Don’t have plans for J-Term yet? Looking to get out of Des Moines and see the world? Earn three AOI credits? Gain a new perspective? The following travel seminars are accepting applications until Oct. 1, 2022.
To apply and learn more about these offerings you can click on the program title, and it will take you to Terra Dotta, our application management system. Use your Drake ID and password to login. First-year students are not eligible to apply.
For questions about a specific travel seminar, contact the course instructor. For general study abroad or application questions, contact studyabroad@drake.edu.
Join Dean of Students Hannah Clayborne for a chance to have dinner and catch up on things that are happening at Drake this semester. This is a great opportunity to make connections with fellow students along with the Dean of Students. Dinner will be provided for students. Sign up in advance; space is limited to 10 students. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up.
If you have never played hockey in your life, we still want you to be a part of our club. Non-player members can join the club as a part of our fundraising team, marketing team, management team, media team, or if you just want to be a fan. We encourage those who are wanting experience in their majors to join. For example, if you are a marketing major, joining our marketing team would be great for experience and resume building. View the sign-up form.
We are also seeking players for the club team. We practice twice a week and have games scheduled throughout the year. If you are a hockey player, we’d love to have you. You can find more information on our website or feel free to reach out to the club’s president Griffin Dyka at Griffin.dyka@drake.edu.
Join Dean of Students Hannah Clayborne for dinner and a chance to catch up on things that are happening at Drake this semester. This is a great opportunity to make connections with fellow students along with the Dean of Students. Dinner will be provided for students just sign up in advance, but space is limited to 10 students. Please review the available slots below and click on the button to sign up.
The local Iowa State Extension 4-H Office is interested in connecting with Drake students who have been involved with 4-H to explore options for continued involvement while in college. The local 4-H organization is very active and there are exciting ways to partner with college students.
If you are interested in learning more, please contact Amanda Martin at amanda.martin@drake.edu.
As we kick off the school year, it’s important to stay aware of online security threats. Internet scammers often shift their focus to universities at the beginning of the school year as students are returning to their classrooms and residence halls.
One of the most common methods is phishing, which uses email, text messages, or phone calls to trick people into sharing sensitive information. These messages often look like they’re from a trusted source. Instead, they’re sent by scammers seeking to access bank accounts, credit cards, login credentials, or other confidential data.
Here are some common back-to-school scams to keep an eye out for:
Shopping scams – phony websites promising bargains but designed to collect credit card and other personal information.
Job offers – scammers offer appealing job opportunities with the intention of stealing money, identity, and personal information. They often spoof legitimate companies’ websites or real people’s email addresses to make the offers more realistic.
The student tax – a popular scam targeting first year students and their parents via email, phone, or text. Individuals posing as IRS or other government representatives request payment of “student tax” and threaten penalties for failure to pay.
Scholarship scams – these phony scholarship applications often require an application or redemption fee or request banking information.
Student loan forgiveness scams – scammers ask for personal or financial information of victims to start the loan-forgiveness process.
Ways to avoid falling for back-to-school scams or other phishing attacks:
Think before you share – Never share direct deposit details, credit card numbers, or personal information like your Social Security number on an unfamiliar website.
Pause before you click – If anything seems unusual, do not click links or open attachments.
Verify the request – If you receive an email from the University asking for urgent action, question its legitimacy. If you’re not sure, contact the appropriate office directly to verify the request.
A group of Drake students will be joining the DU Spain: Drake Semester in Seville with Professor Ellen Yee for the Spring 2023 semester in Seville, Spain. Students will enroll in one Drake course, as well as courses at a local university. Students don’t need a background in Spanish to participate in the program.
We’re also excited to share that the first 10 students who commit to the program will receive a $500 grant to discount the program, as well as a $3,000 scholarship from our program partner, API. This means the non-tuition fees (room & board, included excursions, and international health insurance) will be under $2,500 for the first 10 students who commit.
Students can meet Professor Ellen Yee at the J-Term Travel Fair on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. There will also be a DU Spain Info Session on Tuesday, Sept. 6 at 10 a.m.
