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THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION IS TAKING AHOST OF RECENT AWARDS AS A CHALLENGE TO RETHINK ITS APPROACH

AND MAKE WHAT IS WORKING WELL, EVEN BETTER.

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A LITTLE OVER ONE YEAR AGO, on a visit toSouthwest University of Politics and Law inChongqing, China, I was invited bySouthwest’s president to join him in what hetermed a “conversation” with about six hun-dred Southwest students on the last night ofour visit.

After brief (especially for university presi-dents!) remarks from both of us, we openedthe floor to questions from the audience. Asyou might expect, since I was the guest —and somewhat of a novelty in this far-distantcorner of Southwest China — most of thequestions were directed at me. I was quiteimpressed by the substance of the queries —by their sophistication, the knowledge andexpertise that they reflected, and by the factthat most of them were conveyed in extremelygood English!

One question in particular struck me asquite remarkable, given the context, andgiven the fact that it relates directly to a chal-lenging and complex issue playing out onAmerica’s campuses these days: “What is therole of your university in America? What isthe role of the university in a democracy?”

I began my response with the obvious, andimportant, roles of the university: educatingstudents for citizenship in a participatorydemocracy; helping them appreciate the joysof intellectual engagement and the discoveryof ideas; preparing them for meaningful per-sonal lives, successful professional careers,and service to the community; supportingthe free inquiry and research that advance

the frontiers of knowledge; and providingsociety with an educated, appropriately-pre-pared workforce.

But I was particularly struck by the ques-tioner’s emphasis on democracy, and so Icontinued, saying that ultimately one of themost important roles of the university in ademocratic society is that it is the safe havenfor the expression, exploration and exchangeof ideas (including disagreement anddebate!). A core value of the university is itscommitment to free expression without fearof reprisal or punishment (within reason —

we do not condone speech that deliberatelyencourages or causes emotional or physicalharm). This does not mean free expressionwithout consequence, however; when I exer-cise my right to express myself, everyone elsehas an equal right — indeed an obligation —to tell me what they think of my ideas, and toengage me in argument if they disagree.

But this central principle of the Americanuniversity is under threat these days, becausesociety as a whole seems to be losing the abil-ity to engage in intelligent debate, to usehealthy disagreement as a vehicle for findingeven higher and better truths. Public“debate” in contemporary America is, for themost part, shrill, abusive and disrespectfulname-calling seemingly designed to whipthose who already believe into frenzies ofalternating indignation and self-righteous-ness (and, of course, applause). It is rarelydesigned to help those who disagree better

understand the potential validity of positionsthat might differ from theirs. We are notengaging one another in mutually-respectful,civil and informed argument about the gen-uinely important issues that will determinethe future of our country and our planet.

This environment makes the university’sresponsibility to prepare students for citizen-ship in a participatory democracy all themore challenging. We have a profound obli-gation to ensure that our students areexposed to (without prejudice), and under-stand with some degree of sophistication,the major intellectual, ideological, economic,and cultural currents (historical and contem-porary) that have shaped — and continue toshape — the world in which we live: liberaland conservative, left and right, and allshades in between. And we have an equallyprofound obligation to help our studentslearn how to engage in a meaningful,respectful, and productive way with thosewith whom they disagree — an activity that isat the heart of the academic enterprise andessential to the process of moving knowledge,and our civilization, forward. We need to

help our students understand that those withwhom they disagree are not stupid, ignorant,or evil simply by virtue of that disagreement.Sadly, thanks to what passes for public dis-course in America these days, there is evi-dence on our campus (and everyone else’s)that it is becoming more and more difficultto fulfill our responsibility — but I can assureyou that we are committed to doing every-thing that we can to succeed.

From thePresident. . .

Dr. David E. Maxwell, president

A core value of the university is its commitment to free expression

without fear of reprisal or punishment.

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PresidentDr. David E. Maxwell

Vice President of Institutional Advancement

John H. Willey

Director of Alumni & Parent Programs

Barbara Dietrich Boose, JO’83, GR’90

Director of Marketing & Communications

Brooke Benschoter

EDITORIAL STAFF

Editor/Art DirectorCasey L. Gradischnig

Graphic DesignersAmber Baker

Courtney Hartman

Contributing WritersDaniel P. Finney, JO’97

Lisa LacherTim Schmitt

InternsJennifer Bins

Aaron JacoZack Johnson

Bryan KlopackErin Lain

Marisa Roby

To submit news or update your alumni file, contactDrake’s Office of Alumni and Parent Programs.

Call: 1-800-44-DRAKE, x3152E-mail: [email protected]: www.drake.edu/alumni

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DepartmentsCAMPUS 4Gifts Advance Law School • Gift Compounds Learning for CPHS Students •Bucksbaum Lecture Features Architect, Ben & Jerry • Biz Kids MeetEntrepreneurial Whizzes • Book Burnings Subject of Cowles Exhibit •Student Publications Earn Professional Marks • Drake Students: Recycle, Yes;Sweatshops, No • Law Students Earn Accolades • Half of Job Winners DrakeStudents • Singers Sock It To Competition

10 FACULTYProfessors Named Levitt Award Winners • Three New Levitt ProfessorsAppointed • McCord Elected to American Law Institute • Faculty Honors

SPORTS 122005-2006 Athletics in Review • Clubb Becomes New Top Bulldog

22 ALUMNITrio of Drake Grads Receives Fulbright Grant • Community Pharmacist Earns Drake’s Weaver Medal • World-Famous Group, Featuring Alumni,Performs at Drake • Humanitarian Alumna Vasquez Honored

13 HURLER’S NEW PITCHSoftball Star Jessica Hicks Leaves Dugoutfor the Boardroom

14 STADIUM DEDICATEDRelays Weekend Brings New Events and aRejuvenated Drake Stadium

16 LIVING AND LEARNINGThe Evolving Story of How Students Live, Study and Play on Campus Across125 Years

Drake Blue is published as a service to Drake alumni,parents and friends by the Drake University Office ofMarketing and Communications. Views expressed inDrake Blue do not necessarily reflect opinions of theeditors or the University. We welcome articles by and story ideas from and about Drake alumni.Send correspondence to Editor Casey L. Gradischnig,Drake University, 2507 University Ave., Des Moines, IA50311-4505. E-mail: [email protected].

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based, full-tuition scholarshipsfor outstanding first-year stu-dents and the scholarships arerenewable. In addition, the pro-gram provides an annual grantof $10,000 to each OppermanScholar to help pay for booksand living expenses whileattending Drake Law School.

GIFT COMPOUNDS LEARNINGFOR CPHS STUDENTS

Pharmacy students are gaining astate-of-the-art compounding lab-oratory where they will learn howto prepare medications that arenot commercially available, thanksto a $500,000 gift from Drakealumnus Larry Mayhew, PH’67,and his wife, Sandy (above).

Pharmacy compounding — inwhich pharmacists make medica-tions from scratch — is growingrapidly as demand for cus-tomized prescriptions increasesto better meet patient needs.The new Mayhew CompoundingLaboratory will greatly enhanceopportunities for Drake pharma-

cy students to learn the latesttechniques in compounding.

“This transformative giftwill enable Drake to providestate-of-the-art facilities andan innovative curriculumthat will help our graduatesbecome entrepreneurs in thearea of pharmaceutical com-pounding,” said RayleneRospond, dean of theCollege of Pharmacy andHealth Sciences.

BUCKSBAUM LECTURE FEATURESARCHITECT, BEN & JERRY

David Chipperfield, the archi-tect behind the Figge ArtMuseum in Davenport and thenew downtown Des MoinesCentral Library, delivered thespring Martin J. BucksbaumDistinguished Lecture.

The British building design-er discussed the Des Moinesproject just days before thelibrary opened to the public aswell as other projects through-out his career.

Ben Cohen and JerryGreenfield, founders of thepopular Ben & Jerry’s IceCream, are scheduled to givethe fall 2006 lecture.

BIZ KIDS MEETENTREPRENEURIAL WHIZZES

Des Moines entrepreneurKyle Krause delivered thekeynote address at the 2006Drake UniversityEntrepreneurship Conferencein March.

Krause, one of Iowa’s mostsuccessful businessmen,shared his insights into entre-preneurship from a variety ofangles. Krause is president ofmore than 430 Kum & Goconvenience stores in 13 states.He is owner and president ofSolar Transport, the largest Iowa-based refined fuel transporter.He is also majority owner of theDes Moines Menace soccer team.

Krause’s talk was the capstoneto a day filled with discussion ofentrepreneurship and adviceabout how to make things hap-pen in business. Presenters

The Honors Program, HonorsStudent Council and the Officeof the Provost sponsored authorand expert Frederick Lane todiscuss “Lost in MySpace:Social Networking, StudentPrivacy and Self-Protection.”Drake Theater gave a sneakpreview per formance of TheImportance of Being Earnest toarea high school students. TheRaySociety hosted a series ofclasses examining Iowans rolein World War II — and invited allveterans to attend free ofcharge. Cowles Libraryarchivists recorded the oral his-tories of alumni during DrakeRelays. The Adult LiteracyCenter, hosted in the School ofEducation, held its annual fund-raising and awareness walk tosupport volunteer tutors andtheir students. School ofEducation students donated700 books to two elementaryschools as part of their partici-pation in Children’s Choices, aprogram in which elementaryschool students read and reviewnew books for youth. ThePhysics and AstronomyDepartment continued itsseries of summer sessions atthe Drake MunicipalObservatory with an eveningstudying the Zodiac symbols.The Jazz I Ensemble took a20-piece group on a summerEuropean tour that includedstops in Vienna, Austria;Montereux, Switzerland; Vienne,France and Brugge, Belgium.Drake Filmmakers, a studentfilm-making club, hosted thefirst Foray Film Festival.

