Welcome to Wannamaker!
Home to approximately 230 sophomores, juniors, and seniors, Wannamaker Quad was established in 1958 while was renovated in 2016. Fondly referred to as “Wanny”, Wannamaker Quad also contains its own yoga studio, robust common rooms, an arcade section and an outdoor patio equipped with gliding tables to hang out or study.
East Connecting Houses
- West House
- East House
Your Wannamaker Community
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
- Waffle Wednesdays
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.
Lee D. Baker, Professor of Cultural Anthropology, and African American Studies
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: Jayne Ifekwunigwe, Academic Dean, Trinity College
Trinity Dean: Rachael Murphey, Academic 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: Ginny Ramirez-DelToro, Senior Quad Advisor
Trinity Quad Advisor: Chase Black, Quad Advisor
Trinity Quad Advisor: Patty Carroll, Quad Advisor
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.
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.
Sarah Komisarow, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Public Policy and Economics
First-year students are assigned a Quad Advisor based on their connected residential Quad community on West Campus. The Quad Advisors will work with students up to the point of major declaration and through sophomore year.
Dean: Dean Bruno
Additional Dean: Liguo Zhang
Sr. Quad Advisor: Jen Hoff
Quad Advisor: Sarah Eisensmith
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
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 Wannamaker
- Wellness
