Women's soccer advances to NCAA tourney for first time Women's soccer advances to NCAA tourney for first time Illinois, which was seeded No. 3 in the 64-team field, will play Southeast Missouri State in the other first-round contest. The winners will meet in a second-round match scheduled for Sunday. "We always knew this was possible when we started the program here and the kind of players we recruited were the ones who were going to help get us an NCAA bid," said fifth-year Drake coach Corbin Stone. "The last couple years we've come close. I don't think people know how difficult it is to make the tournament. "I'm happy for our players. I'm excited to stay in the Midwest and play close to Drake. Saint Louis is a formidable opponent. It should be a good match." The Bulldogs earned an automatic qualifying bid for the NCAA Tournament after beating Evansville, 1-0, in overtime in the championship of the State Farm Missouri Valley Conference Tournament Sunday in Omaha, Neb. It was the 100th match in the school history of women's soccer at Drake. Drake will enter the NCAA Tournament with a 12-5-2 record, riding a season-best six-match winning streak that includes five shutouts. Drake is one of nine teams to appear for the first time in the NCAA Tournament. "I'm really proud of the players, the coaching staff and their accomplishments throughout the season," said Drake Athletic Director Sandy Hatfield Clubb. "We are really excited about playing a good team," said Drake junior forward Danielle Oswald (Dubuque, Iowa), who was named the MVC Defensive Player of the Year. "I'm sure coach is going to get us ready. We are going to go out there and play the best we can." The title of John R. Ellis Distinguished Chair will be bestowed upon a new faculty member. The position will carry a salary bonus and additional financial support for lecture costs, research and work-related travel expenses. Ellis, who resides in Lake Barrington, Ill., worked for Abbott Laboratories for 35 years. He held positions in research and operations, including plant manager. "My Abbott career was germinated during my senior year on a tour of pharmaceutical manufacturing companies (Abbott and Lilly), whereupon I enquired about career opportunities," he recalled. "I had received a job offer previously in retail pharmacy and the offer from Abbott was for much less pay. But the long range opportunity sounded good. Thirty-five years later, I concluded I had made a wise choice." Drake's pharmacy program boasted a student enrollment of 185 when Ellis graduated nearly 50 years ago. Since then, the program has grown to more than 800 students. "The new endowed chair will benefit this generation of students and many more," said Raylene Rospond, dean of the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences. "It will also help promote the college and support our commitment to recruiting and retaining the very best faculty." This annual review is part of Drake's effort to ensure that emergency contact information is current and available in case of an emergency. The University will be a responsible steward of the information. Each person may list up to nine emergency contacts. Name, address, phone and relationship to individual are the data fields listed. Name and phone are the minimum information required. Faculty, staff and students may update their emergency contact information as needed throughout the year via the Person Information Menu in MyDUSIS. The lecture, titled "The Economic Outlook," drew national media attention. Top business news agencies such as Bloomberg and Reuters carried live feeds of the talk. The speech signaled Bies' first comments on the economy since January. She said that consumers may experience price increases as a result of accelerating labor costs. "In my judgment, inflation appears poised to decelerate in coming months as energy prices stabilize and resource pressures ease," Bies said. "But the risks to that outlook seem tilted toward the upside." Before joining the Board of Governors, Bies served as executive vice president for risk management and auditor at First Tennessee National Corp. in Memphis, Tenn. She holds an M.A. and Ph.D. in economics from Northwestern University and has been a fellow at the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago and the Northwestern University Center for Urban Affairs. Matt Martin, program officer of the Stanley Foundation, and Dr. David Skidmore, director of Drake University's Center for Global Citizenship, will lead a discussion following the 45-minute movie. The event is co-sponsored by the Stanley Foundation, Citizens for Global Solutions, Drake University's Center for Global Citizenship and Iowans for Sensible Priorities. "Not I," a two-person play that runs less than 20 minutes in length, is a hysterical and haunting commentary on identity, speech and memory. Craig Owens, Drake assistant professor of English, will co-star in the silent role of Auditor. Roof is an actor, filmmaker, cultural critic and widely acclaimed theorist of sexuality, gender, theater and film. She has published several books, including, "All about Thelma and Eve: Sidekicks and Third Wheels," and "Come as You Are: Narrative and Sexuality." Her forthcoming book, "The Poetics of DNA," investigates the way cultural representations of human genetics frame scientific discoveries in misleading, and often frightening, ways. She is also a founding member of Steinsemble, an international performance troupe dedicated to producing experimental and avant-garde stage works. The reading is sponsored by Steinsemble, the Drake University English Department and Drake's Center for the Humanities. Skidmore taught at the Johns Hopkins-Nanjing University Center for Chinese and American Studies in Nanjing, China, during the 1996-97 academic year. His other travels have taken him to Hong Kong, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, London, Mexico, Costa Rica, Argentina, Chile, Jamaica, Nicaragua and Brazil. Skidmore is author, co-author or editor of five books, including a forthcoming reader titled "U.S. Foreign Policy in a Unipolar Era" (Longman). He has also published numerous articles or chapters in various academic journals and books including, most recently, "Understanding the Unilateralist Turn in U.S. Foreign Policy," in "Foreign Policy Analysis," 2005. The series is part of the University Excellence in Learning and Development Program, which is designed to increase the cultural awareness of faculty and staff members as well as frame Drake's role in an international