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{{Short description|Private university in Des Moines, Iowa, US}}
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{{Infobox university
 | name                   = Drake University
 | image                  = DrakeSeal.png
 | image_upright          = 0.7
 | motto                  = ''[[Veritas]]'' ([[Latin]])
 | mottoeng               = Truth
 | established            = {{start date and age|1881|03}}
 | founder                = George T. Carpenter and Francis Marion Drake<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.drake.edu/about/historytraditions/ | title=History & Traditions }}</ref>
 | accreditation          = [[Higher Learning Commission|HLC]]
 | type                   = [[Private university]]
 | academic_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[National Association of Independent Colleges and Universities|NAICU]]|[[Council of Independent Colleges|CIC]]|[[National Space Grant College and Fellowship Program|Space-grant]]}}
 | president              = [[Earl F. Martin]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.drake.edu/2014/03/12/drake-university-president-david-maxwell-will-retire-in-june-2015/ |title=Drake University President David Maxwell will retire in June 2015 &#124; Newsroom &#124; Drake University |date=March 12, 2014 |publisher=News.drake.edu |access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>
 | provost                = Sue Mattison<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.drake.edu/acad/provost/ | title=Office of the Provost }}</ref>
 | endowment              = $245.4 million (2022)<ref>As of June 30, 2022.{{cite report |url=https://www.nacubo.org/-/media/Nacubo/Documents/research/2022-NTSE-Public-Tables--Endowment-Market-Values--FINAL.ashx |title=U.S. and Canadian Institutions Listed by Fiscal Year (FY) 2022 Endowment Market Value and Change in Endowment Market Value from FY21 to FY22 |date=January 30, 2022 |access-date=September 14, 2023}}</ref>
 | budget                 = $141.4 million (2022)<ref>As of June 30, 2022. {{cite report |url=https://www.drake.edu/media/departmentsoffices/businessandfinance/busfin/documents/Final%20Drake%202022%20Financial%20Statements%20without%20Supplemental%20Schedules.pdf |title=Drake University Consolidated Financial Statements as of and for the Years Ended June 30, 2022 and  |date=January 30, 2022 |access-date=September 14, 2023}}</ref>
 | city                   = [[Des Moines, Iowa|Des Moines]]
 | state                  = Iowa
 | country                = United States
 | total_staff            = 900+<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.drake.edu/hr/anexceptionalworkingenvironment/#:~:text=More%20than%20900%20faculty%20and,create%20an%20%E2%80%8Cexceptional%20working%20environment.| title=An Exceptional Working Environment}}</ref>
 | students               = 4,774 (spring 2022)<ref name="nces.ed.gov">{{cite web | url=https://nces.ed.gov/collegenavigator/?q=Drake+University&s=all&id=153269 | title=College Navigator – Drake University }}</ref>
 | undergrad              = 2,848 (spring 2022)<ref name="nces.ed.gov"/>
 | postgrad               = 1,926 (spring 2022)<ref name="nces.ed.gov"/>
 | academic_staff         = 300<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.drake.edu/about/rankingsfacts/ | title=Rankings & Facts }}</ref>
 | coordinates            = {{coord|41|36|08|N|93|39|15|W|region:US-IA_type:edu|display=inline,title}}
 | campus                 = Urban
 | campus_size            = {{convert|150|acre}}
 | sporting_affiliations  = {{hlist|[[NCAA Division I]] [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] - [[Missouri Valley Conference|Missouri Valley]]| [[Pioneer Football League]]|[[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference|MAAC]]|[[Summit League]]}}
 | sports_nickname        = [[Drake Bulldogs|Bulldogs]]
 | mascot                 = {{hlist|Spike|Griff II}}
 | colors                 = Blue and White<ref>{{cite book |url=https://www.drake.edu/media/departmentsoffices/marketingcommunications/documents/Drake_BrandStyleGuide_2020.pdf |title=Drake University Brand Style Guide 2020 |access-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-date=April 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200407051953/https://www.drake.edu/media/departmentsoffices/marketingcommunications/documents/Drake_BrandStyleGuide_2020.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><br>{{color box|#003B73}} {{color box|white}}
 | website                = {{URL|https://www.drake.edu/}}
 | logo                   = Drake University logo.svg
 | logo_upright           = 0.7
 | free_label             = Newspaper
 | free                   = ''The Times-Delphic''
}}

