The Drake University National Alumni Association Board of Directors selected seven accomplished alumni whose career success and strong ties to the Drake community deserve special recognition. The seven recipients represent alumni from six graduating classes and four colleges on campus. The National Alumni Association has awarded the honors for more than 75 years. Community leaders, [...]

We’re inviting alumni to “Pin Your Pride” using our new group board on the social network Pinterest. With this board, you can share items and images that spark your Drake pride, whether it’s an old Relays photo or a new blue jacket. Pinterest is a photo sharing website that presents itself as a virtual pin [...]

Drake University magazines major Abbey Klaassen, JO’02, is a headline-worthy example of where a Drake education can take you in a decade. In just 10 years, Klaassen has gone from editor of Drake Magazine (fall 2000 issue) to editor at Advertising Age, a global resource for information about advertising, marketing and the media. She oversees [...]

Drake alumni showed their pride on Jan. 22 as they cheered on the Bulldogs against intrastate rival UNI as part of a Drake National Game Watch. The second annual National Game Watch event was held in 23 cities across the country and saw a great turnout from loyal Bulldog fans! Be sure to follow Drake [...]

The Harmon Fine Arts Center—FAC to those who know and love it—turns 40 in 2012, and in 1972 Drake University kicked off a yearlong “Festival of the Arts.” Throughout the year, people filled the $6.1 million building, featuring the 593-seat Hall of the Performing Arts, rehearsal space and a $113,000 pipe organ. Productions included “The [...]

On Feb. 13, two delegations from opposite sides of the world met in Old Main’s Levitt Hall. Drake University administrators welcomed a delegation of officials from Hebei Province in China, led by Gov. Zhang Qingwei. Drake first welcomed a delegation from Hebei Province — Iowa’s Sister State — in 1987. The relationship between Drake University [...]