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On Campus
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July
3, 2003 Vol. 56, No. 4
Drake
University will present "DU the Fair!" on Saturday, Aug. 16, with a
full day of fun-filled events and free giveaways at the Iowa State Fair.
"Last year's 'Drake Day @ the Fair' was a great success, so we're doing it
again this year," said Lisa Lacher, interim director of marketing and communications.
"Our goal is to have community presence at the fair, while also providing
an opportunity for Drake alumni, faculty and staff to be involved in celebrating
and promoting Drake."
Fairgoers will have the chance to meet Spike the Bulldog, enjoy music performances
by Drake students, watch a chemistry magic show, listen to storytelling presented
by the Drake School of Education, participate in the Bulldog Basketball Shootout
and pose for free souvenir digital photos in front of Old Main, next to Spike,
or lined up at the Drake Relays.
Free prizes will be distributed on Aug. 16 to the first 500 people dressed in
Drake apparel who stop by the Drake booth (located in front of The Des Moines
Register Service Center on the Grand Concourse of the Fairgrounds).
Also on Aug. 16, Natasha Kaiser-Brown, head women's track coach and head women's
cross country coach, will participate in the fair's Draft Horse Show.
Faculty and staff members who are interested in volunteering at the fair on Aug.
16 should call Cindy Hough at x2169.
Drake University
invites alumni and friends participating in RAGBRAI to "take a break with
Drake" on Wednesday, July 23.
That day Drake will distribute free bottles of All Sport donated by Pepsi and
provide comfortable chairs for cyclists in need of rest. The Drake outpost will
be located at the Dittmer family's Painted Horses Ranch along County Road G-76,
about five miles west of Melcher.
Although President David Maxwell's schedule does not permit him to participate
in RAGBRAI this year, several faculty and staff members and alumni are planning
to complete the annual trek across Iowa as part of Team Drake. For more information
about Team Drake, contact Wellness Director Mollie Keitges at x2027.
Thelonious Assault,
a jazz band made up of musicians from across Iowa, will perform at Drake's Jazz
in July concert at 6 p.m. Wednesday, July 9, in the courtyard of the Harmon Fine
Arts Center. The concert is sponsored by the Drake Neighborhood Association and
Friends of Drake Arts.
The band, which draws inspiration from jazz legend Thelonious Monk, is directed
by Andrew Classen, associate professor of trumpet and director of jazz studies
at Drake. Classen said the concert will feature Monk's music.
Jazz in July is presenting 31 concerts throughout July under the sponsorship of
Wells Fargo and the Metro Arts Alliance. For a full schedule of Jazz in July concerts,
visit www.metroarts.org.
More than 300 Drake
volunteers, including alumni and faculty and staff, volunteered their time last
weekend to sell Pepsi products at the Des Moines Arts Festival. They typically
worked a four-hour shift at one of six Pepsi tents located throughout the downtown
festival.
Melissa Sturm-Smith, assistant director of alumni and parent programs, along with
Blake Campbell, assistant director of alumni and parent programs, and Jen Olson,
manager of special programs, worked with the Des Moines Arts Festival by staffing
and coordinating the volunteers and sales in the Pepsi tents. This was the fifth
year that Drake has provided volunteers for the festival.
"Drake University had a huge presence at the Arts Festival," said Sturm-Smith.
"This is a terrific way for Drake to be involved in and supportive of our
community. Our volunteers have a lot of fun, and we are able to raise money to
support scholarships for current Drake students."
A portion of the proceeds from the Pepsi sales are given to Drake. This money
supports the Central Iowa Computer Scholarship program. A $1,000 scholarship is
awarded annually to a first- or second-year Drake student to go towards the purchase
of a new computer.
Daley
remembered as an outstanding scholar, mentor
A. Stuart Daley,
professor emeritus of English, died June 18 in San Diego at the age of 94.
A native of Osceola, N.Y., professor Daley earned his bachelor's degree from Syracuse
University and his Ph.D. from Yale University. He was an Army veteran of World
War II and the Korean War, serving as a lieutenant colonel and the historical
editor for the Eighth Army. He also was a staff member of the United Nations Command
Committee for Reparation of Prisoners of War.
Professor Daley joined the Drake faculty in 1959 after teaching at Coe College;
Indiana University; Yale University; the University of California, Los Angeles;
Syracuse University and the University of Nevada. At Drake, he served as coordinator
of the Humanities Division of Liberal Arts and chaired the English Department
from 1959 to 1967. He retired in 1976.
Alfred Schwartz, dean and professor emeritus of education, described Daley as
"one of Drake's most outstanding scholars." He noted that Daley was
an internationally renowned Shakespearean scholar who was in great demand as a
consultant to theatrical companies producing the bard's plays.
"He wrote beautifully and published many articles," Schwartz said. "He
was very talented and very devoted to his students. He was well-liked by his students
and always took the time to answer their questions about Shakespeare as well as
what courses to take and that sort of thing. As a former dean, I had an opportunity
to meet a lot of faculty. I was always impressed with Stuart's ability to work
with students and their positive response to his help. He was always accessible
to students and enjoyed talking with them in the classroom as well as in the hallways
between classes."
Survivors include Daley's wife, Jean, and their son, Arthur Stuart Daley, D.D.S.
| This untitled sculpture by Robert Craig, associate professor of art and design and chair of the Art and Design Department, is on view in Chicago as part of the Navy Pier Walk exhibit, which continues through Oct. 19. In his statement about the work, Craig said: " 'Untitled I' is from a series of three sculptures derived from utilitarian objects specifically chosen for enlargement to monumental scale. I am drawn to common and obscure objects from a modernist appreciation of form. My interest is equally sustained by an awareness that these objects were designed for hand use and they are artifacts of a time when technology was still largely dependent on manual processes. The acquisition of a relatively large and old bronze ship's rudder with an intriguing tapered hole inspired this sculpture." |  |