Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) is now accepting students, staff, and faculty for the spring training. Register here. You must be able to attend all three training sessions to be certified:
For questions please contact Lynne Cornelius, violence prevention coordinator, at Lynne.Cornelius@drake.edu or ext. 4141.
Lynne Cornelius, Violence Prevention Coordinator
The Office of Community Engaged Learning is hiring Service-Learning Ambassadors for the 2019–2020 academic year.
Service-Learning Ambassadors (SLAs) are students committed to working with service learning and community engagement. Each SLA focuses on a specific project, such as food recovery, Alternative Breaks, the Sprout Garden, graphic design and social media projects, and coordinating trainings and events. SLAs commit to working six to seven hours a week on their project, working to plan and organize the event/project, recruit Drake students, and perform follow-up.
The role of a Service Learning Ambassador:
— Connect Drake students to the community and recruit volunteers to fulfill community needs
— Educate the campus on meaningful service and social issues
— Engage students in reflection
— Raise awareness of community engaged learning and its impact on Drake students and the community
— Plan and organize events and opportunities to achieve these goals
Pay is $8.25 an hour. A resume, cover letter, and name of reference is due to amanda.martin@drake.edu by March 11.
Visit the Service & Learning website for more information.
Amanda Martin, Assistant Director of Community Engaged Learning
Next Course is a food recovery network on campus where Drake students deliver food from Hubbell to local partner agencies in Des Moines. Recoveries are scheduled for every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday. Food recovery and food insecurity are complex systems that are intertwined with public health, environmental health, and the community that we live in. This opportunity allows students to engage in meaningful service. Sign up to help with a recovery.
Aspen Walter, BN,AS’ 20
Do you know of a Drake student, faculty, staff, or alumni doing great work in the community? Nominate them for an Engaged Campus Award.
Nominations are due March 4. Awards will be presented at the Iowa Campus Compact Engaged Campus Awards and Summit on Monday, April 29, at the Greater Des Moines Botanical Garden. Mandi McReynolds, director of community relations and the Foundation at Principal will be the keynote speaker. Submit a nomination.
Amanda Martin, Assistant Director of Community Engaged Learning
The Drake University Career Fair will be held Thursday, Feb. 14, in the Olmsted Center. You can review a list of the organizations attending by logging into Handshake and clicking on the Career Fair (under “Events”). Don’t forget to bring copies of your resume!
Career Fair Times:
Open to only seniors and O3: 3 to 3:30 p.m.
Open to all students: 3:30 to 6 p.m.
Professional attire required. No jeans or sweatpants.
Men: Suit and tie. If you don’t own a suit, wear trousers, a button down shirt, tie or blazer/sport-coat.
Women: Suit, if you don’t own a suit, wear dress pants or skirt and a nice blouse or sweater/blazer.
If you are uncertain about what to wear or have questions about the event, please contact your designated career staff.
Chrystal Stanley, Director of Professional & Career Development Services
Vinyl Sticker Creation Day: Wednesday, Feb. 20, from 1– 4 p.m.
Join Professor Chris Snider in the Innovation Studio (Meredith, 124C) to learn about our Silhouette Cameo and create your own vinyl stickers.
3D Printing and Prototyping: Thursday, Feb. 21, 3–5 p.m.
Join Brandon Hart, HartSmart Products, in the Innovation studio to learn about 3D printing and prototyping. If you have an idea for a product or item, Hart also leads Area 515’s 3D Printing Club and is a great community resource for all things 3D.
Sindoh 3DWOX: Friday, Feb. 22, 11 a.m.–1 p.m., Innovation Studio
Join Innovation and Entrepreneurship intern Amulya Kakumanu to learn how to use the Innovation Studio’s Sindoh 3DWOX. Amulya will help you learn about 3D printing on campus.
Stephanie Cardwell, Buchanan Center for Entrepreneurial Leadership
Today’s business climate is dynamic, tumultuous, and fiercely competitive. To be successful, business professionals must possess many important skills, leadership attributes, innovative thinking, and strong business acumen. BizTalk@Drake is about leading people and organizations at a time of change, uncertainty, and even disruption; it is about exposure to opportunities, business trends, leadership philosophies, and management paradigms. This College of Business and Public Administration seminar series features prominent and distinguished chief executive level (C-level) business and community leaders who will share their experiences (both successes and failures) and their perspectives on timely topics related to business trends, strategic challenges, and leadership in an interactive setting.
Speaker Lineup:
• Friday, Feb. 8, 12–12:50 p.m. : Mike Draper, Founder of RAYGUN
• Friday, Feb. 22, 12–12:50 p.m.: Heather (Chief Executive Officer) and Doug (Retired Owner) Bruce of the Osmundson Manufacturing Company
• Friday, April 12, 12–12:50 p.m.: Tiffany Tauscheck, Chief Strategy Officer of the Greater Des Moines Partnership
• Friday, May 3, 12–12:50 p.m.: Tanner Krause, President of Kum & Go
The seminar series is open to the campus community and is also a part of BUS 003 & BUS 004 courses. Each session will be held in Parents Hall. For questions, contact cbpa.undergrad.office@drake.edu.
Kailee Springer, CBPA Director of Undergraduate Programs
Welcome back! Did you write a paper last term on an international topic, global citizenship, or migration issues? As previously announced, one part of the inaugural Global Citizen Forum, March 6–8, 2019, will be a morning conference to recognize and share high-quality undergraduate research related to international and global topics.
Student research panels are scheduled for the morning of Friday, March 8. Students from any major are invited to submit papers for consideration. Once a paper is accepted, the author will be invited to present his or her paper in summary form (i.e., 12–15-minute oral presentation) on a conference panel. (Panels will be composed of presentations on related topics.)
Papers should meet the following criteria:
– Address an international/global theme or topic.
– Include significant empirical content.
– Cite all relevant sources appropriately.
– Exceed 10 pages (double-spaced) in length.
– Meet high standards with regard to academic quality and clarity of presentation.
Interested students should email their papers to: jeffrey.kappen@drake.edu by Feb. 15 and will be notified of their acceptance by Feb. 22.
Jeff Kappen, Associate Professor
Save the date: The Innovation Studio (124C Meredith) will be hosting several events during National Entrepreneurship Week, Feb. 18–21. Learn about large scale 3D printing and prototyping with Brandon Hart of HartSmart products. Create something on one of our vinyl cutters with Professor Chris Snider. Also, we’ll have open maker days so you can learn about how you can create and make stuff at Drake. For more information, email innovation@drake.edu.
Stephanie Cardwell, Entrepreneurship Center
Stop by the Spring Activities Fair Wednesday, Feb. 6, from 4 to 6 p.m. in Upper Olmsted.
Kodee Wood, Assistant Director of Student Activities & Organizations
