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BLOG AUTHOR: Shruti Desai, Ed.D. Over the last two years as a community Duke had had to redefine community. How do we rebuild a pivotal experience virtually? How do we have difficult dialogues when we are not sitting across a table from one another? How do we support students who are used to being a big fish in a small pond acclimate to being a small fish in a big pond? We grappled with these questions and always returned to the value of creating a sense of belonging. Dr. Brene Brown defines belonging as “being part of something bigger but…
Duke Dining and Nutrition Services have created a nutrition education program called Diversify Your Plate. This is an extension of our current Balance Your Plate program which aims to educate students about how to enjoy a balanced meal. Diversify Your Plate takes this program a step further providing information and examples on the health benefits and taste of culturally diverse balanced meals. Our goal is to encourage students to learn, experience, and understand the benefits of culturally diverse cuisines. Balanced Eating…. is a global thing! This year we have focused on different cultural cuisine types, offering examples of how to create a balanced plate for each culture cuisine type including a Latin American…
Duke Families, Welcome to the Duke community! We are incredibly excited for the incoming Class of 2026 and to have you as part of our community. Each year we are thrilled to welcome your students to Duke University. Their energy and passion inspire our community. Much of our newsletter information will be shared on our social media platforms; however, we do encourage you to read each edition for additional insights, context, and official University response. Our team is here to provide support and services to all undergraduate parents and families. Office goals to support our Duke families include opportunities for you…
Hi parents and families. We are so excited to have our students spotlight this month. My name is Jordyn Williams. I’m serving as the graduate intern for the New Student & Family Programs Office here at Duke. And for this month’s newsletter, we are Spotlight featuring Nicole, who is the chair of the Student Wellness caucus. And she’s here today to talk to us a little bit more about what this group does on campus and how they are serving the Duke community. So, Nicole, I’m going to hand it over to you, could you go ahead and introduce yourself…
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Last month I had the opportunity to talk to Duygu Dogrucan, who is a Turkish professor at Duke – and also an active participant in the International House’s English and Spanish Conversation Clubs. After receiving her BA and a MA in Foreign Language Education in Istanbul, Duygu reflected on whether she wanted to seek a PhD, describing this time as a “personal discovery period”. This was when she found the Fulbright Program, a prestigious program that provides grants to individuals interested in teaching their native language in other countries (or for work/research projects). Duygu had taught English in the past, but she was…