Family Communications

Duke Family Webinar Series

The Office of New Student and Family Programs produces a monthly webinar series to connect families to campus. Past webinars and their recordings can be found below. Please allow 48 hours after the webinar airs for the recordings to be posted.

• Staying Well Through the Finish: Supporting Students During Finals & Winter Break (December 9, 2025)
  • Want to help your student navigate the stress of finals week and have a restorative winter break? Join members from the Dean of Students team, for this hour-long webinar, where we will share strategies and resources to support your student and their well-being as they transition through the last few weeks of the semester.
• DukeEngage (October 29, 2025)
  • This webinar is an opportunity for parents and families to learn about DukeEngage, an eight-week immersive summer program that places Duke students in global communities addressing critical social issues.
• Global Education Opportunities (October 9, 2025)
  • In this webinar, the Global Education Office (GEO) staff will provide parents & families with a comprehensive overview of study abroad advising, covering essential topics such as program selection, cost and financing, the application process, and more.
• Cultivating Student Success: Spring Edition (March 25, 2025)
  • In this webinar, we are joined by the team in the Office of Undergraduate Education. We will focus on ways families can support their students in finishing the spring semester strong - highlighting key Duke resources and strategies that will help students academically, professionally, and personally as they wrap up the term.
• A Conversation with Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) (January 28, 2025)
  • In this webinar, we will discuss how students and families can navigate the "second-semester blues" and how the spring semester can be different than the first. The discussion covers topics ranging from common student experiences, managing emotional wellbeing and stress, how proactive support and wellness can help students perform optimally, and how families can partner to support their students.

The monthly Duke Parent and Family Newsletter features important upcoming deadlines, as well as fun and interesting news and notes from across the campus. Families will receive these communications if their name and email are listed in your student's DukeHub account, and they've granted you permission to receive university correspondence.

Your student can do this by completing the following steps:

1. Log in to DukeHub
2. Click on the “Relationships/Guest Access” section
3. Either add a new relationship or click the pencil icon to edit an existing relationship.
4. Ensure the relationship has a valid email address. If not, add one. At the bottom of the screen, check the checkbox beside ‘Student Affairs Communications’.
5. Save or Submit New Relationship as appropriate.
6. See the full instructions for Relationships or Guest Access on the SISS Office website.

For questions, please reach out to familyprograms@duke.edu.

The official Facebook pages for Duke families

We invite you to visit your student's class year family page regularly and interact with other families. Through these pages we hope to keep you up to date on all the many exciting news and developments across the Duke universe.

To request membership, click on the respective link for your student's graduation year. Members must be parents, guardians, or primary caretakers of a Duke student to be admitted. Those requesting membership must respond to a series of questions before being admitted, which will be reviewed on a rolling basis. 

• Class of 2027 Parents & Families
• Class of 2028 Parents & Families
• Class of 2029 Parents & Families
• Class of 2030 Parents & Families

Please note: pages for the newest class will be emailed directly to admitted families in the spring.