Welcome to Crowell!
Built in the 1930s and home to approximately 340 sophomores, juniors, and seniors, Crowell was renovated in 2018 and offers six kitchens, several study rooms, laundry room, vending, and e-print, as well as West Campus’s iconic clocktower. Crowell Quad has a Residence Coordinator, an Academic Guide, one Graduate Assistant and 8 Resident Assistants.
East Connecting Houses
- Giles
- Wilson
Your Crowell Community
Faculty Fellows are professors invited to work within a specific Quad to host 2 dinners a month, sponsor other intellectual programs, and attend Quad programming to get to know residents.
Adriane Fresh, Assistant professor of political science
Each Quad has a dedicated academic dean (or deans) who support you during your time at Duke. Your dean ensures you are on track to graduate and works with you in more complex situations that may impact your academic progress. You can visit DukeHub for more information about your assigned Academic Dean.
Trinity Dean: Amanda Curtin Soydan, Academic Dean, Trinity College
Trinity Dean: Alyssa Perz, Senior Assoc Dean, Trinity College
Pratt Dean: Your academic dean is assigned to you upon matriculation and remains the same throughout your four years. Your dean can advise you on graduation requirements, supplement advising within the departments, and connect you with opportunities and support services.
Quad Advisors, are full-time, dedicated advisors assigned by quad who work alongside their pre-major advisees in the process of course selection and discernment, as well as decisions around drop/add, course grading options, and withdrawals. Once you declare your major, you will be assigned to a faculty advisor in your department. You can visit DukeHub for more information about your assigned Quad Advisor.
Trinity Quad Advisor: Cara Kozma
Trinity Quad Advisor: Megan Golonka
Trinity Quad Advisor: Darian Buck
Pratt Academic Advising: Your first-year academic advisor is assigned by mid-September and helps support your transition to Duke through awareness of academic and support resources available to you. Once you declare your major, you will be assigned to a faculty advisor in your department. To find your First-Year or Departmental Faculty Advisor, you can visit DukeHub.
RCs are live-in professional staff members who oversee specific residence halls (known as houses or Quads). They ensure a safe and supportive learning environment for all students. They supervise the RA staff, advise councils, support students of concerns, serve as conduct hearing officers, manage facilities concerns, and engage with residential students to support belonging, engagement, and well-being. They serve in the RC on-call rotation.
Residence Coordinator: Kayla Wood
RAs are upperclassmen who live in the residence halls and students with anything from navigating campus to organizing fun and engaging activities. They provide support and resources for students in need or crisis and serve in an on-call rotation.
Living Learning Communities at Duke strive to create a residential environment that fosters a sense of belonging and intellectual exploration on a particular topic or area of focus. LLC students partner with a sponsoring department to advance the curricular and co-curricular engagement on the designated topic.
LLCs in Crowell
- LangDorm
- Visions of Freedom Living Learning Communities.
Get Involved & Stay Connected
Quad council is charged with providing community events, advocating for community improvements, and communicating community concerns. Councils are encouraged to host frequent quad events that include parties, faculty-student dinners and speakers, rec sports competitions, local excursions, and purchasing quad swag.
Signature Community Events
- Night of Crows (Founder’s Day Event)
- On Sunday, September 24, the Crowell Quad Council hosted its first and most significant event ofthe fall semester: Night of the Crows. Taking place on the founding day of Crowell Quad, Night ofthe Crows serves as a longstanding tradition to welcome and ‘initiate’ new Giles and Wilson first-years into their Crowell QuadEx connection. As the only quad with a tradition like this, our quad council worked hard to integrate upperclassmen into the night as well, hosting a flock party on our quad from 10pm-12am for all to enjoy.
- Flock Feasts
- A reccuring community dinner program hosted in each of the House Common rooms throughout the year!
- Home of the Best Merch on Campus??
- Going into Next year
- Early Crows Coffeehouse (RC led Coffee Cart on Friday mornings)
Social Media Connection
Instagram: @crowellquad
