Drake University receives $5 million gift for center of public democracy
Ron Olson, a former student of Drake University, has donated $5 million to the university’s Center for Public Democracy. The center has been renamed the Ron and Jane Olson Center for Public Democracy. The university plans to use the funds to expand its efforts to teach future generations about civic leadership and participatory democracy. The center aims to strengthen the practice of participatory democracy through teachings in shared governance, healthy debate, and collaboration for a better, collective future.