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May
30, 2003 Vol. 55, No. 45
Charles C. Edwards
Jr., dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication, has been named dean
of the College of Business and Public Administration and will begin serving as
dean of both academic units on June 1.
Edwards, who joined Drake in 2002, is former publisher and president of The
Des Moines Register, which won three Pulitzer Prizes and was named the best
of Gannett's 97 daily newspapers three times during Edwards' tenure. He also served
on Drake's governing board for 13 years, including chairman of the Academic Affairs
Committee.
"The dual appointment was made for two primary reasons," said Drake
Provost Ron Troyer. "First, Charlie Edwards has demonstrated a remarkable
talent for handling complex tasks in both the private sector and at Drake University.
He has been outstanding as dean of the School of Journalism and Mass Communication
and he has the ability to assume both deanships. Second, there are a number of
synergies emerging between the two academic units, which are even developing a
joint graduate program.
"As dean of both units, Charlie Edwards will be able to further develop connections
and collaborations," Troyer added. "These emerging synergies present
new opportunities for securing external resources to provide enhanced support
for faculty and programs and develop innovative strategies for competing in the
marketplace for both academic units."
"I have enjoyed my first year as dean of Drake's journalism school and am
excited about the prospect of working with both academic units in the year ahead,"
Edwards said. "These two schools have enormous potential because both contain
outstanding faculty, dedicated students and rich community support," he continued,
"and our collective goal will be to leverage these assets into additional
opportunities for faculty collaboration, curriculum enrichment, professional placement
for our students and additional community support."
The School of Journalism and Mass Communication has 13 faculty members and approximately
470 students, while the College of Business and Public Administration has 38 faculty
members and approximately 1,230 students.
Edwards has 26 years of industry and administrative experience with the Des Moines
Register and Tribune Co. and the Gannett Co. Inc., including 12 years as publisher
and president of The Des Moines Register. He left The Register in
1996 and spent the 1996-97 academic year teaching at Drake as the visiting professional
in residence in the School of Journalism and Mass Communication. In 1998, he joined
Visionary Systems Ltd., a software development company, as an owner and manager.
In 2000, Edwards formed a second company, Iowa Title Plant LLC.
In addition to his professional endeavors, Edwards serves on numerous boards and
commissions, including the State Board of Education and the Iowa College Foundation.
| Journalism
students meet with magazine editors in NYC Six
senior magazine majors recently visited editors and designers of top consumer
magazines in New York City. The students met with staff members from Time,
Glamour, Men's Health, Ladies' Home Journal, More, Departures, Food and Wine
and Real Simple. Two of the editors with whom the students met are Drake
magazine graduates: Wendy Naugle, JO'96, health editor of Glamour, and
Trent Johnson, JO'98, associate art director of Departures. |
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| Posing with their magazines outside the "Today Show" are (from left) Jennifer Andrlik, Janine Salkowski, Cindy Thurmond, Katie Meier, Cara Hall, Patricia Prijatel and Lauren Beck. |
Drake University
has established a partnership with the American Judicature Society (AJS), which
will move from Chicago to Drake's campus June 1.
Founded in 1913, AJS is an independent national nonpartisan organization of more
than 6,000 judges, lawyers and other members of the public who seek to improve
the nation's courts.
"We are very excited about the opportunities that await us both as we develop
this new partnership," said Drake President David Maxwell. "All of us
at Drake University are profoundly grateful to Dwight Opperman, a distinguished
lawyer, businessman and Drake alumnus who has been instrumental in bringing this
partnership to fruition."
With support from Opperman, chairman of Key Investment Inc., the University is
renovating the stately 19th century, three-story house at 2700 University Ave.
that served as the Drake president's residence until 1951. The landmark structure
will be renamed the Opperman Center and will become the AJS headquarters. AJS
will first move into the Resource Center on June 1 and stay there until the renovation
of the Opperman Center is complete.
Opperman is a major benefactor of AJS and Drake University, which named Opperman
Hall and Law Library in his honor. He also established the Opperman Lecture in
Constitutional Law, which has brought eight current or former U.S. Supreme Court
justices to speak at Drake University.
"The close proximity of Opperman Center to the Drake Law School will benefit
both AJS and Drake, creating opportunities for joint initiatives in a variety
of areas of mutual interest," Dr. Maxwell said. "Collaboration with
one another is a natural fit - education and research are at the forefront of
what we both do to promote the effective administration of justice."
