Programs Christa Olson identified two clusters of global pressing issues that Drake, together with its local and international partners, has the expertise and institutional capacity to address with depth and breadth:

  1. Food and water security and environmental sustainability
  2. Global public health and access to quality health care

Several other issues were identified in which Drake has experience and expertise, but not with breadth across campus and disciplines: poverty and access to quality education, bridging cultures, immigration and refugees, and freedom of information and expression.

We especially encourage research proposals that relate to these issue clusters, although proposals on other topics are welcome, and no priority will be given based upon topical area.

See the full call for proposals at Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs. The submission deadline for proposals is Dec. 1. Proposals should be sent to Denise Ganpat (denise.ganpat@drake.edu).

—Submitted by Drake International

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Writing Workshop opens Monday, Sept. 14

About the Writing Workshop: Peer tutors staff the workshop, all of whom have taken at least one training course to familiarize themselves with writing theory and pedagogy. Tutors help students identify areas of difficulty and work with them on a range of issues including fluency, organization, development, analysis, and argument. Tutors also help students copyedit their work as needed. Tutors do NOT write papers for students, nor do they simply act as proofreaders. All work on development and copy reading takes place within the context of the student’s own writing.

How to sign up: Students can sign up at https://library.drake.edu/writing . This site is also linked to on the English website. The website itself will give students directions on how to proceed. Typically, an appointment is for 30 minutes. Students can sign up for more than one session if they choose. They may also request that a tutor keep a regular time slot available for them if they would like to come in each week. If students are having difficulty signing up, they should call the Writing Workshop at 271-4712. They could also email me with any concerns (jody.swilky@drake.edu).

Location: The Writing Workshop is located in Cowles Library, Room 47, on the lower level. Hours are available:

  • Monday–Friday during the day
  • Monday–Thursday during the evening
  • Saturday afternoon
  • Sunday afternoon and evening

Communication with professors: If you refer your student to the workshop, please let us know via email (jody.swilky@drake.edu). Have them bring the assignment they are responding to, as well as any writing they have done to complete the assignment. As part of the first visit, tutors always ask students if they have been referred. If a student is referred, the tutor will send an email letting you know that your student has attended and will briefly describe what work was done. If you do not receive an email from us, your student did not attend. If a student attends on his or her own, we do not inform professors unless the student specifically asks us to.

Workshop services: In addition to tutoring students, workshop tutors are available to speak briefly to classes about the workshop. If you would like a tutor to come to your class, please call or email me. Please also feel free to call or email me with questions about writing, working with students for whom English is not a first language, or with questions about any student who is having particular difficulty with writing. You can also learn more about the workshop in the Writing Workshop brochure.

—Submitted by Jody Swilky, the Elle and Nelle Levitt Professor of English, Writing Workshop Director

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World Languages and Cultures resources available to advisers

Faculty advising students who have taken the language placement examination can now access the advisees’ placement score, the levels students placed into, their major(s), and other relevant information quickly, which may be useful during registration. This information can be found on the Adviser Menu on MyDusis under the link “Language Score and Placement.” Student information can be accessed either by entering the student’s Drake ID number or from a drop-down menu.

—Submitted by Marc Pinheiro-Cadd, Director of World Languages and Cultures

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Access the entire archives of Vogue and Women’s Wear Daily

Cowles Library now offers digital access to the entire archives of Vogue and Women’s Wear Daily in high-resolution, full-color digital format. Each page of every issue is available, including advertisements. Users are able to search all text, captions, and titles throughout the magazine, including advertisements, covers, and foldouts. These resources are ideal for the study of diverse topics including fashion, gender studies, marketing, and social history.

More information can be found on the Cowles Library blog.

—Submitted by Marc Davis, Coordinator, Program Staff Services, Planning & Projects

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LEAD concentration now housed in the College of Arts & Sciences

LEAD, Drake’s concentration in Leadership Education and Development, is now housed in the College of Arts and Sciences. LEAD remains an interdisciplinary program open to undergraduates from any academic program; more than 100 students have declared the concentration and 175 students are enrolled in LEAD classes this fall.

Summer LEAD activities
This summer, Adam Graves (SJMC) and Danielle Day (CBPA) completed a six-week LEAD capstone class in Punta Gorda, Belize. Read more about Adam’s experience on his blog for TIDE, the nongovernmental organization he worked with.

Contact Tom Westbrook (thomas.westbrook@drake.edu) for information.

—Submitted by Tom Westbrook, Professor of Leadership Studies and Director, Leadership Concentration

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Students seeking faculty participation for fundraiser

Dear faculty,

This year is the third annual St. Jude Up ’til Dawn event, an all night team challenge that raises money for the children of St. Jude. Last year we raised more than $31,000, and this year we have set our sights toward an even larger goal of $40,000.

Leading up to our event, we host multiple ramp-up events to encourage students to participate, teach them how to raise money, and educate them about St. Jude and all of the incredible things the organization does day in and day out. This year, we are seeking faculty participation in one of our ramp-up events but would like to gauge interest before getting too in-depth with the planning. We are considering doing either a buzz-off or a golden hair dye (the color representative of childhood cancer) with the faculty member that raises the most money from student donations within a specific time frame.

Our vision for this would be to set a week timeline in which students would donate to a jar in your room. The faculty member that has the most money in his or her jar at the end of the week would then participate in the buzz-off or golden hair dye. We are currently looking to have this event the last week of October. If this is something you would be interested in, please fill out this survey.

Thank you for your time,

Elise Damman and Christine Heath

—Submitted by Jill Batten, Interim Assistant Dean, Student Affairs, College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences

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J-Term 2016 travel seminar openings

A few J-Term 2016 travel seminars still have openings, and we would appreciate if you could help pass along this information to students in your classes. Interested students should first contact the seminar instructor, listed below. Please remember that first-year students are not eligible for J-Term classes. The window for students to join the below seminars will be small, as arrangements are currently being made for travel and accommodations. Interested students should contact seminar instructors ASAP.

Chile
JMC 199/ACTS 198—Families, Lifestyles, and Annuity Tables: Why Corporations are interested in Chile
Instructors: Dorothy Pisarski, dorothy.pisarski@drake.edu, and John Garza, john.garza@drake.edu

London
THEA 120T—History of Theatre I: England
Instructor: John Graham, john.graham@drake.edu

Mexico
SCSS 196/WLC 196—Contemporary Urban Mexico
Instructor: Darcie Vandegrift, darcie.vandegrift@drake.edu

Rwanda
ENSP 111—International Environmental Seminar Ecotourism and Development in Post-Genocide Rwanda
Instructor: Michael J. Renner, michael.renner@drake.edu

Seminar descriptions can be found here.

If you have further questions regarding travel seminars, please contact Annique Kiel, director, Drake Administered Programs Abroad, at annique.kiel@drake.edu or x3039.

—Submitted by Annique Kiel