Drake University will host a day-long conference Thursday, April 20, on Financial
Services Delivery in the 21st Century. The conference, which is open to the public,
will focus on how a new national law will affect the banking and insurance industries
and their customers.
U.S. Rep. Jim Leach, Gov. Tom Vilsack and President of the Federal Reserve Bank of
Chicago Michael Moscow will speak at the conference, which will be held in Sheslow
Auditorium in Old Main.
Drake University President David Maxwell will call the meeting to order and introduce
Gov. Vilsack at 9 a.m. Congressman Leach, chairman of the U.S. House Banking Committee
and co-writer of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Financial Modernization Law, will speak at
9:30 a.m. At 10:30 a.m. experts will speak on banking industry restructuring.
The Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago president will speak during the noon luncheon.
The afternoon session will include a panel discussion on regulatory issues and a
seminar on serving customers while protecting privacy.
The conference is co-sponsored by the Kelley Insurance Center at Drake, the Iowa
Division of Banking, Iowa Bankers Association, Iowa Division of Insurance and Conference
of State Bank Supervisors.
Registration is $100 per person. For more information, call the Kelley Insurance
Center at x2001. EXPERT
ON BUSINESS ETHICS TO PRESENT TWO WORKSHOPS
Michael Josephson, one of the most sought-after ethicists in the nation, will be
presenting two free workshops on business ethics on Tuesday, April 25, at the Stoner
Theatre at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines, 221 Walnut St. There will be a
morning workshop from 8 to 11:30 a.m. and an afternoon workshop from 1 to 4:30 p.m.
Joesphson's ideas and the work of the Josephson Institute have been featured on many
televison programs, newspapers and magazines.
The Drake Business Center is handling registration for the workshops, which are open
to the public at no charge, although tickets are required and will be mailed out
upon registration. For more information or to register, go to http://www.disc.drake.edu/ethics.htm. PHI BETA
KAPPA VISITING SCHOLAR TO SPEAK THURSDAY
As part of the Phi Beta Kappa Visiting Scholar Program, Rutgers University professor
David M. Oshinsky will give a speech titled "The McCarthy Years Revisited"
on Thursday, April 20, at Drake University. The speech, which is free and open to
the public, will start at 7:30 p.m. in room 312-13 of Olmsted Center.
Oshinsky, the Board of Governors professor of history at Rutgers, specializes in
modern American history, with an emphasis on the Cold War, the civil rights movement
and the American South. His speech will focus on Sen. Joseph McCarthy's life as well
as his impact on American politics and society in the 1950s. He also will analyze
the senator's charges of communist subversion in light of recent disclosures from
Russian and American archives pertaining to Soviet penetration of the U.S. government.
Oshinsky has taught history for the past 26 years at Rutgers, where he is chairman
of the history department. His books include Senator Joseph McCarthy and the American
Labor Movement and A Conspiracy So Immense: the World of Joe McCarthy. He is editor
of the Oxford Companion to American History and associate editor of American National
Biography. SPRING
FACULTY/STAFF RECOGNITION SET FOR THURSDAY
The Spring Faculty/Staff Recognition will be held at 3:30 p.m. Thursday, April 20,
in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main. A reception will follow at 4:30 p.m. in Levitt
Hall.
"This is the time when we honor the outstanding accomplishments of the faculty,
staff, and our retirees, and we thank faculty and staff who have completed 20, 25,
30, 35 and 40 years with the University," said Interim Provost Stephen Hoag.
"We will also announce the recipients of the Madelyn M. Levitt Mentor of the
Year Award and the Madelyn M. Levitt Teacher of the Year Award." DRAKE TO CO-SPONSOR
TOWN MEETING APRIL 25
Drake is one of four co-sponsors of a U.S. Department of State Town Meeting from
11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday, April 25, at the Marriott in downtown Des Moines. The
subject of the event is Refugees and Immigration: Humanitarian Response and Workforce
Implications.
Speakers will include former Drake President and Iowa Gov. Robert D. Ray, BN'52,
LW'54. In addition to Drake, co-sponsors are the Iowa Council for International Understanding,
the World Food Prize Foundation and Iowa Bureau of Refugee Services and Cooperating
Organizations.
Registration, including a luncheon, is $25 per person. For more information and reservations,
call 282-8269 or send an e-mail message to iowaiciu@aol.com. FACULTY-STAFF
GOLF LEAGUE FORMING
Recreational Services is offering the Faculty-Staff Golf League again this summer.
The league will be a doubles league. If interest is significant, ability groupings
may be formed. Nine holes will be played each week.
The league will be administered on a handicap basis with 80 percent of the difference
between a person's average and scratch used as the handicap. Handicaps are capped
at 30 strokes.
League play is scheduled to take place Tuesdays at Grand View Golf Course with tee
times starting sometime after 4 p.m.
Play is scheduled to begin on May 16 and run through July or early August (depending
on rain-outs).
The entry fee for the league will be $25 per team. Individuals are invited to enter
for a fee of $12.50, and Recreational Services will try to identify a partner for
the individual. The entry fee money will be used to cover the costs of administering
the league.
In addition to the league fee, each golfer will be required to pay green fees to
Grand View Golf Course, which requires all leagues to pay their fees in advance of
play. Green fees are currently $13 for nine holes. The league will run 10 weeks,
which means Recreational Services will collect a total of $142.50 per player with
your entries.
Spouses and/or significant others are welcome to play in the league. Spots will be
filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Those interested in participating in
this league should contact Joel Bluml at x3849 or joel.bluml@drake.edu.
