Drake University News

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Opperman joined Eagan-based West Publishing as an editor in the early 1950s and rose to become its CEO.

In 2012 the law firms of Elardo and Appel merged and welcomed two new partners - Venessa Bragg and Michael Rossi to form the Elardo, Bragg, Appel & Rossi Law Firm in Phoenix, Arizona.

Catharine Manset, senior vice president and Santa Barbara market manager of Pacific Western Bank, has been appointed to the Board of Directors of the Housing Trust Fund of Santa Barbara County .

Bjorn Berg, 33, remembers the day and time it happened: Jan. 23, 2001, at 9:35 p.m. "We were sitting around the dorm room," said Berg, who attended Luther College in Decorah.

Anita was born May 23, 1948, in Morrison, to Dwight and Lois Oetzel. She attended Prophetstown schools and graduated from Drake University in Des Moines, Iowa.

Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad said Monday he expects to appoint two new members to the Iowa Board of Regents in the next couple of weeks in response to the Iowa Senate declining to confirm his nominees.

Former Iowa Governor Terry Branstad speaks to an audience during his Linn County "Iowa Comback Tour" event in Iowa Hall at Kirkwood Community College in Cedar Rapids on Wednesday, January 20, 2010.

Counselor Angie Daurer assists William McFall before he enters the stage during the Huntley High School commencement at the Sears Centre on Saturday.

Two Republicans will enter the race for U.S. Senate in the next few days according to news releases sent by their respective campaigns Friday.

The school board announced Wednesday that Dr. Andy Pattee, the current superintendent in Charles City and Riceville, will start on July 1. Pattee graduated from the University of Northern Iowa with his BA in 1998 and then continued his education up to his doctorate from Drake University.

Robert M. Nady, 88, died Wednesday, March 27, 2013, at Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, Iowa, with loving family at his bedside.

Sybil Thornton's son, Mike and grandson Will stopped to visit Sybil and spend the night.

The First Presbyterian Church in Fairfield recently awarded its scholarships for 2013 to graduating high school seniors and to those from the church family who are continuing their educational careers.

DES MOINES, Iowa - Sen. Tom Harkin will donate his papers to Drake University after plans to give them to a namesake institute at Iowa State University fell apart earlier this year.

Jill Hower of the Zonta Club of Lincoln presented the Young Women in Public Affairs Scholarship to Melissa Anne Studach, a senior, at Pleasant Plains High School on May 14.

Dr. Nadeem Khan, Davis & Elkins College professor of economics and finance, was honored during the college's annual Academic Awards and Recognition Convocation ceremony with the 2013 Lois Latham Award for Teaching Excellence.