Welcome To Drake University Drake University offers a unique blend of the liberal arts and professional preparation in an educational environment focused completely on personalized learning. Drake faculty and staff are totally committed to helping students on an individual basis to learn and prepare for personal fulfillment, professional success, and service to their community. Few institutions can equal or surpass Drake s unique combination of advantages. A family environment. Alumni will tell you their Drake experience has had a lasting impact throughout their lives that Drake helped them become who they wanted to be. Ranked among the top two universities in reputation for educational quality and one of the top seven best values among 142 Midwestern Master s universities by U.S. News and World Report. More than 75 percent of Drake students graduate within six years much faster than those in public universities and more than 90 percent of each year s graduates are employed or accepted to a graduate program within six months of graduation. Students learn from professors, not teaching assistants. More than 90 percent of Drake faculty hold the highest degrees in their field and work one-on-one as teachers, mentors, guides and friends with their students to help them achieve their potential. Learning and experience. Nearly 75 percent of Drake students will have at least one internship during their undergraduate careers giving Drake graduates a huge advantage when entering the world of work. Athletics, club sports and intramurals play a pivotal role in shaping the Drake experience. Both men s and women s teams compete in the Missouri Valley Conference at the Division I level in basketball, soccer, golf, cross country, track and field, volleyball and tennis. Drake football (Pioneer Football League) and women s crew are Division I non-scholarship sports. Drake s 12th President David Maxwell David Maxwell, Ph.D., has been president of Drake University since May of 1999. He was director of the National Foreign Language Center in Washington, D.C., from 1993 to 1999, after serving as president of Whitman College from 1989 to 1993. Dr. Maxwell was at Tufts University from 1971 to 1989 as a faculty member in Russian language and literature, and served as dean of undergraduate studies for eight years. Born in New York City, Dr. Maxwell earned his bachelor s degree in Russian area studies from Grinnell College in 1966. He received his master s and doctorate degrees in Slavic languages and literatures from Brown University. At Brown, Dr. Maxwell was a Brown University Fellow and subsequently a National Defense Education Act Fellow. He was a Fulbright Fellow in Moscow, USSR, in 1970-71, and at Tufts received the Lillian Leibner Award for distinguished teaching and advising. At Tufts he also twice received the Senior Class Citation for Distinguished Service. In 1991 the Brown University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences awarded him the Distinguished Alumnus Citation. President Maxwell serves on the Community Board of the Wells Fargo Bank, Iowa/Nebraska and is member of the Greater Des Moines Committee. He is a past member of the board of the Greater Des Moines Partnership, past president of the Des Moines Higher Education Collaborative, past chair of the Iowa Association of Independent Colleges and Universities, and of the Missouri Valley Conference. Nationally, Dr. Maxwell is a member of the Executive Committee of the Business/Higher Education Forum, the Board of Trustees of the Council on Economic Development and the editorial board of Peer Review. He also is an education associate of the Conference Board.
