Every semester, Des Moines Area Community College offers the Emergency Medical Technician program on their Ankeny campus. The course prepares students to gain an EMT license. While it is a DMACC course, there is Drake University participation. Seniors Emma Garfoot and Elle Forsmark are enrolled in the program, and Assistant Director for the First-Year Experience […]
In 1887, six years after Drake University’s founding and five years after the Chinese Exclusion Act — a 10-year ban prohibiting Chinese laborers both “skilled and unskilled” from entering the United States — Jeu Hawk, a Chinese immigrant, began his studies at Drake. After graduating, Hawk would encourage other Chinese immigrants to attend Drake. Hawk […]
When Morgan Ryan, co-founder of Drake’s Disability Coalition (DISCO), and the rest of DISCO received a request from the Sprout Garden for help making the garden more accessible, the club offered suggestions for modifications. The garden recently completed audio descriptions for its large signs. “It’s always great to see when our projects can pan out,” […]