On Campus - Stories
May
25 , 2001 Vol. 53, No. 43
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John Parker, dean of student financial aid services, has resigned his position, effective June 22. He will join the Iowa Student Loan Liquidity Corp. in Des Moines on June 25 as director of institutional consulting services. He will provide consulting services to Iowa colleges and universities and other ISLLC client schools on topics related to enrollment management, financial aid administration and student business services.
Parker came to Drake in 1986 as director of student financial planning. In 1995 he was named assistant vice president of business and finance. He became dean of student financial aid services in 1997.
Parker has devoted himself to promoting professionalism in the field of student financial aid. He has been active in many professional associations, serving as president of the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators as well as the Iowa Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and the Midwest Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Numerous honors have been bestowed upon Parker, including the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Iowa Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators and the Distinguished Service Award from the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
"John has been an integral and highly-valued member of the Drake administrative team since his arrival on campus 15 years ago," said President David Maxwell. "We are grateful for his many contributions to the University, for his steadfast commitment to our students, and for his creation of an exemplary financial aid operation. We will miss John, and wish him every success in this exciting next step in his career."
President Maxwell reported
that several options for addressing the vacancy created by Dean Parker's departure
are currently under consideration.
More than 30 works of art by residents of the Iowa Juvenile Home will continue to be on display in the main hallway of the School of Education through Friday, June 15. The exhibit, brought to Drake by Kathy Fejes, associate professor of education, will then move to the University of Iowa.
The building will be closed
Saturday, Sunday and Monday for Memorial Day Weekend. After the holiday weekend,
the exhibit will be open to the public from 8:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Monday through
Thursday and from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday. For more information,
call x3726.
The Drake Historic Home Tour on June 2 and 3 will focus on the Carpenter Square, which is celebrating its centennial this year.
Carpenter Square - named for George Carpenter, the first chancellor of Drake University - is located between Cottage Grove Avenue and Kingman Boulevard and 24th and 25th streets.
Although it is now an oddly shaped traffic island, it started out in 1901 as a proper park, studded with large shade trees, benches and a fountain. Carpenter's house was located on the square at 2401 Kingman Blvd.
Carpenter brought the University to its present location from Oskaloosa, Iowa. He hoped relocating the college to the capital city would help its shaky finances. The site for the new campus: a wilderness area northwest of Des Moines.
The university opened in September 1881 with 50 students. To fund the new campus, the University Land Co. was formed to sell lots around the campus. When Carpenter died in 1893, the University was a thriving institution and the neighborhood was growing.
The houses on the tour will be open from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 2 and 3. All tours start at the Neal and Bea Smith Law Center, also known as the Drake Legal Clinic. Advance tickets, which cost $7.50, are on sale at the Drake Diner, DrugTown and the Alligator's Tale. During the tour, tickets will cost $10. For more information, call 360-8311.
The second day of the tour (Sunday,
June 3) will coincide with the Greek Food Fair in the Greek Orthodox Church
of St. George at Cottage Grove Avenue and 35th Street. Flavorful Greek food,
including shish kabob, meatballs and rice, feta cheese, kalamata olives and
pastries, will be served from 11 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Greek music, Greek dancers
and Greek jewelry also will be featured. Tickets are $9 in advance or $10 at
the door. For advance tickets, call 277-0780.
Experience the joy of music this summer by enrolling in private music lessons at the Drake University Community School of Music. The summer session begins Monday, June 4, with private instruction available for children and adults at all levels in piano, strings, woodwinds, brass, percussion, harp, organ and music theory. In addition, voice lessons are offered for adults and youths age 15 or older.
During June and July, the Digital Piano Lab will offer beginning group piano classes. Designed for young children through adults and grouped by the students' ages, these classes provide a solid foundation in keyboard fundamentals. A keyboard/theory class for high school instrumentalists and vocal performers also is available.
Discounts are available for faculty and staff and their families. To obtain additional information or to enroll, call the Drake University Community School of Music office at x4011.
Faculty and staff are invited to join Drake alumni and friends in representing the University at the Des Moines Arts Festival June 29, 30 and July 1. Drake volunteers will be serving Pepsi beverages and bottled water to thirsty festival goers.
The Des Moines Arts Festival, ranked among the top 10 arts festivals in the nation, will again be held on the streets and bridges of Des Moines' downtown riverfront. Last year's festival drew 140,000 people, and this year organizers are expecting to break that record.
Volunteers will receive a free Des Moines Arts Festival T-shirt. Proceeds from the beverage sales will help support efforts of the Drake Central Iowa Alumni Chapter for student scholarships and chapter activities.
Drake also will have a booth at the festival featuring art work from current students and faculty and promoting Drake's fine arts events.
To receive more
information or to sign up to be a volunteer, contact Kathleen Dooley, assistant
director of alumni and parent programs, at x3378 or kathleen.dooley@drake.edu.
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