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Drake University is a private, coeducational university in Des Moines, Iowa's capital and the state's center for business, publishing, and culture. Drake offers its 5,200 students a unique mix of professional preparation and liberal arts and sciences in more than 70 majors in six colleges and schools - Arts and Sciences including Fine Arts, Business and Public Administration, Education, Journalism and Mass Communication, Law, and Pharmacy and Health Sciences. Students participate in over 160 clubs and organizations, including 16 NCAA Division I sports. Of Drake's 249 full, associate, and assistant professors and instructors, 95 percent hold the highest degree in their fields. There are no teaching assistants or graduate students who teach classes at Drake. Ninety-three percent of Drake graduates find professional employment or enter graduate schools within six months of earning their degrees.
- Al McCoy - Voice of the Phoenix Suns (NBA)
- Barbara Ford - Vice President, Global Advertising for Kraft Foods, Inc.
- Charla Lawhon - Managing editor of InStyle magazine
- Craig Donahue - CEO of Chicago Mercantile Exchange
- John August - Screenwriter for Charlie's Angels, Big Fish, Go, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- Marty Erlichman - Manager for Barbra Striesand
- Zach Johnson - PGA golfer; winner of the 2007 Masters
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More than 120 years ago, George Carpenter and several others came to a plot of land, an undeveloped wooded area outside the city of Des Moines. Among the native elms, oaks, and hickories stood one elm tree, remarkable for its size and beauty. Climbing high into the tree, Carpenter eyed the landscape and was captivated. "Here we will build our University!" the future Chancellor announced from atop the great elm. That majestic elm, henceforth, was called the Chancellor’s Elm. Unfortunately, the elm was lost to Dutch elm disease in the late 1990s.
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The annual Drake Relays track and field event, which began in 1910, includes the Beautiful Bulldog contest—bringing real bulldogs from several states who compete to be the Relays mascot for the year—and street painting. One street on campus is permanently closed for campus organizations to paint their depiction of the Relays theme. Hundreds of students turn out to paint each year. Another Drake tradition is Hubbelling - "borrowing" a tray from Hubbell cafeteria to use for sledding in the winter.
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