Hatfield Clubb to become new Drake athletic director Hatfield Clubb to become new Drake athletic director Hatfield Clubb, 42, succeeds Dave Blank, who recently left to become athletic director at Elon University in Elon, N.C. Hatfield Clubb's appointment, which is effective Aug. 1, concludes a national search that included more than 40 applicants for the position. Her selection follows two visits to Drake, during which she underwent extensive interviews with a variety of on- and off-campus constituencies. Hatfield Clubb is the third woman to be an athletic director in the Missouri Valley Conference. Hatfield Clubb will be one of 25 women athletic directors at the 334 schools playing NCAA Division I basketball and the first in Iowa. She is active in the National Association of Collegiate Women Athletics Administrators, which strives to enhance college athletics and to promote the growth, leadership and success of women as athletics administrators, professional staff, coaches and student-athletes. An avid swimmer, cyclist and triathlete, Hatfield Clubb grew up in Bethesda, Md., and her husband, Jeffrey Clubb, is a native of Sigourney, Iowa. They are the parents of two children - a son, Tristan, 7, and a daughter, Skyelar, 4. Hatfield Clubb earned a bachelor's degree in business administration and a master's degree in education from the University of Texas at El Paso. Upon graduation, she was assistant aquatics coach at Washington and Lee University from August 1989 through July 1990. She joined Arizona State in 1990 as a management intern and became assistant to the director of athletics in 1992. She was promoted to assistant director of athletics for student and administrative services in 1996 and in this position she created a life skills program for student-athletes that has been recognized nationally as a Program of Excellence. In 1998 Hatfield Clubb was named associate director of athletics for student and academic services at Arizona State. Since 2002 she has been ASU's senior associate director of athletics and served as the senior woman administrator to the Pacific-10 Conference and the NCAA. In her sixteen years at Arizona State, Hatfield Clubb has had a broad range of experience in all aspects of athletics administration, from direct oversight and administration of intercollegiate programs, compliance and academic support, management, personnel and budget, to fundraising and community relations. She has had extensive experience in representing not only ASU athletics, but also the university as a whole, to alumni, supporters, the Greater Phoenix community, and to national organizations and corporations. "I'm pleased beyond words to be one of the people chosen to be inducted into the Iowa African American Hall of Fame," Pulliam said. "I think I'm happiest for all the people in Iowa who know me and have known me all these years because they, too, have contributed to who I am and all the honors I have received to this day." Pulliam will be inducted on Aug. 11 along with Walter Phillips, director of community investments at Pioneer Hi-Bred International Inc.; and Carlie Collins Tartakov, professor emeritus of curriculum and instruction at Iowa State University. The induction ceremony and banquet will take place at 6:30 p.m. at Pioneer's Carver Center, 7000 NW 62nd St., Johnston. Registration for the event is $40 per person and includes dinner and entertainment. In addition to supporting the Iowa African American Hall of Fame, proceeds help support the George Washington Carver Leadership Academy for developing youth leadership at Iowa colleges and universities. To register, call Shornell Campbell at Iowa State University at (515) 294-5003. Opperman Center, which serves as headquarters for the American Judicature Society, was renovated and upgraded to meet modern office space standards in 2003, when AJS moved from Chicago to the Drake campus with support from Drake Law School alumnus Dwight D. Opperman. The three-story structure with distinctive stone porch columns was built about 1901 by William Bayard Craig, then chancellor of the University. Drake purchased the stately home in 1929 and for a time Drake presidents lived there. The structure also has served as a sorority house and home of Drake's Center for International Programs and Services. The tour also includes the home of Frederique and David Courard-Hauri, assistant professor of environmental science and policy, at 1112 29th St. The house, built in 1915 in the craftsman style, features a large, wrap-around porch, various built-ins and hardwood floors. The Courard-Hauris have remodeled the kitchen and made other improvements, but what they are most proud of is the garden they developed in the backyard. "We have attempted to landscape largely with edibles, consistent both with a desire to eat locally and with a time period when most Iowans had at least a pear and apple tree in their yards," said David Courard-Hauri. Advance tickets for the tour, which will run from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. June 3 and 4, cost $10 and are available at the Drake Diner, Mars Café and Dahl's on Ingersoll Avenue. Tickets will be on sale for $15 at Opperman Center from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. the days of the tour. Also on June 3 and 4 the Drake Neighborhood will celebrate the 28th annual Greek Food Fair at the Greek Orthodox Church of St. George, 35th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue. The fair will take place from 5 to 10 p.m. June 3 and from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. June 4. On both days, the fair will offer a taste of Greece with an a la carte menu of appetizers, moussaka (similar to lasagna), souvlaki (Greek shish-kabobs), keftedes (Greek meatballs) and a Greek salad with feta cheese and olives. There will also be outdoor booths serving gyros, traditional Greek pastries, ice cream sundaes and Greek coffee. Tickets for the meal are $11 in advance or $12 at the door. Tickets can be purchased at all the Des Moines area Dahl's stores May 1 through June 2. The party features an opening ceremony at 4 p.m., free birthday cake, a veggie toss game and face painting for children, a National Guard climbing wall, door prizes drawn every 30 minutes and music by the Java Jews from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. In addition, Ruben Zamudio III will give salsa dance lessons at 7 p.m. followed by a free salsa dance party hosted by disc jockey Julian Serrano from 7:30 to 10 p.m. More than 20 vendors are scheduled to sell Iowa-grown produce, baked goods, honey, flowers, plants, snacks, meals, sandwiches and crafts. Shoppers may park free across the street from the market. The market is a non-profit, community project sponsored by the Drake Neighborhood Association, Drake University and First Christian Church. For more information, call Ginny Gieseke at (515) 277-6951. The summer series of Friday evening public presentations at the Drake Municipal Observatory will begin at 8 p.m., Friday, June 9, at the observatory in Waveland Park on the west side of Des Moines. The series, presented by Herbert Schwartz and Charles Nelson of Drake's Department of Physics and Astronomy, will focus on a variety of fascinating subjects. Each week there will be a non-technical, illustrated presentation on an astronomical topic followed by the opportunity to view several stellar objects through the large refracting telescope and several smaller reflecting telescopes. The program will be held regardless of the weather, although the selection for observation is subject to change due to sky conditions or other special circumstances. Individuals, families and small groups are welcome to attend the presentations, which begin at 8 p.m. each Friday from June 9 through July 21. Children must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult. The schedule for the spring series is listed below: Individuals representing a diversity of stakeholders are invited to the conference based on their interest, experience, knowledge of the topic and ability to work effectively in an interactive environment characteristic of a working conference. Participants will discuss and come to resolution on critical issues such as: "How do we prepare ALL students for transitioning to successful postsecondary experiences?" and "How do we strengthen the relationship between secondary education and postsecondary education?" The conference provides a framework and large blocks of time that allow the group to explore the views of each member and find common ground. Each issue area group is expected to develop a set of recommendations that reflect best knowledge and best practice on the critical issues being examined. This working conference is an excellent opportunity for participants to influence significant policy change for students transitioning from high school to postsecondary experiences and to contribute to an action setting agenda. It is also an opportunity for participants to be published in a monograph that will be widely distributed to Iowa educators and policy makers. For more information, contact Joann Vaske at (515) 261-0004 or |
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