Spark Ideas is conducting a study on college dining and needs 10 first-year students. The study is completed online using smartphone app LookLook, and participants receive $150 for their time. This is a great experience for college students, and they pay well, too. Visit their website to learn more. If interested, email the following information to sarah.mondello@drake.edu. If applicants qualify, Spark Ideas will call them with details.

Name
Phone
Meal Plan (Yes or No)
Year at school

— Sarah Mondello, Senior

Thanks to everyone who submitted a design entry for #DrakeServes. The following design, created by Erin Opar, was selected as the winner. Find out how to get your free #DrakeServes shirt during National Volunteer Week Celebration/Paul Morrison Service Week, which will be held April 18–25.

— Renee Sedlacek, Community Engaged Learning & Service

Ramp up your usual Group X hip hop routine with Glow Hip Hop. The class will be held in the Bell Center Gym on Thursday, April 5, from 8:15 to 9 p.m. and includes black lights, glow sticks and body paint.

— Drake Wellness

Join Colleges Against Cancer and partnering organizations for an all-day fundraiser at Buffalo Wild Wings on Wednesday, April 11. Ten percent of your total bill will be donated to a local cancer organization.

— Carley Prejna, Junior

A new course, HSCI 150: Statistics in Health Sciences, will be offered Fall 2018 on Mondays and Wednesdays from 2 to 3:15 p.m. This course reflects the intersection of statistics theory and evidence-based practice in the health sciences. Course objectives revolve broadly around the process of hypothesis testing in laboratory and clinical research. This course is designed to enable students, as future health scientists or health care professionals, to understand fundamental descriptive and inferential statistics used in health research. Prerequisites include MATH 020 or equivalent. The course is open to all students in all majors during the second phase of registration.

— Jill Batten, College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences

Like programming and marketing? Like the SAB events you’ve seen this year? Apply for the 2018-19 executive board. Applications close April 12 at 5 p.m.

— Anna Jensen, Senior

In support of Drake’s increased programming for first generation students, Provost Mattison is hosting an ice cream social on Wednesday, April 4, from 4 to 5 p.m. in Shivers Hospitality Suite. This is an opportunity to celebrate Drake’s first generation students, staff, and faulty and to continue building relationships and support within the community.

If you are able to attend, please RSVP by Friday, March 30.

If you have any questions, contact lauren.locante@drake.edu or orientation@drake.edu.

— Marina Verlengia, Academic Excellence and Student Success

Academic Achievement Seminars, focused on topics such as study skills, time management, and reading strategies, take place every Wednesday from 6 to 7 p.m. in Cowles Library, Room 201. The seminars are facilitated by Josh Wallace, academic success and retention specialist. For questions, email Josh at joshua.wallace@drake.edu.

— Josh Wallace, Academic Excellence and Student Success

If you are an undergraduate or pharmacy student who plans to make changes to your field-of-study and would like those changes take effect before registration begins, you must file your request to your dean’s office by 4:30 p.m. on Monday, March 26. Requests submitted after March 26 may not be accommodated until Wednesday, April 18.

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

—Kevin Moenkhaus, Office of the Registrar