Athletic Administration Athletic Sandy Hatfield Clubb Since Sandy Hatfield Clubb has taken over as athletic director, Drake athletics has gained stature and prominence in the community and recognition nationwide. Quickly and emphatically Hatfield Clubb has changed the landscape of Drake athletics, both figuratively and literally. A new era in Drake athletics began May 30, 2006, when Hatfield Clubb was named the school s 16th athletic director. The appointment of Hatfield Clubb, who was the senior associate director of athletics and senior women s administrator at Arizona State, concluded a national search that included more than 40 applicants for the position. Sandy Hatfield Clubb is the perfect person to build on the wonderful progress of Drake Athletics achieved during Dave Blank s tenure, said Drake President David Maxwell. She has a national reputation for her great success in all facets of athletics administration at a major Division I institution and, at the same time, she has an understanding of and passion for the distinctive role of athletics at Drake University. Sandy s focus is on the quality of experience for student-athletes and on the value of recreation and wellness programs for the entire community. She is committed to excellence in both academics and athletics, and has been the architect of highly innovative programs that integrate the two. Sandy also has had significant experience in working with coaches to build highly competitive programs. With her experience, expertise, passion and considerable interpersonal skills, Sandy will be a great leader for Drake Athletics and a wonderful ambassador for the University as a whole. It is a great honor to be a member of the Drake University family, Hatfield Clubb said. President Maxwell s vision for excellence is well-articulated throughout the campus community. I was attracted to Drake because of its commitment to academics and the true integration of the student-athletes as well as the desire for continued excellence in athletics. Drake s coaches and administrators are among the best in the country and I enjoy working directly with them. Hatfield Clubb is the third woman to serve as athletic director in the Missouri Valley Conference. Hatfield Clubb is 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, eight, and a daughter, Skyelar, five. Hatfield Clubb earned a bachelor s degree in business administration and a master s degree in education from the University of Texas-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 was ASU s senior associate director of athletics and served as the senior woman administrator to the Pacific-10 Conference and the NCAA. In her 16 years at Arizona State, Hatfield Clubb 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 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. Jean Berger Mike Cigelman Mark Kostek Leah Combs Business Manager Jacki Embry of Ticket Operations Brett Saddoris Marketing Jim Shimon Development Kevin Zihlman Compliance
First-Class Facilities PP CENTER DRAKE KNA COWNIE SO CCER COMP LEX DIUM DRAKE STA BUEL FIELD Every athletic program at Drake benefits from first-class facilities. Facilities that benefit all student-athletes at Drake continue to improve to where they are considered at the forefront in the Missouri Valley Conference. Drake s intercollegiate athletic teams have several complexes available, including the Drake Knapp Center, Tennis Center, Drake Fieldhouse, Drake Stadium featuring the Jim Duncan Track, Bell Center, Ron Buel Softball Field and the Cownie Soccer Complex. The Drake softball team is in its 11th year utilizing the Jacobson Complex, which was completed in the summer of 1996. The complex, which includes throwing venues for the javelin, discus and hammer throws during track and field meets, was made possible thanks to a $150,000 gift from Richard O. Jacobson. The Drake Knapp Center, a $12.5 million sports and recreation center, was completed in October of 1992. This facility is the Home of the Bulldogs for men s and women s basketball, volleyball and other selected sporting events. The arena seats 7,002. Recreational facilities for Drake students included in the Drake Knapp Center are five universal courts for basketball and volleyball, four racquetball/handball courts, a three-lane, 200-meter jogging track, a 5,800 square-foot weight training area and team locker rooms. The Drake Tennis Center features six indoor and six outdoor tennis courts. Athletic team lockers, meeting rooms and the tennis coaches offices are located here as well. It has been the site of both the Missouri Valley Conference men s and women s tennis championships. Next to the tennis complex is a practice field for the Drake men s and women s soccer teams. The practice field consists of 125x75 yards of natural grass. The Cownie Soccer Complex, located on the south side of Des Moines, has hosted several national tournaments and was the site of the 2004 MVC Women s Soccer Tournament. The Bell Center is Drake s recreation and athletic facility. It includes a 25-meter, six lane indoor pool, a weight training room, a gym with three basketball or six volleyball courts, a wellness center, and equipment room, administrative offices, men s and women s locker rooms, a student lounge area and offices. Drake Stadium not only serves as the home of the Bulldog football team, but also the Drake Relays, known as America s Athletic Classic - one of the most popular track and field venues in the world. The stadium is the focal point of the Drake campus each April when it hosts the Drake Relays the premier sporting event in Iowa which attracts world-class athletes, including many gold medalists. The stadium underwent a $15 million renovation in the fall of 2005 and hosted the 2007 NCAA Midwest Regional Track and Field Championships. Drake also will be the host site for the 2008 NCAA Track and Field Championships. Stadium improvements included a new Mondo surface track, a state of the art artificial grass field by FieldTurf for football and soccer, Musco Lighting for night events, a new scoreboard and throwing venues for the javelin, discus and hammer throw on a field north of the stadium. Drake Stadium was built in 1925 in a building project that also furnished the 4,000 seat Drake Fieldhouse. The Fieldhouse includes an indoor track, a tartan court area, as well as equipment and locker rooms and coaches offices.
