Duke Today Schools Feed / en Tue, 29 Apr 2025 13:50:49 -0400 Tue, 22 Apr 25 12:34:54 -0400 FROSH 101 Course Helps New Blue Devils Adjust to Campus Life /2025/04/frosh-101-course-helps-new-blue-devils-adjust-campus-life New Blue Devils looking to adjust to university life, make new friends and learn about the opportunities Duke has to offer, can register for FROSH 101 in the upcoming fall semester. The 0.5 credit weekly pass/fail course is an extension of QuadEx’s Experiential Orientation program Duke first offered in fall 2022. There are two classes capped at 18 each. They are taught by student mentors who have gone through it themselves. First-year student Austin Rios is among them. “I knew that the transition would be a struggle, and I viewed FROSH 101 as an opportunity to build a support… Duke Today /2025/04/frosh-101-course-helps-new-blue-devils-adjust-campus-life Tue, 22 Apr 2025 12:34:54 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed QuadEx|students, undergraduate Mary Pat McMahon Reappointed to Second Term as Vice Provost and Vice President of Student Affairs /2024/07/mary-pat-mcmahon-reappointed-second-term-vice-provost-and-vice-president-student-affairs Mary Pat McMahon will serve a second five-year term as Vice Provost and Vice President of Student Affairs, Provost Alec Gallimore and Executive Vice President Daniel Ennis announced this week. The reappointment followed an administrative review that was conducted by a committee chaired byPeter Feaver, professor of political science and public policy, and included undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff. Her new term begins July 2024. “Duke has been fortunate to have Mary Pat McMahon leading Student Affairs in this time of unprecedented challenges for higher education,”… Duke Today /2024/07/mary-pat-mcmahon-reappointed-second-term-vice-provost-and-vice-president-student-affairs Wed, 17 Jul 2024 16:08:00 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Duke Leadership|QuadEx|Students From East to West /2023/04/east-west A student parade marks first-years' transition to West Campus for their sophomore year Duke Today /2023/04/east-west Sun, 16 Apr 2023 18:27:57 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed QuadEx|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Summer Reading Program to be More Inclusive, Create Common Experience for All /2023/04/summer-reading-program-be-more-inclusive-create-common-experience-all “It seems like any other day. You wake up, pour a cup of coffee, and head out. But today, when you open your front door, waiting for you is a small wooden box. This box holds your fate inside: the answer to the exact number of years you will live.” – “The Measure” by Nikki Erlick That is the premise of this year’s book selection for first-year students as part of the Duke Common Experience. Each year since the 2001-2002 academic year, newly minted Blue Devils have been expected to read and be prepared to discuss a book upon arrival in the fall. The Common Experience Program is… Duke Today /2023/04/summer-reading-program-be-more-inclusive-create-common-experience-all Wed, 12 Apr 2023 14:51:20 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Pratt School of Engineering|QuadEx|Sanford School of Public Policy|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Building a New Residential Identity and Tradition /2023/04/building-new-residential-identity-and-tradition Students explore history — and create it—with new QuadEx arches Duke Today /2023/04/building-new-residential-identity-and-tradition Wed, 05 Apr 2023 09:39:39 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed QuadEx|students, undergraduate Coming Soon: A Duke Dorm for Big Ideas /2023/02/coming-soon-duke-dorm-big-ideas A new living-learning community will push students to discuss ideas outside their personal bubbles Duke Today /2023/02/coming-soon-duke-dorm-big-ideas Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:37:32 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed Classical Studies|Presidential Strategic Framework|QuadEx|Students|students, undergraduate|Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Winter Chill 2023: Ice sculptures, s’mores & grilled cheese /2023/01/winter-chill-2023-ice-sculptures-smores-grilled-cheese Student festival helps launch the spring semester Duke Today /2023/01/winter-chill-2023-ice-sculptures-smores-grilled-cheese Tue, 17 Jan 2023 16:46:42 -0500 Duke Today Schools Feed QuadEx|students, undergraduate It Takes a Village: On Students Finding Advice and Help Along the Duke Journey /2022/10/it-takes-village-students-finding-advice-and-help-along-duke-journey The Duke experience can be complex; students should build a network of advisers -- formal and informal -- to help guide them Duke Today /2022/10/it-takes-village-students-finding-advice-and-help-along-duke-journey Thu, 06 Oct 2022 13:04:24 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed Computer Science|QuadEx|Students|students, undergraduate|Thompson Writing Program Orientation Lessons From Goats /2022/09/orientation-lessons-goats Orientation project team spends a day at Spring Haven Goat Farm Duke Today /2022/09/orientation-lessons-goats Thu, 01 Sep 2022 21:43:16 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed QuadEx|students, undergraduate Meeting Retta, Fireworks & Dancing: Students Return to West Campus /2022/08/meeting-retta-fireworks-dancing-students-return-west-campus PUBLISHED August 28, 2022 IN Campus Meeting Retta, Fireworks & Dancing: Students Return to West Campus… Duke Today /2022/08/meeting-retta-fireworks-dancing-students-return-west-campus Sun, 28 Aug 2022 13:30:08 -0400 Duke Today Schools Feed QuadEx|students, undergraduate