Oringinally posted on News.Drake.edu: Drake University President Marty Martin announced today that Joseph Jones, a Drake alumnus and former legislative assistant to retired U.S. Senator Tom Harkin, has been hired as executive director of The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement. Jones will serve as the Institute’s first full-time executive director beginning Aug. 1. He worked as legislative assistant for Harkin’s office in Washington, D.C., from 2010 to 2013, and currently serves as senior vice president for government relations and public policy at the Greater Des … [Read more...]
Woman Game Changer Marsha Ternus to Retire as Director of The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement
Marsha Ternus, who was featured in our book, Ingredients of Outliers: Women Game Changers, will retire as director of The Harkin Institute for Public Policy and Citizen Engagement following a visionary tenure that guided the Institute through three highly successful formative years. Ternus, a 1977 Drake Law School alumna and the former chief justice of the Iowa Supreme Court, was appointed to the part-time directorship on Aug. 1, 2013, shortly after Iowa Sen. Tom Harkin (Ret.) and Drake University partnered to create the Institute. When Ternus retires on June 1, she will have overseen … [Read more...]
Complimentary Kindle eBook on Amazon about Influential Former Iowa State Supreme Court Chief Justice, Marsha Ternus
Outliers Publishing announced today that chapter six from Ingredients of Outliers: Women Game Changers in eBook format is free on Amazon.com, today through February 18, 2016. The chapter contains an exclusive interview with Marsha Ternus, the first woman to become Chief Justice in Iowa’s Highest Court. The title of the eBook chapter is Ingredients of Outliers: Woman Game Changer Marsha Ternus. The ebook chapter can be downloaded on Amazon.com and sent to any Kindle eReader, smartphone, or device with a free Kindle application … [Read more...]
The 50th Year Anniversary of Human Rights Day
A world recognizing inherent rights, observing each human being's dignity and worth; it’s the stuff monumental figures Franklin D. and Eleanor Roosevelt were passionate to protect, and it’s what we are celebrating here on the blog today and around the world! These important rights cover culture, citizenship, religious freedom, and more; they touch every person and include more topics than you are probably aware of! For example- did you know it's every person's basic right to have a name (something I have never thought of before)? Our human rights are globally recognized on December 10th of … [Read more...]