Welcome Welcome to the first electronic issue of On Campus, which is published by the Office of Marketing and Communications, 316 Old Main. The newsletter will be published biweekly on Mondays. On Campus is also available on the Drake Web site at www.drake.edu/oncampus. Please e-mail news to Lisa Lacher at lisa.lacher@drake.edu. Sally Frank, a Drake University professor of law who represents many local activists in cases of civil disobedience, and an activist subpoenaed to appear before a federal grand jury earlier this year are among the recipients of Central Iowa Activist Awards to be presented Tuesday, Oct. 5, by Drake and Cityview, Central Iowa’s independent alternative newsweekly. The awards ceremony will start at 5:15 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. A reception will follow in Levitt Hall. Former Des Moines Register columnist Donald Kaul, whose column appears weekly in Cityview, will make a cameo appearance. An outspoken advocate for the protection of civil liberties, Frank will receive the Central Iowa Activist Award for Civil and Human Rights. She is the faculty adviser for the Drake chapter of the National Lawyers Guild. In February Drake was served with a federal grand jury subpoena ordering the University to answer questions about an anti-war conference sponsored by Drake and the National Lawyers Guild and to release the names of students involved. The subpoenas attracted a massive national response and were withdrawn. Catholic Peace Ministry Executive Director Brian Terrell, also targeted by federal officials for his role in the anti-war conference, will receive the Central Iowa Activist Award for Peace. Other honorees include Creative Visions founder and Des Moines school board member Ako Abdul-Samad, the winner of the Education and Youth Advocacy Award; longtime Des Moines neighborhood activist Bob Mickle, the winner of the Neighborhood and Community Award; and LaVon Griffieon, one of the founding members of the land-preservation group 1000 Friends of Iowa and president of its board of directors, the winner of the Environmental Activism Award. The winner of the final award, the Central Iowa Activist Award for Student Activism, will be announced at the ceremony. One of the nominees is Sara Graham, who graduated from Drake in May with a bachelor's degree in international relations with a concentration in women’s studies and a minor in Spanish. She is now working toward a master’s degree in public administration at Drake with a long-term goal of establishing a nonprofit LGBT organization. As part of the Writers and Critics Series, Emily Wilson, a graduate of the Iowa Writers’ Workshop and author of The Keep, which was published in the Kuhl House Poets Series in 2001, will read and discuss her work at 8 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 5, in the Cowles Library Reading Room. Wilson is the proprietor of Spurwink Press, which publishes letterpress editions of poetry books. She teaches at the University of Iowa Center for the Book. The performance, in which Jones portrays a number of immigrants who gather at a poetry slam, will start at 7:30 p.m. in the Drake University Knapp Center. Afterward, Jones will answer questions and attend a reception and book signing. All of the events are free and open to the public. Lauded by the press as a “high-voltage performance artist” and “gifted chameleon,” Jones is working on her fourth play as well as a television project for Bravo. Her three solo shows, "Surface Transit," "Women Can't Wait" and "Waking the American Dream" have garnered numerous honors, including a Helen Hayes Award and HBO's Aspen Comedy Arts Festival's Best One Person Show. Her latest one-woman show, “Bridge & Tunnel,” is a revised version of “Waking the American Dream.” Produced by Jones' fan Meryl Streep, "Bridge & Tunnel" enjoyed critical acclaim and is scheduled to open on Broadway next year. Mark Oman, group vice president of Wells Fargo and Co., will speak at Drake University's "Let's DU Lunch" series on Wednesday, Oct. 6. His speech, titled "Wells Fargo — Growing an Already Strong Organization," is open to the public. The luncheon will start at 11:30 a.m. in the Younkers Tea Room in downtown Des Moines. The cost is $15 per luncheon. Due to limited seating, reservations are recommended. For reservations, call x3848 or send an e-mail message to Chicago-based artists Adelheid Mers and Patrick McGee will juxtapose their respective graphic and sculptural elements in a collaborative installation at Drake University’s Anderson Gallery titled "Looking At/Looking Through," which opens Friday, Oct. 8. Mers will present her political posters in a format that encourages viewer interaction, while McGee engages the full exhibition space with architectural and