Enjoy an evening with music, dance, story telling and more! Come to Parents Hall on Wednesday, Feb. 10 from 6 to 8 p.m. for a cultural night! Drake students’ experiences in Uganda are featured in this cultural exhibition alongside their counterparts from Uganda’s Makerere University Business School and members of Drake’s African Student Association.
—Submitted by Stephanie Cardwell, Administrative Assistant, CBPA
If you saw the exhibition “Are We Global Yet?” before, you still have not seen it all! The closing reception will take place this evening, 4–6:30 p.m. at the Anderson Gallery. Read more at https://theandersongallery.wordpress.com/2016/01/27/exhibition-transforms-in-augmented-reality/.
The E.T. Meredith Center for Magazine Studies is hosting a visiting professional, documentary filmmaker Carlos Ibarra, on Monday, Feb. 15 and Tuesday, Feb. 16. Ibarra will showcase several videos from his documentary series “Run Carlos Run” on Tuesday, Feb. 16, at 7 p.m. in Cowles Reading Room. The event is free and open to the public. “Run Carlos Run” follows Ibarra as he embarks on a cross-country run from Brooklyn to California, and the stories of the people he meets along the way, seeking to understand the modern American Dream.
—Submitted by Kathleen Richardson, Dean, School of Journalism and Mass Communication
The Comparison Project will host a Community Interfaith Dialogue on death and dying, moderated by Norma Hirsch, Assistant Professor of Osteopathic Medicine at Des Moines University.
Panelists:
Robert Aubrey, Chaplain (retired), Unity Point & Broadlawns
David Kaufman, Rabbi, Temple B’nai Jeshurun
Yogesh Shah, Associate Dean, Des Moines University
February 11, 7 p.m.
Dunn’s Chapel, Iles Funeral Homes
2121 Grand Ave, DSM
How do the religions of the world understand death and dying? What rituals do they practice as preparation for death and in response to death? What effects has the “medicalization of death” had on these traditional understandings and practices? And what does the medical community need to know about traditional religious theologies and rituals related to death and dying?
The Comparison Project’s Community Interfaith Dialogue will explore these questions from the perspectives of Judaism, Catholicism, and Buddhism. Our moderator and panelists will focus particularly on the tensions between traditional theologies and rituals of death and the way in which death has increasingly become the domain of medicine and law. There will be ample time for questions from the audience.
More information on this event and others from The Comparison Project is available at https://comparisonproject.wp.drake.edu/.
The Drake Men’s Basketball team takes on Wichita State at The Knapp Center tomorrow, Feb. 9 at 7 p.m. for a special Blue Out. All fans are encouraged to wear blue Drake gear to create a sea of blue at the Knapp Center!
February 12, 2016
Harvey Ingham Room 134: 12–12:50 p.m.
Taylor A. Harville and Matthew Zwier Ph.D. (Mentor), both of the Department of Chemistry, Drake University
Title: “Interactions of MG132 with Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes”
Abstract: MG132 is a drug used to prevent the breakdown of bone density caused by overactive osteoclastic bone resorption. The drug exhibits a burst release mechanism when delivered via a calcium phosphate based cement. It has since been shown that when multiwalled carbon nanotubes are present in the calcium phosphate based cement the release of MG132 is slowed to a more sustained release. The proposed mechanism of interaction between the drug and the multiwalled carbon nanotubes were based on the hydrophobic effect or on the π-stacking of the phenyl group of MG132 with the delocalized electrons of the nanotubes. The basis of this research is to determine more exactly the interactions between MG132 and the multiwalled carbon nanotubes using molecular dynamics simulations. The results to date show that the diffusion of MG132 along the multiwalled carbon nanotubes are mostly dominated by the drugs interactions with water. The non-solvent interactions were shown to be a combination of the hydrophobic effect, the van Der Waals interactions, and the π-stacking interactions.
Aimee Beckmann-Collier, Ellis and Nelle Levitt Distinguished Professor of Conducting, leads the Drake Choir and more than 80 Drake Choir alumni in a fundraising concert on Feb. 20 in Sheslow Auditorium.
The Choir Benefit Concert will support the choir tour to Latvia, Estonia, and Finland in May 2016.
Aimee Beckmann-Collier, conductor
Featuring vocal jazz, Broadway tunes, opera, pop, folk music, and a variety of choral works sung by the Drake Choir as a whole as well as individual students. In addition, more than 80 Drake Choir alumni will return to sing with the current choir.
Saturday, February 20, 2016, 7:30 p.m.
Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium, Old Main
$25 per person
Tickets are available online at:
www.drake.edu/choralperformances.
Please order tickets by February 12.
Your personal speech coach is now located in Cowles Library.
The Speaking Center is a tutoring service to assist students in preparing speeches and presentations. We offer a library of resources and peer tutoring sessions. From planning to practice and from brainstorming to visual aids, we will help you with your group or individual class assignments, business presentations, or speech-related events unrelated to coursework.
Monday, Wednesday: 3–8:30 p.m.
Tuesday: 10 a.m.–1 p.m.
Thursday: 10 am–1 p.m. and 4–6 p.m.
Friday: 3–5 p.m.
Cowles Library, Room 18
For more information or to schedule an appointment, visit: http://library.drake.edu/speaking
Want to help create a makerspace on campus? Convergence is for people who want to make things or make things happen. Come to Lower Olmsted at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 10 to learn about working with like-minded students from across campus to create a convergence space where you can work on innovation, collaboration, and entrepreneurship.
Pizza and other refreshments will be served. Questions? Email jpec@drake.edu
If you worked on campus during 2015, you will need a W2 to complete your taxes.
The 2015 W2 form is available on blueView. Forms can be accessed through two methods:
1. Go to blueView’s Student Employee tab, and look to the left for “Payroll Information.” You will have a link for the Electronic W2.
OR
2. In blueView, go up to myDUSIS (by blackboard). Click into the Employee section, and proceed into Tax Forms. You will then have a link for “W-2 Year End Earnings Statement” and you will be able to select 2015.
Please note, only you have access to your W2 statement. Your parents do not have access to your W2 statement through their blueView access. If they need a copy, you will need to provide it to them. If you have questions, you can email student.employment@drake.edu.
—Submitted by Debra Wiley, Assistant Director, Human Resources