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Call for nominations: Principal Global Citizenship Award

Nominations are open to faculty and staff for the Principal Financial Global Citizenship Award, recognizing outstanding contributions to global engagement and internationalization of the campus and curriculum. The selected awardee will receive a plaque, up to $3,000, and will be announced at the August 2018 Learning Symposium. A screening committee, appointed by the provost, will review all nominations and make recommendations to the provost. Nominations should be submitted to Bonnie Ehler at bonnie.ehler@drake.edu by June 30, 2018.

Nomination details:

A letter of nomination should be submitted recommending an individual for the award and explaining the context and manner in which the nominator has come to know the faculty or staff member. This letter should speak to the following qualifications:

Pursuant to the University’s mission to develop “responsible global citizens,” explain how the nominee has made outstanding contributions toward realizing the three main goals of the Internationalization and Global Engagement Strategic Plan, 2015-2020:

Goal 1: Serve as a global knowledge hub that brings value to external partners in local, national, and international settings.
Goal 2: Infuse global and multicultural perspectives across the campus and curriculum.
Goal 3: Develop infrastructure, resources, and communication systems to support internationalization and global engagement.

The nominee must be a faculty or staff member in at least her/his fourth year of service at the University. The nominee cannot have won this award within the past five years. Faculty and staff members who report directly to Drake International are ineligible.

Nominees who indicate a willingness to be considered will be invited to submit a c.v. and a statement discussing their contributions to the above goals. One or two letters of support from faculty, staff, or students will be accepted (this is optional). The deadline for submitting supporting materials is July 15.

Any individual who was nominated for the award in 2016 or 2017 may be re-nominated if the nominator resubmits a letter offering the individual for consideration this year. Files of previous nominees are maintained for two years. If a faculty member is re-nominated, the nominator will be invited to review the file from the previous year to ensure that the nomination is as current as possible.

Nomination letters are due by June 30, 2018, and should be sent as an attachment to bonnie.ehler@drake.edu. Questions may be directed to Jeff Kappen, acting director of the Principal Center for Global Citizenship, at jeffrey.kappen@drake.edu.

— Bonnie Ehler, Center for International Programs and Services

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Campus Scavenger Hunt tomorrow

All Staff Council is sponsoring a Campus Scavenger Hunt tomorrow, June 13, from 12:30–2:30 p.m. Meet at Pomerantz Stage in Olmsted to sign up and participate in the hunt. Participants may work as a team of two or individually. Work your way across campus gathering photos of items found on the “clue” sheet.  After capturing an image of each item, race your way back to Pomerantz Stage for check-in and the chance to win a prize (and bragging rights). The Scavenger Hunt is not only an opportunity for you to see people and places across campus you may have never seen, but it’s also terrific exercise.

— Kerwin Dobbins, Education Teaching and Learning Department

Campus Announcements Archive

Attend a GroupX fitness class for a chance to win a prize

For the rest of the summer, prize packs will be given out to a randomly selected participant at each GroupX class. To win, participants must be pre-registered for the class using the IMLeagues App or website. The more classes you register for and attend, the greater your chances at winning. Prizes will be given out on the following dates:

Friday, June 8
Tuesday, June 12
Monday, June 18
Wednesday June 20
Thursday, June 28

— Drake Wellness

Campus Announcements Archive

New login screen for Office 365 coming June 13

In preparation for the launch of the new myDrake portal later this month, ITS is rolling out a new login screen for Office 365. The current screen will continue to be used for other applications including TeamDynamix and Slate. Here’s the current screen:

The new screen, shown below, will replace the current Office 365 login screen beginning tomorrow, June 13. This may result in an outage affecting logging into email between 10–11 p.m.

Office 365 is the first system to use this new login screen. Other applications will eventually be converted to the same login screen. The new login will allow for single sign-on (SSO) access. With SSO, you only have to sign in once, and your authentication is passed on to other applications without having to enter your username and password again. ITS is working toward connecting many applications, including Blackboard and the IT service portal, through SSO access.

One important change with this new system is that you have to be sure to bookmark the application that uses the login screen rather than the login screen itself. This ensures that your credentials will be passed correctly between systems.

