September 21 - September 27

Preview
1. BSA Homecoming BBQ
2. Talk by Dr. Anne Cheng
3. Harvard Law Info Session
4. OIT Training: Learn IT at Lunch
5. Feminist Activism with Dr. Esther Chow
6. Triage Consulting Group Info Session
7. IBM Info Session
8. Cornerstone Research Info Session
9. Health Planning Resource Info Session
10. Careers in Diplomacy
11. Senior Series: Effective Interviewing Techniques
12. Wells Fargo/Wachovia Info Session
13. Analysis Group Info Session
14. Consulting Symposium
15. Manhattan GMAT Workshop
16. Daiichi Sankyo Info Session
17. Chris Ryan of Moelis & Company
18. Accenture Info Session
19. Walltown Neighborhood Ministries Volunteer Opportunity
20. DukeEngage Info Session
21. Blood Drive
22. Sexposé Series: Women & Duke Life
23. Connecting to Mentors”: Mentoring and Networking 101
24. President Brodhead’s Sixth Annual Homecoming Dance
25. LGBT Pride Celebration
26. NPHC Homecoming Football Game Afterparty
27. Annual NPHC Homecoming Stepshow
28. Duke Men’s Soccer vs. UNC Wilmington
29. Brodie Gym Fitness Orientation
30. Duke Football vs. N.C. Central Homecoming Game
31. Duke Field Hockey vs. New Hampshire
32. Wilson Gym Fitness Orientation
33. FREE Rapid HIV Testing BSA Events

BSA Events
Saturday, September 26
BSA will host a Homecoming BBQ on West Main Quad from 2:00-6:00pm. Join us for food, music, free giveaways, and tons of fun before we support our football team in the first ever “Bull City Classic”!

Academic Events
Monday, September 21
The Women’s Studies Program is sponsoring a talk by Dr. Anne Cheng from 4:30-6:30pm in East Duke 108. Anne Anlin Cheng is Professor of English and of the Center for African American Studies at Princeton University. This talk will be an excerpt from Cheng's forthcoming book, Second Skin: Josephine Baker and the Modern Surface, which studies the figure of Baker as a means to trace the unexpected yet enduring intimacy between the modernist fascination for "pure surface" and the theatricalization of black skin at the turn of the 20th century. She is the author of The Melancholy of Race: Assimilation, Psychoanalysis, and Hidden Grief (Oxford University Press) and has taught, in addition to Princeton, at Harvard University and the University of California, Berkeley, on topics such as literary theory, cultural studies, race and gender studies, psychoanalytic theory, postcolonial theory, film studies, poetry and poetics.

Tuesday, September 22
Karen Buttenbaum, Acting Director of Admissions at Harvard Law School will be presenting an information session for Duke students in 124 Social Sciences from 11:00am-12:00pm. Signup in 04 Allen.

Wednesday, September 23
Description: Need to brush up your technology skills? Confused by all the online resources out there? OIT will hold a session that will focus on the online resources available at Duke including a Learn IT Online, a Duke created wiki of online training resources as well as online technology training tutorials that are being piloted at Duke. The session will be held in RENCI Center-Telecommunications Bldg. 106 Science Drive from 12:00-1:00pm. No pre-registration is required for our Learn IT @ Lunch series. Seating is available on a first come, first served basis. Lunch is not provided. Feel free to bring a brown bag lunch.

Friday, September 25
Dr. Esther Ngan-ling Chow, Sociologist from American University, will be joining us for a lunchtime discussion on feminist activism from 12:00-1:00pm. Dr. Chow is considered a pioneer in the scholarship on the intersectionality of race, class, gender and sexuality, particularly in the case of Asian American women. In 2008 Chow was given the Feminist Activism Award by Sociologists for Women in Society in recognition of her extensive activist work with women in China. Lunch will be provided. RSVPs to es120@duke.edu are required.

Career Opportunities
Monday, September 21
Triage Consulting Group will hold an info session from 5:00-6:15 pm in Bryan Center Von Canon Room C.

IBM will hold an info session from 6:30-7:45pm in Bryan Center Von Canon Room B.

Cornerstone Research will hold an info session from 8:00-9:15pm in Sanford 03.

Tuesday, September 22
Health Planning Source will hold an info session from 5:00-6:00pm in West Union Old Trinity Room.

Duke’s Diplomat in Residence, Steve Kelly, will hold a U.S. Department of State Info Session to explain career and internship possibilities with the U.S. State Department. The talk will be held from 5:00-6:15pm in Sanford 04. RSVP at stephen.kelly@duke.edu

The Career Center is sponsoring Senior Series: Effective Interviewing Techniques from 6:00-7:00pm in Flowers 201. Head out to learn how to improve your interview skill and hear what employers are saying about Duke students specifically.

Wells Fargo/ Wachovia will hold an info session from 6:30-7:45pm in Bryan Center Von Canon Room C.

Wednesday, September 23
Analysis Group will hold an info session from 5:00-6:15pm in Bryan Center Von Canon Room A.

Interested in finding a job in consulting? Not sure what opportunities are out there? Come to the Consulting Symposium! The Career Center is holding an informational & networking session with 3 niche consulting firms from 6:00-8:00pm in Bryan Center Von Canon Room A. The event will consist of a panel of recruiters from 3 niche consulting firms that recruit at Duke. You will learn about opportunities that are available with each of these firms and have an opportunity to ask questions. This will also be a great opportunity to network with recruiters from these firms.

Duke Venture Forward is sponsoring a Manhattan GMAT Workshop from 9:00-10:00pm in Social Psychology 126. The workshop includes GMAT basics, the benefits of taking the GMAT in college, MBA application planning, FREE food, discounts on courses, and a raffle for FREE stuff.

