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For Students Archive

Learn about Adams Academy

The Adams Academy offers engaging yearlong leadership-based workshops, lectures, and events designed for sophomores through seniors (P1s & P2s welcome too!) to enhance their skills and experiences around leadership at Drake.

In the program you’ll:

  • Attend a variety of workshops designed to build your knowledge of leadership theory and skill
  • Engage in discovery and awareness of your strengths as a leader
  • Build authentic and inclusive relationships with other student leaders
  • Join a network of 1,400+ Adams Academy graduates
  • Learn more from faculty, staff, and professionals in the community

Attend an info session and learn more about the program in Meredith Hall, Room 101:

  • Monday, Sept. 19, 7–8:15 p.m.
  • Tuesday, Sept. 20, 7–8:15 p.m.

You can also directly apply at http://bit.ly/AdamsAcademy16 

Questions? Contact meghan.blancas@drake.edu.

—Meghan Blancas, Director, Student Leadership Programs

For Students Archive

First-year students: Join Emerging Leaders Model

Emerging Leaders Model (ELM) is a seven-week series of workshops for first-year students designed as a foundation for future leadership on campus, in the community, and beyond. Becoming an Emerging Leader is a great way to get acquainted with the endless opportunities for meaningful involvement at Drake. The program meets for one hour each week for seven weeks in a small group setting with a staff and upper-class student facilitator. Here are seven great reasons why you don’t want to miss out:

  1.  ELM offers a jump start to leadership at Drake, equipping you with the tools and skills you need to dive into leadership and involvement in the college setting.
  2. You’ll be in a small group creating connections with other students who are also interested in leadership, and you’ll leave the program with more connections.
  3. Each week, you’ll meet different upper-class student leaders who will share about their experience and give valuable advice as you start in leadership at Drake.
  4. You’ll be invited to a lunch off campus with Donald V. Adams, the man who is the inspiration for the whole institute.
  5. You’ll leave the program with a vision statement, ‘futurerésumé,’ and action steps to reach your leadership goals at Drake.
  6. ELM will empower you to take on leadership roles, opens the door to many future opportunities, and can boost your résumé!
  7. It’s free, thanks to alumni who care about your development as our future leaders!

ELM will be offered Tuesdays and Wednesdays from 3 to 4 p.m. or 4 to 5 p.m. starting the week of Sept. 26. The deadline to register is Friday, Sept. 23; apply here: http://bit.ly/ELMFall16

If you have any questions, please email shelby.derrick@drake.edu or meghan.blancas@drake.edu.

—Meghan Blancas, Director, Student Leadership Programs

For Faculty Archive, For Staff Archive

Faculty & Staff Appreciation Lunch

Faculty & Staff Appreciation Lunch
Faculty and staff are invited to join us for lunch at Hubbell Dining for only $5 today, Sept. 19. Lunch is served from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Food will be South-of-the-Border themed, including spicy chicken or tofu tacos, baked achiote pork, fried sweet plantains, mashed sweet potatoes, taco pizza, pumpkin crisp, and more.

Dining options for faculty and staff 
There are two main dining options for Drake students, faculty and staff. Hubbell Dining Hall provides all-you-care-to-eat dining with a variety of fresh salads, pizza, pasta, grill items, international foods, desserts, home-style comfort foods, and more. Quad Creek Café offers many items including a Mediterranean station, subs, Chinese food, Mexican food, grill items, and fresh salads. For weekly menus and dining hours, please visit our website: https://drake.sodexomyway.com/

Sodexo provides the CINCH program free for frequent dinners in Hubbell Dining Hall. A CINCH card allows users to “Buy 3 Get 1 Free” for their meals. Also, receive a special discount of a half-priced meal when you first sign up. Ask the receptionist at Hubbell for more details.

—Jennifer Bowersox, Unit Marketing Coordinator, Sodexo

HR Information Archive

Retirement workshop: Get a Head Start

Now, more than ever, it is imperative you have the information necessary to plan effectively for your retirement. Join us Thursday, Sept. 29, at 2 p.m. in Olmsted Center, Rooms 310-11, for a step-by-step overview of Drake’s retirement plans. Paige Cook with TIAA will help you get a head start by explaining how TIAA can help you create an effective retirement strategy.

Attendees will earn BUILD (Bulldogs United in Learning Drake) credits and be entered into drawings for prizes each semester.

For more information, please contact Marlene Heuertz at marlene.heuertz@drake.edu.

—Marlene Heuertz, Associate Director, Benefits

News & Achievements Archive

Spanish students create informative video for community partner

The addition of courses for the new Spanish minor has yielded a valuable partnership between Drake students and Primary Health Care, a walk-in clinic located near Southridge Mall.

Students in Professor Inbal Mazar’s Spring semester class, Spanish for Healthcare Providers, shadowed language interpreters to experience the depth and breadth of their health and medical language vocabulary and usage. During this assignment, the 16 students brainstormed various ways they could give back to the organization, in thanks for the opportunity to collaborate with the clinic. They decided to create an eight-minute training video. The video outlines how to be culturally sensitive while explaining patient management of chronic diseases such as diabetes and high blood pressure. The resulting video is in English with Spanish language subtitles.

