Thank you to everyone who provided feedback on the new Travel Expense Policy.  Based on feedback, we made a few minor changes:

1. Added additional information on how to calculate mileage to and from the airport
2. Added additional detail on incidental expenses such as fees and tips that will be reimbursed

Review the new policy. As a reminder, the policy went into effect July 1, 2022.

— Erica McGowan, Finance and Administration

Each Tuesday in OnCampus the Deputy Provost shares two articles with a read time of 10 minutes.

The Writing Center (formerly known as the writing workshop) opened Monday, Sept. 12.

The Writing Center’s trained peer tutors advise and assist students at any stage of the writing process:

· Understanding instructions/prompts

· Generating ideas and ways to develop ideas

· Outlining and organizing

· Writing, expanding, revising, and/or copyediting a draft

The Writing Center is a free service for all Drake students, including graduate students and those in professional programs.

How to sign up: Go to library.drake.edu/writing-center/ to book an appointment with a tutor—instructions for booking and visiting are available on the site as well. Appointments are approximately 30 minutes, and students can sign up for more than one session if they wish. They may also request that a tutor keep a regular time slot available for them if they would like to come in each week.

Location: The Writing Center has moved! The Center is still on the lower level of Cowles Library—please follow signs to find the new, larger, more comfortable space. The Writing Center offers hours daily, from mornings to late afternoon/evening (including weekends). Students with health concerns can request an appointment on Zoom.

For faculty and staff: If you refer a student to the workshop or require all students to visit, please let the Writing Center know via email (megan.brown@drake.edu). Ask students to bring their assignment prompt/instructions to the Writing Center, as well as any writing they have done so far. When students are referred, or required, to visit, the tutor will email you to let you know that your student has attended and briefly describe what work was done. When students attend on their own, The Writing Center does not inform professors unless they specifically ask the Center to do so.

For questions, contact Professor Megan Brown, director of writing, at megan.brown@drake.edu.

— Renée Cramer, Deputy Provost

Each Tuesday in OnCampus the Deputy Provost shares two articles with a read time of 10 minutes.

This fall we’ll be reading two books as part of the Deputy Provost’s Books for Breakfast series:

The New College Classroom, by Cathy Davidson and Christina Katopodis, Thursdays, Sept. 22 and Oct. 6, from 8:30–9:30 a.m.  Please email nicki.kimm@drake.edu to sign up and get your book.

AND

Teaching to Transgress, by bell hooks, Tuesdays, Nov. 15 and Nov. 22, 8:30–9:30 a.m.  Sign up here.

On Nov. 4 from 2–4 p.m., I’ll be leading a session on meeting the outcomes related to the Equity and Inclusion requirement adopted by faculty senate 18 months ago.  Please sign up here, as soon as you’re able to commit, so that I can be in touch with some pre-session questions and homework.

Books for Breakfast and the Equity/Inclusion session are in Howard Hall, Room 210.

In addition, I’m going to be ‘working in public,’ and hoping for impromptu conversation, in several different locations this fall. I’d love the chance to catch up with faculty colleagues I don’t often see in my day-to-day deputy-provosting. Please come find me. Here is where I’ll be:

Thursday, Sept. 15, 1:30–2:30 p.m., Olin, 1st floor

Tuesday, Sept. 20, 1:30–3 p.m., Olmsted Starbucks

Wednesday, Oct. 5, 9–10 a.m., Cowles Reading Room

Thursday, Oct. 13, 2–3 p.m., Collier Scripps, 1st floor

Thursday, Nov. 22, 10–11:30 a.m., Olmsted Starbucks

Friday, Dec. 2, 1–2 p.m., Cartwright Atrium

And, I’ll be hosting light breakfasts (pastries from La Mie, hot tea/instant coffee) in Howard Hall’s Academic Affairs suite, on the following dates.  No agenda—just conversation about teaching, professor-ing, out curriculum, and Drake:

Tuesday, Oct. 4, 8:30–9:30 a.m.

Thursday, Oct. 20, 8:30–9:30 a.m.

Friday, Nov 4, 8:30–9:30 a.m.

Friday, Dec. 2, 8:30–9:30 a.m.

— Renée Cramer, Deputy Provost

Please note the The Des Moines Consortium event scheduled for Wednesday, Sept. 21, at the DMACC Ankeny campus has been cancelled.

— Drinda Williams, Office of the Provost

As a reminder, Drake Dining offers $5 meals for faculty and staff every Wednesday.

Faculty and staff are invited to meet other higher education professionals at the annual Des Moines Consortium reception, hosted this fall at Des Moines Area Community College, Ankeny Campus, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 3–4:30 pm. The reception will be held at DMACC the International Culinary Institute and Conference Center, Building 7, 2006 South Ankeny Blvd, Ankeny.

— Drinda Williams, Provost’s Office

This fall, we’ll be reading two books as part of the Deputy Provost’s Books for Breakfast series:

The New College Classroom, by Cathy Davidson, Thursdays, Sept. 22 and Oct. 6, 8:30–9:30 a.m.  Please email nicki.kimm@drake.edu to sign up and get your book.

AND

Teaching to Transgress, by bell hooks, Tuesdays, Nov. 15, and Nov. 22, 8:30–9:30 a.m.  We’ll have an eventbrite to sign up up, coming to you in October, but wanted to get it on your schedule now.

We hope you can join us in Howard Hall, Room 210 for breakfast and good conversation about some excellent books.

— Renée Cramer, Deputy Provost

Drake welcomes new faculty into each of its colleges, schools, and libraries this year. New Faculty Orientation was hosted by Deputy Provost Renee Cramer, Friday, Aug. 19, and Monday, Aug. 22. A luncheon in their honor was hosted by Provost Mattison and attended by President Martin and members of the President’s and Provost’s councils.

New faculty and returning visiting professors are listed below.

Arts & Sciences

• Claire Sedovic, Graphic Design
• Gabriel Ford, English
• Nikki Orth, Rhetoric
• Dylan Rollo, Rhetoric
• Robert Collis, History
• Susan Garneau, History
• Brett Russler, History
• Leanne Purdum, LPS
• Andrew Becklin, Mathematics
• Andrei Migunov, Computer Science
• Hyejin Park, Mathematics
• Stanley Fink, Music
• Nicole Ramsey, Music Education
• Cody Dolinsek, Philosophy and Religion
• Max Thornton, Philosophy and Religion
• Peggy Lockart, Psychology,
• Amira Allen, Sociology
• Marcella Mulhollem, Sociology
• Elizabeth Talbert, Sociology
• Victor Medina, Spanish

College of Business & Public Administration

• Linfeng Zhang, Actuarial Science
• Danielle Edwards, Information Systems
• Wiranthe Herath, Statistics
• Lance Noe, Public Administration

College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

• Anna Shook, Pharmacy Practice
• Stacey Huffman, Occupational Therapy
• Ashley Murray, Occupational Therapy
• Jamie Rognes, Occupational Theracy

Cowles Library

• Doreen Dixon, Electronics Records Archivist

Law School

• Honorary Brent Appel
• Joe Schomberg

Law Library

• Lexi Brennan, Law Librarianship

School of Education

• Jiyung Hwang, Special Education
• Molly Shepard, Leadership
• Rebecca Spiess, Counseling

School of Journalism & Mass Communication

• Amy McCoy, Public Relations and Strategic Political Communication
• Jennifer Wilson, Magazine and Brand Media

John Dee Bright College

• Gabriel Ford, Writing and Cultural Literacy
• Molly Hanson, Slay Bright Fellow

— Drinda Williams, Office of the Provost