Duke Alumni Association

What's your affinity?

There are numerous ways to connect with Duke: affinity groups, the huge number of activities, living groups, and campus associations that you participated in as a student. The marching band, Hoof 'n' Horn, residents of Blackwell dorm, the swim team, College Bound mentors, or established social groups, like sororities or fraternities - all of these fall under the affinity umbrella. Affinity groups provide a tangible way for us to identify and engage individuals in the life of the university. The DAA is committed to providing affinity groups more programs and communications, and more chances to interact with us and each other.

Affinity Groups wishing to hold Reunions during Reunions Weekend 2008 can now reserve a space through the DAA - Click Here for more information.

Affinity groups have the following characteristics:

Self-identified

Identified in the Duke alumni database

Alumni volunteers, at least two, willing to lead group for 2 years

Have a statement of goal(s)

How to get started:

Contact the Duke Alumni Office by clicking here

Create, with help from Duke staff, an initial broadcast email message announcing the existence of your group, a survey of the group, and what's next

Establish an affinity group website with the help of Duke staff. There must be an identified website administrator to populate the site.

What we can do for you:

Send your first broadcast email announcement (and up to one broadcast email per month) to your group

Send out one hard-copy mailing per year, paid for by the DAA

On-campus event planning assistance

Provide DAA-hosted website, which will include group goals, a list-serv, group contact information, and any events, either on Duke's campus or off

Affinity Groups

	Duke University Black Alumni Connection The Duke University Black Alumni Connection (DUBAC), founded in 1986, is a support conduit for Black alumni of Duke University. We seek to support alumni in maintaining professional ties with former classmates and financial ties to the University. We seek to mentor and support current and prospective students in their quest for their respective degrees. We seek to support the University in its efforts to increase sensitivity, and respond to the needs of African-American students, as well as solicit funds to directly benefit African-American students. For more information, click here.
	Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship Program The Angier B. Duke Memorial Scholarship Program is Duke University's flagship merit scholarship for undergraduates. Since 1948, the program has recognized young men and women who demonstrate, through their excellent academic and personal records, outstanding promise of achievement in their chosen fields. This year, we celebrate the 60th anniversary of the scholarship with a new website and a series of special events, culminating with a gala evening during Homecoming 2008. For more information, click here.
	Women as Leaders From 1999 till 2006, Betsy Alden's PPS 140 course "Women as Leaders" brought together a seminar of women who bonded as young feminist activists, dedicated to improving the world for women (and men and chilldren, too!). Closely allied with the Women's Initiative at Duke and the Baldwin Scholars Program, 65 of the 150 women who have taken the class celebrated Betsy's Retirement in 2007 and began to plan ways to continue to interact, network with each other, build "webs of inclusion," and mentor younger Duke women. A new website launches this spring with pictures of all the classes, update info, book club suggestions, and resources for women's leadership. Reunion classes are invited to a mini-reunion at Betsy's home at 2-3:30 pm on Saturday, April 12, where they will have a chance to share their "real world" experiences with current Baldwin Scholars. RSVP to the invitation coming soon! For more information, click here.
	Duke Band Alumni Association For more information, click here.
	Hoof 'n' Horn For over 70 years, Hoof 'n' Horn has been dedicated to producing the highest quality, completely student run musical theater to Duke and the Durham community. The Hoof 'n' Horn affinity group is an organization dedicated to helping all lifetime members stay connected to the organization and each other after their time at Duke. For more information, click here.
	Out Of The Blue Alumnae Association OOTBA is the alumnae association for women who were members of Out of the Blue, Duke’s first all-female a cappella group, which has been performing everywhere from Duke to Club Med to Carnegie Hall since (spring) 1981. For more information, click here.
	Alpha Delta Pi The Omicron Chapter of Alpha Delta Pi is excited to celebrate its 95th Anniversary in 2006! Since 1851, ADPi has dedicated itself to its strong sense of sisterhood, values, academics, philanthropy, and social responsibility. We Live For Each Other. For more information, click here.
	Center for Race Relations Alumni The CRR Alumni Association exists to facilitate contact between former CRR members with their classmates, fellow retreat participants and facilitators, as well as to introduce them to other CRRers from different years and to engage the community of similarly motivated alumni who graduated from Duke before the CRR was formed. For more information, click here.
	Zeta Tau Alpha Zeta Tau Alpha is back on campus and looking to reunite with our alumni! Visit our webpage to see what we’ve been doing since our re-colonization at Duke in the spring of 2005. For more information, click here.
	Women's Soccer Alumni Group The Duke Women's Soccer Alumni Association aims to keep Duke women's soccer players connected to the university, to the community, and to each other. For more information, click here.
	Sigma Alpha Epsilon NC Nu Alumni Association of Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity was founded at Duke on Feb 20, 1939 as the 131st chapter. The Association is celebrating its 75th Anniversary this year. Known as the "True Gentleman" Fraternity, SAE's values include "Fraternity, Loyalty, Friendship, & Honor". The Fraternity was founded on March 9, 1856 and recently celebrated its 150th Anniversary. SAE has over 275,000 initiates, 215 chapters, and 10,000 undergraduate member. The NC Nu Association has 1,700 total initiates. For more information, click here.
	Phi Delta Theta Founded in 1878, the North Carolina Alpha chapter of Phi Delta Theta is one of Duke’s oldest fraternities with history running back to when Duke was Trinity College. The fraternity of Edmund Pratt, William Preston Few, and Peter Nicholas, Phi Delta Theta is about two things: giving our members a fun and exciting experience of brotherhood, and providing leadership opportunities and other skills which help our alumni succeed throughout the world. For more information, click here.
	Project WILD Project WILD (Wilderness Initiatives for Learning at Duke) provides experiential education opportunities for students. The primary component of the program is the wilderness-based pre-orientation programs for incoming first-year students. Started in 1974 Project Wild is unique among university based outdoor programs because it is entirely staffed and organized by students. This affinity site helps alumni stay connected with the program and with each other. To read more, click here.
	Duke Asian American Alumni Network To read more, click here.
	DukeLAN For more information, click here. Fuqua graduates, go to Fuqua Pride.
	Duke PT Alumni Association For more information, click here.
	Duke University Latino Alumni Association For more information, click here.
	Lodgealums - Alpha Sigma Delta of Chi For more information, click here.
	Mi Gente For more information, click here.