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October 19 , 2001 - Vol. 54, No. 20

Make reservations now for Bill Moyers' talk
Television journalist and former White House Press Secretary Bill Moyers will be visiting Drake Monday, Nov. 12, to give the Martin Bucksbaum Distinguished Lecture and to meet informally with Drake students, faculty and staff.

Reservations are now being taken for an "Informal Conversation with Bill Moyers" that will start at 2 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Cowles Library Reading Room. For reservations, send an e-mail message to susan.breakenridge@drake.edu.

Moyers will present the Bucksbaum Lecture at 8 p.m. Nov. 12 in the Drake Knapp Center. The lecture, titled "The Aftermath of September 11," is free and open to the public. A reception and book-signing will follow.

Moyers will be joined by Martin E. Marty, an expert on religious fundamentalism and one of the most respected church scholars in the country. Marty is the Fairfax Cone distinguished service professor emeritus at the University of Chicago where the university established the Martin Marty Center in its Divinity School in his honor. This will be the second time that Marty has participated in a Bucksbaum Lecture. Last March he and Archbishop Rembert G. Weakland of Milwaukee gave a joint "conversation lecture" on religious issues.

The upcoming lecture will be moderated by James Autry, an author, consultant and former Meredith Corp. executive whose work has had a significant influence on leadership thinking. His book, Love and Profit, the Art of Caring Leadership, won the Johnson Smith & Knisely Award as the book that had the most impact on executive thinking in 1992. Autry also is the founding board member of People for the American Way, a constitutional liberties group.
Former Congressmen to discuss Congress in good times and bad
Former Congressmen Edward L. Winn Jr. and Andy Jacobs Jr. will give a joint lecture on "Understanding Congress: In Good Times and Bad" at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 24, in Sheslow Auditorium.

The lecture, which is free and open to the public, is part of Congress to Campus, a program that brings members of Congress to colleges and universities across the nation. This is the first time that Drake has participated in the program.

While at Drake, Winn and Jacobs will have lunch with members of Drake Democrats and Drake Republicans at 12:30 p.m. in the Medbury Honors Lounge. They also will participate in a forum for students from 2 to 3:15 p.m. in Bulldog Theater. In addition, they will meet with the Student Senate from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. in Olmsted Center.

Winn, a Republican from Kansas City, Kan., was first elected to Congress in 1966 and served from 1967 until 1985. He was a ranking Republican on the European and Middle East subcommittee and a strong supporter of the Peace Corps and the Agency for International Development. Winn was the original sponsor of the Bill for the Tallgrass Prairie National Park in Kansas, and also received the Treasury Department "Bulldog Award" for fiscal responsibility during his 18 years of service.

Jacobs, a Democrat from Indianapolis, was first elected to Congress in 1964 and served from 1965 until 1973. He was re-elected in 1975 and served until 1997. Jacobs helped write the historic 1965 Voting Rights Act and led a House debate that helped remove the United States from Vietnam. Jacobs was praised as one of the three most frugal members of Congress and credited with the passage of revolutionary cost-saving prospective payment reform in Medicare. He also was the chief House sponsor of the historic change of the Social Security Administration into an independent agency.

Congress to Campus is sponsored by the Stennis Center for Public Service and the United States Association of Former Members of Congress.

For more information, call Arthur Sanders, associate professor of politics and international relations, at x3172.

Drake to host forum Oct. 29
Drake University will host "The Role of the University in Times of National Crisis," a forum discussing higher education and the importance it plays in times of national crisis on Monday, Oct. 29. The forum, which is open to the public, will start at 7 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium.

Several prominent Iowa figures will participate in the forum, including Iowa Gov. Tom Vilsack, retired Meredith Corp. Chairman Jack Rehm, University of Iowa President Mary Sue Coleman, Drake President David Maxwell, Robert Hariman, the Ellis and Nelle Levitt professor of rhetoric and communication studies at Drake, and Mary Stier, president and publisher of The Des Moines Register. The forum will be moderated by Michael Gartner, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and chairman and principal owner of the Iowa Cubs.
Anthrax Seminar set for Oct. 26
Faculty in the Department of Biology will present a seminar about Anthrax at noon on Friday, Oct. 26. The location will be announced later by the Dean's Office in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Discount offered for faculty/staff
Human Resources and the Center for Special and Professional Studies are partnering to provide an exceptional learning opportunity to Drake faculty and staff at a 50 percent reduction in cost.

