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On Campus - Stories
August
4, 2000 Vol. 53, No. 9
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DRAKE
EXPECTS HUNDREDS OF CAMPUS VISITORS NEXT WEEK
Approximately 170 prospective students and their families have made reservations
to visit Drake during the second annual Iowa Private College Week: Aug. 7-11.
Last year at this time, Drake had 130 reservations but ended up with 192 campus visits
during Iowa Private College Week. "We are optimistic that we'll have lots of
walk-ins again this year and that we could end up with a total of 225 to 250 campus
visits," said Deneen Dygert, associate director of admission.
Drake is one of 29 Iowa private colleges and universities participating in Iowa Private
College Week. For each college they visit, participants will receive a passport stamp
worth a waiver of that college's application fee. Students who visit three colleges
can have their application fee waived at any of the 29 institutions.
Tours and information sessions will start each weekday at 9 a.m. and 1:30 p.m. in
Levitt Hall in Old Main. President Maxwell will welcome the visitors at each of the
10 sessions. In addition, there will be meetings with faculty in the various colleges
and schools, campus tours led by student volunteers and a panel discussion featuring
current students and Parents Board Co-Chairs Jim and Patty Verlengia, also a technical
assistant in Drake's School of Education.
Many businesses in the Drake Neighborhood are supporting Iowa Private College Week
at Drake. The new Drug Town at the Uptown Shopping Center is giving Drake a hefty
discount so that the University can present each visitor with bottled water at the
start of campus tours. In addition, the following businesses are offering discounts
to Iowa Private College Week participants who present their passports: Campbell's
Nutrition Center, the D-Shoppe, Drake Diner, Freidrich's World Coffees, Iowa Bakery
Cafe, University Book Store and the Varsity Cafe & Coffee House.
In addition, two bed-and-breakfast inns ó The Cottage and The Carter house ó and
the Holiday Inn Express at Drake are offering free tours for Iowa Private College
Week participants along with a drawing for a free night's stay.
"The support from Drake-area businesses has been tremendous," Dygert said.
"It's great to have so many organizations working together to make Iowa Private
College Week a success at Drake."
MEMORIAL
SERVICE FOR PATRICIA SHINEHOUSE SET FOR AUG. 27
A memorial service for Patricia
Gay Shinehouse, assistant professor of flute at Drake, will be held at 4 p.m. Sunday,
Aug. 27, in St. Catherine of Siena Catholic Student Center.
Professor Shinehouse, 43, died of cancer at Mercy Medical Center on July 27. She
had joined the Drake faculty in 1996 and was the first-chair flute with Des Moines
Metro Opera.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Patricia Shinehouse Memorial Fund at Bankers
Trust.
WEDNESDAY
IS ICE CREAM DAY AT DRAKE
Drake will have its last Ice Cream Social of the summer from 2 to 3:30 p.m. Wednesday,
Aug. 9, in Olmsted Circle. The cost is 50 cents per person.
Later that day, Drake faculty, staff and students are invited to attend a free Ice
Cream Party at the Drake Neighborhood Farmers Market from 4 to 7 p.m. in the parking
lot of First Christian Church, 25th Street and University Avenue.
Volunteers are needed to scoop ice cream at the market. Anyone interested in volunteering
should contact Jenny Gieske at 277-6951.
DRAKE TO TAKE
AN ACTIVE ROLE AT THE IOWA STATE FAIR
President David Maxwell and his wife, Madeleine, will ride in the Iowa State Fair
Parade again this year. The parade will start at 6:30 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 9, at
the State Capitol and proceed down Grand Avenue to 10th Street. The event will be
televised, in part, by KDSM Fox 17 at 9 p.m. that day.
Drake and AT&T are co-sponsoring the Fun Forest Stage at the Iowa State Fair,
which runs from Aug. 10-20. The Fun Forest Stage, located just east of the Agriculture
Building, will feature family entertainment from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. daily. For several
days of the fair, Drake faculty and staff volunteers will have an exhibit near the
stage where they will distribute Drake literature along with free Post-it pads printed
with the Drake logo as well as temporary tattoos for children that say "Go Bulldogs."
OLYMPIC MEDALIST
BROWN NAMED DRAKE WOMEN'S TRACK COACH
Earlier this week Drake officials announced that two-time U.S. Olympian Natasha Brown
has been named head women's track and field coach at the University, succeeding Gary
Osborn who died May 28. Brown has served the last seven years as an assistant track
coach at the University of Missouri.
It will be a homecoming for Brown, a native of Des Moines who graduated from Roosevelt
High School where she was a nine-time Iowa state high school champion before a distinguished
career at the University of Missouri.
"This is a three-fold homecoming," said Brown, who ran a leg on the U.S.
silver medal women's 4x400 relay team at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. "First,
I'm excited at the thought of joining a university that I respect with all its tradition
and history and one where I have had so many wonderful experiences. Secondly, it's
wonderful to be returning home to a great city that nurtured me into the person I
am today and lastly, to finally be near my family and old friends.
"Drake University has a tremendous cross country and track and field program.
I look forward to working with the women's team. Having met a handful of team members
during the interview process, I realize that there are several outstanding athletes
who are excited about Drake and the future. That makes my job fun."
Brown, 33, competed in 16 Drake Relays, winning the women's special 400 at the 1990,
1993 and 1998 Drake Relays while being inducted into the 1995 Drake Relays Athletes
Hall of Fame.
"Having been a competitor, spectator and coach at the Relays for so many years,
it just feels right to now be working for Drake," Brown added. "I grew
up not more than three miles from the stadium so I was on the campus all the time.
My mother (Elayne) was a graduate of Drake and constantly spoke of the University
with fond memories so I feel as though I have been here all along."
AUG. 28
DEADLINE SET FOR PARKING REGISTRATION
All University faculty, staff, and students who wish to park their vehicles in a
University-owned parking lot (other than the Olmsted pay lot) for the 2000-01 academic
year need to register their vehicles and purchase a parking decal or rearview mirror
hang tag.
The annual fee for a parking decal is $40 and a hang tag is $50 for all faculty,
staff and students. After Monday, Aug. 28, there will be parking tickets issued for
vehicles parking in University-owned lots without the proper registration decal or
hang tag.
The vehicle registration process can be completed at the D-Shoppe in the Olmsted
Center, the University Book Store at 3003 Forest Ave., or in the Office of Student
Accounts in room 102 of Old Main during normal business hours for those facilities.
The decal is to be placed on the lower left corner (driverís side) of rear window,
on exterior side. The properly displayed decal authorizes parking of the vehicle
in any Drake-owned parking lot on a space-available basis. Owners of vehicles parked
in these lots without the registration decal or hang tag will be subject to a $10
fine and possible towing at owner's expense.
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