Nominations are invited for the Principal Financial Global Citizenship Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to global engagement and internationalization of the campus and curriculum on the part of faculty or staff. The selected awardee will receive a plaque, up to $3,000, and will be announced at the 2020 Global Citizen Forum in March. A screening committee, appointed by the Provost, will review all nominations and make recommendations to the Provost. Nominations should be submitted to Bonnie Ehler at bonnie.ehler@drake.edu by Monday, Feb.10, 2020. Please review the following details:

A letter of nomination should be submitted recommending an individual for the award and explaining the context and manner in which the nominator has come to know the faculty or staff member. This letter should speak to the following qualifications:

Pursuant to the University’s mission to develop “responsible global citizens,” explain how the nominee has made outstanding contributions at Drake toward realizing the following:

1. Serve as a global knowledge hub that brings value to external partners in local, national and international settings.
2.  Infuse global and multicultural perspectives across the campus and curriculum.
3. Develop infrastructure, resources and communication systems to support internationalization and global engagement.

The nominee must be a faculty or staff member in at least her/his fourth year of service at the University. The nominee cannot have won this award within the past five years. Faculty and staff members who report directly for Drake International are ineligible.

Nominees who indicate a willingness to be considered will be invited to submit a c.v. and a statement discussing their contributions to the above goals. One or two letters of support from faculty, staff or students will be accepted (this is optional).

Any individual who was nominated for the award in 2019 may be re-nominated if the nominator resubmits a letter offering the individual for consideration this year. Files of previous nominees are maintained for one year. If a faculty member is re-nominated, the nominator will be invited to review the file from the previous year to ensure that the nomination is as current as possible.

Nomination letters are due by February 10, 2020, and should be sent as an attachment to bonnie.ehler@drake.edu.  Questions may be directed to Annique Kiel, annique.kiel@drake.edu.

— Annique Kiel, Executive Director, Global Engagement and International Programs

Drake faculty and staff are eligible to receive up to four complimentary general admission tickets to the events listed below. Tickets may be picked up at the Knapp Center Ticket Office Monday through Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or at the ticket window on game day. Must show valid Drake Card at time of pick up.

Drake Men’s Basketball vs. Southern Illinois
Saturday, Feb. 1 , 5 p.m.

Drake Women’s Basketball vs. Missouri State
Sunday, Feb. 9, 2 p.m.

For more information, please contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.

— Ryan Harris, Drake Athletics

The eduroam network replaced the DUFacStaff wireless network on Dec. 31.

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 visit another campus or educational institution, you may be able to take your wireless network with you.

Learn more about eduroam on our FAQ page.

— Carla Herling, ITS

The following contains an update from Short’s Travel Management, Drake’s travel services provider:

On Oct. 22, the FBI issued a warning to travel management companies, such as Short’s Travel, advising that stolen credentials are being used to book international travel for fraudulent passengers. These individuals are obtaining names, job titles, contact information, or a combination thereof to impersonate employees of travel management company clients. Due to this industry-wide increase in fraudulent requests, Short’s Travel is requiring a profile for all travelers or travel arrangers.

Effective Jan. 1, 2020, in an effort to decrease fraud and continue to provide the highest level of service and security for our clients, Short’s Travel will require all travelers or their travel arrangers to have a profile in the Short’s system before they are allowed to book travel.

What does this mean for me? Most Drake travelers already have a profile set up in the Short’s system, so this should cause minimal disruption to the booking process.  Those who don’t, will need to set up a profile. Some travelers, who in the past have been approved to travel without a profile or who’s arranger did not have a profile, will be required to create their profile prior to making any airline reservations.

For assistance with creating profiles, or for any questions or concerns, please contact Caron Findlay at extension #2424 or caron.findlay@drake.edu.

— Caron Findlay, Director, Purchasing and Business Services

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. 

Apply for the grant.

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