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November 14,
2003 Vol. 56, No. 20
DEADLINE
EXTENDED FOR CHARITABLE GIVING CAMPAIGN
The deadline for returning the pledge form that faculty and staff members received
for Drake's annual Charitable Giving Campaign for United Way of Central Iowa
and Iowa Shares has been extended from today (Friday, Nov. 14) until Friday,
Nov. 21.
Pledge forms should be returned to Dolph Pulliam in the Institutional Advancement
Office at the Kinne Alumni and Development Center. Even those who choose not
to contribute are asked to return their forms.
For more information about United Way, call Pulliam at x3084. For more information
about Iowa Shares, call Denise Fasse-Beasley at x2905.
TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE
FOR 'CARMINA BURANA'
Tickets still remain for Sunday's performance of Carl Orff's "Carmina Burana" by
four Drake choirs, the Heartland Youth Choir and a 75-member orchestra made up
of students, faculty and professional musicians. The performance will start at
7:30 p.m. Nov. 16 at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines.
Written in 1937, "Carmina Burana" uses 13th century texts written by
undergraduates, seminarians, and disenchanted monks who had left the university
and monastery to spend their days and nights drinking, singing, making love,
and praising all of those pleasures in verse. The music is very accessible. In
fact, portions of it have been used in movies and car commercials.
Tickets, which are $15 for adults, $7 for students, are available through Ticketmaster,
the Civic Center Box Office and the Drake Fine Arts Box Office, 271-3841. Call
271-3975.
FALL HARVEST FESTIVAL
SET FOR TUESDAY
All faculty and staff are invited to the All Staff Fall Harvest Festival from
1:30 to 3 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 18, in the Pomerantz Student Union in Olmsted Center.
There will be food, darts, pool, door prizes and more.
Faculty and staff members who wish to donate nonperishable foods to the needy
may bring their donations to the festival, which is sponsored by the All Staff
Council.
LEARN ABOUT DRAKE'S
BUDGET AT TOWN MEETING
Learn more about Drake's budget by attending the Budget Town Meeting at 2 p.m.
Friday, Nov. 21, in Bulldog Theater in Olmsted Center. Vicky Payseur, vice president
for business and finance, will review the results of the budget year that ended
May 31, 2003, and discuss future budget challenges and opportunities.
'IMPRESSIONS'
EXHIBITION TO OPEN AT DRAKE FRIDAY
"
Impressions," an exhibition of paintings created by 24 Drake students in
response to a poem, will open with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Nov.
21, in Weeks Gallery in the lobby of the Harmon Fine Arts Center, 25th Street
and Carpenter Avenue.
The exhibition, which continues through Dec. 12, will include the 20-section
poem, "Essays at Saying" by Graham Foust, assistant professor of English
at Drake. Both the opening reception and exhibition are free and open to the
public.
Angela Battle, assistant professor of art at Drake, and the students in her advanced
painting class asked Foust to provide them with one of his poems so that they
could respond to it in a visual way. "The entire project is the result of
a discussion I had with my class about an article titled 'The Mind's Eye' by
Oliver Sacks," Battle said. "The article was about how the blind 'see'
and it generated a discussion about the differences between visual memory and
the visual world and how each informs the choices an artist makes when creating
work."
The interdisciplinary collaboration deals with problems of articulation or "how
to account for experience (or lack thereof) in language," Foust said. He
describes "Essays at Saying" as "reading Emily Dickinson while
channel surfing."
Week's Gallery is open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, 7 a.m. to
7 p.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday. Call 271-2863.
DRAKE SEEKS VOLUNTEERS
FOR FESTIVAL OF TREES
Drake students,
faculty and staff are invited to volunteer at the 2003 Festival
of Trees & Lights and make a difference in the lives of Iowa's children.
The festival, which takes place Nov. 24-30 at Capital Square - Kaleidoscope
in downtown Des Moines, is a benefit for Blank Children's Hospital.
Two of the many trees that will be on display are sponsored by Drake - one
by the President's Office and the other by students in the College of Pharmacy
and
Health Sciences.
Drake volunteers are needed to help set up the trees at 5 p.m. Thursday,
Nov. 20. Volunteers will receive free pizza and beverages.
In addition, Drake volunteers are needed to help dismantle the trees at 5
p.m. Sunday, Nov. 30.
Anyone interested in volunteering should contact Dolph Pulliam, director
of community outreach and development, at 271-3084 or dolph.pulliam@drake.edu
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