Category Archives: Archive

For Students Archive

College dining study call for first-year students

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

 

 

For Students Archive

New Course: Statistics in Health Sciences

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

Featured Events Archive

Banking and finance lunch and learn

The Central Iowa Chapter of the Risk Management Association is holding a free lunch and learn event on Thursday, April 5, for those interested in a career in the financial industry.

Robert Messer, senior executive vice president and chief financial officer for American National Bank of Texas and chair of the Risk Management Association, is the featured speaker. He will discuss major shifts in our society and five essential skills for any organization or person that strives to prosper in the future.

The lunch and learn will take place in Parents Hall South of the Olmsted Center at 11:30 a.m. Doors open at 11:15 a.m. The event is free to all students. Register today. Space is limited to the first 50 registrants. Your registration includes both the presentation and lunch.

— Dianna Gray, College of Business & Public Administration

Featured Events Archive

“Food for All” food drive

Alpha Phi Omega, Alpha Kappa Psi, and Kappa Alpha Theta are aiming to reflect diversity on food pantry shelves by hosting a “Food For All” food drive through April 6. Tabling is happening in the Olmsted Breezeway from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. The food drive aims to raise funds and collect food for the culturally diverse population in Des Moines. The drive will benefit the Des Moines Area Religious Council’s 13 food pantries and the people they serve throughout the Des Moines community.

— Brittany Freeman, Sophomore