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For Staff Archive

Be True Blue today, win a Sapphire in May

Have you encountered a Drake staff member or even a whole office or team who is True Blue, exemplifying the values of leadership, teamwork, integrity, and commitment to the University? Nominate them for All-Staff Council’s Called to be True Blue Award today at www.drake.edu/asc/recognition.

All True Blue recipients nominated before Monday, April 3, will be in the running to receive All-Staff Council’s highest recognition for staff members at Drake—a Sapphire Award. Mark your calendar for the All Staff Council Sapphire Awards, held Thursday, May 4, at 2 p.m. in Levitt Hall.

—All Staff Council Recognition Committee

For Students Archive

Upcoming dining events

Tuesday, March 21: Spring into Something New Lunch at Hubbell from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Enjoy a pairing of soups, salads, and sandwiches to try something new for spring!

Friday, March 24: National Nutrition Month Dinner at Hubbell from 5 to 7 p.m. Join us for a healthy and delicious dinner to celebrate National Nutrition Month.

—Jennifer Bowersox, Sodexo

For Students Archive

Become a VIP

The Violence Intervention Partner (VIP) Team is recruiting! Do you want to help other students? Are you passionate about creating a safer and violence free campus? VIP provides 24/7 advocacy services on the Drake campus to anyone in need of support and/or assistance due to sexual assault and/or harassment. The main goal of VIP is to assist members of the Drake community with compassionate, informed, and confidential sexual assault and intimate partner violence response support. VIP consists of student advocates who are specially trained to provide appropriate support in incidents of sexual and intimate partner violence on campus. VIP members complete a 30-hour victim counselor training the week prior to school starting.

If you are interested in helping others or you know any students that you think could make great advocates, please encourage them to apply! Applications are due Tuesday, March 28, at 4:30 pm. The online application can be found at:
http://drake.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_eWJvE0EoyFzgddr 

Questions can be sent to Tess at tess.cody@drake.edu.

—Tess Cody, Prevention Coordinator for Sexual and Interpersonal Misconduct

News & Achievements Archive

Faculty accomplishments

David Senchina was recently invited to co-author a consensus statement on the relationship between exercise, nutrition, and the immune system for the journal Exercise Immunology Review, one of the top-ranked journals in the “sports science” category according to Thompson Reuters. The statement comprises multiple sections, each written by different specialists from eight different countries. David’s portion of the article was on herbal supplements (such as echinacea and ginseng) and how they influence athletes’ immune systems. The statement also applies knowledge from these categories to specific clinical populations beyond athletes, such as military personnel and the elderly. Download the article for free here.

News & Achievements Archive

Drake Community Press to release new book on religions in central Iowa

Drake Community Press’ latest book, A Spectrum of Faith: Religions of the World in America’s Heartland, is slated for release on April 6. The book, a 134-page coffee-table-style paperback, is a culmination of more than two years of work by Drake students and faculty, as well as numerous academic courses, an editorial board, a local photographer, donors, community-involved committees, and an interfaith partner. Read more—and see some of the stunning photography from the book—in the Drake Newsroom.

Featured Events Archive

Iowa Interfaith Exchange

Join us on campus for a series of presentations, panels, and performances on the current state and future promise of interfaith activity in the state of Iowa.

The conference opens at 6 p.m. on Thursday, April 6, with the launch of A Spectrum of Faith: Religions of the World in America’s Heartland. This new title from the Drake Community Press explores in words and photography the faith traditions of 15 religious communities in the Des Moines area.

The event, hosted by Des Moines Register columnist Rekha Basu, will feature the student and community collaborators who produced the book; a keynote address by Interfaith Youth Core founder and author, Eboo Patel; and a student-made documentary film about the two-year collaboration of student and community contributors.

Friday, April 7, features a morning kickoff by Patel, followed by afternoon breakout sessions. Join us in the evening for a cocktail reception starting at 5:30 at the Des Moines Social Club.

Breakout sessions continue throughout the day on Saturday, April 8, starting at 9:45 a.m. and closing at 4 p.m.

To register for the conference or for more information, visit: www.iowainterfaithexchange.com/

—Carol Spaulding Kruse, English Department

Featured Events Archive

Lecture on U.S.-Japan relations

Sheila Smith, of the Council on Foreign Relations, will be speaking about “Opportunities and Challenges for US-Japan Relations under the New Trump Administration,” on Tuesday, March 21, 7–8:30 p.m., in Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center. Her visit is made possible through a grant from the Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnership and is co-sponsored by the Principal Center for Global Citizenship and the Department of Political Science.

—Mary McCarthy, Department of Political Science