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GIFTS ADVANCE LAW SCHOOL

Gifts totaling $5.25 million willfund a pair of endowed facultychairs and provide scholarshipopportunities at the Drake LawSchool.

A gift of $1.5 million fromWayne, LW’72, and Donna Kernwill sponsor an endowed chair inhonor of the Kern family, thefocus of which will be determinedas part of an ongoing effort tostrengthen the law school.

A $750,000 leadership gift fromPioneer Hi-Bred InternationalInc., a subsidiary of DuPont, isearmarked for a dynamic newprogram in intellectual propertylaw. The gift is intended to bepart of the funding by a broadcoalition of industry and alumniaimed at strengthening Drake’sintellectual property law program.The program will focus on edu-cating regulators, judges andpracticing attorneys, and will be apowerful voice for the impor-tance of strong intellectual prop-erty rights in biotechnology on aglobal basis. As part of this effort,Drake Law School plans to add afull-time endowed faculty positionin intellectual property law.

Dwight Opperman, LW’51,gave $3 million to expand theendowment of the OppermanScholar program. The fundawards five or more merit- continued on page 6

Drake President David Maxwell, Dan Jacobi of Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc., LW’86,

Law School Dean David Walker, and Donna and Wayne, LW’72, Kern.

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CommencementMORE THAN 1,200 STUDENTS JOINED THE RANKS OF DRAKE ALUMNI DURING COMMENCEMENT CEREMONIES THIS SPRING

NEW DRAKE GRAD PHILLIPLONGMAN (second from the left)wore his great-grandmother’sgraduation gown at commence-ment. The gown made its firstappearance on Leonta StarzingerMorrison, who graduated fromDrake in 1906. Longman standswith his grandmother, LeeLongman, left, who wore thegown in 1953, Drake historianPaul Morrison, who wore it in1939, and Holly Dierks,Morrison’s daughter, whodonned the garment in 1976.

Academy Award-winning actress ClorisLeachman (left) received an honoraryDoctor of Fine Arts degree at the 125thUndergraduate Commencement Ceremonyin the Drake Knapp Center. Leachman, aDes Moines Roosevelt High School gradu-ate, got her acting start at the DrakeCommunity Theater and recalled takingthe streetcar downtown to Drake for actinglessons. Amy Schoepf, winner of the OreonE. Scott Award, Drake’s highest honor forundergraduates, also spoke at the ceremo-ny. Marion Panyan, the Mary Collier Bakerendowed professor of education, delivered

the commencement address for the gradu-ate commencement, and WisconsinSupreme Court Chief Justice Shirley S.Abrahamson gave the commencementaddress for the Law School.

(Top left) Brooke Timmer, student bar association presi-

dent, gives addresses the crowd at the Law School com-

mencement ceremony. (Second down on left) Amy

Schoepf, winner of the Oreon E. Scott Award, Drake’s

highest award for undergraduate students, speaks at the

2006 commencement ceremony. Schoepf is a graduate

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included: Joe Yamen, JO’91,who has owned a variety of dif-ferent companies in his career,ranging from a computer learn-ing center to a lost luggagedelivery service.

Michael Wagner, president ofthe consulting company TheWhite Rabbit Group, put a uniquespin on entrepreneurial ethics.

BOOK BURNINGS SUBJECT OF COWLES EXHIBIT

The United States HolocaustMemorial Museum’s travelingexhibit “Fighting the Fires ofHate: America and the NaziBook Burnings” visited DrakeUniversity’s Cowles Library dur-ing the spring semester.

The exhibit provided a vividlook at the first steps the Nazistook to suppress freedom ofexpression in the 1930s and thestrong response that occurredin the United States both imme-diately and in the years there-after. The exhibit focuses onhow the book burnings becamea potent symbol during World

War II in America’s battleagainst Nazism and concludesby examining their continuedimpact on public discourse.

The James M. Collier HeritageRoom also featured additionalexhibits related to local HolocaustSurvivors and modern-day bookbanning and censorship.

SOUND IT OUT: DRAKE HEAD START ROCKSReading Is Fundamental Inc.,the nation’s oldest and largestchildren’s and family literacynonprofit group, has selectedDrake University Head Start asa recipient of RIF ProgramExcellence Honors 2006, anaward sponsored by MetLifeFoundation.

Drake Head Start, which is cel-ebrating its 30th year, was nomi-nated for its success in develop-ing strong parent and communi-ty involvement in promotingreading, book selection and dis-tribution, fundraising activitiesand program leadership.

Out of approximately 4,600RIF programs nationwide, Drake

Head Start was among 25 pro-grams recognized for commit-ment to children’s literacy in anational awards ceremony inWashington, D.C., in June.

“Drake University Head Startepitomizes all of the essentialelements of a high-quality RIFprogram – and any successfulchildren’s literacy program,”said Marilyn Smith, RIF vicepresident and director of pro-

grams. “It is important not onlythat we recognize excellent RIFprograms like Drake UniversityHead Start, but that we alsomine them for resources andtips that other literacy initiativescan learn from.”

‘TAKE A CAB’STRAIGHT TO AWARDS

Drake School of Journalism and Mass Communication stu-dents earned high marks fortheir efforts to encourage safedrinking during AlcoholAwareness Month. The contestchallenged students to developa public service advertising cam-paign that includes a print,radio and Internet advertise-ment execution.

A pair of three-person teamsfrom Drake took the first andthird prizes in the first PublicService Advertisement StudentCompetition sponsored by theAmerican AdvertisingFederation and Heineken USA.

The first-place “Reasons toTake a Cab” campaign, createdby Drake seniors MattKappmeyer, Kristin Headrickand Ashley Sinclair, advisesagainst individuals getting intoa car with someone who hasbeen drinking.

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SCIENTIST ALBENA IVANISEVIC, AS’96, assistant professor of biomedicalengineering at Purdue University, returned to Drake to discuss herresearch that may prevent blindness and to encourage current studentsto embrace their opportunities in the first of the “Life After Drake” seriessponsored by Drake Undergraduate Science Collaborative Institute.

admissionupdateSWEET HOME DRAKE. Drake admission coun-selors regularly enlist alumni to assist in recruit-ment efforts. The alumni home reception pro-gram is one way alumni around the countryhelp Drake by making personal connectionswith prospective students. Held in variouscities, admitted students meet with Drake grad-uates at their homes and discuss the Bulldogexperience. Some alumni discuss their relation-ships with their professors. Others talk abouthow they met their spouses at Drake. All dis-cuss how the University shaped their lives. “Ittakes Drake to them rather than their alwayshaving to come to us,” says Laura Linn, direc-tor of admission. “It’s Drake alumni sharingtheir experiences with future students. It’s areally unique event that’s been very successfulfor us.”

THE HONORABLE ROBERT, BN’52, LW’54, AND BILLIERAY, ED’50, greet Holly Morrison Dierks, LA’76,vice president of the Drake Alumni Board, and herdaughter, Abby, at a reception held at the Rays’.

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Third place went to seniorsAshlee Davis, Lisa Diesing andMorgan Farl of Drake for their “Bea Parent, Not a Peer” campaign.

STUDENT PUBLICATIONS EARNPROFESSIONAL MARKS

School of Journalism and MassCommunication students recentlyearned two first-place honors inthe Society of ProfessionalJournalists’ Region 7 Mark ofExcellence Awards for work inthe 2005 calendar year. Collegiatejournalists submitted more than3,100 entries in 43 categoriesacross SPJ’s 12 regions.

The honorees were awardedcertificates at the Region 7Conference held at the St. LouisPost-Dispatch. First-place regionalwinners will advance to thenational round of judging.

Drake Winners:Best Student Magazine(published more than once a year) Third Place: Drake Magazine

Best Student Magazine (published once a year) First Place: Launch magazineSecond Place: 515 magazine

Magazine Nonfiction ArticleFirst Place: Rachel DeSchepper, seniorThird Place: Bridget Nelson andSarah Schafman, both juniors

DRAKE STUDENTS: RECYCLE, YES; SWEATSHOPS, NO

Drake students took action thisspring to raise awareness aboutglobal citizenship by presentingan Anti-Sweatshop Fashion Showand creating a recycling programat the John and Mary PappajohnEducation Center in downtownDes Moines.

The projects stemmed from aGlobal Citizenship class taughtby Darcie Vandegrift, assistantprofessor of sociology, whichexamines the concept of citizen-ship and engages students intheories of global identity.

“These students are all work-ing to advance themselves asglobal citizens as part of theirfinal projects,” says Vandegrift,assistant professor of sociology.“I am seeing many outstandingprojects come out of theirefforts. This reflects a nationaltrend among college students toengage with their communityand create a better world. Ourstudents are certainly evidenceof this.”

The fashion show was part of afinal class project on the clothingindustry’s reliance on sweatshopsin the production of its products.The fashion show highlightedcompanies that use sweatshoplabor, and those that furtherglobal citizenship by using non-sweatshop labor.

In addition, the class produceda paper recycling program at theJohn and Mary PappajohnCenter, which houses classroomsused by the Des Moines HigherEducation Collaborative and theDes Moines Public Schools at1200 Grand Ave.

LAW STUDENTS EARN ACCOLADES

The Law School faculty selectedtwo students in late spring toreceive major awards for leader-ship and accomplishment. 2005-06 Student Bar AssociationPresident Brooke Timmerreceived the Iowa State BarAssociation Award, given to thegraduating senior who by serv-ice, attitude and ability isexpected to be the most success-ful member of the class in lead-ership and service to the IowaState Bar.

