Message from the Executive Director

Sterly Wilder '83 discusses the start of new school year and the ways the DAA celebrated incoming frosh and alumni parents, plus a party for the entire campus that took over the streets. Click here.

Duke Blue Connections

To view the most recent edition, please click here.

The answer to the August/September edition trivia question is: Rebecca Ward. Rebecca won a bronze medal in the individual sabre competition and a bronze with the women’s team sabre competition, in fencing. For more info click here.

DAA Annual Report

For a demographic profile of the alumni body and a comprehensive look at the many ways the Duke Alumni Association engaged, connected, and celebrated its 135,000 members in 2007-08, click here for a pdf.

Duke Magazine

The July-August issue features Duke neurosurgeon John Sampson, who has developed a vaccine for treating deadly brain tumors; a report from Kabul, Afghanistan, by a young alum and aspiring journalist; and the changing world of financial aid. Click here for the latest issue.

Trustee nomination

If you would you like to nominate someone for Duke's board of trustees, alumni are invited to submit candidates to the executive director of Alumni Affairs to be considered by the executive committee of the Duke Alumni Association. For information and a form for submitting a nomination, click here.

Nominate a Candidate

Know a Blue Devil you believe would be an asset to the DAA's board of directors? DAA board membership is a two-year commitment, to represent undergraduate, graduate, and professional school alumni and other interest groups, on campus three times a year. For duties and responsibilities of DAA board members, click here. Send us recommendations (no self-nominations, please) by completing the online form at www.dukealumni.com/boardnominate. The deadline for 2006-07 has passed, but we welcome nominations for next year.

Campus Expansion

Duke's trustees recently approved a master plan for expanding the campus, with Phase 1 focusing along Campus Drive, between East and West campuses. The design concept for development over the next 50 to 75 years was presented to the trustees by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects (PCPA). After an extensive analysis of existing conditions, such as the terrain, transit routes and other issues, the PCPA team concluded that expansion along Campus Drive provides many practical, environmental, and aesthetic advantages over the university's previous plan to build closer to Erwin Road on Central Campus. For more information, click here.

Partners In Education

The Duke Club of Washington's PIE Project, a reading room for a local charter school, was visited by President Richard H. Brodhead, who dedicated the space. For details about the DCW's PIE event, click here. For a flash movie, click here.

Alumni Awards

Each year, the Duke Alumni Association recognizes outstanding contributions to the Duke community and to society by Duke alumni, students, and faculty. For more information on how you can be a part of the process, or just to learn the extent of how we honor excellence, please click here.

Duke at a Glance

Duke at a Glance, produced by Duke News & Communications, is a handy, colorful guide of facts, figures, and information about the university. For a printable version, click here.

Duke Alumni Association Strategic Plan

The Duke Alumni Association's roadmap for the next half decade, the culmination of a process that began in October of 2004. Hundreds of members of the Duke community have been involved in that process along the way. For more information, click here.

Upcoming Regional Events

The Duke Alumni Association's schedules hundreds of events around the world every year. Take a look at what's planned for 2008 and beyond. For more information, click here.

Duke Visa

Click here to apply for a Duke Visa from Chase Card Services.

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