Guest post by Aralia Ramirez | Student Development Coordinator for Student Engagement, Leadership Reflecting on my experience working within the Student Leadership office the past eight months, I feel fortunate to be in a position to support students on their journey to making meaning of their values, character, and community and understanding how their experiences […]
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Connecting with the Community
Guest post by David Allen | Duke Divinity School; America Reads/America Counts Graduate Assistant As a Graduate Assistant for America Reads/America Counts (ARAC), I take seriously the notion that Duke students should be invested in the larger Durham community. When I was in college, it took me a while before I felt like I was […]
Duke Senior Caroline Brockett honored for community service
Duke University senior Caroline Brockett has been recognized for outstanding leadership and service by North Carolina Campus Compact, a statewide network of colleges and universities that are committed to community engagement. Brockett is a recipient of the network’s Community Impact Student Award, which honors one student leader at each member school. The award recognizes students […]
Recycling Lessons Learned in Global Health Classes
Guest post by Gabrielle Zegers, T’21 This blog was originally featured on Duke Global Health Institute’s Voices of DGHI. Gabrielle Zegers, a junior majoring in Cultural Anthropology and minoring in Global Health and Biology, reflects on her experience in the Student Research Training Program. When I started my 8-week summer project at Triangle Residential Options […]
Moving Beyond the Cycle
Guest post by Brian Lackman | Assistant Director of Student Engagement, Leadership Often times in my work with Duke students, I have the privilege of being able to engage in thoughtful and deep conversations around leadership, equity, and the struggle to progress forward individually and collectively to a better place. I have frequently heard the […]
What’s Your Favorite Part of Durham?
Guest post by Sandra Martinez-Zuniga | Assistant Director, Duke University Career Center That is one of my favorite questions to ask my students at Duke. I ask it because Durham is the home of Duke University and because so many exciting things are happening here. I also ask this question to help my students reflect on something very […]
Welcome (back) to Duke and Durham
Leslie Parkins, Ed.D. | Assistant Vice President and Director for Civic Engagement, Durham and Community Affairs On behalf of the Office of Durham and Community Affairs, we welcome new students to Duke and to Durham! For those students who are returning, welcome back to campus and our broader community. The energy of the campus is […]
Humanizing The Narrative
Guest post by Joshua Salaam | Muslim Chaplain, Muslim Life at Duke I get frustrated every time I vote in an election. I park my car and begin the political gauntlet walk. I accept all flyers from the extended hands, none of which will sway my decision. But what frustrates me is the flyer encouraging […]
Behind the Bio
Guest post by Bibi Gnagno | Student Development Coordinator, Duke University Women’s Center This year, the Duke Women’s Center invited Jaimie Woo, Duke University alumna and former policy analyst in the Office of the Vice President Joe Biden, to campus. Jaimie spoke during our Annual WomC Awards in which we honor female identified people’s contributions […]
Partnerships in Civic Engagement: The Power of Listening
Guest post by Kimmie Garner, M.S.W. | Assistant Director, Duke Service-Learning I returned to the field of civic engagement when I began my position as Assistant Director of Duke Service-Learning in August 2018. I was a student organizer in service-learning during all four of my undergraduate years at UNC. Since graduating eight years ago, I […]