All students (and their siblings) are invited to improve their personal wellness through participation in a FREE 2K Glow Fun Run across campus on Friday, March 4 beginning at 6:30 p.m. in Helmick Commons. All runners receive free glow accessories and a water bottle! Registration begins at 5:30 p.m., and you can check out the Wellness Fair featuring Drake organizations from 5:30 to 7 p.m. For more information, please email wellness@drake.edu.
-Submitted by Kaitlin Brueggen
Filmakers Library Online provides award-winning documentaries with relevance across the curriculum (brought to you by Cowles Library). It presents points of view and historical and current experiences from diverse cultures and traditions world-wide. Read more on the Cowles Library blog.
-Submitted by Bruce Gilbert, Director, Library Operations and Technology/Professor of Librarianship
What: “End of the Commodities Super Cycle: Implications for the U.S. Presidential Election, the World Economy, and Beyond,” a panel discussion featuring Jim McCaughan and Bob Baur (Principal Financial Group), Paul Schickler (DuPont Pioneer), and moderator Kavilash Chawla (Bâton Global).
When: Tuesday, March 8, 7-8:30 p.m.
Where: Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center
The panel will provide an economist’s view on what is driving the end of the commodity super cycle and the implications for the broader global economy for 2016. Attendees will also learn how the decline in commodity prices is affecting a global commodity-related business like DuPont Pioneer and how some of the global, macroeconomic forces may impact strategic investments, growth, expansion, and strategy decisions. The panel may touch on what the end of the commodity super cycle means for a financial services firm, especially as it relates to pension and asset management. It will address how changes in the commodity sector are impacting portfolio flows, financial investors, and strategic investors. More information on panelists is available online.
Sponsored by The Principal Financial Group and the Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship at Drake University.
— Denise Ganpat, Center for Global Citizenship
Darcie Vandegrift was selected as part of the inaugural cohort of Faculty Fellows with the Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation (ENACT) program. The Fellows will convene at Brandeis University in late May 2016. She was selected to work on children and youth issues, particularly in the areas of education funding and public health. Students in her Sociology of Childhood, Sociology of Education, and Social Stratification courses will incorporate legislative advocacy into their community engaged learning activities beginning J-Term 2017.
The Fellows program is sponsored by ENACT. Fellows are from colleges and universities located in or near state capitals, and will work to build a national online network of students, faculty, activists and legislators. Faculty Fellows will work on pedagogies to incorporate lobbying and civic engagement into their work with student learning. The Educational Network for Active Civic Transformation seeks to be a major voice in addressing challenges to American democracy by engaging young people around the country in civic activism built on knowledge, cooperation, justice and integrity. This new major program of the International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life at Brandeis University is made possible by a generous gift from Ethics Center Board member Norbert Weissberg and his wife, former Board member Judith Schneider.
-Submitted by Darcie Vandegrift, Associate Professor of Sociology, Department Chair
After months of tough practice, one of Drake Mock Trial’s teams was able to advance at the regional level by placing second in the Great Plains Regional Tournament. Because of this, Drake Mock Trial will advance to the Opening Round Championship Series in St. Paul, Minn. Success there would lead Drake Mock Trial to the national competition for a second year in a row.
-Submitted by John Wingert
Learn more about how you can help abused and neglected children. Come to the Olmsted mezzanine at 6 p.m., Monday, Feb. 29, to learn more about the many ways you can get involved with Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) and give back to children who need it in the Des Moines community!
—Submitted by Natalie Deerr
Drake University faculty and staff members are invited to take advantage of discounted pricing on 2016 Drake Relays ticket pages. Tickets are available at the following discounts:
All-Session Tickets (Thursday-Saturday):
$89.00 each (Regular $95.00)
All-American Tickets (Friday Night & Saturday):
$60.00 each (Regular $65.00)
Gold I Tickets(Friday Day & Saturday):
$66.00 each (Regular $70.00)
Gold II Tickets (Friday Day & Friday Night):
$55.00 each (Regular $60.00)
Don’t miss out on any of the action on the blue oval. Get your tickets today by calling 515-271-3647 or visiting the Drake Athletics Ticket Office Monday-Friday between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m.
Questions? Contact the Drake Athletics Ticket Office at 515-271-3647 or tickets@drake.edu.
— Tom Florian, Assistant Director of Ticket Operations and Donor Management
Below is a list of the home athletic events this week.
Men’s Tennis
Drake vs. Iowa
March 4 @ 6 p.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center
Women’s Tennis
Drake vs. Marquette
March 5 @ 10 a.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center
Women’s Tennis
Drake vs. Gustavus Adolphus
March 5 @ 1 p.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center
Men’s Tennis
Drake vs. Michigan State
March 5 @ 6 p.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center
Men’s Tennis
Drake vs. Cornell
March 6 @ 10 a.m.
Roger Knapp Tennis Center
— Tom Florian, Assistant Director of Ticket Operations and Donor Management
Interning in Washington D.C. this summer? Apply to have your housing and travel expenses covered by The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement. Applications are due by Friday, April 1. Visit The Harkin Institute’s website for more information.
—Submitted by Amy Beller, Project Manager, Harkin Institute
Three advertising students took home awards from the American Advertising Awards dinner on Feb. 20 in Des Moines. Vicki Chai won a gold award, and Paityn Langley and Kelsey Rooney won silver awards. In addition, SJMC alumnus Caleb Bailey won Rookie of the Year honors and Jason Boucher won the Silver Medal award.
—Kathleen Richardson, Dean, SJMC
