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December 8, 2000 Vol. 53, No. 25


DRAKE INSURANCE CENTER RECEIVES $40,000 GRANT 
 
The Society of Financial Examiners Education Foundation has awarded a grant of $40,000 to the Kelley Insurance Center at Drake University. The grant is intended to fund an educational seminar for senior financial state insurance regulators. 
 
The seminar will provide scholarships for the senior financial regulators selected to attend the three-day event. Twenty-six regulators from 17 states and the Virgin Islands have been selected and awarded scholarships. The seminar will be offered during the second week of January 2001 on the Drake campus. 
COLLEGE PRESIDENTS TO DISCUSS HIGHER EDUCATION IN IOWA 
 
Drake President David Maxwell will join other college and university presidents in discussing the challenges facing higher education in Iowa during a roundtable discussion on Wednesday, Dec. 13, at the Hotel Savery in downtown Des Moines. News media representatives from across the state have been invited to the event, which will start with a reception at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 7 p.m. and a panel discussion from 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. 
 
Joining President Maxwell in the roundtable discussion will be the presidents of Grinnell College, Iowa State University, the University of Iowa, the University of Northern Iowa and Simpson College. 
LONGTIME HISTORY PROFESSOR DIES 
 
Lewis A. Hainlin, professor emeritus of history at Drake, died of complications of cancer on Thursday, Dec. 7, at Iowa Methodist Medical Center. He was 69. 
 
Private services are planned, according to Dahlstrom Family Funeral Care. Burial will be in Watertown, Minn. 
 
A native of Winsted, Minn., professor Hainlin joined the Drake faculty in 1962 and retired in 1992. 
 
He is survived by his wife, Sheila; his mother, A.A. Hainlin of Minnesota; two sons, Lewis and Nathan, both of Clive; three brothers, a sister and nieces and nephews. 
GET A HEAD START ON THE HOLIDAYS WITH A GRAND BUFFET 
 
Drake Dining Services will be featuring a "Home for the Holidays" Grand Buffet from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11, in Parents Hall in Olmsted Center. Both the Terrace Food Court and Campus Crossroads-Ultimate Dining (Hubbell South) will be closed for dinner that day. 
 
The buffet will feature stuffed roasted pork loin, cornish game hens stuffed with wild rice, Vietnamese shrimp and noodles as well as curry chicken. The price of admission is $4.95 for cash, declining balance and club cards, or one board meal. 
HOLIDAY RECEPTION SET FOR WEDNESDAY 
 
Drake President David Maxwell has invited all faculty and staff to an "All University Holiday Reception" from 2 to 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, in the Olmsted Center Upper Gallery. 

"With all the challenges and uncertainty we've faced this fall, and all of the hard work and time commitment that everyone has contributed all year long, this is an important opportunity for us to step back from the rigors of work (and Program Review!) and enjoy one another's company for a few hours," President Maxwell said.
TWO CONCERTS RESCHEDULED 
 
The Drake University Faculty Brass Quintet, originally scheduled to perform on Dec. 5, will give a concert at 8 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 13, on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium in Old Main. Admission is free. 
 
Drake Jazz Combo Night, an informal concert originally scheduled for Dec. 7, will be held at 10 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 14, in the Mainstay, just east of the Drake Knapp Center. Admission is free. 
JOIN ALUMNI IN ATTENDING 'RAGTIME' AT THE CIVIC CENTER 
 
Faculty and staff are invited to join Drake alumni and friends in attending the central Iowa premiere of the musical "Ragtime" at the Civic Center of Greater Des Moines on Wednesday, Feb. 21, 2001. A reception featuring hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar will start at 6:30 p.m. in the West Balcony Lounge. The performance will start at 8 p.m. 
 
The cost of the reception and performance is $60 per person. Reservations may be made with the Office of Alumni and Parent Programs, x3152. The deadline is Dec. 20. 

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