Faculty and staff are invited to join us for the next Provost’s Drake Social, on Wednesday, Sept. 27, in the Cowles Library Reading Room, beginning at 4 p.m.
Refreshments will include wine, beer, soft drinks, and light snacks. This is a family friendly event. Feel free to bring your children and partner.
— Madison Bemus, Office of the Provost
The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences is partnering with Hy-Vee Pharmacy to offer flu vaccinations on campus in Harvey Ingham, Room 107 (Johansen Lab), for Drake faculty, staff, and students.
The flu vaccinations are available through a scheduled appointment (strongly preferred), or on a walk-up basis. Walk-up vaccinations will require additional time on the day of vaccination for completion of paperwork and processing. Signing up at least two days in advance is highly encouraged.
Sign up for a flu vaccination appointment.
Appointments will be offered the following dates/times.
All clinics will use the same sign up link.
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—Linda Feiden, Human Resouces
Drake will host the Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest Sept. 15–16 at the Olmsted Center. This annual contest is put on by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service of the Department of Interior and the winning art will be reproduced as a stamp to be sold nationwide, with proceeds going to support wetland conservation. To date, proceeds from stamp purchases have earned $1.2 billion and protected more than six million wetland and wildlife refuge acres. Submitted artwork from across the country will be on display at the Olmsted Center on Friday, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Saturday, Sept. 16, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the contest to see the artwork. A panel of five noted art, waterfowl, and stamp authorities will judge the competition.
The contest is coming to Drake as part of its legacy with Darling. In 1934, Darling created the nation’s first Federal Duck Stamp under an appointment with President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. In 1949, the tradition of inviting artists from around the United States to submit their designs began, and with it, a vital contribution to America’s wetlands and wildlife refuges.
Today, Drake University works to inspire the next generation of conservationists through Darling’s work, serving as the home of the Jay N. Darling Institute. Drake established the institute in 2021 with a mission of providing educational and scholarly expertise for rural communities to improve access to quality health care and education, nutritious food, unimpaired natural resources, and ongoing economic and cultural opportunities. Drake is also a proud steward of a significant portion of Darling’s artwork and papers. His inspirational artwork will be on display during the Duck Stamp contest.
Drake is proud to be a sponsor of the 38th annual Des Moines Civil & Human Rights Symposium: “Level Up for Justice.”
The symposium will be held on campus at the Olmsted Center on Friday, Oct. 27, from 8 a.m.–4 p.m. The kick-off event will be on Thursday, Oct. 26. Drake students, faculty, and staff are invited to register and attend for free at https://LevelUpSymposium2023.eventbrite.com. Select the general admission ticket option, and use the promo code DrakeTicket2023.
Everyone begins the game of life from different starting points, and many people from marginalized communities often start with additional barriers. How can we adequately equip ourselves to create equitable outcomes? How can individual players get involved in “multiplayer” work? No matter where we are in our own journey for social justice, this year’s Civil & Human Rights Symposium aims to provide ways we can advance to the next level and find solutions where everyone wins. The symposium is organized into three tracks based on that belief:
Additionally, there will be two panel discussions facilitated by members of the City of Des Moines Youth Advisory Board centered around the importance of youth mentorship and environmental justice/climate action.
More information about this year’s symposium can be found at dsm.city/CHRSymposium.
— Ryan Arnold, Director, Community Engagement
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to celebrate the grand opening of the Broadlawns Community Clinic at Drake on Thursday, Sept. 7, from 4:30–7:30 p.m. The clinic is located at 2970 University Avenue. The official ribbon cutting will occur at 5:30 p.m. and no RSVP is required. The celebration event will include food and drinks, music, and offer tours of the clinic.
The clinic will open its doors to patients for the first time on Monday, Sept. 11. Members of the community and Drake students, faculty, and staff will have a convenient location to receive primary care, urgent care, mental health services, and access to a rotation of specialty services.
Find more information and a list of services the clinic will provide.
Currently, Drake students receive medical treatment and mental health services through Broadlawns Medical Center at the American Republic Student Health Center on the Drake campus. The Broadlawns clinic will replace this facility.
Drake students will receive more information this week regarding scheduling for counseling and student health appointments at this new location. All student appointments for this upcoming week (Sept. 5–8) will remain at the American Republic Student Health Center (3116 Carpenter Avenue).