Timmer led the Student BarAssociation in a very eventful andsuccessful year that saw theUniversity and the Law Schoolresponding to several challengesand undertaking a number ofmajor initiatives.

In addition to serving as SBApresident, she also served as

Governor of the American BarAssociation Law School Divisionfor the 8th Circuit and in thatcapacity traveled widely onbehalf of the ABA representingit and working with Student BarAssociations at other schools.

In conferring the award, thefaculty recognized strong leader-ship ability, team-building andconsensus-building skills, anddemonstrated capacity to serve theBar and the profession.

Selected to receive the 2006ALI-ABA Scholarship &Leadership Award was SarahRussell. Russell has been an activemember of the Student BarAssociation during her years atDrake, projects editor of theDrake Law Review, faculty-studentrepresentative at faculty meetings,and a leader and volunteer inmany other student organizations.

She graduated with high hon-

ors and has accepted a positionwith the Minneapolis law firm ofLockridge Grindal NauenP.L.L.P.

DISPLAY SHOWCASES DRAKE HISTORY

The 125th anniversary celebra-tion took to the road this springwith a historical display at thePolk County Heritage Gallery indowntown Des Moines.

The display highlights thedreamers, scholars and stargaz-ers who built Drake from a for-est on the edge of Des Moinesto Iowa’s largest private educa-tional institution.

The anniversary book DrakeUniversity, which showcases aUniversity timeline and photo-graphs by Pulitzer Prize-winnerDavid Peterson, remains on salefor $39.99. Call 515-271-2500 formore information.

DRAKE HOSTED THE GREATER DES MOINES PARTNERSHIP’SMULTICULTURAL CELEBRATION in March. The event connected peo-ple of diverse backgrounds in an effort to make them feel more athome in their new community. “It’s about being inclusive,” saidAlba Perez, diversity development director for the Greater DesMoines Partnership. “It’s an opportunity for new Iowans to meetpeople with similar cultures and backgrounds in the Des Moinesarea and see how truly multicultural this community is.” Drake’smulticultural student organizations were at the event with informa-tion tables and students served as hosts. The groups includedwere the Black Law Student Association, Coalition of BlackStudents, International Student Association, La Fuerza Latina,Muslim Student Association, Rainbow Union, South Asian StudentAssociation and Women’s Awareness Coalition.

competed against graduate students and beyond. NatalieNeimann, a sophomore soprano,was chosen as winner of therecent Fort Dodge, IA SymphonyYoung Artist Competition.

Both Bostwick and Neimannstudy under Leanne Freeman-Miller, Drake associate professorof voice.

PHARMACY STUDENTS ANALYZE‘PILLS AND BILLS’

The theme of the 2006 PharmacyDay in the College of Pharmacyand Health Science was “Pills and Bills on Capitol Hill,” look-ing at issues from the changes inMedicare benefits to proposedlaws governing the latest pharma-ceutical research.

Susan Winkler, a national offi-cer in the American PharmacyAssociation, delivered thekeynote address, titled“Becoming a Pharmacist: Getting Involved or Just Getting a Paycheck?”


HALF OF JOB WINNERS DRAKE STUDENTS

Drake students Brenna Gannonand Benton Hendrix wereamong the four winning candi-dates to hear the welcomewords “You’re hired!” at theFour Hire! competition confer-ence held in Des Moines.

Gannon, a senior majoring in international business andmarketing, was hired by thePrincipal Financial Group as an assistant communicationsconsultant.

Hendrix, a senior majoring inmanagement and marketing,was hired as a farm underwrit-ing trainee by Allied Insurance– A Nationwide Company.

The Four Hire! Program is anew annual competitiondesigned by the Greater DesMoines Partnership’s YoungProfessionals Connection toretain Iowa college graduatesfor job opportunities in the DesMoines metro area.

The four winning candidateswere selected from applicationsand three-minute videos submit-ted by students from around thestate. Twelve candidates beganthe competition by participating

in an interview process witheach of the four companies onJan. 13.

The candidates were nar-rowed to eight based on theirperformance in the first groupchallenge on Feb. 10, whichinvolved developing a market-

ing plan to attract potential residents to the Des Moinesarea. The candidates then facedan individual challenge on Feb.24 when they were asked todevise plans to address thepotential needs of the new DesMoines Central Library.

The four hiring companieschose the four winning candi-dates based on each candidate’sperformance completing thesetasks.

SINGERS SOCK IT TOCOMPETITION

A pair of Drake University musicstudents recently made bigsplashes in local and nationalcompetitions.

Timothy Bostwick, a baritonesinger from Cedar Falls, IA, wasselected as one of 30 semifinal-ists chosen to compete in the“Singer of the Year” competitionsponsored by the Shreveport(LA) Opera. Bostwick, a junior,was the youngest person select-ed for the competition and

DRAKE LAW SCHOOL HOSTED A BEVY OF TOP SPEAKERSAND GUEST LECTURERS during the spring semester.U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas (aboveleft) spent a week at Drake as a guest lecturer. BBCjournalist Justin Webb (above right) discussed whyAmerica was drifting apart from its traditional alliesduring the annual Supreme Court Celebration. StephenRapp (left) a former U.S. attorney in Iowa and a 1974Drake Law School alumnus, detailed his pursuit andprosecution of suspects in the 1994 Rwandan geno-cide that left 800,000 dead.

RENOWNED OPERA SINGER AND TEACHER SHERRILL MILNES, FA’57,GR’58, during a visit to his alma mater, offered his insights to Drakevoice students in a special master class.

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ASK KIM DEJOODE ABOUT HEAD START. But a note ofwarning: Clear out a little time on the schedule.The Des Moines mother of four has a lot to say —all of it good.

“It’s the best thing that ever happened to meand my children,” she says. “The program gave memore confidence as a parent. It got my son readyfor kindergarten in ways that I just wouldn’t haveknown. I can talk all day about it and still not sayall the good things I have on my mind.”

Head Start is a national comprehensive pre-school program that helps prepare children fromlow-income families for school. The program alsoserves parents, teaching them the skills they needto make their home a good learning and growingenvironment as well as help families look athealth, nutrition and a host of other social issues.

HEAD START CELEBRATES ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY ATDRAKE THIS YEAR — one of only a handful of pro-grams nationwide hosted at a college or university.Making a home at Drake gives Head Start accessto the latest educational research, top facultyexperts in the fields of early childhood develop-ment and learning as well as a host of students

In the Starting BlocksDRAKE HEAD START PROGRAM CELEBRATES

30 YEARS OF OFFERING AN EDGE TO KIDS AND PARENTS

interested in one with a variety of fields that canbenefit the program.

“We’ve had information technology majors comein and help us put together interactive computerprograms,” says Georgia Sheriff (above), director ofHead Start at Drake. “We’ve had finance studentshelp with bookkeeping issues. These are peoplewho aren’t necessarily interested in working withchildren but we offer learning opportunities formore than just education students.”

In fact, Head Start provides learning opportuni-ties all around. DeJoode says she learned how tobe a better mom through Head Start programs,growing in confidence enough that she’s thinkingabout getting a teaching degree from Drake.

The kids, of course, get the full complement oflearning, health and safety programs — and a lit-tle bit of recess, too.

Even Sheriff and her staff learn a little some-thing everyday.

“I never walk away from an interaction with aparent or student without learning something,”she says. “That’s the beauty of this program.Everyone grows.”

— Daniel Finney, JO’87

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THREE NEW LEVITTPROFESSORS APPOINTED

In recognition of their superiorperformance, three faculty mem-bers were honored by the DrakeBoard of Trustees and awardedEllis and Nelle Levitt distin-guished professorships.

Laurie Dore, professor of law,Jack Gerlovich, professor ofeducation, and Lon Larson, pro-fessor of pharmacy administra-tion, are the recent recipients ofthis honor.

Provost Ron Troyer and a committee of at least five facultymembers who currently hold special university or distinguishedprofessorships recommended theprofessors for the appointments.The criteria includes teachingeffectiveness, professional contri-butions through scholarly activity, holding leadership rolesand consulting activities as well as contributions to the mis-sion of the department, collegeand University.

MCCORD ELECTED TOAMERICAN LAW INSTITUTE

The American Law Instituterecently selected David McCord,Drake University Law Schoolprofessor, to its prestigiousmembership.

A national organization, theinstitute allows members by elec-tion only. The group’s 2,700members include judges, lawyersand law teachers from all areasof the United States and someforeign countries. Members areselected on the basis of profes-sional achievement and demon-strated interest in the improve-ment of American law.

McCord is a nationally recog-nized expert on criminal law, evi-dence and the death penalty. Heearned his doctor of jurispru-dence cum laude from HarvardLaw School and his bachelor’sdegree summa cum laude fromIllinois Wesleyan University. Hehas served as a Drake professorsince 1984. Before his time in the

classroom, McCord was an assis-tant attorney general for thestate of Arizona and a memberof the Wentworth & Lundin lawfirm in Phoenix.

EDUCATION, BIOLOGYPROFESSORS EARN GRANTS

Jack Gerlovich, the Ellis andNelle Levitt professor of educa-tion, has been awarded a three-year grant totaling $450,000 fromthe Iowa Department ofEducation for a project titled“Science ProfessionalDevelopment Program: ACollaborative Approach.” Theproject involves Drake, CentralCollege, Graceland Universityand the Green Valley Iowa AreaEducation Agency joining forcesto enhance the content knowl-edge and teaching skills of sci-ence teachers in participatingGreen Valley schools.

