The Broadlawns Drake Student Counseling Center offers various workshops and presentations, aimed to bring mental health education outside of the therapy office. If you are interested in the counseling center team discussing various mental health topics during your class time, please fill out our program request form.
If you have any specific questions, please contact Tyler.Lewis@drake.edu.
— Kayla Bell-Consolver, Director, Counseling Center
The Principal Center for Global Citizenship invites nominations for the Global Scholar/Practitioner-in-Residence program for Spring 2026, seeking to attract talented individuals from academia or the professions who have outstanding international expertise to teach a course, mentor students, give public lectures, work on joint research with faculty, and aid the global capacity-building of the institution through fruitful external collaborations. One scholar will be selected.
Candidates should be nominated by the academic unit to which they will be attached. Please submit the following supporting materials:
Nominations should be directed to Annique Kiel, Executive Director of Global Engagement and International Programs, by April 11, 2025. Preference will be given to practitioners or scholars from one of Drake’s global partners. Units considering a nomination are encouraged to consult with Annique prior to submission.
Among the criteria to be considered for the nominee:
In recognition of their contributions, Global Scholars/Practitioners receive a stipend, a travel allowance, an appropriate workspace in the host college/school, and access to university facilities. Global Scholars/Practitioners will be affiliated with an appropriate academic unit for the semester and will offer at least one course.
— Erin McSween, Cowles Library
On Monday, April 7, ITS and our partner KnowBe4 will share a mandatory cybersecurity awareness training module with all Drake employees. You’ll receive email instructions to access the training module that day, which should take you less than 10 minutes to complete. You’ll have a month to finish this mandatory training, but we encourage you to complete it right away.
This year’s training topic uses reading, videos, and a brief assessment to teach about the foundations of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and its impact on our security. This training is required to maintain compliance with security laws applicable to the University and help reduce cyber insurance premiums. It also helps our Drake community be safer online and more effectively protect both institutional and personal data.
Thank you for investing your time to better safeguard Drake University against cyber threats.
— Becky Klein, ITS
DATE: Wednesday, April 9
TIME: 3-5 P.M.
PLACE: Faculty Lounge, Howard Hall, Room 212
Grant Reviewer Panel at 3–4 p.m.
Drake faculty who served as grant reviewers for federal, state and/or private agencies will provide information about what reviewers really look for in grant applications. Come hear what they have to say and ask questions.
Networking Session 4–5 p.m.
SPARC staff will also be on hand to discuss funding opportunities and answer questions. Refreshments will be available.
RSVP to lori.byrd@drake.edu.
Thank you to everyone who has already completed the Great Colleges To Work For survey. However, we have not yet reached our participation goal and your participation is needed. Currently, 41% of faculty and staff have participated. We are striving to have 60% respond. The good news is, there is still time to complete the survey. The survey period ends Friday, so if you have not completed the survey, please consider taking this opportunity to make your voice heard.
If you have not received an invitation to complete the survey, please check your junk or spam folder. If it is not there, please let Nate Reagen or Erica Kluver know right away!
We will follow-up before the fall semester with the overall, University results of the survey. All unit-leaders (with greater than five employees) will have the results to share by then as well.
— Nate Reagen, President’s Office