Students, faculty express thanks for friends.
Students take advantage of travel seminars.
Drake women upset MVC leader Southwest Missouri State. Even though summer may still be more than three months away, many students have already begun thinking about how they'll be spending their three months of vacation. Some students come to a dilemma when trying to decide whether to stay in Des Moines and take classes at Drake for the summer, attend summer school at home or return home for a job or internship. There is one solution, however, that allows students to combine all three options, making the choice clear for many. Drake University offered its first Web-based courses in the summer of 1997, said Sandra Smeltzer, director of summer programming and budget assistant to the provost.