— Jerry Parker, Chief Student Affairs Officer
The new Broadlawns Community Clinic at Drake is opening Sept. 11. The clinic will be open to the general community as well as Drake students, faculty, and staff.
For faculty and staff that choose to use their services, this is an urgent care and family medicine clinic:
You can review the pricing in greater detail on page seven of Drake’s new digital benefits guide.
— Maureen DeArmond, Human Resources
All Staff Council is holding a Bulldog Connect Networking Lunch for staff members on Wednesday, Sept. 6, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Come join us for a $5 lunch at Hubbell Dining Hall. We encourage attendees to wear their Drake name tag. Anyone is welcome to come—bring a fellow Bulldog along with you. Look for the table with the Drake swag and a special Bulldog Connect table tent in Hubbell. Members of All Staff Council’s Events & Community Service committee will host lunch so you’ll always have a friendly face to talk to! Come and go as your schedule allows.
— Elissa Johnson, On behalf of All Staff Council
The Anderson Gallery is pleased to show the work of Judy Pfaff, an internationally recognized artist who is often cited as a pioneer of installation-art and contributor to the Pattern and Decoration Movement. The solo exhibition, Freehand: Prints and Drawings by Judy Pfaff, showcases over 50 drawings and prints and is on display from Sept. 7 through Oct. 15. There are multiple events associated with this exhibition including an opening reception on Sept. 7, an exhibition tour on Sept. 21 and the premiere of the immersive opera Cadence of Life by Nathan Felix, inspired by the work of Pfaff on Oct. 5. The Anderson Gallery does not charge admission and all events are free and open to all. Freehand is supported by a grant from the Iowa Arts Council.
— Lilah Anderson, Anderson Gallery Exhibitions and Community Engagement Manager
Congratulations to Drake Law Professor Melissa Weresh, the 2023 recipient of the Association of Legal Writing Directors’ (ALWD) Linda Berger Award for Excellence in Legal Writing Scholarship. The Berger Award is ALWD’s highest award recognizing scholarship in the field of legal writing. It specifically recognizes the recipient’s lifetime dedication to and advancement of legal writing scholarship.
Weresh is the Dwight D. Opperman Distinguished Professor of Law and the Herb and Karen Baum Chair of Ethics in the Professions at Drake University. Her scholarship examines the art, science, and ethics of persuasion and advocates for the modernization of law school teaching. Mel has championed the professionalization of the legal writing discipline, including improving status for legal writing faculty. She has previously served as president of the Legal Writing Institute, chair of the AALS Teaching Methods Section, member of the LexisNexis Law School Publishing Advisory Board, and member of the Editorial Boards of both Legal Communication & Rhetoric: JALWD and The Journal of Legal Education. In 2017, she was awarded the Thomas F. Blackwell Memorial Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Field of Legal Writing.
— Theresa Howard, Law School
Are you unsure what the difference is between your Dining Dollars and Bulldog Bucks? Dining Dollars are funds that are a part of your meal plan. They are intended for on-campus dining. You can use these funds at the Olmsted Starbucks, Hubbell Dining Hall, Spike’s Convenience Store (Lower Hubbell), the Library Cafe (in Midnight Hall), or at Concessions in the Knapp Center.
Dining Dollars are loaded at the start of the fall semester, and will carry forward to the end of the spring semester. You’ll want to use these funds before you leave for home in the summer.
Bulldog Bucks are an optional account, also on your ID card, that you (or your family) load funds to as desired. These funds carry forward from year to year until you leave Drake, and can be used both on and off campus.
Bulldog Bucks can be used for any on campus dining location (listed above), and can also be used at the Drake Bookstore, at campus printers, in the campus mailroom, at participating off campus locations, and on the GrubHub app.
Funds can be added online in the myDrake portal, or at www.acceptinglocations.com/drake. You can also see the participating off campus merchants at this link. Please note that the off campus merchants cannot take your Dining Dollars, they can only take Bulldog Bucks.
If you have any questions about your Dining Dollars or meal plan, feel free to contact dining@drake.edu. If you have any questions about your Bulldog Bucks account, contact studentservices@drake.edu.
— Sara Heijerman, Student Services Center