Spring intramural deadlines are coming up! The deadline for tennis doubles and indoor soccer is Feb. 1.

— Emily Madsen, Recreational Services

Bulldog Bootcamp is a free four-week training program presented by Drake Wellness. Scan the QR code to sign up. Bootcamp begins Feb. 7, get ready bulldogs!

— Emily Madsen, Recreational Services

Textbooks for the spring semester may be refunded through Feb. 4. For eligible returns, new textbooks cannot have bent binding or pages, no writing or highlighting. Loose-leaf books must be in their shrink wrap and access codes must remained sealed. For any textbook purchase after Feb. 4, the refund window is seven business days with the exception of the final two weeks of the semester.

Late fall semester rental returns will also be accepted until Feb. 4 and credited back to your account.

— Kyle McVay, University Bookstore

The deadline to apply for a Summer 2022 travel seminar has been extended to Feb. 18. Apply for a summer travel seminar today!

Summer 2022 travel seminars are:

Germany & Poland: Heritage and Holocaust: Read more on the blog.

Uganda: Sustainable Development in Africa: Read more.

Additionally, information sessions for each of the Summer 2022 travel seminars will be held in the coming weeks. 

For Germany and Poland, virtual sessions will take place: 

• Wednesday, Feb. 2, from 6 p.m.–7 p.m.
• Friday, Feb. 4, from 2 p.m.–3 p.m.
• Wednesday, Feb. 9, from 4 p.m.–5 p.m. 
• Use this link to join a session.

For Uganda, virtual sessions will take place: 

• Wednesday, Feb. 2, from 5 p.m.–6 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 3, from 5 p.m.–6 p.m.
• Thursday, Feb. 10, from 5 p.m.–6 p.m.
• Use this link to join a session (passcode: 864289)

To apply for a travel seminar, visit Terra Dotta, Drake’s online application portal. Use your Drake ID and password to login. Additionally, the deadline to apply for a Global Learning Scholarship has been extended to Feb. 15. Scholarship applications can be found within your Terra Dotta application. 

For questions about a specific travel seminar, contact the course instructor. For general study abroad questions or issues with Terra Dotta, contact studyabroad@drake.edu.

— Nathan Jacobson, Global Engagement

An Evening with Ty Marcellus: Creator of NightWraith and Nu World Comics will be held Tuesday, Feb. 22, at 7 p.m. in Sussman Auditorium, Olmsted Center. Ty Marcellus has combined his music career with his passion for comics to create a universe with over 1,000 characters, and he’s combined music with each adventure.

This event is sponsored by the Office of Campus Equity and Inclusion and Coalition of Black Students.

Register at Eventbrite

— Drinda Williams, Office of the Provost

The web-based Drake Undergraduate Social Science Journal (DUSSJ) is accepting submissions for its Spring 2022 edition. Any current Drake undergraduate (or recent graduate) is eligible to submit a paper on a topic in the social sciences (political science, international relations, anthropology, sociology, economics, history, and social psychology). Submissions may be short analytic essays or longer research papers. Papers that feature thoughtful, original analysis, polished writing, and careful citation are especially welcome!

The deadline for submission is Friday, Feb. 11.

No more than one submission per person will be considered. Submissions will be peer-reviewed by a student editorial board. When submitting a paper, please indicate if it is a research paper or short analytic essay. Also, please indicate the primary discipline and any secondary discipline(s).

Questions and submissions should be sent to the DUSSJ faculty advisors, Professor Li and Professor Henderson at advisor.dussj@gmail.com.

— Heath Henderson, Economics (CBPA)

The Des Moines Women’s Club has 14 different scholarship programs available to students from Polk, Boone, Dallas, Jasper, Madison, Marion, Story, or Warren Counties.

Applications are due Feb. 4, 2022. To learn more about the available scholarships and to apply, visit desmoineswomensclub.com/scholarships.

— Ryan Zantingh, Director of Financial Aid

If you will be enrolled in the Summer 2022, Fall 2022, or Spring 2023 semesters, complete the 2022–2023 FAFSA to be considered for need-based grants and federal student loans.

If you need assistance completing the FAFSA, please contact the Office of Student Financial Planning.

— Ryan Zantingh, Director of Financial Aid

Faculty co-leaders Gesine Gerhard and Dorothy Pisarski are offering two more opportunities to inquire about Heritage and Holocaust, the travel seminar to Germany and Poland which departs May 30.

Details about the travel seminar, which includes visits to several concentration/extermination camps and cultural and heritage sites, are located in our travel blog https://heritageandholocaust.blogspot.com/ as well as in Drake’s Terradotta system https://drake-sa.terradotta.com/.

Join us Tuesday, Jan. 25, at 3 p.m. or Thursday, Jan. 27, at 2 p.m. using passcode 768879 for the Zoom link (which is also available in our Terradotta site) https://drake-edu.zoom.us/j/87312589175?pwd=byt1c2JSYWNwcEYzSE9EQlJ0RmlJUT09.

— Dorothy Pisarski, School of Journalism and Mass Communication