Nationally renowned business consultant, speaker and author Richard Chang is coming to Drake to present "Turning Passion into Performance." His interactive workshop will focus on passion in the workplace as the key to effectiveness, energy and results. He also will describe the Performance Scorecard, his method of identifying what to measure to track success.

Chang's workshop will be held Wednesday, Nov. 7, in Olmsted Center from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. In addition to his workshop material, Chang will provide three of his recent top selling books. The reduced price for faculty and staff is $200 per participant.

Chang's books include The Passion Plan at Work: Building a Passion-Driven Organization and The Passion Plan: A Step-by-Step Guide to Discovering, Developing and Living Your Passion.

To register or obtain additional information, call Kathy Lunan at x2592.
Pulliam honored for his community service
Dolph Pulliam, FA'69, promotion and marketing director for athletics, recently received the Madelyn M. Levitt Distinguished Service Award, which Levitt created to recognize individuals who have made an outstanding commitment to Drake, to volunteerism and to community service.

In presenting the award, President David Maxwell said Pulliam "has given generously of time, talent and heart to Drake, to the Des Moines community, and to students and young people in a manner that is truly inspirational."

President Maxwell then quoted some of the words nominators used to describe Pulliam: "A person whose Drake education challenged him to make a difference in the lives of others....whose involvement in Des Moines' inner city spans three decades and whose work with inner city youth has helped them raise their aspirations and the opportunity to realize their dreams."

Pulliam is studying at Harvard University under an Annie E. Casey Fellowship. He is a 1969 graduate who led the Drake Bulldogs to the NCAA Final Four for the first and only time in our school's history. For the past 12 years, he has been a tireless promoter of the University, both on and off the playing field."

Skidmore, Harris win Employee Excellence Awards
Drake recently presented Employee Excellence Awards to Mark Harris, computer support specialist in the College of Business and Public Administration; and Charlene Skidmore, assistant director of the Council for Interdisciplinary Programs and First Year Seminars.

In announcing the awards, Venessa Macro, director of human resources, quoted from letters of nomination for both recipients. "Regardless of the question, the burden of his workload, or the time of day or night, Mark is always courteous, patient, and helpful," she said. "Rather than just fixing the problem, he consistently takes the time to teach the user why the problem occurred and how to avoid it in the future."

Macro said Charlene's nomination stressed her work with students. "There is a non-stop stream of students in and out of Charlene's office: students involved in the Honors Program, students working with the FYS program, students who are simply lost in Medbury and need some orientation. Charlene is tireless in the effort she puts in with students."
Environmental speech set
Robin Fortney, senior environmental coordinator with MidAmerican Energy Holding Co., will discuss "Energy and the Environment" at 4 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 25, in the Medbury Honors Lounge.
Law School invited to 'Sweet 16'
It's the equivalent of the Sweet 16 - only for law students participating in mock trial. And this year, Drake University Law School's been invited to the dance.

The 13th Annual National Institute for Trial Advocacy (NITA) Tournament of Champions takes place Oct. 31 - Nov. 3 at Howard University. Sixteen law school trial teams were selected to compete based on their previous performances in student trial competitions, including Drake Law School.

For the Drake team, comprised of third-year students William Schultz, Gary Dickey Jr., Holly Shaffter and Michael Salvner, 2001 may be the best year yet. "I think we can win it," Dickey said.
Symphony concert to feature French, Russian music
The Drake Symphony Orchestra, John Canarina conducting, will perform colorful French and Russian music in its first concert of the fall semester at 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 27, on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium. Admission is free.

The featured soloist will be faculty oboist Jay Light, who will be heard in "The Flower Clock" by Jean Francaix.

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