The project itself was a collaborative effort between world languages and cultures and James McNab, media producer for Drake, who trained students in video production, and Sally Haack, associate professor of clinical sciences in the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. The video can be viewed on YouTube and is available on the world languages and cultures page.

If you have questions about world languages and cultures programs, contact Marc Pinheiro-Cadd at marc.pinheiro-cadd@drake.edu, or for questions about the Spanish for Healthcare Providers course, contact Inbal Mazar at inbal.mazar@drake.edu.

—Dorothy Pisarski, Associate Professor of Journalism and Mass Communication

News & Achievements Archive

Faculty/staff Days: Oct. 11

All Drake faculty and staff are eligible to receive up to four complimentary tickets to the events listed below. Tickets may be picked up at the Drake Athletics Ticket Office Monday-Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. or at the ticket window on game day. Must show valid Drake Card at time of pick up.

Men’s Soccer
Drake vs. Bradley
Oct. 11 at 7 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex

More information is available at www.DrakeTix.com/promotions.

Questions? Call 515-271-3647 or email tickets@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Assistant Director, Ticket Operations and Donor Management

Featured Events Archive

International film series starts Sept. 25

Fall 2016 International Film Series, made possible by a gift from the Evans Foundation

Theme:  South American Politics and Human Rights
Countries:  Peru, Argentina, Chile, and Colombia
Language:  Spanish with English subtitles

Sept. 25:  No (No)
Location: Sussman Theater, lower level of Olmsted Center
Time: 2–4:30 p.m.
Topic: The “no” movement on the presidential referendum on Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet

Oct. 12:  Hija de la Laguna (Daughter of the Lake)
Location: Meredith Hall, Room 101
Time: 7–9 p.m.
Topic: An Andean woman’s efforts to save lakes from the Peruvian gold rush

Oct. 23: Los Colores de la Montaña  (The Colors of the Mountain)
Location: Sussman Theater, lower level of Olmsted Center
Time: 2–4:15 p.m.
Topic: A young man’s experience in the midst of armed military and the guerrilla rebels fighting in the Colombian countryside

Nov. 13: El Clan (The Clan)
Location: Meredith Hall, Room 101
Time: 12–2:30 p.m.
Topic: Kidnapping for ransom in 1908s Argentina

—Denise Ganpat, Administrative Assistant 2

Featured Events Archive

Fine Arts events: Week of Sept. 19

Drake Choir performs with Des Moines Symphony
The Drake Choir, the University’s select touring ensemble, will perform Beethoven’s electrifying Ninth Symphony with the Des Moines Symphony, under the direction of Maestro Joseph Giunta, on Sept. 24 (7:30 p.m.) and 25 (2:30 p.m.) at the Civic Center. The choir, which comprises 70 singers who are students in every college and school of the University, has frequently collaborated with the Des Moines Symphony and is honored to do so once again. Twelve Drake Choir alumni will also join the ensemble for these performances. A number of Drake music faculty are members of the Symphony, which was founded as the Drake University-Des Moines Symphony more than 75 years ago. Tickets for the performance can be obtained at the Symphony’s website, dmsymphony.org

Thomas Splitt in concert
Thomas Splitt, a pianist and composer who earned high acclaim for his fresh, improvisational style during the 1980s and 1990s will make his proud return to the concert stage for the first time in more than 15 years thanks in part to the efforts of Drake students. He will kick off a series of concerts on Sept. 22 at 7:30 p.m. in the Harmon Fine Arts Center’s Performing Arts Hall; the performance is free and open to the public. To learn more about Splitt’s connection to Drake, visit the Drake Newsroom.

Featured Events Archive

Humanities Center Colloquium Series

The Humanities Center Colloquium Series kicks off with a lecture from En Li, assistant professor of history, on Sept. 23, 3–5 p.m., in Levitt Hall. “Betting on Empire: Examination, Lottery, and Public Life in Nineteenth-Century China” begins with a study of a civil service examination scandal in 1885. A highly organized lottery scheme, where money was bet on surnames that would pass the state’s official selection examination, spurred manipulation of the exam results. This research shows gambling became an important part of public culture in late-Qing China for its reorganization of interpersonal relations; cultivation of a self-governed society; and facilitation of exchanges in information, materials, and capital in an increasingly interconnected empire.

—Jeff Karnicky, Associate Professor of English

Featured Events Archive

This week in Drake Athletics

Come and cheer on your Bulldogs!

Men’s Tennis
Drake Invitational
Sept. 23–25
Roger Knapp Tennis Center

Rowing
Head of the Des Moines
Sept. 24 at TBA
Des Moines River

Football
Drake vs. Morehead State
Sept. 24 at 1 p.m.
Drake Stadium
*Homecoming & Parents/Family Weekend

Softball
Drake vs. Upper Iowa
Sept. 24 at 4 p.m.
Ron Buel Field

Softball
Drake vs. Minnesota
Sept. 25 at 12 p.m.
Ron Buel Field

Women’s Soccer
Drake vs. Evansville
Sept. 25 at 1 p.m.
Cownie Soccer Complex
*Stub Swap—Redeem your Sept. 24 football ticket stub for complimentary admission to the match

Questions? Call 515-271-3647 or email tickets@drake.edu.

—Tom Florian, Assistant Director, Ticket Operations and Donor Management