CHAMPS Life Skills Drake University is proud to be participating in the CHAMPS/Life Skills Program (Challenging Athletes Minds for Personal Success) launched by the NCAA Foundation and the Division I-A Athletic s Association in 1994. Today, CHAMPS/ Life Skills continues to grow on campuses across the country through the leadership of the NCAA Education Outreach staff. This all-encompassing program wraps itself around the individual during his/her collegiate career and serves as a link between the student-athlete and the campus-wide opportunities they often have difficulty accessing. The goal of the program is to afford each studentathlete the opportunity to discover and develop his/her strengths, values, goals and vision as an individual, focusing on the well being of the whole person, not just the student or the athlete. The CHAMPS/Life Skills Program consists of five commitments: academic excellence, personal development, community service, career development, and athletic excellence. Shanna Fountain, director of athletic academic services, is in her first year serving as coordinator of Drake s CHAMPS/Life Skills Program. Drake athletic teams, like the men s soccer team pictured here, annually conduct youth clinics in Central Iowa. ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE Academic orientation Individual academic counseling Mid-semester progress reports Study skills training PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT Goal setting Time management Stress management Communication skills Student-athlete advisory committee CAREER DEVELOPMENT Interview training Career fair Resume preparation COMMUNITY SERVICE MAD DOGS MVC Just Read! Program Team pen pal program Mentoring youth Members of the Drake women s basketball team participated in the Drake campus Street Painting, a campus tradition held prior to every Drake Relays.
Athletic & Strength Training The Drake athletic weight room is one of the best in the Missouri Valley Conference as the 5,700 square foot facility boasts a 41-yard Astroturf training area specifically for speed, agility and plyometric training. In addition, 11 new multi-use power stations allow student-athletes to train using the latest techniques. Drake student-athletes train in the Knapp Center weight room, located just steps from the basketball court. The 5,700 square foot weight room has 11 multi-use power stations, nine platforms for explosive Olympic-style weightlifting and a 41-yard long cushioned, turf training surface used for stretching, agility and plyometric training. Each athlete participates in a sport-specific program designed to prevent injuries and improve athletic performance on the court. Each training session is led by a certified strength and conditioning coach to insure proper technique, tempo and intensity. Strength and conditioning coaches Mike Burch, Marco Candido and Josh Edwards monitor progress through extensive strength and speed testing and adjust workouts based on each athlete s needs. Every athlete trains both in-season and off-season to prepare for competition. KEYS TO SUCCESS Educate each athlete on correct training techniques, proper athletic nutrition and living a healthy lifestyle. Design sport and position specific training programs which will decrease injury and improve athletic performance. Provide a facility, equipment and environment that will promote consistent and intense training. Drake athletes receive the best of care in both the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries. The Drake athletics program offers its student-athletes a highly professional medical staff consisting of four full-time certified trainers, who are supplemented by highly respected graduate and undergraduate students. The Drake University Sports Medicine Program seeks to provide the finest education, medical care and physical rehabilitation possible for its student-athletes. Head trainer Scott Kerr, along with fulltime assistants Angie Dahl, Frank Neu and Gary Williamson, work with Drake s graduate and undergraduate student trainers to provide athletic training services for all of Drake s varsity athletic teams. The facilities designated for sports medicine offer the athletes a multitude of equipment for care and rehabilitation. When injuries do occur, however, Drake s expert athletic training staff draws on proven methods and modes of treatment, care and rehabilitation to help ensure that Drake student-athletes have a full and rapid recovery. Among the many other services being performed through the Drake training program are dietary counseling and student-athlete alcohol and drug education. Drake University s sports medicine staff continues to implement new techniques and ideas to offer the best possible medical attention to its athletes. Drake student-athletes receive the best of care in both the prevention and rehabilitation of injuries.