Students, community benefit from project to construct health clinic in Uganda Of the three weeks he spent taking a Drake course in Uganda last summer, one moment stands out in Braeden Stanley’s mind. The class had just gotten off a bus and was waiting to be escorted to a nearby secondary school. As the students [...]

A Collective Responsibility What are your aspirations for Drake University? How does Drake’s reputation affect you and the value of your degree? The answer to these questions is personal. However, when answered by more than 65,000 alumni they have a strong, collective, and defining impact. Drake recently completed a strategic planning process, which outlines how [...]

For this Drake alumna, it’s paved with success Sometimes you have to take a chance and see what comes of it. That’s what Kourtney Horner, AS’03, a theatre alumna, did in 2008 when she moved to Nashville to see if she could make it as an actor. She has. Not only is Horner a correspondent [...]

A nationally renowned education and a Division I football experience Many high school athletes claim they want the complete package for their collegiate experience, but in the end, most don’t receive it. Whether it’s a lack of opportunity or real conviction, student-athletes often sacrifice either academics or athletics when choosing a school. At Drake, it’s [...]

Each morning, Daniel Van Sant, AS’11, wakes in the shadow of Mount Fuji One year after graduation, Daniel Van Sant studies in Kofu, capital of Japan’s most productive agricultural region, Yamanashi Prefecture. Before this foray, he toured the United Kingdom, Thailand, India, Singapore, Brunei, the Philippines, Macau, and Hong Kong. The competitive Yamanashi Prefecture Research [...]

Douglas Allen, LA’73, was raised in a musical family, so when he was looking to make a difference at Drake, he focused on the music program. Allen donated one piano, and after seeing Sarah Thune, a senior applied piano major, perform on it, he felt inspired to give another one. “I was impressed by her [...]