Drake a best value among private universities
Kiplinger’s Personal Finance has placed Drake at No. 36 on its list of the 100 best values in private universities for 2016. The ranking cites four-year schools that combine outstanding education with economic value. For the third consecutive year, Drake University is ranked in the top 40 nationwide and is the only Iowa university on the private universities list.
Drake Law to host the 2016 CLEO Pre-law Summer Institute
Drake University Law School has been selected to host the 2016 Council on Legal Education Opportunity, Inc. (CLEO) Pre-law Summer Institute June 5–July 2.
CLEO is committed to diversifying the legal profession by expanding legal education opportunities to minority, low-income, and disadvantaged groups.
The program recruits individuals who have a strong desire to join the legal profession, including students who have already been accepted into law school as well as those who may need placement assistance.
More than 300 students apply each year for 40 spots in the CLEO Pre-Law Summer Institute. The institute teaches students how to read and brief court opinions; prepare for law school exams; conquer the workload and stress in law school; establish productive study groups; and more. To learn more about the program at Drake, click here.
Drake signs MOU with University of Havana
Officials at Drake University and the University of Havana have signed a long-term agreement to enhance the academic experience and maximize the educational opportunities that arise from blossoming relations between the United States and Cuba.
The five-year, renewable Memorandum of Understanding between Iowa’s largest private university and Cuba’s largest public university builds upon 30 years research and collaboration between Drake and various groups in Cuba. The schools are now formally committed to ongoing partnership on special programs; research activities; and exchange of faculty, staff, and students. Read more in the Drake Newsroom.
Drake senior to live in retirement community
As students across the nation prepare to return to college campuses following a winter break spent with friends and family, one student in Iowa is getting ready to move in with some uncommon housemates. Drake University senior Haley Jenkins will spend the spring semester as a resident of Deerfield Retirement Community in Urbandale, in return for a little musical entertainment, thanks to a partnership between the Drake Department of Music and Deerfield. Learn more here.