Deadline for December Graduates

If you are planning to graduate this December (end of Fall semester):

1. Congratulations!
   
2. You must complete a Graduation Application and submit it by October 1! The form is available electronically under the student tab on BlueView.

APA Tutorial

Now that we're a few weeks in to fall semester and you are working on prework and other papers for classes...it's time for a reminder on APA and the resources that are available to you!

We now have an APA tutorial available through BlueView.
To access the tutorial:

We also have APA resources on the ALOP website (including my favorite "cheat sheet" by Degelman and Harris at Vanguard University). The ALOP website also has general writing support (keep scrolling to see it all!).

As a student, you can also get one-on-one feedback on your papers (and other writing-related help) through the Drake Writing Workshop. It's a great, but underused, resource for you!

New Drake Email

As you know, last weekend the Drake email system was updated. This means several things for you:

• your email has CHANGED. Your email is now Firstname.Lastname@Drake.edu (of course using your first and last name!)
  
• when you go into BlueView and click on "email" you will see a new logon screen (and then a new email interface)
  
• when you log in to webmail you use your email name (Firstname.Lastname), not your student ID number

Why do you care about Drake email? Because all your class info and all official Drake communications will be sent to your Drake email!

If you have questions about the new email, feel free to call the Drake help desk at 515-271-3001.

Advisee Blog Survey Results

Thanks to those of you who completed the (very short!) Advisee Blog survey. Here are the results:

Q1: will you read the advisee blog if it contains content interesting or useful to you?

• The majority of the respondents said "yes." Although several people said they forget to look at it and appreciate email reminders to check the blog.

Q2: What would you like to see as content for our advisee blog?

• There was a 3-way tie for first place: Logistical and administration information and topics related to Training & Development, and Technology
  
• There was a 2-way tie for second place: Topics related to Leadership and Higher Ed
  
• Third place: Topics related to HR

So here's my plan:
Q1:

• I will continue to send email reminders
  
• I will add a post later in the semester on blog aggregators so you can, if you're interested, set up your own blog aggregator and make it easier to keep up with new posts in this blog and others!
  A blog "aggregator" or blog "reader" goes out and finds the new blog posts for all the blogs you have selected and presents all the new posts in one place (it "aggregates" them). This means you can go to one place and read all your blogs--a real time saver!

Q2:

• I'll continue to include logistical and administrative info in the blog but will also add Training & Development and Technology posts. To a lesser degree I'll add Leadership and Higher Ed posts too.
  
• For the fall, I'll be keeping a separate technology blog as part of ALOP 298--Using Emerging Technologies for Learning. I started this blog for class last year and will continue to add to it. Some of the posts may be a little "techie" but others should be interesting! So feel free to check it out last year's posts! (they won't all be on the screen-- click the "2007" on the right side of the screen to see the 2007 posts)

Thanks again for your feedback!

Student ID

Getting a student ID:
If you do not have a student ID, the student life office (located in Olmsted, next to the pay parking lot) is now open extended hours for student IDs:

• Monday-Saturday 8:00a-10:00p
• Sunday 10:00a-10:00p

Why do you want a student ID?
First of all it's your library card. But you can also get student discounts with your student ID. Add a comment to this post and list the discounts you have received or know you can get with a Drake student ID so everyone can take full advantage of it!

Parking at the SOE

We've been asked to remind everyone that the School of Education (SOE) parking lot requires a Drake parking sticker ($140/year); including nights and weekends.

Also, although it used to be OK, we have been asked to not park in the Lutheran Services parking lot east of the SOE because they moved some client-serving deparments into the building and want to be sure they have enough parking for these clients. The best (legal) option for students without parking passes is to park on the street.