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All Staff Council voting open now

All Staff Council elections are now open! Please take a few minutes to choose your representatives for All Staff Council. New this year—both bargaining unit and non-bargaining unit staff members may serve on ASC.

There is a large candidate pool this year, so every vote is important! Check your Drake email account for your personal voting link. (Paper ballots are also available in the Facilities office; please submit completed ballots to Brenda McNear.)

The ballot will close on March 31. Watch OnCampus in April for election results!

—Cheryle Anania, Office of the President

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Rec Services update

The new GroupX schedule 2 has been posted! You can find it on the Rec*IT Fitness app as well as the Recreational Services website under “fitness”.

We have a limited time special offer for body composition testing using the InBody test. This analysis goes beyond the number on the scale to tell you what your body is really made of. In just seconds, it will calculate your weight, muscle mass, percent body fat, segmental lean analysis, water content, and visceral fat. You do not need to make an appointment for this, just stop by one of the following locations for your free analysis: Bell Center lobby on Wednesday, March 22, 11 a.m.–1 p.m.; and Wednesday, March 29, 12–2 p.m.; AND Olmsted Breezeway on Monday, March 27, 11 a.m.–1 p.m. If you would like to schedule a one-on-one appointment for this assessment, please email wellness@drake.edu.

Glow Hip Hop is on Monday, March 27, from 8:15 to 9 p.m. in the Bell Center Gym. This glow-in-the-dark hip hop class is like our regular hip hop class, but uses black lights and glow sticks to make the party even better! The first 50 students to register using the Rec*IT Fitness app will receive a tank top.

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Be True Blue today, win a Sapphire in May

Have you encountered a Drake staff member or even a whole office or team who is True Blue, exemplifying the values of leadership, teamwork, integrity, and commitment to the University? Nominate them for All-Staff Council’s Called to be True Blue Award today at www.drake.edu/asc/recognition.

All True Blue recipients nominated before Monday, April 3, will be in the running to receive All-Staff Council’s highest recognition for staff members at Drake—a Sapphire Award. Mark your calendar for the All Staff Council Sapphire Awards, held Thursday, May 4, at 2 p.m. in Levitt Hall.

—All Staff Council Recognition Committee

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ITS town hall and Drake social

Faculty and staff are invited to join Information Technology Services for a town hall meeting on Thursday March 23, from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., at the Shivers Hospitality Suite, adjacent to The Knapp Center. The town hall will precede the Drake social.

ITS will be reviewing progress made in the last year, summarizing the current organizational structure, highlighting the results of the ITS portion of the fall administrative-services satisfaction survey, describing the service commitments the division is making to the University, and responding to your questions.

The town hall will be followed by a Drake faculty/staff social from 4:30 to 6 p.m. Attendees will receive one complimentary ticket for beer or wine. Water, soda, etc. are also on the house. Nearby parking is available.

—Drinda Williams, Office of the Provost

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Farewell to Kim Lammers

Please stop by the Provost’s office in Old Main on Thursday, March 9, anytime between 8 and 11 a.m., to say farewell to Kim Lammers and wish her well as she moves on to an exciting new opportunity. Kim will serve as a defined benefit retirement plan administrator for the Principal Financial Group, a company where she previously worked for 10 years. Coffee and breakfast treats will be served. Her last day will be Friday, March 10.

—Melissa Sturm-Smith, Academic Excellence and Student Success

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Spring Break Book Club meeting

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:

  • The Kind Worth Killing – Peter Swanson
  • Thirteen Ways of Looking – Colum McCann
  • The Boys in the Boat – Daniel James Brown
  • The Nest – Cynthia D’Aprix Sweeney
  • Hidden Figures – Margo Lee Shetterly
  • Bottomland – Michelle Hoover (current selection)
  • Lab Girl – Hope Jahren (summer break selection)

—ASC Special Events Committee and Cowles Library
Sara Heijerman and Dan Chibnall (Current Book Club Contacts)

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Identify potential students for Fulbright opportunities

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 …

  • with the interests and 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 seeks 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

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