geometric forms. Mers' posters explore George Lakoff's book Moral Politics - How Liberals and Conservatives Think in a format that encourages viewer interaction. Inkjet prints laminated with a dry-erase surface, the posters will invite visitors to explain the difference between liberals and conservatives themselves, reacting to the artist’s interpretation of this author. The sturdy construction of this installation will allow the posters to enclose visitors, who may have their photographs taken with them as "backdrops." McGee’s gallery-scale installations of dyed string trace the outlines of architectural and geometric forms that visitors delineate as they move around the works, engaging the full exhibition space. His past installations include string-works of existing architectural features, including an El track truss-and-girder section, and a full-scale reversed replication of the front entrance of Berlin’s Gallery Johannes Zielke. Lines intersecting in space to create a form with no mass, McGee’s installations are as engaging at a distance as they are close-up, inviting and allowing audience navigation. Several special events are planned in conjunction with the exhibition. Mers and McGee will discuss their collaboration at a Pre/View lecture at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 6, in room 336 of the Harmon Fine Arts Center. A panel discussion, titled “Imaging Politics: On Using Images to Communicate Complex Circumstances," will focus on Mers' series of political posters. The multidisciplinary panel, made up of faculty members from Drake and Iowa State University, will meet from 1 to 2:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, in the Anderson Gallery. The exhibition will open with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8, and a gallery talk at 5:30 p.m. The exhibit continues through Nov. 14 and can be viewed Tuesday through Sunday from noon to 4 p.m. Rospond earned her bachelor of science in pharmacy from Creighton in 1984 and her doctor of pharmacy degree jointly from the University of Texas, College of Pharmacy and the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in 1987. Before becoming dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Rospond served as interim dean of the college and professor of pharmacy practice. She was elected as fellow of American College of Clinical Pharmacy in 2002, and has received numerous awards, including an Innovations in Teaching Award from the American Association of Colleges of Pharmacy and an Excellence in Teaching Award from Creighton University School of Pharmacy and Health Professions. She is a member of the board of directors for the Iowa Pharmacy Association and past president of the Nebraska Society of Hospital Pharmacists. He will be honored during the annual business meeting of the Iowa Freedom of Information Council, a non-profit organization devoted to open government that he served as executive secretary from its founding in 1976 until 2000. The “Open Government Hall of Fame” is sponsored by the Society of Professional Journalists and the National Freedom of Information Coalition. The business meeting will begin at 11 a.m. over lunch at the Cub Club at Principal Park (formerly Sec Taylor Stadium) in downtown Des Moines. In addition to Strentz’s honor, the meeting promises to focus on discussion of open meetings and records problems besetting Iowans and possible legislative solutions. At 1 p.m., the conference moves to the new Iowa Judicial Branch Building at 1111 E. Court Ave. The afternoon workshop, featuring a panel of Iowa judges and legal experts, will discuss the selection and retention of Iowa judges and related topics. The discussion will be moderated by Allan Sobel, director of the American Judicature Society, a non-profit organization based at Drake that works to increase public understanding of the justice system. Cost of the luncheon and workshop is $15, which includes annual membership in the IFOIC. Reservations can be made by calling x2295 or sending an e-mail message to The College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences invites all faculty and staff members to attend the dedication ceremony of the Langford Patient Care Classroom and the Langford Sterile Products Laboratory at 11:30 a.m. Thursday, Oct. 7. The ceremony will take place at the Langford Patient Care Classroom in room 19B of Harvey Ingham Hall. The Langford Sterile Products Laboratory is located in room 214 of Harvey Ingham Hall. Tours will follow the ceremony. Renovation of these facilities was made possible by a $100,000 gift from Jay Langford, PH'44. "We are looking forward to honoring Jay Langford for his outstanding support of pharmacy education and for his leadership and dedication to Drake University," said