Jerry E. Honts, associate pro-fessor of biology, has received a$28,031 grant from the NationalScience Foundation through theUniversity of Northern Coloradofor a research project titled“Design Principles for EffectiveMolecular Animations.”

FACULTY HONORS

Jane DeWitt, assistant professorof social and administrative sci-ences, received the 2005-2006Drake Pharmacy Teacher of theYear award.

June Johnson, associate pro-fessor of pharmacy practice anddirector of faculty and sitedevelopment, received the2005-2006 Drake PharmacyMentor of the Year Award.

Linda Krypel, associate profes-sor of pharmacy practice,received the 2005-2006 DrakePharmacy Hartig FacultyDevelopment Award in recogni-tion of innovative patient careand scholarship.

Geoff Wall, associate profes-sor of pharmacy practice,

received the 2005-2006 DrakePharmacy Faculty Preceptor ofthe Year award.

Sally Haack, assistant profes-sor of pharmacy, received the2005-2006 Drake PharmacyHartig Faculty DevelopmentAward for promoting entrepre-neurial endeavors in communitypharmacy practice.

Art Sanders, professor of poli-tics and chair of the Departmentof Politics and InternationalRelations, received theCentennial Scholar Award in the College of Arts and Sciencesfor distinguished achievementsas a scholar.

Brian Sanders, associate pro-fessor of psychology and head ofthe Neuroscience Program,received the OutstandingTeacher Award in the College ofArts and Sciences.

Stuart Klugman, the PrincipalFinancial Group distinguishedprofessor of actuarial science,received the David B. LawrenceOutstanding UndergraduateTeaching Award in the Collegeof Business and PublicAdministration.

Inchul Suh, assistant professorof finance, was selected for theOutstanding Graduate TeachingAward in the College of Businessand Public Administration.

Brad Meyer, associate profes-sor of management, was selectedfor the Outstanding GraduateTeaching Award in the Collegeof Business and PublicAdministration.

Tom Root, associate professorof finance, received the Harry I.Wolk Research Award/Outstanding Faculty ScholarAward in the College of Businessand Public Administration.

Jerry Anderson, the Richard M.and Anita Calkins distinguishedprofessor of law, received the2006 Leland S. Forrest Award foroutstanding teaching in theDrake University Law School.

PROFESSORS NAMED LEVITT AWARD WINNERS

Leanne Freeman-Miller, GR’96, associate professor of voice, is the2006 winner of the Madelyn Levitt Teacher of the Year award —the highest honor awarded to teachers at Drake. An accomplishedvocalist with hundreds of concerts and performances to her creditlocally, regionally and nationally, Freeman-Miller drives students tosucceed and consistently earns the respect and dedication of herstudents in her rigorous voice lessons and classes.

Eleanor E. Zeff, associate professor of political science, is the2005-2006 winner of the Madelyn M. Levitt Mentor of the YearAward — the highest honor given to mentors at Drake. Zeff servesas a faculty adviser to applicants for Fulbright Scholarships, whichprovide grant money to students for the pursuit of post-graduateresearch and teaching assistantships. Under Zeff’s guidance, threerecent graduates have been offered Fulbright grants — a recordfor Drake.

Eleanor Zeff

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MARK KENDE COULD HAPPILY DISCUSS CHESS STRATEGY FOR HOURS. He began playingat the age of 12 and he’s since traveled extensively to compete in nationaltournaments and compiled a small library of books on the subject. And,despite a 10-year stretch when he did not play competitively at all, he stillqualifies as an expert — just one level below master. The game is a passionof Kende’s; it’s just not THE passion.

But when the topic turns toward Constitutional Law Kende’s eyes light upand he sits a little straighter in his chair. Get Kende going on the subject andhe seems more like a kid talking comic books or video games than a profes-sor rattling on about a document that’s been a subject of study for more than200 years.

Kende, the James Madison chair, professor and director of Drake’sConstitutional Law Center, has an interest in the subject that extends beyondthe parchment signed by John Hancock and company. His fervor and dedica-tion have allowed him to acquire vast knowledge of the constitutional intrica-cies of several countries — making him a widely respected authority on theSouth African Constitution.

A DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEW. While teaching at the Montana Law School in2000, Kende received a Fulbright Research and Lecturing Scholarship thatallowed him to teach at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa. Thisafforded him the rare opportunity to meet with several scholars who helpeddraft that country’s constitution just four years earlier and to interview someof the first justices to sit on the country’s high court.

“Imagine the opportunity to go speak with the founding fathers of theUnited States and discuss with them the subtleties of the U.S. Constitution,”he says. “It’s not quite the same thing, but it was fascinating. For a Con Lawnerd like me it was a great experience.”

Since then Kende has published several articles on the South AfricanConstitution, many on the topic of positive social rights, which guaranteerights such as health care to citizens. These rights are the responsibility of thegovernment to provide and the courts to enforce — a concept completelyunheard of in the United States.

“South African scholars have criticized the courts for not being aggressiveenough in enforcing these rights,” Kende says. “The government has mostlycomplied — they’re still dragging their heels, but it’s better. Being there real-ly opened my eyes to an entirely different way of seeing things.”

— Tim Schmitt

LAW PROFESSOR BRINGS PASSION TO HIS PASTIMES AND HIS PROFESSION

Master of His Game

spotlight


2005-06 ATHLETICS IN REVIEW

FOOTBALL

Sophomore running back ScottPhaydavong was named a repeatselection to The Sports NetworkI-AA Mid-Major All-Americanfootball team for the 2005 sea-son. Phaydavong, who rushed for1,550 yards with eight touch-downs in just 204 carries (7.6avg. per carry), led the PioneerFootball League in rushing forthe second straight year andenjoyed eight straight 100-yardplus rushing games to close outthe season.

WOMEN’S SOCCER

Drake’s Corbin Stone was namedthe Missouri Valley ConferenceCoach of the Year after leadingthe Bulldogs to their third consec-utive MVC regular season champi-onship and second consecutiveundefeated MVC season at 5-0-1.Stone was honored for the thirdconsecutive season after earningthe honor in 2003 and co-coachof the year plaudits in 2004.

MEN’S SOCCER

Drake finished the 2005 seasonwith a 9-9-2 record, including a 4-2-1 mark in the Missouri ValleyConference to earn its fourth con-secutive post season berth. TheBulldogs earned their first post-season win since 1997 with a 2-1comeback victory over MissouriState in the MVC Tournamentquarterfinal match.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Junior Ashley Anklam finished54th out of 253 runners in theNCAA Women’s Cross CountryChampionships at Terre Haute,IN, covering the 6,000-meterrace in a personal best of 20minutes 42.9 seconds. Anklamrecorded the highest finish(sixth) of any Iowa collegian inthe NCAA Midwest Regional inIowa City, IA.

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY

Drake finished second in theMissouri Valley ConferenceChampionships Nov. 5 inEvansville, IN, marking the thirdtime in the last four years theBulldogs have finished second inthe league race. The Bulldogsplaced five runners in the top 20,led by senior Nick Cooper whowas 11th.

VOLLEYBALL

Senior outside hitter LindseyJohnson led the Missouri ValleyConference with a career-high 43service aces (0.42 avg). She fin-ished her career with 119 serviceaces, the third best tally in Drakehistory. Johnson also ranked 10thon the career digs list with 824digs. Junior outside hitter MeganVeltman led Drake with 374 kills,while ranking fourth in the MVCwith 3.56 kills per game.

MEN’S BASKETBALL

Junior guard Al Stewart, whoranked second in the MVC inassists (4.7 avg.) and fourth (61)

in steals, was named to the five-member All-MVC NewcomerTeam. Stewart’s 144 assistsranked third on the school singleseason list and were the most bya Drake player since StephfonButler had 147 in 1984-85. Healso tied with Matt Woodley(1997-98) for seventh on theschool single-season steals chart.

WOMEN’S BASKETBALL

Junior Jill Martin led Drake inscoring 15 times, while recording14 double-doubles this season.Martin ranks fifth on the school’scareer double-double chart with25. She scored 20 or more points10 times, including a string offour consecutive 20-plus games.Sophomore Lindsay Whorton ledDrake with 54 three-point baskets.

WOMEN’S INDOOR TRACK

Junior Kasey McDaniel becamejust the second Drake womanever to win a hurdles title in theMissouri Valley ConferenceIndoor Championships when shecaptured the 60 meter hurdles at

the UNIDome in Cedar Falls, IA,Feb. 25. She was timed in anNCAA provisional qualifyingtime of 8.43 seconds. HollyJohnson was the only previousDrake athlete to win the hurdleswhen she captured the 60 yardhurdles at the 1984 MVCWomen’s Indoor meet.

MEN’S INDOOR TRACK

Sophomore Derek Johnsonbecame the first Drake athlete towin the men’s hurdles in 27 yearswhen he earned the 60 hurdlescrown at the Missouri ValleyConference IndoorChampionships. Johnson wasclocked in 7.88 seconds. GregRumple won the 60 yard hurdlesat the 1979 MVC Indoor meetfor Drake.

WOMEN’S TENNIS

Drake, which earned the No. 5seed for the MVC tournament,advanced to the conferencesemifinals for the ninth straightyear, before falling to eventualchampion Wichita State, 4-0.

CLUBB BECOMES NEW TOP BULLDOG

Sandy Hatfield Clubb joined Drake Athletics inAugust as the University’s 16th athletic director.

Hatfield Clubb, 42, was theassistant athletic director andsenior women’s administrator atArizona State University beforeher appointment at Drake.

