Faculty and staff are invited to attend the Midnight Breakfast from 11 p.m. to midnight
on Sunday, Dec. 12, in Hubbell Dining Hall. Many faculty and staff members have volunteered
to serve food at the event.
"While the Midnight Breakfast hopes to provide students 'fuel' for the start
of finals week, it also is an opportunity for everyone involved to have a good time,"
said Jerry Price, dean of students. MSNBC TO
INTERVIEW DRAKE STUDENTS
Dennis Goldford, associate professor of politics and international relations, and
11 first-year Drake students are scheduled to watch the Republican Presidential Candidate
Debate on WHO-TV Monday night, then discuss their views of the candidates as part
of a focus group for MSNBC.
MSNBC will tape the session in the lounge of Morehouse Residence Hall and show excerpts
on "The News with Brian Williams" at 8 p.m. Tuesday and on MSNBC.com. The
MSNBC camera crew also will be touring campus Monday afternoon to obtain footage
of student life at Drake.
Students participating in the focus group are:
Andrew Boysen, a journalism major
from Creston, Iowa
Matt Elliott, a political science
major from Farragut, Iowa
Elizabeth Farmer, a political
science major from Tulsa, Okla.
Robert Gilliam, an astronomy
major from Norwalk, Iowa
Matt Hueser, a finance major
from Marcus, Iowa
Seth Johnson, a secondary education
major from Des Plaines, Ill.
Greg Marcy, a management major
from Jamestown, N.D.
Steve Nelson, a finance major
from Red Wing, Minn.
Constance Richardson, a biology
major from Hazel Crest, Ill.
Joe Starrett, an accounting/actuarial
science major from Waukesha, Wis.
Deanna Truman, a journalism major
from Osceola, Iowa
STUDENT
FINANCIAL PLANNING ANNOUNCES NEW LIST SERVE
The Office of Student Financial Planning has a new list serve (DRAKEFINAID-L) that's
used to provide information about scholarship opportunities, application/priority
deadlines and the financial aid process.
To subscribe to the list, send a message with "SUBSCRIBE DRAKEFINAID-L"
in the body (do not use the quotation marks in the message) to this address: mailserv@drake.edu. IOWA'S FIRST
YES AMBASSADOR BASED AT DRAKE
The Institute for Character Development at Drake University is the host organization
for a Youth Engaged in Service (YES) ambassador. The institute is teaming up with
the Points of Light Foundation to promote youth volunteerism and leadership through
the YES ambassador program.
Iowa is one of 12 states to have a YES ambassador, according to the Points of Light
Foundation. The state's first YES ambassador is Molly Menster, a 23-year-old native
of Davenport, Iowa, and a graduate of Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa.
At Loras, Menster had a valedictorian scholarship, served as president of the Social
Work Club and received the Jane Addams Social Work Award. After earning her bachelor's
degree in social work and Spanish in 1998, Menster spent a year with the Jesuit Volunteer
Corps, working with homeless men, women and children in Atlanta.
Menster returned to Iowa and started her new position as YES ambassador in September.
Since then, she's participated in the Prudential Youth Leadership Institute ("Train
the Trainer") and the Governor's Youth Leadership and Mentoring Conference.
She's also met with various youth councils across Iowa, including the Mayor's Youth
Commission in Sioux City and the Mayor's Youth Council in Des Moines. In addition,
she has met with youth in Iowa's northern O'Brien County.
She will spend a year as the YES ambassador, providing technical assistance, training,
advocacy and program development in the areas of youth service, service learning
and youth leadership.
"I love this job," Menster said. "I enjoy working with young people
because they're full of energy and enthusiasm. As a YES ambassador, I feel I'm involved
in something that will really make a difference."
The Institute for Character Development at Drake evolved from Iowa's Sesquicentennial
celebration in 1996. The institute is a nonprofit foundation that offers communities
and organizations statewide a program focusing on understanding, appreciation and
use of civility and principled decision-making in daily life. DRAKE OFFERS
FREE YOGA CLASSES
The Drake Wellness Center
will offer two free yoga classes in January. These classes will provide an opportunity
for faculty, staff and students to try yoga, or to continue their yoga practice for
free.
The free classes will be held from noon to 1 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 11., and Thursday,
Jan. 13, in the Bell Center Multipurpose Room.
The first session of regular yoga classes for spring semester will meet from noon
to 1 p.m. Tuesdays and Thursdays from Jan. 18 through Feb. 24 in the Bell Center
Multipurpose Room. The fee is $48.
The second session will run from March 7 through April 20.