'''Drake University''' is a [[private university]] in [[Des Moines, Iowa]], United States. It offers over 140<ref>{{Cite web |title=Undergraduate Majors, Minors & Concentrations {{!}} Drake University |url=https://www.drake.edu/academics/undergraduate/majors/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=drake.edu |language=en}}</ref> undergraduate and graduate programs, including professional programs in [[business]], [[education]], [[Legal education|law]], and [[pharmacy]]. [[Drake University Law School]] was founded in 1865, which makes it one of the 25 oldest law schools in the United States.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Drake Law School {{!}} Drake University |url=https://www.drake.edu/law/about/ |access-date=2023-09-14 |website=drake.edu |language=en}}</ref>

==History==
[[Image:fmdrake.jpg|thumb|upright|Francis Marion Drake]]
[[File:Old Main Front.png|thumb|Old Main Administration Offices]]
Drake University was founded in March 1881 by George T. Carpenter, a teacher and pastor, and [[Francis M. Drake|Francis Marion Drake]], a Union general during the Civil War. Drake was originally affiliated with the [[Christian Church (Disciples of Christ)]] at its founding, but the religious affiliation was terminated in 1907.<ref>{{cite web |title=Drake University Bible College - Drake in China - Cowles Library at Drake University |url=https://library.drake.edu/c.php?g=1301650&p=9581350 |website=Drake University |access-date=27 December 2024}}</ref> The first classes convened in 1881, with 77 students and one building constructed, Student's Home.

In 1883, the first permanent building, Old Main, was completed. Old Main remains prominent on campus, housing administration offices, Levitt Hall, and Sheslow Auditorium, and as the site of many [[United States presidential debates]] and other events. The university's [[law school]]–the second oldest law school in the country west of the Mississippi River, after [[Saint Louis University School of Law]]–was established in 1865, by [[Chester C. Cole]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/about/history/justices/CCCole.asp |title=Iowa Judicial Branch – Official Site of the Iowa Courts |access-date=February 9, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041211211327/http://www.judicial.state.ia.us/about/history/justices/CCCole.asp |archive-date=December 11, 2004}}</ref> who served on the [[Iowa Supreme Court]] from 1864 to 1876. Drake's first international students enrolled for classes in 1886, and were citizens of China, [[Persia]], [[Armenia]], and Japan. The first campus library opened on June 16, 1908. In 1920, due to a housing crisis, the university allowed social fraternities to use Greek letter emblems and affiliate with national offices.<ref name="drake1">{{cite web|url=http://www.drake.edu/advantage/about/history.php |title=History & Traditions |website=Drake.edu |access-date=January 25, 2013}}</ref>

The College of Education evolved out of the 1888 purchase of '''Callanan College of Women'''. In 1893, that Callanan entity became known as the Normal College, preparing students to be teachers until 1906. It was renamed as the School of Education or alternatively, as the College of Education between 1906 and 1987. The School of Education serves more than 1,000 undergraduate and graduate students.<ref>{{cite web |title=Collection Overview - College of Education |url=https://aspace.library.drake.edu/repositories/2/resources/151 |website=drake.edu |access-date=16 September 2024}}</ref>

Drake's law school, one of the 25 oldest law schools in the nation, traces its history to 1865.<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Drake Law School |url=https://www.drake.edu/law/about/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=drake.edu |language=en}}</ref> It is a charter member of the [[Association of American Law Schools]]; has been accredited since 1923, when accreditation began; and is one of only 75 ABA-approved law schools with a chapter of the [[Order of the Coif]]. [[Drake University Law School]] is home to the [[American Judicature Society]]; the archives of the [[National Bar Association]], the nation's oldest and largest national association of predominately African American lawyers and judges; and the Drake [[Constitutional Law]] Center, one of only four constitutional law programs established by the U.S. Congress and funded by the federal government.