context. To register for the program, call Human Resources at x3133. The performance will be immediately followed by a sampling of international cuisine near the Pomerantz Stage in Olmsted Center. Approximately 50 students will prepare their favorite dishes for the event. Tickets for both the performance and international cuisine are $10. They are being sold this week in the breezeway of Olmsted Center and will be available at the door as well. The Integer Group is the fifth largest retail promotion agency in the nation, with offices in Des Moines, Denver, Dallas, New York and Cleveland employing a workforce of 940 marketing professionals. Founded in 1993, the agency creates campaigns to support promotional, retail and field marketing for such clients and categories as beverage, packaged goods, telecommunications, financial services, fast food, home shelter, home appliances, sports apparel, eyewear, jewelry and agribusiness. Enter the dilemma of "The Boyfriend," a rapturous, adventurous musical opening at Drake University on Thursday, Nov. 16. Performances start at 8 p.m. Nov. 16, 17 and 18 and at 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 19, in the Performing Arts Hall of Harmon Fine Arts Center. With music, lyrics and book written by Sandy Wilson, "The Boyfriend" relives the golden era of the 1920s through the eyes of Polly, Maisie, Faye and friends. While living their idyllic lives, the girls still scheme, dream and scream about having that perfect someone. "It's a delightful and youthful musical," said director Tony Humrichouser, assistant professor of theatre arts. "It's one of those musicals that will leave you tapping your toes and whistling." Tickets are $6 for adults, $4 for students and senior citizens and those with Drake I.D. Tickets may be purchased at the Harmon Fine Arts Center Box Office. For reservations or more information, call x3841. Friends of Drake Arts will host a reception during intermission. In addition, the group will sponsor a pre-theater dinner and TalkAbout featuring Humrichouser at 6 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 18, in the Levitt Hall. Tickets for the dinner, TalkAbout and night's performance are $20. To reserve tickets for the TalkAbout, call x2500. Weresh, a professor of legal writing, said that ethical behavior is essential in the legal field. But, she added, professionalism transcends ethics: it's acting above and beyond a set of guidelines to protect your own reputation and that of the firm. During the hour-long workshop, students read a chain of e-mails between fictional lawyers involved in a labor dispute. Some of the lawyers flung wild insults and drinking references, while others used formal grammar and a polite tone. Students discussed the appropriateness of the e-mails and their impressions of the lawyers. Penland and Weresh decided to organize the workshop after they discovered law students had made inappropriate comments about faculty members on Facebook. They learned of these from a local judge who discovered them while researching law schools online with her daughter. "Law students are less sophisticated than you might think," said Penland, associate professor of law. "They don't realize that professionalism is not just about being nice and polite. It affects their credibility with judges, lawyers and clients, so it does ultimately impact their ability to be good lawyers and effective advocates." Weresh and Lisa Penland recently were invited to share their presentation about professionalism and communication at the annual meeting of the Association of American Law Schools in January in Washington, D.C. Matt Hubble, a 1996 Drake pharmacy graduate, also was recognized by the association for his work with Drake pharmacy students at an experiential teaching site - the pharmacy at the Hy-Vee West Lakes Food Store in West Des Moines. The Academic-Practice Partnership Initiative is a pilot program, created at the 2005 Summit to Advance Experiential Education, to improve pharmacy education and practice for pharmacy students at experiential education sites. The program offers strategies and resources to improve the quality of experiential education sites. The purpose of the pilot project was to create a portfolio of exemplary experiential sites to help promote excellence in experiential learning. AACP selected Drake University for its excellence in the experiential teaching program in conjunction with the pharmacy at Hy-Vee West Lakes. Hubble, pharmacy manager-educator at the store, was honored for his outstanding professionalism, innovative goals and community leadership. Developing and teaching his patient-care model, Hubble supervises fourth-year students working at the pharmacy in their advance practice ambulatory care rotation. He also works with second-year pharmacy students during their Community Practice Integrated Pharmacy Practice Experience. Hubble, who has received the Alumni Achievement Award from the College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences and the Hy-Vee Customer Service Award, often gives talks at various community and professional organizations. His topics include pain management, health screenings and drug-food interaction. "There was little or no expectation of patient-care activities, but he created them and was successful," said Denise Soltis, director of experiential education. "He is a wonderful role model and mentor for our students." "We hope to surpass last year's mark," said campaign co-organizer Dolph Pulliam. Last year's combined contributions totaled $33,773 from 215 faculty and staff members and 26 retirees. Please return campaign pledge cards to Pulliam at the Kinne Alumni and Development Center. For more information, call x3084. The keynote speaker will be Jeffrey Marx, Pulitzer Prize winner and author of "Season of Life: A Football Star, a Boy, and a Journey to Manhood." The summit offers an opportunity for high school students, coaches, athletic directors, administrators and boosters to learn ways to develop good character and promote sportsmanship through the Six Pillars of CHARACTER COUNTS! Participants will be treated to a tour of Kinnick Stadium and lunch in the new stadium press box. The summit is sponsored by Iowa Health Systems, Pella Corp., Iowa High School Athletic Association, Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union, Iowa Games, Iowa National Guard, the University of Iowa and the Institute for Character Development. For more information and registration, please visit |
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