Thursday, September 24
Daiichi Sankyo will hold an info session from 5:00-6:15pm in Sanford 03.

Chris Ryan of Moelis & Company will hold a talk from 6:00-7:00pm in Social Psychology 130. Mr. Ryan is Moelis & Company’s Managing Director based in New York and advises clients on risk and balance sheet-related matters and continues the expansion of the firm’s capital markets capabilities. Mr. Ryan has over 25 years of investment banking and fixed income experience, including trading, structuring, capital markets, research, sales and risk management as well as extensive experience building and managing fixed income businesses around the world.

Accenture is holding an info session from 8:00-9:15pm in Fitzpatrick Center Schiciano Auditorium Side A.

Community Service
Tuesday, September 22
Walltown Neighborhood Ministries needs volunteers Tuesday, September 22 from 11:00am-1:00pm. WNM coordinates a regular food distribution at the end of every month for elderly and disabled families in Walltown, to help them through these hard economic times. WNM needs volunteers the last Tuesday of every month to help sort the food donations into bags. Volunteers will meet at the WNM building, at 1307 Knox Street. Volunteers are also needed on Thursday, September 24 from 11:00am-1:00pm to help deliver and distribute the food to residents. To volunteer, or to make a donation, please contact Sylvia Hayes-Blecher at 919-286-0332 or at stjohnba1@verizon.net.

The DukeEngage program will hold an info session from 4:30-5:30pm in Biological Sciences 111. The info session will be held again on Thursday, September 24 from 6:00-7:00pm in Physics 130.

Wednesday, September 23
Duke Red Cross is sponsoring a blood drive from 11:30am-5:00pm in Bryan Cener Von Canon Room B. Sign up to give blood at duke.givesblood.org. There will be free stadium cushions and a chance to win a $1000 gas card. If you're interested in volunteering, please e-mail sean.li@duke.edu

Social Events
Tuesday, September 22
The Women’s Center is hosting Sexposé Series: Women & Duke Life from 7:00-8:00 pm in the Women’s Center. This will be a panel and discussion session aimed at freshmen women to discuss the Duke social scene and help debunk over-generalized myths of the hook up culture. They will be discussing how perceptions of Duke culture differ between freshmen and upperclassmen women in an aim to raise awareness of these issues, create an open and safe space to discuss concerns, and offer resources for Duke women. Sophomore, junior, and senior women at Duke are all welcome to come and invite all the freshmen women you know. This is a completely CONFIDENTIAL and open discussion.

Thursday, September 24
The Women’s Center is sponsoring “Connecting to Mentors”: Mentoring and Networking 101 from 6:00-7:30pm in the Women’s Center. This event is part of the Alumna Profile Dinner Series, aimed for undergraduate women who want to connect and learn from Duke alumnae, faculty, and staff. Interested women must RSVP to es120@duke.edu.

Friday, September 25
President Brodhead’s sixth annual Homecoming Dance will be held from 9:30pm- Saturday September 26 1:00am. You'll be amazed at how Wilson Gym and the IM Building are transformed into a party palace. The evening features performances by various Blue Devil dance and a capella groups, as well as a band that will play music for all generations! Wine, beer, nonalcoholic beverages, light hors d'oeuvres, and desserts will be plentiful. Attire: festive, from business casual to cocktail.

Saturday, September 26
North Carolina's largest LGBT pride celebration kicks off from Duke's east campus. The Center for LGBT Life is a sponsor for the event and the Duke LGBT community will have a float in the parade that all are welcome to jump on or walk beside! Line-up begins at 12:45pm. The parade begins at 1pm. For the full NC Pride Schedule, visit www.ncpride.org

National Panhellenic Council will host a homecoming football game afterparty from 11:00pm to Sunday, September 27 2:00am in Great Hall. The cost is $5.00 before midnight and $7:00 after.

Cultural Events
Friday, September 25
The Annual National Panhellenic Council presents the 2009 Homecoming stepshow! This annual event is a crowd-pleasing, foot-stomping show presented by Duke's National Pan-Hellenic Council (NPHC). It's not only a celebration of the proud history of each organization, but also a fund-raiser that will allow the Duke NPHC to form and sustain community outreach. The show will take place in Page Auditorium from 7:00-9:00pm. General Admission is $12. Duke Students only $10.

Athletics
Tuesday, September 22
Duke Men’s Soccer plays UNC Wilmington at 7:00pm at home.

Wednesday, September 23
There will be a free Brodie Gym Fitness Orientation from 6:00-7:00pm in Brodie Gym. This session will review recommendations for designing a cardiovascular conditioning and strength training program and teach you proper form on the weight training machines. Meet at the desk in the Brodie weight room. This service is open to Brodie Gym members only. For more info contact mdobbins@duaa.duke.edu.

Saturday, September 26
Duke Football plays N.C. Central from 7:00-11:00pm at home. Head out and support our team this homecoming weekend!

Sunday, September 27
Duke Field Hockey plays New Hampshire from 1:00-4:00pm at home.

There will be a free Wilson Gym Fitness Orientation from 6:00-7:00pm in Wilson Recreation Center. The session will review recommendations for designing a cardiovascular conditioning and strength training program and teach you proper form on the weight training machines. Meet at the desk in the Wilson weight room. This service is open to Wilson Rec members only. For more info contact mdobbins@duaa.duke.edu or check out www.duke.edu/web/hper

Health and Wellness
Monday, September 21
Know Your Status is sponsoring FREE, rapid HIV testing in the Bryan Center from 10:00am-5:00pm in Bryan Center Meeting Room B. No blood is involved. Cheek swabbing will be used instead. Results will be available in only 20 minutes, and those who get tested will receive a free t-shirt!