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New student success platform to support student retention

As mentioned in last week’s OnCampus, Drake will launch a new student success platform, called Starfish, in August 2018. Starfish is a communication tool that helps promote engagement to improve student outcomes. Drake will leverage two components that support student retention. Starfish Early Alert helps gather information about students so that they can access assistance before circumstances cause them to fall behind. Starfish Connect helps create a bridge between students, professors, advisors, and staff to keep students on the right track. There are scheduling and communication elements built into this portion of the software. The planning team has just started their work on the project, so look for more updates in the coming months.

— Melissa Sturm-Smith, Associate Provost for Academic Excellence and Student Success

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Drake Social and service recognition celebration tomorrow

A faculty and staff social will be held tomorrow, May 2, from 4 to 6 p.m. at Shivers Hospitality Suite. Faculty and staff who celebrated 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35 or 40 years of service from July 1, 2017 through June 30, 2018 and those who are retiring or have recently retired will be recognized at the event. All faculty and staff are encouraged to attend to celebrate their fellow colleagues.

40-Year Anniversary:

Kathy Jefferson

35-Year Anniversaries:

Andrea Charlow, Claudia Frazer, LaRhee Henderson, Aggie Jones, Joe Lenz, William Lewis

30-Year Anniversaries:

Danny Beaty, Ronald Caudle, Venetta Hammond, Janet McMahill, Elizabeth Robertson, Robert Stensrud, David Wright

25-Year Anniversaries:

Andrew Classen, Laurie Dore, Matthew Dore, Gary Johnson, Nancy Reincke

20-Year Anniversaries:

Matthew Esposito, Michael Fucaloro, Donna Knight-Donovan, Carrie Lewis, Glenn McKnight, Paula Peterson, Scott Raecker, Maria Reyes, Lola Spear, Jolaine Sweiger, Sofia Turnbull, Desi Woods

15-Year Anniversaries:

Shaunarae Bury, Mary Butterwick, Richard Calvert, Anthony Doss, Paul Judd, Robert Lampman, JoBeth Malone-Schoneberg, Jeannie Nielsen, Michael Rothmayer, Heidi Sleister, Heather Stemsrud, Inchul Suh, Keith Summerville, Elisabeth West

10-Year Anniversaries:

Sandra Alvarez-Herrera, Bridget Arrasmith, Heidi J. Ball, Mary Byers, Ronald Cliff, Cassandra Clyde, Brina Coppi, Brad Crowell, Debra Dodge, Darla Eastman, Muir Eaton, Brandy Eganhouse, Bengu Erguner-Tekinalp, Jordan Flynn, Rick Fox, Alice Fynaardt, Eduardo Garcia Villada, Sarah Grady, Lisa Grulke, Alison Harms, Renee Hennessy, Pramod Mahajan, Amahia Mallea, Mary McCarthy, James McNab, Christine Miller, Kristine Plagman, Sarah Plum, Kimberly Puetz, Donald Severs, Jennifer Tran-Johnson, Richard White, Gary Williamson

5-Year Anniversaries:

Ann Allen, Heather Armstrong, Lisa Bailey, Jenifer Baugher, Jack Bush, William Cashmore, Leslee Cran, Armando Davila, Diane Eischeid, Megan Franklin, Thomas Ginn, Kristin Glenn, Dianna Gray, Alyssa Harrell, Ryan Harris, Matthew Hayden, Sara Heijerman, Carla Herling, Jerome Hilscher, Terry Janssen, Jeffrey Kappen, Deborah Kent, David Kozlowski, Kevin Lam, Aimee Lane, Diana Lei-Butters, Eric Lindstrom, Darrin McBroom, Wendy Mobley-Bukstein, Alicia Munoz Martinez, Bridget Nixon, Kevin O’Connor, Shannon Odenbach, Tyler Patton, Kelly Read, Judith Russell, James Sacco, Charitie Schaer, Miguel Schor, Stephanie Sinovic, Stephanie Sledge, Austin Strawhacker, Donna Tuttle, Timothy Welty, Beth Wilson

Retirees:

Marilea Chase, Garry Frank, Thomas Heger, LaRhee Henderson, Aggie Jones, Gloria Lawless, William Lewis, Larry Naylor, Carolyn Nelson, Thomas Pokos, Marla Rigby, M. Christine Schneider, Terry Thorpe, David Wright, Eleanor Zeff

— Linda Feiden, Human Resources

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Summer Faculty Writing Group

Drake faculty members are invited to participate in a short-term faculty writing group focused on using the summer effectively for our scholarship. We will meet from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Thursday, May 31, and Friday, June 1, and again on Thursday, Aug. 23, and Friday, Aug. 24. The writing group will be co-facilitated by Nate Holdren, assistant professor of law, politics & society, and En Li, assistant professor of history. Our goal for the May sessions will be to help set ourselves up to make progress on our scholarship over the summer. Our goals for the August sessions will be to be accountable to each other about how effectively we were at actually working on our goals over the summer, and to help ourselves begin the fall semester with some goals and plans. We will read Joli Jensen’s book Write No Matter What and discuss it to the degree that participants find it useful. Each session will also include discussion of the faculty members’ own scholarship and on-site writing time.

This writing group is supported by a Faculty Development Grant from the College of Arts and Sciences. There are spots for ten faculty participants. Should more than 10 individuals express interest, priority shall be given to 1) those who participated in the spring Faculty Writing Group, 2) tenure-track faculty who are not yet tenured, 3) faculty who are members of groups under-represented, and 4) faculty members from the College of Arts and Sciences.

Participants who attend all four sessions will receive a stipend of $150.

If you are interested in participating, contact Kayla Jenkins at kayla.jenkins@drake.edu by May 11.

If you have questions, please contact co-facilitators, Nate Holdren at nate.holdren@drake.edu, and En Li at en.li@drake.edu.

— En Li, History Department

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Last Tech Tuesday of the semester

Join ITS staff for this semester’s last session of Tech Tuesday on May 8 from 2 to 2:50 p.m. in the Dial Center Large Conference Room.

On Tuesday, May 8, come and learn about the video conferencing tools available to faculty and staff. Sign up and learn more about the session.

Tech Tuesday workshops will return in the fall. Watch OnCampus for information on future topics and dates.

— Carla Herling, ITS

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All Staff Council annual kickball tournament

Once again, All Staff Council is hosting its annual kickball tournament as a way to celebrate and thank faculty and staff for a great year.

The event will take place Wednesday, May 23, from 2 to 4 p.m. in Helmick Commons and consist of kickball, refreshments, snacks, and lawn games. In the event of rain, games will move to the Fieldhouse. All faculty and staff are welcome to participate. Attendees can come and go as they please.

Register to play as a team or individual by May 15 at www.drake.edu/asc. If you register as an individual, All Staff Council will place you on a team or create a team of free agents.

— Tom Heijerman, Information Technology Services/All Staff Council

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You’re invited: Sapphire Awards celebration

You are invited to relax, connect, and celebrate with colleagues at the All Staff Council Sapphire Awards on Wednesday, May 9, from 2 to 3 p.m. in Levitt Hall. This annual event honors Called to be True Blue Award recipients from the 2017-2018 academic year, with Sapphire Awards going to top individual and group award winners.

Please join us for refreshments, entertainment, and connection as we come together to honor your hard work and commitment, while giving special recognition to colleagues.

—All Staff Council