— Carla Herling, ITS

Campus Announcements Archive

Attackers don’t take summer vacations

Going somewhere fun this summer? Attackers are hoping you’ll also take a vacation from protecting your valuable accounts and personal information. Summer is traditionally high season for scamming, and this summer is shaping up to be a hot one, with active campaigns swirling around purported security incidents at trusted organizations, vacation bookings, and the World Cup.

No matter where you’re checking messages, whether at the local pool or from an exotic destination, slow down and take a closer look to make sure your plans don’t get disrupted.

Here are some indications that an email may be dangerous:

  • A strange sender, or one that you don’t expect
  • A request that you take ‘urgent’ or ‘immediate’ action
  • Links or attachments that don’t match the message content or that you don’t recognize.

ITS will continue to send out simulated attacks to faculty and staff this summer. If you receive any email that you suspect is phishing, don’t click any links, download any attachments, or reply. Instead, forward the email as an attachment to informationsecurity@drake.edu.

Additional training will be assigned to faculty and staff members who repeatedly click links or open attachments in phishing emails, simulated or not.

For more information on how to report phishing emails, see the IT Service Portal guide, Reporting a Phishing Message (How-to).

— Peter Lundstedt, ITS

Campus Announcements Archive

Drake to Sponsor The Red Trouser Show at Iowa State Fair

As summer gets underway, excitement builds across the state for the Iowa State Fair. For the last number of years, Drake’s presence at the Fair has ranged from sponsoring an entire day of activities to creating and staffing a booth in the Varied Industries Building. Staffing a booth 12 hours each day of the Fair requires incredible commitment and coordination—and typically with unclear return on investment. This year, the University has strategically decided to instead be an entertainment sponsor, taking our support to the people in an eye-catching, entertaining way.

We are thrilled to announce that Drake will be a Red Ribbon level sponsor of the Iowa State Fair through its sponsorship of The Red Trouser Show. A high-end street theater show taking place three times daily on Expo Hill, The Red Trouser Show performs internationally throughout the year to large crowds. If you attend the Fair this year, make sure to check out one of their exciting performances, which take place at noon, 3 p.m., and 6 p.m. each day.

As a sponsor, Drake will be recognized at the Red Ribbon level, which includes signage at the stage, mentions in all promotional materials for the show, and an announcement of the sponsorship before the start of each performance.

Questions about Drake University at the Iowa State Fair may be directed to Jarad Bernstein at jarad.bernstein@drake.edu.

Thank you for your continued support of Drake University at the Iowa State Fair.

— Jarad Bernstein, University Communications & Marketing

Featured Events Archive

CBPA 101 Speaker Series: Team Dynamics

The 101 Speaker Series is designed to engage the audience through interaction with our local panel of experts. Attendees will have the opportunity to ask questions on a wide range of topics of interest. The series is open to faculty, staff, students, and the general public; however, registration is required.

The upcoming session will be held on Wednesday, June 13, and will focus on team dynamics. Doors open at 11:45 a.m. with the program to begin at 12 p.m. Lunch will be provided for the first 50 people who register.

Panel experts include:
Heather Schott, assistant director of diversity and inclusion, HR culture and inclusion, Principal
Ina Purvanova, associate professor of management and leadership, Drake University
Andy Wilson, senior vice president of consumer revenue, Meredith Corporation

— Dianna Gray, College of Business and Public Administration

News & Achievements Archive

SJMC alum recognized for personality profile

Angela Ufheil, a 2017 graduate of the Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication, placed 14th in this spring’s national Hearst personality/profile-writing contest. There were 114 entries from 61 schools received in the 58th annual William Randolph Hearst Foundation’s Journalism Awards.

Ufheil was recognized for a feature she wrote for her senior capstone project, the multimedia website Urban Plains. The article profiled Frank Cordaro, a former Catholic priest who is a human rights advocate and anti-war activist. Since graduation, Ufheil has worked at The Des Moines Register, as a freelance writer and recently took a job with 5280, the award-winning Denver city magazine.

— Kathleen Richardson, School of Journalism and Mass Communication