In 1887, the Iowa College of Pharmacy affiliated with Drake University and operated as one of the colleges of the university, until 1906, when it was discontinued. Drake was without a pharmacy school until 1939, when the Des Moines College of Pharmacy Corporation, which separated from [[Des Moines University (1865–1929)|Des Moines University]] in 1927, was dissolved and the college's staff and facilities became part of Drake University.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.drake.edu/catalog/graduate/current/collegeofpharmacyandhealthsciences/ |title=College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences |website=Drake.edu |access-date=November 12, 2017}}</ref>

In 1931, the women's dormitory opened—the first on-campus student residence built since the university's founding. In 1937, ground was broken on commencement day for Cowles Library, now the university's primary library. In 1939, a new men's dormitory was completed, which included a student union, dubbed "The Kennel". In 1963, Kirk Residence Hall opened, then Meredith Hall opened, in 1965, opening the door for the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Journalism. During the height of nationwide student protests in 1970–culminating in the [[Student Strike of 1970]]–a bomb exploded inside Harvey Ingham Hall. No one was injured, but windows were shattered in nearby Meredith, Fitch and Herriott Halls. Ingham was decimated but repaired. The largest building on campus, the Harmon Fine Arts Center, opened in 1972. The Olmsted Center, Drake's student union building, opened in 1974.

On September 17, 1969, the Drake student newspaper, ''The Times-Delphic'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.timesdelphic.com/|title=The Times-Delphic – Drake's source for student and university news|website=timesdelphic.com|access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref> published what appears to be the first documented account of the [[Paul is dead]] hoax.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Munson |first=Kyle |title=Earliest documented source of 'Paul is Dead' rumor came from Iowa |url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/entertainment/music/2014/02/06/paul-is-dead-rumor-has-roots-in-times-delphic/5259315/ |access-date=2023-04-04 |website=The Des Moines Register |language=en-US}}</ref> No articles published prior to this piece about the supposed death of [[Paul McCartney]] are evidenced, although fellow ''Times-Delphic'' reporter and musician Dartanyan Brown, one of the sources for the article, recalled hearing about the hoax from other musicians and reading about it in some [[underground newspaper]]s.

In 1992, the [[Knapp Center]] opened as home to the men's and women's basketball teams, and the women's volleyball team. It contains four racquetball courts, five basketball and volleyball courts, a 200-meter track, and a weight training center. The facility hosted [[President Bill Clinton]] in 1996.<ref name="drake1"/>

In 2013, Drake University became the home of [[The Harkin Institute for Public Policy & Citizen Engagement]].

==Academics==
{{Infobox US university ranking
| Forbes = 211
| THE_WSJ = 97
| USNWR_NU = 179
| Wamo_NU = 186
}}

The university is organized into 7 colleges and schools:<ref>{{Cite web|title=Colleges & Schools {{!}} Drake University|url=https://www.drake.edu/academics/collegesschools/|access-date=2021-06-04|website=drake.edu}}</ref>

* College of Arts & Sciences
* Zimpleman College of Business
* John Dee Bright College (Two-year associate degree program only)
* School of Education
* School of Journalism & Mass Communication
* [[Drake University Law School|Law School]]
* [[Drake University College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences|College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences]]

==Student life==
Drake features over 160 student organizations, which including several fraternities and sororities.

The School of Journalism & Mass Communication (SJMC) magazine program has achieved national prominence. The Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communication (ACEJMC) team that visited in 1999, termed Drake's Magazines program the strongest undergraduate sequence in the country. In 2007, Drake student magazines ''THiNK'' and ''515'' won [[Pacemaker Award]]s.

==Athletics==
{{Main|Drake Bulldogs}}
Drake student-athletes compete in [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] [[National Collegiate Athletic Association#Division I conferences|Division I]] in the [[Missouri Valley Conference]] in all sports except [[College football|football]], men's tennis and women's rowing. In football, Drake competes in the FCS [[College football#NCAA Division I (FCS)|NCAA Division I]] [[Pioneer Football League]]. In women's rowing, Drake competes in the [[Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference]]. In men's tennis, Drake competes in the Summit League.

