With final exams approaching, the Math Lab is extending its hours to provide peer assistance to students with questions. The Math Lab is located on the ground floor (west) of Cowles Library.
Hours:
Sunday, Dec. 4: 5–8 p.m.
Monday–Thursday, Dec. 5–8: 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
Friday, Dec. 9 (Dead Day): 12–8 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 11: 5–8 p.m.
Monday–Thursday, Dec. 12–15: 10 a.m.–8 p.m.
—Milan Sherman, Department of Mathematics and Computer Science
ABOUT:
DELTA Rx’s Next Top Entrepreneur Competition is taking place in February 2017, and you don’t want to miss out on this unique opportunity! The competition is open to all students, regardless of major, with a health care innovation. During three rounds of competition, you will develop creativity and presentation skills through business plan presentations, problem solving, and receiving feedback from innovators. The competition judges will represent the pharmacy, health care, and business sectors. Participants can register as an individual or in a team. This is a great opportunity to build your résumé; gain leadership skills; and network in a welcoming, constructive environment! Top prizes include $1,200 (1st place), $800 (2nd place), and $400 (3rd place), plus consideration for the Lorentzen Student Hatchery summer program which provides $10,000 and professional assistance to help students with a start-up business during summer 2017!
LEARN MORE:
Information sessions to provide competition guidelines and recommendations will be held 4–4:30 p.m. in Harvey Ingham, Room 112, on Jan. 30 and 31.
SIGN UP:
To register yourself or your team, email deltarx@drake.edu.
—Sarah Dean
Are you a first-year who is passionate about social justice? If so, the Social Justice Living Learning Community (SJLLC) is now recruiting for the 2017–2018 academic year! The SJLLC offers the opportunity to live with others who are passionate about social justice, participate in fun community activities, have guaranteed housing in Goodwin-Kirk, and take an awesome one-credit class focusing on social justice activism!
For more information and the application, you can follow this link: http://tinyurl.com/DrakeSJLLC2017
—Jackie Heymann
Do you have ideas on how Drake students can create change and prevent violence? Do you enjoy presenting? Are you a leader? Join the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) team!
MVP facilitators receive 15 hours of training, serve on our full MVP team and present the curriculum on campus. Applications are available online and are due by Dec. 21. Priority in scheduling interviews is given to applications turned in prior to the end of the semester.
—Tess Cody, Office of Dean of Students
Instructors are able to enter final grades online anytime between now and then. Instructions on how to view grades are online. Note that final grades for the Law School are due on Tuesday, Jan. 10. Best wishes to you in the final few weeks of the fall semester.
—Kevin Moenkhaus, Student Records and Academic Information
University Communications requests the help of Drake students for a short video shoot on Dec. 2 at 2 p.m.
The video shoot will take place at the Drake entrance sign on 25th and University (aka where Drake the rapper took his Instagram). Sign up today if you want to be part of a fun video shoot to promote Drake!
—Justice Simpson, University Communications
On Friday, Dec. 9, the Innovation Studio in Meredith Hall, Room 124C, will be open with activities including coloring sheets, Play-Doh, LEGOs, puzzles, and more! Snacks and drinks will be available throughout the day, and we’re scheduled to have a special furry guest at 10 a.m.! Questions? Email innovation@drake.edu.
—Stephanie Cardwell, Entrepreneurship Centers
Nominations for the Drake Teacher of the Year and Drake Mentor of the Year will be due in early February. Faculty, staff, or students wishing to nominate an individual for one of these awards will find directions at www.drake.edu/acad/honors/
—Art Sanders, Associate Provost
ITS has been made aware of a few ongoing problems some students are having with PDF and color printing. Here are some suggestions to resolve these issues:
If you are having consistent issues printing PDFs, consider downloading the printer driver to your computer rather than going through Webprint. This can be done either by following the step-by-step driver download directions, or if you need assistance, you can visit the Support Center in the lower level of Carnegie Hall.
When printing in color, make sure that you are releasing your print job at a color printer (look for the color FollowMe sticker on the front of the machine) and that you’ve selected color settings for your document itself. Please note: the printers in the lobbies of the residence halls print in black and white only.
Want to learn more about printing in general? Visit the Printing How to Guides for more information.
—Carla Herling, ITS
Holiday Trimmings is a six-week program designed to encourage you to maintain or lose weight over the holiday season. If you have trouble dodging festive yet fattening foods like pecan pie, sausage stuffing, and egg nog, this challenge is for you.
Beginning and ending weights will be recorded, and throughout the challenge you will receive healthy holiday tips. Everyone who maintains or loses weight will be placed in a drawing for a chance to win prizes.
For more information or to register to participate please email Linda Feiden at linda.feiden@drake.edu with the subject line “Holiday Trimmings.” Deadline to register is Thursday, Nov. 17.
A packet of information will be sent to you. Read through the packet carefully and start the challenge on Monday, Nov. 21.
Let’s make this a happy AND healthy holiday season!
—Linda Feiden, Human Resources