We recommend that students apply by Thursday, Sept. 1, so they’re considered for a Drake University Global Learning Scholarship. Students need to commit and pay a deposit for the program by Thursday, Sept. 15. Apply here.
Courses taken in Seville can be pre-approved to count toward your major(s), minor(s), concentration, and/or AOIs (with courses offered both in English and in Spanish). Students also have access to their Drake financial aid while studying abroad on this approved program.
For questions, email studyabroad@drake.edu or read more on Drake’s study abroad website: drake.edu/global/studyabroad.
Part of the mission of Iowa’s Latino Heritage Festival is to give back to our community. One way that is done is through academic scholarships to Iowa high school and college students.
You can be one of the $1,000 scholarship winners of the 2022 Iowa’s Latino Heritage Festival.
Are you interested in China? Are you interested in finding out more about how Drake engaged in modern and contemporary China, or the other way around?
Are you interested in writing your own history, and first, learning to create a research guide/annotated bibliography of sorts that would help future students from disciplines find areas of possible research?
Do you have 10+ hours per month and 40+ hours this fall to complete a research project?
If you answered yes to the questions above, keep reading:
Drake undergraduate students are invited to participate in a pilot documentation project entitled “Drake in China: Past and Present.” The project will be co-facilitated by En Li, assistant professor of history, and Hope Bibens, associate professor of librarianship. We are looking for undergraduate researchers to create a collection of materials related to Drake University’s historical engagement in China and to explore possible platforms to showcase their research. Sample topics include but not limit to:
First Chinese student came study at Drake, 1890s;
Madame Chiang Kai-shek’s visit to Drake, 1959;
Exchange students between Drake and China since the 1980s;
Drake Football Team’s visit to China in 2018: Memory, Experience, and Reflection;
The “Teach in China” program-Memory, Experience, and Reflection;
The Branstad archives in the Drake law school (or interview with Terry Branstad as an oral history project);
Gift exchange between Drake and China;
Successful projects will be invited to present at the U.S. China Symposium and International Educational Week on campus this fall. Researchers are also encouraged to submit their projects for publication in the Drake Undergraduate Social Science Journal (DUSSJ). The digital/physical exhibit will be featured during the Asian Heritage Month in May 2023.
This project is generously supported by a Drake Research Grant from the Provost’s Office. There are spots for three researchers. Selected researchers will be awarded a stipend of $450 only upon completion of proposed research.
What do you need to do to receive a $450 stipend?
self-design a topic that you are interested in, related to Drake and China;
conduct the research by collecting, categorizing, and interpreting primary sources;
identify a platform to publish/exhibit your research by the end of the fall semester.
Selection criteria:
value of the proposed topic and intellectual inquiry;
feasibility of the research scale (within one semester);
creativity of the proposed platform to publish/exhibit the results;
previous research experience and research ability;
previous knowledge about China—being able read and write in Chinese is not required, but would be a plus.
For research and China related questions (for example, what might make the Drake Football Team’s visit to Drake an interesting topic), please contact En Li (en.li@drake.edu), for archive related questions (for example, what would be considered to be valuable archives to collect from the Football Team’s trip to China, and what would be feasible platforms to publish/exhibit the results), please contact Hope Bibens (hope.bibens@drake.edu).
J-Term travel programs are still accepting applications. If you’d like to join a travel course to Washington D.C. or somewhere abroad, submit an application today. We recommend you apply before Sept. 1 so we can review your scholarship essay (although we will continue to accept applications until Sept. 15). We will be reviewing scholarship essays the first week of September, and you will notified before you need to financially commit to the program. Our “India: Developing Democracy” and “South Africa/Zimbabwe: Religions of Africa” programs are eligible for the Levin scholarship, which is a full-ride scholarship! To apply to a program, visit our website: drake-sa.terradotta.com/. As a reminder, programs are open to sophomores, juniors, seniors, and graduate students.
You can also learn more about any of the open J-Term travel programs at our mini J-Term Travel Fair, which will be held Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. in the Olmsted Breezeway and Helmick Commons.
