Senior Stories 2012
Journeys toward commencement from the Class of 2012
In the four years since the more than 1,600 members of the Class of 2012 arrived at Duke, they have been changed by their university experience in ways large and small. Below are stories of nearly two dozen students who will graduate Sunday. Some have discovered unexpected intellectual passions or talents for making a difference in the local community. Others have had extraordinary experiences abroad. Five of these students were interviewed by Duke Magazine in 2008 about their hopes and expectations for a Duke education. Four years later the magazine returned to these students and looked at how their experiences compared with their expectations. Look for more about the Class of 2012 in the May 2012 issue of the magazine.
![Teaching Music to Durham Children Ashwin Agarwal](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/ashwin.jpg)
Teaching Music to Durham Children
![Michael Bernert](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/bernertv.jpg)
Social Entrepreneurship in West Africa
![A Dancer at Duke Lauren Brown](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/brown.jpg)
Setting a Higher Barfor Herself
![Twins on Their Time at 老牛影视 Natalie and Caroline Buck](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/buck.jpg)
Twins on Their Timeat 老牛影视
![Before the Cameras Taylor Clarke](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/clarke.jpg)
Shaping the Digital Media Landscape
![Building Accessibility to Safety Nets David Deng](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/deng.jpg)
Building Accessibilityto Safety Nets
![A Future in Multiethnic South Africa Dan Forti](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/forti.jpg)
A Future in Multiethnic South Africa
![Driving From Duke to Nascar Paul Harraka](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/harraka.jpg)
NASCAR Driver Pursues the Pole Position
![Sanford Experience Leads to White House Lauren Hendricks](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/hendricks_lauren.jpg)
Sanford Experience Leads to White House
![Theater Studies and Ragtime Nathaniel Hill](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/hillv.jpg)
Theater Studies and Ragtime
![Solving Jeopardy Greer Mackebee](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/mackebeev.jpg)
Duke Senior Scores in Jeopardy
![At the Intersection of Technology and Business Andrew Mang](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/mang.jpg)
At the Intersection of Technology and Business
![Engineer Without Borders Phyllis Mbewe](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/mbewe.jpg)
Engineering for Environmental Health
![Getting Inside the Human Brain Sidney Primas](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/who.jpg)
Getting Inside the Human Brain
![A Second Home at the Lemur Center Rachna Reddy](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/reddy.jpg)
A Second Home at the Lemur Center
![History Student Turns to Technology Emma Ross](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/ross.jpg)
Romance Studies Student Turns to Technology
![Pratt Student Named Commencement Speaker Roshan Sadanani](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/sadanani.jpg)
Pratt Student Named Commencement Speaker
![Paul Salem](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/salem.jpg)
A Veteran's Moral Imperative to Heal
![Repairing Cartilage Using Stem Cells Alex Sun](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/sun.jpg)
Repairing Cartilage Using Stem Cells
![Helping Consumers Choose Green Oil Becca Ward](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/ward.jpg)
Helping Consumers Choose Green Oil
![A Dancer Takes an Engineering Spin Katrina Wisdom](/sites/default/files/legacy-files/legacy_files/news_images/wisdom.jpg)
A Dancer Takes an Engineering Spin
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