Category Archives: Archive

Campus Announcements Archive

Spring Commencement ceremonies

More than 900 students will participate in Commencement ceremonies this week, and you can help them celebrate. Each ceremony is open to the campus.

Athletics Alternative Commencement
Ten student-athletes unable attend the May 13 ceremony due to competition will be honored.
When: Monday, May 8
Time: 3 p.m.
Location: Shivers Courtside Club

Unity Roundtable Graduation Celebration
When: Friday, May 12
Time: 4:30 p.m.
Location: Fine Arts Center Performing Arts Theatre
This year will be the Inaugural Unity Roundtable Graduation Celebration. Unity Roundtable is a group of multicultural student organizations at Drake working toward inclusion and educational opportunities. This will be a chance for us to celebrate the achievements of our graduating students that advocate for multiculturalism and diversity. Please reserve your ticket here—tickets are free and the celebration is open to the campus community.

Law School Commencement
When: Friday, May 12
Time: 7 p.m.
Location: The Knapp Center

142nd Commencement Ceremony for Undergraduate Degree Recipients
When: Saturday, May 13
Time: 10 a.m.
Location: The Knapp Center

142nd Commencement Ceremony for Graduate and Doctoral Degree Recipients
When: Saturday, May 13
Time: 2 p.m.
Location: The Knapp Center

Campus Announcements Archive

New Student Senate officers

On May 3, members of the 31st Session of Student Senate were inaugurated into their new positions. Congratulations to them; we are looking forward to the positive contributions they will make around the Senate table next year!

Exec
President—Nathan Paulsen
Vice President of Student Life—Anna Gleason
Vice President of Student Activities—Anna Jensen
Student Body Treasurer—Ava Witthauer

At-Large
Academic Affairs—Nick Johnston
Campus Engagement—Olive Wassen
Community Outreach—Bakari Caldwell
Facilities & Technology—Giada Morressi
Health & Safety—JD Stehwien
Organization Council—Deshauna Carter
Student Affairs—Kollin Crompton
Student Services—Samantha Bayne

Academic
Arts & Sciences—Emily Anderson
Business & Public Administration—Daniel Newsome
Education—Darbee Farley
Fine Arts—Nick Black
Journalism & Mass Communication—Jake Bullington
Pharmacy & Health Sciences—Alex Maciejewski

—Meghan Baeza, Student Leadership Programs

Strategic Updates Archive

Elevating the Drake brand

This summer, important work will begin on elevating and energizing the Drake University brand. A stronger branding effort is necessary in order to better tell the Drake story, and to help boost prospective student inquiries, alumni engagement, development efforts, and other facets essential to institutional growth and success, including campus pride.

University Communications, the Office of Admission, and the Office of the President partnered on a competitive review process during Spring semester. Within the past few weeks, the University selected and hired 160over90, a creative agency with extensive expertise in consumer branding and higher education. To learn more about how 160over90 will approach its work with our institution, watch this short video prepared by the firm following its pitch presentation.

In the coming weeks, the discovery phase will get underway, beginning with focus groups and involving diverse perspectives from across campus. That step will be followed by a blend of quantitative and qualitative research designed to better understand how key audiences in the metro and across the region perceive the Drake brand. These findings will inform how the Drake brand should evolve, and help shape the strategy for elevating the University’s brand heading into the next academic year and beyond.

Look to OnCampus in the months ahead for periodic updates on this initiative.

—Dave Remund, University Communications

For Students Archive

Hubbell Dining remodel

Hubbell Dining Hall will undergo remodeling this summer so it is ready for the fall semester! We plan to order chairs in May to receive them in time for the reopening. We need your help to vote for the pair of chairs you prefer. Sample chairs will be in Hubbell Dining Hall through Thursday, May 11.  Please come by, try them out, and vote for your favorite pair before you leave for the summer!

—Caron Findlay, Finance & Administration

News & Achievements Archive

Student tree planting event

Drake received the Tree Campus USA Award for 2016. Consideration of this prestigious award is in part due to student involvement in the tree program on campus. On Monday, April 17, approximately 20 students donated their time to plant eight trees west of the Goodwin Kirk parking lot along 30th street. There were seven 5-6 foot white pines and one 15-gallon Swamp White Oak trees planted by the students, and led by Aaron Harpold, Drakes certified arborist. In addition to the students donating their time, they purchased and donated two of the trees. Facilities Planning and Management would like to thank Aaron Harpold, Sophia Siegel, and Jamie Wall for organizing the student event and for their contributions to keep the Drake campus beautiful!

—Aaron Edwards, Building and Grounds Manager

News & Achievements Archive

Faculty accomplishments: May 8

Lee Jolliffe, professor of journalism, has a chapter in David Sachsman’s new book After the War: The Press in a Changing America, 1865-1900 (Transaction, 2017).

The chapter is “ ‘Black Fiends’ and ‘Atrocious Murders’: Redefining ‘Sensationalism’ through Coverage of Interracial Crime in the Nineteenth Century”. Jolliffe looked at reporting of interracial murders featuring European-, African-, Asian-, and Native Americans and learned that the elements traditionally ascribed to “sensationalism”—the large headlines and incendiary graphics of the New York yellow press—are not the only indicators of that style. Smaller inland newspapers with tiny circulations and lacking the budgets for giant headline fonts and complex engravings, also practiced sensationalism. Their use of it appears in headlines, language use, overplaying of stories for impact, highlighting any presence of race, blaming, fear-mongering, inclusion of gory details, and calling readers to action—often lynching or cheering for summary justice. The overarching purpose of the interracial murder coverage appeared to be a strong enforcement of a social norm that races must be kept separate or mayhem would ensue.

—Lee Joliffe, School of Journalism and Mass Communication

Featured Events Archive

Senior BFA thesis exhibition

This semester’s BFA thesis exhibition, titled WIP – Work In Progress, is being hosted in Anderson Gallery and is open to public until May 12. WIP features a variety of works by graduating seniors Justin Atterberg, Paul Brenin, Grace Lim, Bryan Nance, and Jessica Podemski. Please join us for a closing reception this Friday, May 12, 5–7 p.m.

—Joshua Cox, Gallery Director

HR Information Archive

The CSA starts soon

This is Drake’s fifth year partnering with Wabi Sabi Farm. Members of the Drake community support a local farm by purchasing a share and, in return, farmer Ben Saunders brings shares of the week’s produce to campus.

It is a great way to eat healthy and seasonally while supporting sustainable agriculture and the local economy.

Shares will be delivered to Meredith Hall Wednesday afternoons beginning in mid to late May. You may order a full share, which is delivered weekly for 20 weeks, or a half share, which is delivered every two weeks. If you want to split a weekly delivery with someone, let us know and we can look for a match.

For more information, costs, and to sign up, please go to www.wabisabi-farm.com.

If you have any additional questions, Drake’s student coordinator is Kori Ponder (kori.ponder@drake.edu). She can help answer any questions you have, and she will be the person working with Wabi Sabi Farm and greeting you when you pick up your produce.

Further questions can be directed to Amahia Mallea, associate professor of history, at amahia.mallea@drake.edu or Linda Feiden at linda.feiden@drake.edu.

—Linda Feiden, Human Resources