“Sandy Hatfield Clubb is theperfect person to build on thewonderful progress of DrakeAthletics achieved during DaveBlank’s tenure,” Drake PresidentDavid Maxwell said. “She has anational reputation for her greatsuccess in all facets of athleticsadministration at a majorDivision I institution and, at thesame time, she has an under-standing of and passion for thedistinctive role of athletics at Drake University.”

Hatfield Clubb is the third woman to serve asathletic director in the Missouri Valley

Conference. Hatfield Clubb will be one of 25women athletic directors at the 334 schools

playing NCAA Division I basket-ball and the first in Iowa. She isactive in the NationalAssociation of CollegiateWomen AthleticsAdministrators, which strives toenhance college athletics andto promote the growth, leader-ship and success of women asathletics administrators, profes-sional staff, coaches and student-athletes.

An avid mountain climber,swimmer, cyclist and triathlete,Hatfield Clubb grew up inBethesda, MD, and her hus-band, Jeffrey Clubb, is a native

of Sigourney, IA. They are the parents of twochildren — a son, Tristan, 7, and a daughter,Skyelar, 4.

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Drake freshmen IrinaKalashnikova and SarahPlowman fell in the finals of theNos. 2 and 6 singles flights,respectively, at the MissouriValley Conference IndividualChampionships.

MEN’S TENNIS

Drake posted a school record 24-3mark, being rated sixth in thefinal Fila Collegiate TennisCentral Region rankings en routeto winning the Missouri ValleyConference Championship andadvancing to the NCAATournament for the first timesince 1994. The Bulldogs fell tohost Oklahoma State, 4-1, in thefirst round of the NCAATournament.

WOMEN’S CREW

The Bulldogs closed out the sea-son by placing fourth in thewomen’s varsity eight at the 68thannual Dad Vail Regatta inPhiladelphia, PA. Drake won thethird qualifying heat in thewomen’s heavyweight eight, cov-ering the 2,000-meter course in 7minutes 8.84 seconds to advanceto the semifinal round where itfinished fifth in its heat in6:53.45. Drake also advanced tothe semifinal round in the juniorvarsity heavyweight eight.

SOFTBALL

Senior Shanna Cook, an all-MVCpick at third base, fueled Drake’soffense in the MVC Tournamentwith two two-run home runsagainst the MVC Pitcher of theYear Cassidy Scoggins in theBulldogs’ 4-1 win over SouthernIllinois. Cook became just the sec-ond Drake player to hit two homeruns in a single game, followingOlympian Dani Tyler who hadtwo against Wisconsin-Green Bayin 1994. Cook’s feat also tied fiveothers for the MVC Tournamentrecord with the two home runs.

MEN’S GOLF

Senior Kane Hanson competed inthe NCAA Central Regional golftournament at the Sand RidgeGolf Club in Chardon, OH, fin-ishing 75th out of 141 golfers byposting a 14-over par 73-75-79=227. Hanson was one of 18 at-large golfers selected nationally toplay in one of three regional tour-naments. Twenty-seven teams andsix individuals not on selectedteams were assigned to eachregional site.

WOMEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK

Junior Ashley Anklam finished13th in the 5,000 meters at theNCAA Midwest Regional, clock-ing in with a time of 18:05.21.Junior Kasey McDaniel loweredher school record in the women’s100 meter hurdles at the NCAAMidwest Regional Track and FieldChampionships, being clocked in13.63 seconds, bettering her pre-vious school mark of 13.64 set atthe Iowa Musco Twilight MeetApril 15. Senior Kelly Malarkeylowered her school record in the3,000 steeplechase en route to asixth-place finish at the MVCChampionship.

MEN’S OUTDOOR TRACK

Senior Matt Sanderson compet-ed in the NCAA MidwestRegional for the third straightyear in the long jump. He fin-ished 12th with a leap of 24 feet3.75 inches. Sophomore MarcusGaines finished 18th with a jumpof 23-10. Sanderson, a six-timeAll-Missouri Valley Conferenceperformer, won the long jumpfor the second time in threeyears at the Missouri ValleyConference Outdoor Track andField Championships in Wichita,KS, soaring 25 feet 4.50 incheson his second attempt to tie aschool record. He also won thelong jump crown at the 2004MVC Outdoor Championships.

WHEN DRAKE SOFTBALL PITCHER JESSICA HICKS UNLEASHES ONEOF HER MERCILESS FASTBALLS, SHE MAKES A NOISE THAT’S, WELL,A LITTLE ODD.

The sound falls somewhere between the muffled squeak of a dog’s chew toy and the high-pitched whine of an ambu-lance siren.

“It’s not something I do on purpose,” says the senior fromColfax, IA. “I think it’s because I don’t breathe right when Ipitch. The muscles are contracted in my stomach too tightand I make that weird noise.”

Good breathing techniques or not, the senior public rela-tions and marketing major finished up her Drake career thisspring second all-time in strikeouts, first in appearances andone of the Bulldogs’ top hurlers in history.

After she finishes a pair of marketing classes in the fall 2006semester, Hicks will trade her glove and spikes for a new kindof pitching: that of a PR spokeswoman and marketer.

“It will be different not to be playing softball because that’ssomething I’ve done all my life,” she says. “I’m anxious tolearn and do something new. I might coach someday, but Idon’t want to be 30 and have only been a softball player orcoach. I want to get some new experiences.”

Hicks has already notched a pair of marketing internshipsand spent a day shadowing a Des Moines-area media consult-ant. She says the mental pressure of playing in big gameshelped prepare her for the post-Drake professional world.

“The things I’ve done in athletics give me a lot of confi-dence,” she says. “I feel like I can go anywhere and make a con-tribution. I have a lot to learn, but I’m up for the challenge.”

Hicks will be in the boardroom as she was on the softballfield: dominating.

— Daniel P. Finney, JO’97

Hurler’snew pitch

SOFTBALL STAR JESSICA HICKS LEAVES DUGOUT FOR THE BOARDROOM

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Drake President David Maxwell and two dozen of the University’s closestfriends — from public officials to major donors — gathered on a gray,rainy Saturday to christen the revitalized Drake Stadium

The $15-million project includes a state-of-the-art artificial surface field for football andsoccer programs, an internationally certifiedtrack that allows world records to be set at theDrake Relays once again, replaced all the seat-ing in the stadium and completely renovatedthe press box.

Despite unpleasant weather on RelaysSaturday, the reopening of the 81-year-oldbuilding proved a dramatic success. Crews gut-ted the stadium the day after the 2005 girlsand boys state track meets in May. Thus begana race to renovate Drake Stadium just in timefor the 2006 Relays.

Festivities during the week also includedthe dedication of Drake’s newest bulldog — a750-pound bronze sculpture — which willstand guard outside Drake Plaza, a brick walk-way and arch under development at the cor-ner of the former 28th Street and ForestAvenue, both made possible by generous giftsfrom Drake alumni and friends.

The statue is a gift from Andy and ElaineHanna Wright, a pair of 1969 Drake gradu-ates, with additional support from the Class of1997. The Wrights’ son, James Wright and hiswife, Bethany (Hornblad) Wright, both gradu-ated from Drake in 1997. Andy Wright, ofBarrington Hills, IL, is a member of the DrakeBoard of Trustees.

The plaza and archway, due for comple-tion this summer, are made possible by a$500,000 gift from Peggy Fisher, a 1970 Drakealumna, and her husband, Larry Stelter, ofUrbandale, IA.

Maxwell saved a final surprise for Saturday afternoon’s rededicationceremony. With rain pouring off an umbrella and wind tossing about hisscript, Maxwell grinned and looked into the faithful Relays crowd andannounced that Drake and Des Moines will host the 2007 NCAAMidwest Regional Outdoor Track and Field Championships.

The championship, which draws as many as 1,100 athletes, is scheduledfor May 25-26, 2007. Drake is also among six schools that have been noti-fied that they are finalists for hosting the 2008, 2009 and 2010 NCAATrack and Field Outdoor Championships.

“It’s coming,” Maxwell said. “Drake and Des Moines are truly theMidwest capital of track and field.”

Relays Weekend Brings NewEvents, Rejuvenated Stadium

Rick Wanamaker, JO’70, records an oral history with Cowles

library staff.

Drake President David Maxwell helps Elaine, ED’69, and

Andy, BN’69, Wright unleash the new bronze bulldog.

Some of the people who made the revitalization of Drake Stadium possi-

ble cut a ribbon to rechristen the rejuvenated building.

This year’s Relays included an opening night

ceremony featuring a parade of athletes, fire-

works and a lighting of a torch signaling the

official opening of the 97th running of the

Drake Relays.


ident David Maxwell helps Elaine, ED’69, and

9, Wright unleash the new bronze bulldog.

Peggy Fisher, FA'70, and her husband, Larry Stelter’s gift will

make the new stadium plaza soon become a reality.Drake Relays parade marshals Dan, PH’63, and Patricia Jorndt,

LA’64, toss candy to children along the route

LIVING LEARNING

Living and Learningand

The evolving storyof how studentslive, study and playon campus across125 years

By Daniel P. Finney, JO’97

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125 years of Drake History, Part 4: Living and Learning

Living and LearningThe evolving story of hocampus across 125 years


LIVING LEARNING




THE NOTION OF CAMPUS LIFE MIGHT WELL HAVE BEFUDDLED EARLY

DRAKE STUDENTS AND ADMINISTRATORS.