Allan D. Sobel, executive vice president and director of AJS, also is enthusiastic
about the new partnership. "The move to Des Moines will allow AJS to partner
with Drake University and share many of its resources, not least of which is its
student body and faculty," he said. "Although each organization will
operate independently, AJS and Drake will collaborate on programs and projects
of mutual interest."
"We at the Drake Law School are extremely excited about the prospects of
students and faculty working with AJS on its many endeavors," said Drake
Law School Dean C. Peter Goplerud III. "The educational and professional
opportunities presented by establishment of this partnership are limitless. We
look forward to AJS and the Law School jointly exploring innovative and more efficient
ways for the nation's courts to function and administer justice."
For most of its 90 years, AJS has been based in Chicago. AJS conducts and disseminates
research to support reform in areas such as judicial conduct, judicial election
abuses and court procedures. For more information about AJS, visit www.ajs.org.
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| Paul H. Morris surveys the renovation of Sheslow Auditorium. |
Paul H. Morris
came to Drake in 1970 to oversee the construction of the Harmon Fine Arts Center
for the Chicago architectural firm of Harry Weese and Associates. When the building
was completed in 1973, he joined the Drake staff as project coordinator and began
supervising the construction, renovation and even demolition of structures across
the Drake campus.
One of his early projects was Olmsted Center. "When we were erecting the
steel frame in 1974, there was a gal who lived off campus who drove a red VW,"
Morris recalled. "She would invariably arrive late for class, pull up near
the construction fence, jump out and lock her car and run to class. She got lots
of parking tickets, but she kept parking in the 'no parking' zone.
"One day we had a string of semis bringing steel from Kansas City that were
lined up on University Avenue because her VW was parked right in front of the
gate that the trucks needed to get into. The foreman signaled to the crane operator
to swing over and pick up the VW and put it on the second story of Olmsted Center
to get it out of the way.
"She came back from class and was looking all over for her car when someone
pointed to the top of Olmsted Center. It was quite a sight. The foreman signaled
the crane operator to pick up the car and lower it to the ground, and then he
asked the student to refrain from parking there in the future. The car wasn't
damaged at all, but we never saw her again. She must have found another place
to park."
Morris also oversaw the building of Aliber Hall, the Bell Center, Cartwright Hall,
the Cline Hall of Pharmacy and Science, the Forest Avenue Heating Plant, the Knapp
Center, Olin Hall, Opperman Hall and Law Library and the Tennis Center. "Of
all of them," Morris said, "my favorite is the Knapp Center because
of the size of it and the real intense, ongoing use that it gets."
In addition, Morris has guided the renovation of numerous structures, including
Carnegie Hall, Sheslow Auditorium and, most recently, Goodwin-Kirk Residence Hall
and Olmsted Center.
"My time here at Drake has been very enjoyable as well as challenging,"
he said. "I'm looking forward to a good and challenging retirement."
Morris, a 63-year-old native of Cape Cod, plans to travel to Alaska in June, then
return home to delve into his new business, Cedar Tree Boatshop. He's always loved
building and restoring old wooden boats, both power and sail. "I've already
got the equivalent of a three-year backlog," he said, "so I intend to
stay busy."
Summer programs at the Drake Municipal Observatory in Waveland Park will begin Friday, June 6, with a presentation titled "The Science of Star Trek/Star Wars." Part two of this presentation will be given on Friday, June 13. All presentations, which are free and open to the public, will start at 8:30 p.m.
Faculty and staff
are invited to join alumni and friends in representing Drake University at the
Des Moines Arts Festival on June 27, 28 and 29. The volunteers will sell Pepsi
beverages and bottled water.
Volunteers are needed from 4 to 8 p.m. and 7 to 11 p.m. both Friday, June 27,
and Saturday, June 28, and from 1 to 5 p.m. Sunday, June 29.
To volunteer, send your shift choices by June 6 to melissa.sturm-smith@drake.edu.
For more information, call x3378.
The Drake Neighborhood
Farmers' Market opens for its seventh season at 4 p.m. Wednesday, June 4. Opening
Day will be celebrated with a Strawberry Festival. Free strawberries on shortcake
with whipped topping will be served.
Twenty-six vendors are scheduled to sell Iowa-grown produce, crafts, baked goods,
snacks, meals, and sandwiches at this year's market. The market will be open from
4 to 7 p.m. every Wednesday through Sept. 24 in the parking lot of First Christian
Church, 25th and University. Free entertainment will be provided weekly, as well
as educational/
informative guests.