A limited number of student tickets are available for the Hy-Vee Classic on Saturday, Dec. 15. The Drake Men’s Basketball team will play the Iowa State Cyclones at Wells Fargo Arena. Drake undergrad and graduate students may claim one free student-section ticket by visiting the Knapp Center Ticket Office and showing a valid Drake Card during regular business hours Monday–Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This ticket will give you access to both games: Drake vs. Iowa State at 3:30 p.m. and UNI vs. Iowa at 6 p.m.

For more information please contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.

—Ryan Harris, Athletics

Have you ever been playing Monopoly and got stuck with the thimble instead of the race car? We all know that feeling. Come to the Innovation Studio in Meredith on Thursday, Dec. 6 from 5–8 p.m. or on Dead Day, Friday, Dec. 7 and design your own game piece. Help us carve a chess board using our wood carver, and design and 3D print your own game piece that you can keep. Pizza and drinks will also be available on Dead Day. Can’t make it but want to know more about the Drake Innovators Club? Email Blake Trebelhorn at blake.trebelhorn@drake.edu.

Stephanie Cardwell, Entrepreneurship Centers

A limited number of student tickets are available for the Hy-Vee Classic on Saturday, Dec. 15. The Drake Men’s Basketball team will play the Iowa State Cyclones at Wells Fargo Arena.  Drake undergrad and graduate students may claim one free student-section ticket by visiting the Knapp Center Ticket Office and showing a valid Drake Card during regular business hours Monday–Friday from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. This ticket will give you access to both games: Drake vs. Iowa State at 3:30 p.m. and UNI vs. Iowa at 6 p.m.

For more information please contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.

Ryan Harris, Athletics

Instructors are able to enter final grades online anytime between now and Wednesday, Dec. 19. Final grades for the Law School are due Tuesday, Jan. 15. You may view your final grades by clicking the “My Grades” link under the Student Records area in MyDrake.

Best wishes to you in the final weeks of the fall semester.

Kevin Moenkhaus, Associate Registrar

The web-based Drake University Social Science Journal (DUSSJ) is accepting submissions for its Spring 2019 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. 15. No more than one submission per person will be considered. Submissions will be blind 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).

Direct questions and submissions to the
DUSSJ faculty advisors, Professors William Boal and Heath Henderson, at advisor.dussj@gmail.com. Find previous editions of the journal at www.drake.edu/dussj.

Heath Henderson, Assistant Professor of Economics

Attend the last Free Movie Friday of the semester on Nov. 30 from 9–11 p.m. in Sussman Theater. The Nun will be playing.

More about The Nun:
A priest with a haunted past and a novice on the threshold of her final vows are sent by the Vatican to investigate the death of a young nun in Romania and confront a malevolent force in the form of a demonic nun.

Adam Koch, AS’21

Drake International is proud to announce that the Teach in China program has been rebranded to Working Worldwide. We have made this change to include our growing opportunities in Kosovo. The China program is still as strong as ever and still offers the same amazing opportunity to live and work abroad while teaching English.  To learn more, visit our website or follow us on Instagram: @drakeworkingworldwide.

To learn more about the opportunities through Working Worldwide, come to an info session in the Pomerantz Conference Room in Olmsted next Monday, Dec. 3, at 4:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec. 4, at 8 p.m., or Thursday, Dec. 5, at 4:30 p.m. Send any questions to workingworldwide@drake.edu.

Stephanie Dana Ely, Drake International

The Office of New Student Programs would like to invite first-generation students to attend a finals prep (and social) on Wednesday, Dec. 5, from 5–7 p.m. at Pomerantz Stage. We will have a variety of snacks and drinks (including coffee!) for students to enjoy to take a quick break from studying before finals. We will also have a few tips and tricks on how to succeed during finals week to be the most productive that you can be. Students will also have the opportunity to ask Josh Wallace, academic success and retention specialist, any questions they may have about finals or study strategies as well. We hope to see you there! RSVP here.

Marina Verlengia, New Student and Parent Programs