*[[College basketball|Basketball]] (men's and women's)
*[[Sport rowing|Crew]] (women's)
*[[Cross-country running|Cross-country]] (men's and women's)
*[[American football|Football]] (men's)
*[[Golf]] (men's and women's)
*[[Soccer]] (men's and women's)
*[[Softball]] (women's)
*[[Tennis]] (men's and women's)
*[[Track & Field]] (men's and women's)
*[[Volleyball]] (women's)

===History===
In 1885, [[baseball]] became the university's first varsity sport, followed by [[American football|football]] and [[track and field|track]].{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

In 1904, Drake organized a women's basketball team, but Mary Carpenter, the first Dean of Women, banned the team as "not appropriate" for women.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

Also in 1904, the athletic teams received their nickname of Bulldogs from a sportswriter who noticed that John L. Griffith, who coached every sport, was bringing his pet bulldogs to the practice fields. The teams had previously been known as the Ducklings and Ganders.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

On October 11, 1905, Drake's first football field, Haskins Field, opened with a 17–0 loss to Iowa.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

In 1928, Drake's football history continued when Drake defeated [[Simpson College]] 41–6 in what is believed to be the first night football game west of the [[Mississippi River]]. Perhaps the most famous incident{{when|date=January 2017}} in Drake's football history is known as the [[Johnny Bright Incident]], where [[Pulitzer Prize]]-winning photographs in the ''[[Des Moines Register]]'' proved an intentional attack on the African American quarterback by Oklahoma A&M football players (Oklahoma A&M became [[Oklahoma State]] in 1957).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.desmoinesregister.com/picture-gallery/sports/football/2014/05/23/20-photos-drakes-johnny-bright/3656581/|title=20 photos: Drake's Johnny Bright|website=[[The Des Moines Register]] |access-date=December 9, 2017}}</ref>

In 1969, [[Drake Bulldogs men's basketball|Drake's men's basketball team]] reached the Final Four of the NCAA Tournament. Top-seeded [[UCLA|UCLA Bruins men's basketball]] and its 7-foot megastar [[Lew Alcindor]] (later [[Kareem Abdul-Jabbar]]) barely escaped an upset in the national semifinals, 85–82.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

In 1973, nearly 70 years after the original women's basketball team had been banned, Drake established a department of Women's Intercollegiate Athletics.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}

In 1981, senior [[Lewis Lloyd]], the nation's second-leading scorer in Division I men's basketball, was named a first-team All-American. Drafted by the [[Houston Rockets]], Lloyd went on to an eight-year NBA career.<ref name="drake1"/>

In 1982, the first year of the NCAA women's basketball tournament, Drake came within one step of the Final Four.{{citation needed|date=January 2017}}
[[File:DrakeRelays-Xtream LogoVariations-01.png|thumb|150x150px|Drake Relays Logo]]

===Drake Relays===
{{Main|Drake Relays}}
Drake's most famous event, the [[Drake Relays]], began in 1910 in a blizzard with fewer than 100 participants. In 1935 [[Jesse Owens]] set an American broad jump record (26 feet 1-3/4 inches) at the Drake Relays. Today, the Drake Relays draws athletes from all over the world, including Olympians.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thegazette.com/2012/06/09/drake-hopeful-of-drawing-fans-huge-2016-events/ |title=Drake hopeful of drawing fans, huge 2016 events |publisher=TheGazette |access-date=January 25, 2013}}</ref> It is common to see Relays participants compete in the Summer Olympics and vice versa.  Students' kick-off the Relays in the annual tradition of street painting, in which student organizations colorfully decorate areas of Carpenter Avenue near the center of campus under a common theme.

==Notable people==
{{main|List of Drake University people}}

==See also==
*[[Drake University Campus Historic District]], listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]]
*[[Vote Smart]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://news.drake.edu/2016/12/12/vote-smart-to-relocate-to-drake-university-in-des-moines/|title=Vote Smart to relocate to Drake University in Des Moines|date=December 12, 2016}}</ref>
*[[620 Drakonia]]

==References==
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==External links==
{{Americana Poster}}
*[https://www.drake.edu Official website]
*[https://www.godrakebulldogs.com Drake Athletics website]
*[https://timesdelphic.com Drake's student newspaper ''The Times-Delphic'' website]

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