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Welcome to Kilgo Quad!

Home to two Living Learning Communities: Cardea Fellows and Transformative Ideas

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Welcome to Kilgo!

Home to approximately 340 sophomores, juniors, and seniors, Kilgo Quad is the first residential building built on West Campus and offers five kitchens, six common rooms, three study rooms, two ePrints, and one laundry room. Kilgo had major renovations over several summers beginning in 2001, with another three common rooms renovated in January 2018. Kilgo Quad has a Residence Coordinator, an Academic Guide, one Graduate Resident and 13 Resident Assistants. Kilgo is home to two Living Learning Communities: Cardea Fellows and Transformative Ideas.

East Connecting Houses

Alspaugh 

Brown 

Your Kilgo 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. 

Sophia Enriquez, Assistant Professor of Music

https://undergrad.duke.edu/kilgo-quad-faculty-fellow/ 

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: Dean Bruno, Academic Dean, Trinity College

Trinity Dean: Liguo Zhang, Academic Dean, Dku Undergrad Students

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: Jen Hoff

Trinity Quad Advisor: Sarah Eisensmith

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.  

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 Kilgo 

  • Cardea Fellows  
  • Transformative Ideas 

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  

  • K-Cups with your RC 
  • Kilgo Kamilies- Current Residents sign up to mentor first years from their Quad connection 
  • Grill-Go (pictures below) 
  • Sundae Sunday