WHEN DRAKE OPENED ITS DOORS 125 YEARS AGO STUDENTS WERE

EXPECTED TO ABSTAIN FROM DRINKING, SMOKING, CAROUSING,

SWEARING AND OTHER UNCOUTH ACTIVITIES. THEY WERE TO BE IN

CHAPEL ON A REGULAR BASIS — AFTER ALL, DRAKE WAS AN OUT-

GROWTH OF THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST CHRISTIAN CHURCH AND, IN

ESSENCE, A PAROCHIAL SCHOOL OF HIGHER LEARNING.

n 1881 male students lived in Drake’s first building, the Students’Home. The student body quickly outgrew the poorly constructedframe house and students boarded in homes and apartments

around campus or, in the case of many women, in the homes of mar-ried faculty members. Students lived in off-campus boarding housesfor about 60 cents a week.

GREAT RATES

The first classes at Drake set their own prices for room and board inthe Students’ Home. The students determined costs, furnished allsupplies and paid all bills through a board of elected officers, subjectto the direction of the entire body of residence in a public meeting.

Yet life was not all joy in the Students’ Home. In the fall of 1882 anoutbreak of typhoid fever turned the Students’ Home into a hospital.One student died there and another died after returning home.“Several lingered long upon the verge of dissolution, but rallied andwent home for a long convalescence,” the 1890 annual The Ekard says.

Drake razed the rickety building in 1898. The experiment in on-campus housing was considered a failure and nearly ended thenotion of residence life at the University.

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DORM DOLDRUMS

Early Drake administrators generally believed that on-campus hous-ing was a bad idea. According to the 1903-04 University catalog, “thedormitory system is now generally discarded as inimical to the healthand morals of students,” according to Drake University Through 75Years by the late Charles Ritchey, professor emeritus of history.

By 1911, Drake leaders softened on the idea of residence halls.President Hill M. Bell, after whom the Bell Center recreation andexercise building adjacent to the Knapp Center is named, suggestedthat young women should live in on-campus housing but did notextend the same offer to male students.

Even then, it was not until 1920 when the temporary Craig House— named after the University’s second chancellor, Bayard Craig —was built as a community for women did on-campus housing becomea reality for Drake. Mary Carpenter Craig, daughter of Drakefounder George Carpenter and widow of Bayard Craig, took chargeof the women’s home.

THE BOYS ARE BACK

It took another two decades before Drake was comfortable lettingthe boys back on campus. In 1940 Jewett Student Union and men’sresidence opened. The new student union was nicknamed TheKennel and its rules allowed for smoking — a first in Drake history.

Drake’s founders and early leaders regarded smoking as immoral.Yet, as the years went on and campus community values changed,smoking was mostly frowned upon for its unsanitary waste and firehazard issues.

Smoking was a symbol of the subtle shift in campus culture, drift-ing farther away from serious parochial roots to the more independ-ent, individual student-driven campus of today. Also in 1940 thedaily meeting of students was discontinued — a tradition that datedback to the daily chapel meetings that were a part of the Universityfrom the start. Individual student organizations gained more power.

GREEK RISING

The University regarded social fraternities and sororities much thesame as smoking. In 1901, the first attempt to organize a fraternalsociety was outlawed by campus leaders.

At the time, Drake social activities revolved around literary soci-eties. The Alethean Society met to discuss weighty current events.The Berean Society formed for ministerial students and others whowere preparing themselves for a lifetime of Christian service. ThePhilomath Society competed in debates and performed serious literary criticism both on campus and in statewide competitions.

Eventually, however, the literary societies lost favor with studentswho preferred the more informal gatherings and activities offeredin the Greek system. Sigma Beta Kappa, the first social fraternity,formed in 1903. Yet it took until 1921 for the fraternity to be grant-ed a national petition. Sigma Beta Kappa became part of SigmaAlpha Epsilon, making it Drake’s first fraternity.

Today, 15 social fraternities and sororities dot Greek Street — 34thStreet between Forest and University avenues — and many Drake stu-dents hold memberships in a Greek organization. Sigma AlphaEpsilon remains, making it the oldest social organization at Drake.

BURGEONING BULLDOGS

After World War II campus life at Drake took another dramaticturn. Thousands of veterans returning from the war took their G.I.Bill benefits to Drake. Enrollment swelled and with only two resi-dence halls — Jewett and Morehouse — the University opened atrailer park in the area where the quad residence halls are today at30th Street and University Avenue.

These Drake students were often married and working full- orpart-time while continuing their education. They were older, intheir middle 20s through their early 30s. They had seen the world.They had a firmer sense of who they were than the first-year stu-dents of the 1940s and they knew what they wanted: an educationthat would advance them in their post-war lives. They were seriousabout school and made little time for recreation.

Still, a community developed among the trailer court dwellers.“Outdoor bathhouses are the gossip centers of the trailer court,”wrote John Chuck, a G.I. Bill Drake student, in the 1950 Quax.“Friends are a real asset. In the summer my neighbor lends me myrake, in the winter I lend him his snow shovel.”

SOCIAL ANXIETIES

The 1960s brought about more significant changes in student culture.For much of its life, Drake was a traditional, patriarchal institution inwhich administration and faculty made the majority of decisionsabout the campus.

The new generation of students, however, wanted more controlover their destiny. As social unrest related to the Vietnam War grew,students became increasingly frustrated with an administration theybelieved was unwilling to listen to them.

In 1968, more than 800 students marched on Old Main anddemanded more participation in engineering their academic livesand less interference by the University in their private lives. The stu-dents held protest signs with slogans such as “Administration (toStudent): Grow Up. Student: Let Me!”

In response, President Paul Sharp reworked the University’s admin-istration and hired Donald V. Adams to be Drake’s first vice presidentof student life. Adams served as a trusted ambassador between frus-trated students and traditionalists in the faculty and administration.Unlike many other institutions, Drake avoided serious riots duringthe difficult time and held several memorable peace conferences in1969 discussing race, social and gender issues.

By the 1970s and ’80s, student unrest calmed. Yearbook picturesshow men in their underwear holding cans of beer. Floors of resi-dence halls were nicknamed everything from “Middle Earth” in hom-age to J.R. Tolkien to “Unwed Mothers of Alcatraz,” in homage to,well, it’s best not to know.

In the 1990s, the Internet came to the world — and to Drake —changing the way students communicated and even attended class.Today, the student body and the faculty are more diverse — both inrace and thought —than ever.

And though students may not set their own rates for room andboard, they set their own destinies.

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THE SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM AND MASS COMMUNICATION IS TAKING A HOST OF RECENT AWARDS AS A CHALLENGE TO RETHINK ITS APPROACH

AND MAKE WHAT IS WORKING WELL, EVEN BETTER.

hen Tiger Woods won his third Masters tournament in 2002 he was virtually unbeatable and

widely considered the best golfer in the world. Yet, later that year, Woods began the process of

altering the swing that brought him success and had already made him a legend. This risky endeavor

left many observers scratching their heads, but Woods succinctly explained the decision: “I thought I

could become better.”

The result? In 2004, Woods became the only player ever to surpass the $40 million mark in career

earnings and in 2005 became only the third player ever to win the Masters for a fourth time. Woods’

decision to change his approach, even while at the top of his game, made him not only the greatest

player of the day, but one of the best of all time.

While the achievements of Drake’s School of Journalism and Mass Communication may not be as

widely celebrated as those of Tiger Woods, the parallels remain.

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In recent years, Drake SJMC students in all fields of studyhave surpassed their peers by sweeping state and nationalawards competitions and acquiring prestigious nationalinternships at an unprecedented rate. These successes are aresult of the school’s commitment to providing studentswith real-world experiences in the classroom and throughpartnerships with media entities. The approach is working.

REVAMPING THE SWING

Despite the awards and accolades, the SJMC believes it cando better. The school is now in the process of reevaluatingits curriculum, looking for ways to add to the coursework,making better use of recent alumni feedback and incorpo-rating new technologies into existing coursework.

The swing that’s proven so successful in recent years isbeing revamped.

Rachel DeSchepper, JO’06, could be the poster child forwhat is already working within the SJMC. Even while finish-ing the final classes of her senior year, DeSchepper wasalready employed full-time as an associate editor ofMeredith’s Country Home magazine.

The chain of events that led DeSchepper to this placebegan in her first semester at Drake when she served as anassociate editor of Drake Magazine. She later became editorand then editor in chief. This experience and the personalguidance from professors, she explains, led to an intern-ship at Meredith, a prestigious American Society ofMagazine Editor’s internship at Travel and Leisure magazinein New York, an apprenticeship at Country Home and ulti-mately her first professional job before graduation.

“I started writing from day one in the journalism pro-gram, and it really was a coordinated chain of events thatled me here,” she says. “I really do see my professors asfriends. I know what’s going on in their lives, and theyknow what’s happening in my life. Their doors are alwaysopen and that’s always been helpful to me.”

Partnerships such as the relationship developed betweenthe SJMC and Meredith make experiences likeDeSchepper’s the norm, rather than the exception.

Bridget Nelson, an incoming senior in the SJMC, recent-ly worked as an apprentice at Meredith’s Better Homes andGardens magazine, where she rotated through several differ-ent departments learning as many different aspects of themagazine as possible. She’s worked in the test kitchen as arecipe taster and had articles published on everything fromkite festivals to artichokes.“Looking back to my editing and writing from last Augustcompared to now, it’s remarkable how much I’ve learned,”she says. “It’s been great being in the magazine environ-ment for 20 hours a week and learning how much moregoes into the process than I ever imagined.”

Like DeSchepper and a growing number of Drake jour-nalism students, Nelson used this experience to land anASME internship and worked this summer at Readers Digestin New York.


A NICE PROBLEM TO HAVE

Though the accomplishments of these twostudents are impressive, they are truly notunusual in the SJMC. Students seem to becompeting mainly with one another forregional and national awards that recognizetheir skills and accomplishments.

