SJMC students awarded Dow Jones News Fund internships Two news-Internet juniors have landed highly competitive Dow Jones News Fund internships for summer 2016. Tim Webber will intern at the Kansas City Star, and Sarah LeBlanc at the Philadelphia Inquirer. Both will work on the copy desks. About 85 students were selected from more than 700 … Continue reading SJMC news: Week of Feb. 1
Join the School of Journalism and Mass Communication in wishing Dean’s Assistant Carla McCrea a happy retirement after 28 years at Drake! A reception will be held on Friday, Feb. 5, 3–4:30 p.m., in the north lobby of Meredith Hall. —Kathleen Richardson, Dean, SJMC
The Nelson Institute for Diplomacy and International Affairs presents “How to Prepare for the Foreign Service Exam” on Monday, Nov. 23, at 6 p.m. in Meredith Hall, Room 234. Drake alumna Lauren Garza, AS’05, GR’09, will present. Lauren currently serves as a public diplomacy desk officer for West Africa in the Bureau of African Affairs … Continue reading “How to Prepare for the Foreign Service Exam”
Drake PR students win national honor Drake Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) was named a Star Chapter at the recent PRSA national conference in Atlanta. The world comes to Meredith Hall Students in SJMC Professor Grace Provenzano’s Advanced Video Production class recently met with a group of Russian print, broadcast, and online journalists … Continue reading SJMC news: Week of Nov. 16
“How Islamic Investing is Transforming Global Capital Markets” Tuesday, Nov. 17, 7 p.m. Sussman Theater, Olmsted Center Datuk Noripah Kamso is a Global Practitioner at Drake. She was formerly the advisor of CIMB Islamic and the founding chief executive of CIMB-Principal Islamic Asset Management Sdn Bhd. Acknowledging that Islamic asset management is an infant industry, … Continue reading Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship events
You have one last opportunity to register for the workshop on creating more inclusive classroom environments on Friday, Nov. 20, from 2 to 4:30 p.m. in Meredith 238. Register today! —Submitted by Art Sanders, Associate Provost
Join Tony Tyler and UNITY Roundtable for a discussion focused on the different social identities on campus and how students can be more inclusive of all identities. We’ll meet in Meredith 106 from 8-9 p.m. on Tuesday, Nov. 10.
The Principal Financial Group Center for Global Citizenship will host a lecture about voters’ heightened interest in foreign policy during the presidential campaign season. Joseph Mussomeli, former U.S. ambassador to the Republic of Slovenia, will deliver “Foreign Policy on the Campaign Trail: Tough Talk is Easy (and Essential)” from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday, Nov. … Continue reading Former U.S. ambassador to give talk
Do you want or need to keep up your foreign language fluency? Drake’s Department of World Languages and Cultures wants to help. Spanish Conversation Hours Spanish Conversation Hours are scheduled for Mondays, 2–3 p.m., and Thursdays, 12:30–1:30 p.m., in Meredith Hall, Room 228. All levels of Spanish speakers are welcome. The group supports participants with … Continue reading Foreign language conversation hours
It is difficult to keep up language fluency without speaking regularly, so Drake’s Department of World Languages and Cultures wants to help. Arabic Club Arabic Club offers the opportunity for students, faculty, and administrators to practice speaking in Arabic on Wednesdays in Medbury, Room 219 between 1:15 and 3:15 p.m. All levels of speakers are … Continue reading Foreign language conversation hours