On Campus - Stories
July 13
, 2001 - Vol. 54, No. 6
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 Bruce Martin |
Bruce Martin, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt professor of English at Drake, will be a Fulbright lecturer in Madagascar, an island republic 250 miles off the southeast coast of Africa, during the 2001-2002 academic year.
Martin will teach American and English literature and culture at the University of Antananarivo in Madagascar's capital city. He will begin the Fulbright Lectureship in early September and continue through late June 2002.
The country's official language is Malagasy, although many residents of the former French colony also speak French. "English is coming on strong as a third language," Martin said. "That's good because I don't speak French."
Martin is a veteran Fulbright lecturer who has taught at the National University of Singapore and Kwangju University in South Korea. He said these experiences have provided valuable lessons that he will apply in Madagascar.
"I've learned that you have to be flexible as you size up the place and the people," he added. "You shouldn't be too committed to any kind of plan. The most important thing is to try to enjoy what you find."
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Drake students prepare a bus for children to paint at the recent Des Moines Arts Festival |
Look for the newly
painted bus around town. |
Jeanne C. Meister, president of Corporate University XChange Inc., will conduct a seminar on Corporate Universities: Strategies and Solutions at Drake on Tuesday, July 24. Meister is the author of Corporate Universities: Lessons in Building a World-Class Workforce.
"This seminar offers a rare opportunity to learn first-hand the strategies used by leading corporate universities to deliver education solutions," said Thomas Westbrook, associate professor of education at Drake.
The seminar, sponsored by Drake and the Central Iowa chapter of ASTD, will take place from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in Olmsted Center. For more information and registration, call 221-2318, ext. 202, or send an e-mail to message to rcrosbie@tero.com or thomas.westbrook@drake.edu.
Approximately 125 high school students from across Iowa will attend the 18th Annual Business Horizons Program at Drake next week. The program, which runs from Sunday, July 15, through Friday, July 20, is designed to help Iowa's teen-agers better understand the free-enterprise system through teamwork, leadership and personal development opportunities.
"Networking is very important, so students will spend time with business executive volunteers as they explore different aspects of business as well as a variety of careers," said Jeanne Wells, ABI Foundation executive director.
Business Horizons is held at Drake, where participants stay in residence halls, attend social events organized by college students and have the option to earn college credit for their accomplishments. Students work in teams to develop a marketing plan, produce an infomercial and make a presentation to investors during their Business Horizons experience.
The ABI Foundation sponsors Business Horizons in conjunction with the Iowa Department of Education, Junior Achievement of Central Iowa, Drake University, Iowa Bankers Association and local chambers of commerce.
 A Victorian house listed on the National the National Register of Historic Places moves slowly down 26th Street in front of Old Main on its way to a new foundation at 1056 26th St. The move took far longer than expected, but the house finally arrived. "There's no structural damage. We expect to have the house renovated by November," said Larry James Jr., LW'01, president of James Development Group Inc., which moved the house. The lot at 1318 27th St. left vacant by the relocation will be developed into a park and picnic area before the start of the fall semester. |
Corbin Stone, who served the past season as the top assistant on the University of Iowa women's soccer team, has been named head coach of the Drake University women's soccer program, which will begin competition in the fall of 2002.
"I am excited about the opportunity to build a new program in my home state of Iowa at Drake University," Stone said. "Drake has enormous potential to grow and develop into a consistent Missouri Valley Conference contender in a short period of time. I look forward to recruiting quality student-athletes who want to make a mark early in their collegiate career."
Stone, 34, a native of Iowa City, Iowa, has an extensive background in soccer dating back to 1986. He has been an Olympic Development Coach since 1990, serving on the Region II boys' and girls' staff. He was co-founder and coaching director of the Iowa Soccer Club in Iowa City. He was named Iowa State Youth Soccer Association Coach of the Year in 1999.
"We feel that Corbin is the right person to start our women's soccer program," said Dave Blank, director of athletics at Drake. "He brings a lot of enthusiasm to the program and we're anxious to see him build a strong foundation at Drake."
Jack Gerlovich, professor of education at Drake, will be working with Des Moines School Science Supervisor Ed Pilkington to create a science distribution center for the school district.
The center will be housed at the Des Moines district's Urban Campus. Professor Gerlovich and two Drake science/education students (one undergraduate and one graduate) will be working this summer to establish the center.
This fall, the students will help develop kits, assist in their distribution, and help teachers use them effectively in the classroom to meet Des Moines Elementary Science Curriculum Objectives. It is anticipated that the Elementary Science Methods class, taught by professor Gerlovich, will also be involved in the distribution center in the future by helping develop and pilot test new kits. The students also will be creating elementary science lesson plans helping to extend the utility of the kits. Plans call for Drake Elementary Science Methods students to be posting these lessons, for use by the Des Moines teachers, as Web pages.
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