Are you interested in working with one of Drake’s international partner universities on an activity, project, or program? Applications are now open for FY21 International Partnership Grants.
The application deadline is Jan. 22, 2020. Please contact Annique Kiel at annique.kiel@drake.edu with questions.
— Annique Kiel, executive director of global engagement and international programs
CPHS has a small number of flu shots remaining. Please sign up to make an appointment before the holiday break at https://tinyurl.com/CPHSflu.
— Nora Stelter, Associate Professor of Pharmacy Practice
The eduroam network is replacing the DUFacStaff wireless network on Dec. 31. Please switch to using eduroam today. You must log into eduroam using your Drake email address, rather than your Drake ID number. This ensures that your credentials are passed securely.
The eduroam network is available in over 1,000 locations in 100 countries, so if you lead a J-Term course, or attend a conference, you may be able to take your wireless network with you.
Learn more about eduroam on our FAQ page and make the switch before winter break.
— Carla Herling, ITS
Faculty, final grades are due by 10 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 18. Exception: Final grades for the Law School are due on Tuesday, Jan. 14. Your ability to submit final grades will be disabled at that point.
View instructions on how to send your final grades from Blackboard to MyDUSIS.
Those of you who want to submit grades directly into MyDUSIS should begin by clicking the Grading button in the “Faculty & Advising” menu in MyDrake and then finding the “Final Grades – Submittal Link.”
The final evaluation schedule includes a listing of when and where courses are scheduled to meet for their final evaluations.
— Kevin Moenkhaus, Office of the Registrar
All Staff Council and Human Resources invite faculty and staff to attend this year’s Holiday Cheer gathering on Wednesday, Dec. 11, near the Pomerantz stage in the Olmsted Center. Faculty and staff are welcome to come and go as they please from 9–11 a.m.
Guests can enjoy a hot chocolate bar and cookie decorating station. Griff will also be in attendance and ready for holiday photos.
If you bring at least one non-perishable food or other goods for Drake’s Free Little Food Pantries you will be entered into a drawing for prizes, including a Drake Parking Pass. Drawing for the parking pass takes place at the end of the school year but the drawing for other prizes will take place immediately following Holiday Cheer.
This event is a chance to give back to others in the Drake community, while mingling with coworkers. Please take a moment to stop by, grab some cheer, and drop off a donation.
— Linda Feiden, Human Resources
A useful tool to use for individual travel is the Find It Tool. It works best for flights within the United States. The reason for this tool is that airlines do not provide agencies such as Short’s with their full inventory of flights possible for travelers. You may use Find It to look at flights that are not in the Short’s inventory that can still be booked through Short’s. You may find that you save money by using this tool.
To use the Find It Tool, please go to My Drake, Administrative Tools, and find Short’s Travel Management. Click on the one that pertains to you, Academic or Athletic. On the right side, you will see the Find It App to download to your browser. I recommend that you watch the video demonstration. From there, you can choose flights on many different airline websites and you can forward your chosen flight to Short’s to book for you.
If you have questions, please contact onlinesupport@shortstravel.com or if you’d like, please contact me directly and I will send you a guide on how to use this tool.
— Caron Findlay, Finance & Administration
The Undergraduate Assistantship Program involves students in project‐based collaboration with faculty and/or administrative staff in order to create significant experiential learning opportunities. These opportunities offer student collaborators skills and experiences that will prepare them to advance in their education or chosen professions, while also offering administrative staff and faculty the chance to work closely with student assistants.
Student Financial Planning provides a 2‐to‐1 match with department, program, or unit funds. A maximum of $1,100 is awarded per project (for proposals whose total assistantship budget is $1,650 or more).
Deadline: Feb. 7 (Submission to the Dean of Schools or Colleges, or to the Director of the Administrative Program)
February 17 (Proposals forwarded from Deans and Directors to the Office of the Associate Provost)
All Staff Council and Human Resources invite faculty and staff to attend this year’s Holiday Cheer gathering on Wednesday, Dec. 11, near the Pomerantz stage in the Olmsted Center. Faculty and staff are welcome to come and go as they please from 9 to 11 a.m.
Guests can enjoy a hot chocolate bar and cookie decorating station. Griff will also be in attendance and ready for holiday photos.
If you bring at least one non-perishable food or other goods for Drake’s Free Little Food Pantries you will be entered into a drawing for prizes, including a Drake Parking Pass. Drawing for the parking pass takes place at the end of the school year but the drawing for other prizes will take place immediately following Holiday Cheer.
This event is a chance to give back to others in the Drake community, while mingling with coworkers. Please take a moment to stop by, grab some cheer, and drop off a donation.
— Linda Feiden, Human Resources
Please note the following schedule for check processing to accommodate the upcoming winter break:
The accounting office will be closed during the holiday break.
Friday, Jan. 3 – We will process both a check run and a Paymerang run with normal check processing to resume the following week on Jan. 8, 2020.
Thank you for your help in coordinating to ensure we meet all needs during the upcoming season.
Please contact Jeni Baugher at ext. 4509 with any questions you may have.
— Jeni Baugher, Accounting Supervisor
WHAT A CROCK—All Staff Council hosted a Crock Pot Cook Off. Over 90 campus members sampled eight delicious crock-pot dishes and votes were tallied. The dishes included: Carmel Apple Dump Cake; Sausage Dip; Moroccan Chicken; Grandpa Frankie’s Chicken & Noodles; Tex-Mex Chili; Randi’s Sweet & Spicy Chili; Pork and Tamale Soup; Chicken Jalapeno Corn Dip.
Each dish received votes with three top finishers:
3rd Place—Kodee Wood’s Sausage Dip
2nd Place —Sara Heijerman—Randi’s Sweet & Spicy Chili
1st Place —Tammy Eltayb—Tex-Mex Chili
Congratulations to all who participated and attended!
The next Book Club book “Resistance Women” is available at the front desk of Cowles Library. Plan to join for a casual book discussion on Jan. 15 at 4:45 p.m. at the Ingersoll Cheese Shop. Reach out to sara.heijerman@drake.edu for more information.
— Amelia Klatt, On behalf of All Staff Council