“In all honesty, it’s hard to keep track ofall the awards students have earned,” says PatPrijatel, E.T. Meredith distinguished profes-sor of journalism and associate dean of theSJMC. “It’s a nice problem to have.”

For example: every issue of 515 magazinepublished by Drake seniors in the past fiveyears has won first place in at least onenational competition. In 2005 the student-run magazines 515, Drake Magazine and DrakeOnline swept the Society of ProfessionalJournalist’s national competition, earningfirst place Mark of Excellence awards in eachof their respective categories.

This year Drake advertising studentsplaced in three of the four top spots in thenational Public Service AdvertisementStudent Competition; journalism studentswon nine regional SPJ Mark of Excellenceawards; Launch magazine won a Pacemaker,one of only 10 such awards presentednationally; and 515 magazine received a2005-06 silver crown award from ColumbiaScholastic Press.

These successes are a result, says Prijatel,of the school’s continued focus on teachingstudents to create exceptional content. Andthough it may seem perfectly appropriate atthis point to sit back and enjoy a job welldone, changes on the horizon, particularlyin terms of technology, are changing theentire media landscape and faculty withinthe SJMC are taking notice.

FOCUSED AND FLEXIBLE“We’re in a time of pretty significantupheaval right now,” says Prijatel.“Technology is changing dramatically andquickly and we’re trying to maintain a handleon the changing face of media and how wecan best take advantage of these changes.”

David Carlson, JO’73, president of theSociety of Professional Journalists and pro-fessor in the University of Florida’s college ofjournalism and communication, has, since1988, focused on the technological advancesthat allow for new methods of delivery ofinformation and news to the public —

changes he says are vital for a teaching insti-tution to stay abreast.

“I don’t think there is anything moreimportant than having that focus on technol-ogy,” he says. “Content is important, andDrake is great at teaching that aspect, butstudents now require more than studentsfrom my era did. They cannot classify them-selves as only print journalists or televisionjournalists or online journalists. They needskills that cross over from one medium tothe next and I’m proud of Drake for beingon top of that trend.”

The plan, says Prijatel, is not to teach newtechnologies, but to maintain a focus oncontent while integrating the latest technolo-gy into the act of communication. The mostnotable effort in this area is the creation ofYoung Alumni Board –– a concept uniqueamong Drake’s colleges and schools. Theboard is comprised of alumni who’ve gradu-ated in the past five years who can sharetheir experiences with faculty, keep themabreast of changes in the workplace, their

own use of technology and how best theSJMC might discuss its advantages and short-falls with students.

“We have alumni out there with a fresheducation and they are seeing how technolo-gy is used,” says Prijatel. “They know whatgave them the edge and can keep usinformed on how to keep that edge.

Tyler Marciniak, JO’05, who now works inthe New York Office of public relations firmCKPR, is one of 21 members of the SJMC’sYoung Alumni Board and believes youngalumni are in a unique position to con-tribute to the school.

“I had a great foundation in the basics ofjournalism at Drake,” he says. “Drake is greatat producing great writers and providinginternships, but there are always things thatyou won’t learn until you are on the job.Our goal is to minimize those things byrelaying them to the school so they can beincluded in the program.”

Marciniak sees the field of communicationsas one that is changing drastically, and veryquickly. His company recently began usingpodcasts to reach customers –– a concept thatdidn’t even exist just a year or two ago — andhe says it’s a constant challenge to make thebest use of emerging technologies.

“A podcast, no matter how cool a con-cept it is, is worthless unless you know howto produce good content,” explainsMarciniak. “The SJMC is headed in theright direction, continuing to focus ongreat content while incorporating newtechnology to get this content with a wideraudience. It’s a perfect match.”

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students Kalie McKee,

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Picture 2: Bridget Nelson

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Ripslinger working at TheDes Moines Register.


TRIO OF DRAKE GRADS RECEIVEFULBRIGHT GRANTS

For the first time in a single year,three recent graduates of DrakeUniversity have been offeredFulbright Grants for research andteaching assistantships in othernations during the 2006-2007 academic year.

Jessica Ernst, AS’06, will travelto Thailand to teach English as aforeign language, a new Fulbrightprogram for 2006; Linda Knoll,BN’06, will study multinationalbusiness practices in Mexico andBrittany Buchholz, AS’06, willexplore Islamic principles govern-ing reproductive health andadoption in Jordan.

Fulbright scholars endure a rig-orous selection process coordinat-ed by the Institute ofInternational Education andfunded by an annual appropria-tion made by Congress to theDepartment of State and by par-ticipating governments and hostinstitutions. The program awardsmore than $250 million per yearto promote “cross cultural interac-tion and mutual understandingthrough engagement in the com-munity and on a person-to-personbasis in an atmosphere of open-ness, academic integrity and intel-lectual freedom.”

COMMUNITY PHARMACIST EARNS DRAKE’S WEAVER MEDAL

Richard Hartig, PH’73, GR’81, acommunity pharmacist inDubuque, IA, was awarded theLawrence C. and Delores M.Weaver Medal of Honor, theCollege of Pharmacy and HealthScience’s highest alumni honor,and presented the Weaver lec-ture in April.

Hartig, the third generation tolead Hartig Drug Stores, hasalways championed the impor-tance of community pharmacy.His company is America’s secondoldest continuously operated

family drug chain, caring for cus-tomers in three states for morethan 100 years.

In 2002, Hartig, and his wife,Brenda, endowed the HartigPharmacy Fund for Drake’sCollege of Pharmacy andHealth Sciences with a gift of$500,000. The fund supports adistinguished professor award,faculty development and stu-dent scholarships.

HUMANITARIAN ALUMNAVASQUEZ HONORED ATSUPREME COURT CELEBRATION

Rose Vasquez, LW’85, executivedirector of the Polk County, IA,Human Services Alliance, washonored as Drake Law School’sAlumna of the Year at the recentSupreme Court Banquet.

A native of Moline, IL, Vasquezearned her bachelor’s degreefrom the University of Iowabefore attending Drake LawSchool. She is a member of DrakeLaw School’s Board of Counselorsand Drake’s National AdvisoryBoard on Diversity and is also anadjunct professor for the DrakeLaw School, teaching first-year lawstudents the fundamentals oflegal research and analysis.

Vasquez worked with GreaterDes Moines Partnership’s “ProjectDestiny” to transform the humanservices delivery system in CentralIowa, and in 2005 Iowa Gov. TomVilsack appointed Vasquez to theIowa Board of Regents where sheserves as chair of the humanresources committee.

ALUMS HONORED AT PHARMACY DAYTwo alumni were honored fortheir contributions to the profes-sion and their communities atthe College of Pharmacy andHealth Science’s annual student-organized Pharmacy Day.

Honored were Jay Langford,PH’44 and Tom Rickey, PH’68.Langford is a retired community

pharmacy owner in Illinois whohas made civic contributions inhis community, provided the col-lege with a major gift for class-room and laboratory renovationand belongs to Drake’s PresidentCircle. Rickey owns RespiratoryCare Pharmacy in Illinois, is anactive member in the IllinoisPharmacy Association, runs anannual health clinic in Haiti andis also a member of Drake’sPresident’s Circle.

NOMINATE ALUMNI ACHIEVERS

Cast a ballot for the 2007 alumniawards. The awards honor indi-viduals for outstanding achieve-ment in a career or professionand reflect the pride of DrakeUniversity in those achievements.Nominations can be in the fol-lowing categories: AlumniLoyalty, Young Alumni

Achievement, Young AlumniLoyalty, Alumni Achievementand the Distinguished Serviceaward, the top honor given toDrake alumni. Contact BarbDietrich Boose, director of alum-ni and parent programs, with thename of your nominee and rea-son for nomination by Dec. 15:[email protected]

NEW ALUMNI BOARD MEMBERS NAMED

Drake recently welcomed threenew members to its NationalAlumni Board.

Joe Aiello, BN’80, is presidentof Bassik Services Inc., andresides in St. Charles, MO. He isa former member of the DrakeParents Board along with hiswife Leslie Seyer Aiello, FA’79.

Peter Barber, JO’81, resides in

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WORLD-FAMOUS GROUP, FEATURING ALUMNI, PERFORMS AT DRAKE

Two Drake University graduates are among the world-renownedChanticleer men’s vocal ensemble that made a stop to performat Drake.

Justin Montigne, AS’99(above right) is an alto and in his thirdseason with the 12-member group. Montigne went on to gradu-ate studies at the University of Minnesota after Drake.

Thomas McCargar, a tenor and 2004 alumnus, is in his firstseason with Chanticleer. McCargar graduated summa cum laudewith a vocal performance degree.

Chanticleer, based in San Francisco, is the only independent,full-time classical vocal ensemble in the United States. Thegroup performs nearly 100 concerts per season worldwide withvivid interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazzand from gospel to venturesome new music. Praised by the NewYork Times for its “precise, pure and deeply felt singing,” and bythe . for its “luxurious perfection,” the Grammy Award-winninggroup has toured the United States, Asia and Europe.

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FROM A-FLATS TO ARIAS, ACCOMPLISHED ACCOMPANIST ALUMNUS HELPS STARS SHINE

Steele’s Mettle

MAKE NO MISTAKE, TIM STEELE, FA’81, IS A STAR. Oh, he’s notthe “American Idol”-type, vamping for the camera. No, he’sthe fellow who makes the stars in front of the audience shine.

Steele is one of the nation’s most accomplished accompa-nists. While the word accompanist might sound to theuntrained ear like “guy who plays background music,”Steele actually makes a lot of beautiful music possible.

AS AN OPERA COACH, Steele helps singers prepare their arias,teaching diction, pronunciation, musical technique, stylisticapproaches to music and proper presentation.