Raylene Rospond, dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Faculty and staff are invited to attend the dedication of the Arthur Andersen Time Element at the southeast corner of Meredith Hall at 12:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 8. This project, designed by the architectural firm of Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck, consists of a semi-circle of brick piers containing LED screens that will show the date and time as well as messages about campus events. "The Arthur Andersen Time Element was designed to be a focal point on campus and a message node that can display the schedule of current events and other messages as well as the current time and date," said architect Carl Rogers of Herbert Lewis Kruse Blunck. "The time element was designed to blend with the color and the minimal clean lines of Meredith Hall. It also serves as a gateway to the west side of campus and Helmick Commons." The $110,000 project was made possible by the generosity and leadership of Larry Katzen, BN'67, and Susan Nieder Katzen, ED'68, and other partners of Arthur Andersen who attended Drake University. Larry Katzen was managing partner of the St. Louis office of Arthur Andersen and is a former member of Drake's Board of Trustees. Arthur B. Sanders, professor of politics and director of the Honors Program at Drake, will give the annual Luther W. Stalnaker Lecture at Drake on Tuesday, Oct. 12. The lecture is titled “Reclaiming Control: Revitalizing the Election Process.” The event, which is free and open to the public, will start at 7 p.m. in Sheslow Auditorium. “Over the past 40 years we have seen our electoral process slowly slip away from the voting public,” Sanders said. "… Reversing these trends will require an understanding of how these developments are shaping our elections and figuring out ways to adapt our rules, institutions and technologies to create a more citizen-friendly electoral environment.” A member of the Drake faculty since 1990, Sanders teaches courses in American politics, American elections, public opinion, media and politics, political parties and interest groups and women and politics. Sanders has conducted research about the workings of American democracy. He has also published numerous articles in professional journals and three books. Sanders is currently involvedd in a national project studying how candidates and groups allocate resources in campaigns. He is one of several experts who have contributed to a newly published book titled Lights, Camera, Campaign! edited by David Schultz of Hamline University. Sanders' chapter is titled "Creating Effective Political Ads." In addition, Sanders is working on finishing his book on the presidential election process to be published in early 2007. Sander’s lecture will be the 20th of the series at Drake honoring the memory of Luther W. Stalnaker, dean of the College of Liberal Arts from 1940 to 1954. This series is a joint undertaking of the College of Arts and Sciences and its emeriti faculty. The Drake Choir and Chamber Choir, conducted by Aimee Beckmann-Collier, and the Drake Chorale, conducted by Barbara Sletto, will perform a Horizons concert at 8 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 10, on the Jordan Stage in Sheslow Auditorium. The program includes Mozart's "Dixit et Magnificat" (with a chamber orchestra), Liszt's Psalm 116 (for chorus and organ) and Tavener's "The Lamb van Dijk – Horizons." Tavener's work was written for the Kings' Singers South African tour in 1995 and speaks to the effects of colonialism on the native San people," Beckmann-Collier said. "It combines elements of both Western and African music and is a powerful piece theatrically as well as musically." The concert also features works by Rorem, Hawley, Snyder and Mendelssohn as well as music by composers from Finland, Great Britain and the United States. Admission is free. The Drake University Business Link will hold a free workshop titled "Own Your Own Brand" from 8:30 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, Oct. 13, in Olmsted Center. Mike Wagner, founder of the White Rabbit Group, will facilitate the interactive workshop, which will focus on personal brand building as a powerful tool to build profitable professional relationships. Wagner is a widely sought after speaker, trainer, and consultant on a variety of topics, The Drake Business Link, directed by Professor of Management Delaney Kirk, was established in 2000 to foster discussions about issues of interest to local business people. Tickets are free but seating is limited. The deadline for registration is Wednesday Oct. 6. Registration can be completed online at www.cbpa.drake.edu/businesslink. |
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