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Beyond O-Week

ORIENTATION IS MORE THAN A WEEK!

Orientation is more than a week! The beauty of Duke is that there are endless resources and opportunities available to students, and it will take far more than a week (or semester) to discover them. The office of New Student and Family Programs partners with a host of campus partners to make sure that you are introduced to the campus resources you need the most when the time is right.

During the fall semester, we are excited to introduce Welcome Weeks. Throughout the first month of the fall semester, some of the largest on-campus partners will host weeks dedicated to introducing you to their work, organizations, and clubs. Go ahead and save the dates to learn more about these areas of the Duke Experience. Mid-summer, more information will be available through Duke Groups and communication about the activities hosted each week.


Welcome Weeks 2025

            SAVE THE DATE FOR EACH WEEK!

Join us to co-create your outside-of-class experience with some amazing student organizations and hear about the path to leadership development at Duke.  

Check out Duke Groups to learn more about Involvement and Leadership Week!

GFF Leadership Symposium Panel   

Tuesday, August 26, 6-8pm, Penn Pavilion 

Duke Groups Fair  

Friday, August 29, 4-5:30pm, East Duke Lawn on East Campus 

Explore the arts at Duke through student showcases, Duke Arts performances, arts group auditions, and more. There's something for everyone.  

Check out Duke Groups to learn more about Arts Week and find out about the Student Showcases!

Atsuko Okatsuka

September 4, 7:30pm, Page Auditorium 

Open House pARTy 

September 5th , 4-6PM, Nasher Museum of Art 

Connect with a range of clubs and organizations, the identity and cultural centers, and religious life groups. 

Check out Duke Groups to learn more about Identity, Culture, and Religion Week!

Jewish Life at Duke - Welcome Bagel Brunch

9/7 11am-1pm at Freeman Center for Jewish Life 

Religious Life Fair hosted by Duke Chapel & Religious Life, 

9/8 12-2pm in Bryan Center Plaza 

Come meet the leaders of the more than twenty religious groups at Duke and learn about their services and programs offered throughout the year. Duke Chapel & Religious Life staff will also be giving out Locopops at this event.  

https://chapel.duke.edu/student-engagement/religious-life-duke/ 

Women’s Center - Femme & Friends Organization

Showcase 9/9 6-8pm in Penn 1 

Mary Lou Williams Center Open House

 9/10, 1-3pm at MLWC 

CSGD Kickback

9/12 4-6pm at CSGD 

Center for Muslim Life -  Jumu’ah Friday Prayer

9/12 1-2pm at CML 

CMA Presents: Seasoned: The Global Ingredients Behind Southern Flavor

9/12 12-1pm CMA, Coalition 2

Crop Drop with Duke Chapel & Religious Life, 

9/13 8:30am-Noon (or finished) on East Duke Building Lawn, East Campus at Duke University 

The annual Crop Drop is an interfaith service project open to all members of the Duke University community. Come join religious leaders, students, and others as we package potatoes to be distributed to local social service providers and others in the community. 

Sign up here: https://www.signupgenius.com/go/10C0548A8AB29A1F8C43-57722219-crop 

Connect with a wide range of academic services and opportunities available to students. Discover the tricks and habits for a successful Duke academic career. 

Check out Duke Groups to learn more about Academic Resources Week!

Get Anchored: Meet-and-Greet with your Faculty-in-Residence! 

September 15th  5:00pm-8:00 pm, East Campus Residence Halls

How to Land a Lab at Duke 

September 16th7:00pm-8:30pm, White Lecture Hall 107  

Bulletproof Strategies for Leading Fearlessly

About the Event

Evy Poumpouras: “Bulletproof Strategies for Leading Fearlessly”

Former Secret Service Special Agent and Interrogator, NBC News Analyst, Co-host of the Bravo TV series, Spy Games

Tuesday, September 16 from 7-8pm

Reynolds Theater

RSVP: https://duke.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_6nHYWfREygF2CF0
Sponsored by the Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethics

Navigating the Seach of Research: Student Panel 

September 17th 5:00pm-6:00pm, Gilbert-Addoms Down Under 

Sail into Discovery: Research & Experiential Education Fair   

September 18th4:00 – 5:30pm, Gilbert-Addoms Down Under  

All Hand on Deck: Academic Resources Open House 

September 19th 2:00 – 4:00 pm, Academic Advising Center/ Academic Resource Center

Learn more about recreation opportunities and facilities at Duke. Discover a new wellness practice that will help you take care of yourself and be well at Duke.  

Check out Duke Groups to learn more about Recreation and Wellness Week!

Sunday 9/21: 9v9 Soccer at Cohan Fields, 6PM-10PM 

Monday 9/22: 9v9 Soccer at Cohan Fields, 6PM-10PM 

Tuesday 9/23: 7v7 Flag Football at Pascal, 6PM-11PM 

Wednesday 9/24: 9v9 Soccer at Cohan Fields, 6PM-10PM 

Thursday 9/25: 7v7 Flag Football at Pascal, 6PM-11PM

Wellness Open House

Wednesday, September 24, from 4:30 to 6:00 p.m., Student Wellness Center 

Learn about Duke's technology resources and support to keep you  plugged in and thriving throughout your Duke career.  

09/30 11 am - 2 pm on BC Plaza: For a unique AI writing experiment, Duke Tech Week will feature Chris Vitiello, aka The Poetry Fox, Durham’s Poet Laureate, writing poems on demand.

The Poetry Fox, aka Chris Vitiello, a local teacher and performer and Durham’s current poet laureate, writes poems on demand with his signature flair on a vintage typewriter while dressed in an iconic fox suit.

The Poetry Camera is an open-source, generative AI device assembled by the Co-Lab that takes a picture of a scene, thinks about it, and then prints out a poem about the scene.

09/30 Varied Times in the Duke Technology Center: Drop by the Duke Technology Center between classes for an interactive look at Duke’s suite of AI tools—including ChatGPT and Microsoft Copilot—and discover smart, responsible ways to use them.

10/01 11 am - 12 pm and 1 pm - 2 pm via Zoom: AI Isn’t the Future—You Are

Join Andrew Glenn from OpenAI on Oct. 1 for an hour-long virtual session exploring how ChatGPT can help you study smarter, streamline your work, and expand your ideas. The session will be offered at two times —11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m.—so you can choose what fits your schedule.

Before the session:

  • Claim your ChatGPT account to follow along.
  • Submit your best ChatGPT use case for a chance to be spotlighted in the session and win OpenAI swag.

All Duke undergraduates have free access to ChatGPT—don’t miss your chance to see how far you can go with AI.

Open to all students, faculty, and staff. Register now at duke.is/OpenAIDay to participate.

 

Check out Duke Groups to learn more about Tech Week!