“In a lot of ways, it’s like an assistant football coach orbaseball coach,” Steele says from his home in Milton, MA.“You’re not actually throwing the pitches, but you’re makingsure they’re thrown right and hit their targets.”

Thus, Steele’s success comes not from belting out a bari-tone solo but from coaching a singer so that his or her ren-dition of an aria lives up to the quality of the material.

THE INTERPRETER. Many of the greatest operas are in Italianor German. Most American opera singers are not fluent inthose languages. Steele works with the singers to make sure

they not only know how to pronounce the words but howto emphasize them and add the drama needed to make ascene work.

“The singer needs to think in the language even if theydon’t speak it,” says Steele, who is a vocal coach on theopera faculty at the New England Conservatory and musicaldirector for Opera Providence. “My job is to help singersunderstand and feel the material so that they can ultimatelyperform the piece.”

STEELE’S FAVORITE MOMENTS come when he’s forced to workon the fly. From time to time, opera stars get sick or injuretheir vocal chords. Steele must swoop in and bring anunderstudy up to speed — sometimes with only a few hoursto spare. And though he never takes a bow before adoringfans, he nonetheless soaks up the adulation.

“Some of my happiest moments in my work have beenwhen I see an understudy hit all the right notes or land adifficult pronunciation because we worked together for sixhours getting the singer ready,” he says. “I may be out ofthe limelight, but that’s my time to shine.”

— Daniel P. Finney, JO’97

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125th UndergraduateCommencement Ceremony.

Jordan, seen here being hood-ed during the ceremony by JohnBurney, dean of the college ofarts and science (above left) andProvost Ron Troyer, is a 1938Drake grad whose music has soldmore than 250,000 copies world-wide, told those at the ceremony,“I am deeply grateful for thishonor. On a Saturday morningwhen I was 8 years old, my par-ents brought me to this campustook me to Howard Hall to helpme enroll in piano lessons in thepreparatory program. Since thatday, Drake has been a significantpart of my life.”

alumniupdateSeptemberTHURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7Drake’s 125th Birthday PartyEdina Country Club • Twin Cities

WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 13Let’s DU Lunch • Des MoinesSpeaker: Sandy Hatfield Clubb,Drake’s new athletic director

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 15 – SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 17Parents and Family Weekend

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29Drake All-Football ReunionKnapp Center

FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 29 – SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 30Homecoming, dedication ofJohnny Bright Field, 1981 DrakeFootball Team reunion

OctoberWEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4Let’s DU Lunch • Des MoinesSpeaker: Patty Kumbera,Founder of OutcomesPharmaceutical Health Care

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 10Law Alumni LuncheonDavenport, IA

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 19Drake’s 125th Birthday PartyWashington, DC

Law Alumni LuncheonMilwaukee, WI

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20Drake’s 125th Birthday PartyNew York City

Law Alumni Luncheon • Chicago

WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 25Drake’s 125th Birthday PartyChicago

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 26 – FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27Law Alumni Event • Denver

Oak Park, IL where he is theMcDonalds Account Director forthe DDB Chicago advertisingagency. Barber is a member ofthe School of Journalism andMass Communication’s NationalAdvisory Board and served on aChicago SJMC alumni panel in2002. Barber is an annual funddonor, helps with studentrecruitment and served onDrake’s National Commissionfrom 1987-88.

Roger Buss, BN’78, is anengagement partner with TatumCIO Partners in Plano, TX. Bussis a former alumni scholar andnow serves as an NationalAlumni Scholar interviewer.

COMPOSER AWARDEDHONORARY DEGREE

Renowned composer Alice YostJordan received an honorarydoctor of fine arts degree at the

DRAKE’S NATIONAL ALUMNI ASSOCIATION CELEBRATED THE ACHIEVE-MENTS of outstanding grads at the annual awards dinner held dur-ing commencement weekend.

(From left) The Young Alumni Loyalty Award was presented toKimberly E. White, BN’91, director of national accounts forFinishMaster, the nation’s leading distributor of automotive paints.Mark Ernst, BN’80, chairman of the board and CEO of H&R BlockInc., was presented the Alumni Achievement Award. The AlumniLoyalty went to James Collier, GR’70, a retired high school Englishteacher. The Young Alumni Achievement Award was awarded toSara M. Taylor, BN’97, deputy assistant to the President of theUnited States and director of political affairs. Edmund Sease,AS’64, LW’67, was given Drake’s Distinguished Service Award.

NovemberWEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 1Let’s DU Lunch • Des MoinesSpeaker: Charlie Wittmack,climber of Mount Everest

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 2Law Alumni ReceptionWashington, DC

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 3Drake’s 125th Birthday PartyKansas City

THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 9Law Alumni ReceptionKansas City

JanuaryTHURSDAY, JANUARY 25Drake’s 125th Birthday PartyDallas

FebruaryTHURSDAY, FEBRUARY 15Drake’s 125th Birthday PartyNaples

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 28Drake’s 125th Birthday PartySt. Louis

MarchMARCH 8 – 10Drake Law School Supreme CourtWeekend • Des Moines

AprilAPRIL 27 – 28Drake RelaysCluster Reunion: Classes of1986, 1987 and 1988Cluster Reunion: Classes of2001, 2002 and 2003

MayFRIDAY, MAY 11 – SATURDAY, MAY 12Class of 1957 ReunionAlumni Awards DinnerDes Moines

Visit www.drake.edu/alumni fordetails regarding alumni eventsand services, to update your con-tact information, to share newsand more.

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“PHARMACISTS ARE TRAINED TO BE ADVOCATES FOR PATIENTCARE, BUT OFTEN GET BOGGED DOWN WITH COUNTING PILLSAND INSURANCE PROBLEMS,” notes Patty Kumbera, a1988 Drake pharmacy graduate and secretary ofDrake’s National Alumni Association Board. “Likerediscovering the surprising scent of a scratch-and-sniffsticker long after it’s been left on a notebook, I like toreach out and ‘scratch’ pharmacists to remind themwhat they’re capable of.”

MISSION: POSSIBLE: Even as a youngster, Kumberafound a way around barriers. “As a kid, I’d tell all myfriends ‘just go ask — where’s the harm in that?’” sherecalls. This spunk is what Kumbera uses as a business-woman to press for modifications in the health care system while encouraging major drug store and health insurance executives to let their pharmacists be more involved as health care providers and medication experts.

The Lake Mills, IA, native and former communitypharmacist believes that by making it easier for phar-macists to consult with patients one-on-one, patientsreceive better results from their health care and greatlyreduced costs. So in 1999 Kumbera and her partnersfounded Outcomes Pharmaceutical Health Care, amedication therapy management firm.

TAKING THE LEAD: At a time when the importance ofmedication management was just starting to come tothe attention of the health care industry, Kumberaand her partners were the first to develop a practicalbusiness model for advanced pharmacist services and compensation. Now thousands of pharmaciststrained by the company care for more than a millioninsured patients, known as “covered lives” in theindustry, nationwide.

American Druggist honored Kumbera as one of its 50Most Influential Pharmacists. She is also a marriedmother of two teens and an active Drake supporter onvarious boards and in the College of Pharmacy andHealth Sciences. “Since I’m COO of a major company,my mom asked if I was still a pharmacist. I told her Imay not work behind the counter anymore, but I hopeI’m caring for more patients now than ever before.”

— Tracey L. Kelley

Covering LivesPHARMACY GRAD CREATES A BRIDGE BETWEEN

PHARMACISTS AND THEIR PATIENTS


Picture 1: Richard Hartig, PH’73, GR’81, recipient of the 2006Delores M. Weaver Medal of Honor, presenting the Weaver Lecturein April. Picture 2: Larry, LW’01, and Jennifer James at the LawSchool all-class reunion. Picture 3: David Coolidge, FA’65, MerryCoolidge, Don Wine, AS’44, Mary Wine at the Drake 125 alumnievent in Naples, FL. Picture 4: Head Start and youth specialistThomas F. Snargrass, United States Magistrate Judge Celeste Bremer,GR’02, Davis Eidahl, GR’99,’02, Dean of the School of EducationJan McMahill, FA’71, GR’76, at the School of Education alumniawards ceremony. Picture 5: Bill Wallace, JO’54, Jean MooreheadWallace, LA’54, Brian Battaglia, LW’85, Nancy Pateras Battaglia,JO’85, at the Drake 125 alumni event in Sarasota, FL. Picture 6:Darlene and Wayne Greene, JO’56, Dixie Pinkerton Fuller, BN’56,Kirby Fuller, AS’55, at the 50-year reunion.

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DRAKE ALUMNI FROM ALL ERAS gathered dur-ing Relays and commencement week-ends to relive their Drake experiencesduring the University’s annual reunionsgatherings. Relays weekend reunions includ-ed: a 10-year cluster reunion for the classesof 1995, 1996 and 1997; a 40-year clusterreunion for graduates of 1965, 1966 and1967; and Drake Law School’s clusterreunion for the classes of 1955, 1956, 1965,1966, 1975, 1976, 1985, 1986, 1995, 1996,2000 and 2001. Grads from 1956, 1946 and1936 celebrated their 50-year reunion duringcommencement weekend by joining mem-bers of Drake’s 50-Year Club.

A trip down memory lane

Picture 1: Alumni from the 10-year cluster reunion.

Picture 2: Larry Booth, PH’56, Lois Dawson, ED’54 at the

50-year reunion. Picture 3: Drake first lady Madeleine

Maxwell with John and Judy, BN’66, Schneller at the 40-

year reunion. Picture 4: Deanna Zinno, LW’95 and Walter

Pookrum, LW’75 at the law reunion.

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