Interested in holding a representative seat for Drake University within student governance? Elections for the Drake Student Senate will begin this month. View official election calendar.

Student Senate is the governing organization of the student body whose function, in simple terms, are (1) allocation of funds, (2) approval and maintenance of student organizations, and (3) direct liaisons to campus administrators, staff, and faculty. 

Any full-time Drake student is eligible and encouraged to run for a seat around the table. There is a spot for everyone. 

Petitions are available in the Student Life Center in Olmsted for both election cycles. Executive Board (Student Body President, Vice President of Student Life, Vice President of Student Activities, and Student Body Treasurer) petitions are available from March 7–14 and voting will be from March 27–28. The general Senator election (Senator-at-Large, Academic Senator, and Equity & Inclusion Senator) petitions are available from March 27–April 3 and voting will be from April 11–12. 

If you think you are interested in running, or you would like to know more about the Senate in general, you can always reach out to student.senate@drake.edu and/or ElectionCommission@drake.edu.

Bakari Caldwell, Vice President of Student Life

The summer 2019, fall 2019, and 2020 J-Term schedule of classes and related registration information is available online. Registration for all three of those terms begins Monday, April 1.

View registration information, including the registration time table that shows when you become eligible to register.

View the schedules of classes.

Some courses will be temporarily reserved for students who have declared a certain field-of-study (major, minor, concentration, or endorsement). On Monday, April 15, those reservations will be removed. Note that some coursed have restrictions that are permanent.

If you are an undergraduate or pharmacy student intending to make any changes to your field-of-study and have those changes take effect before registration begins, you must file your changes at your dean’s office no later than 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 25. Requests submitted after this date may not be accommodated until Wednesday, April 17.

For specific questions, including how to change your field of study, please contact your dean’s office.

Kevin Moenkhaus, Associate Registrar

Calling all students with unpaid internships in D.C. this summer. You may be eligible for funding through The Harkin Institute D.C. Experience Scholarship. Students of all majors are encouraged to apply. Apply by March 15 for summer 2019. 

View more information on how to apply.

Emily Schettler, Communications Strategist, Harkin Institute

Have you signed up to use Enterprise CarShare yet? The program now has three cars located in the Olmsted parking lot available for hourly rental 24/7. If you are 18 or older and have a valid driver’s license (international licenses also accepted), you are eligible to become a member. Drake students get an exclusive discount on memberships, so sign up here.  

For questions, contact Mandi Lockwood at mandi.lockwood@ehi.com or visit Kara Berk outside of Hubbell dining hall most Fridays from 11 a.m.–1 p.m.

Scott Law, Executive Director, Campus Public Safety & Operational Services

The Office of Student Inclusion, Involvement, and Leadership is looking for a self-starter to work with student organizations. View job details.

Applications are due March 6 at 5 p.m. For questions, email student.life@drake.edu.

Riley Fox , PH’19

The Office of Student Inclusion, Involvement, and Leadership is looking for a self-starter to work with student organizations. View job details.

Applications are due March 6 at 5 p.m. For questions, email student.life@drake.edu.

Riley Fox , PH’19

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:

• Friday, March 1, 1–4 p.m.
• Friday, March 8, 1–4 p.m.
• Friday, March 15, 1–4 p.m.

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