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Public Policy Studies Major Info Session
Profiles in Sexuality Research
Yale Webinar
Deans Dialogue: “Leadership in Difficult Times”
Abortion Talk
University of Connecticut Law and Washington University in St. Louis Law Info Session
Economic Major Info Session
What Does it Mean to be an Educated Woman?: Keynote Address by Dr. Lisa Yun Lee
Student U
Breaking into Business: Mastering the Off-Campus Job Search
JP Morgan Info Session
Camp Kesem North Carolina Annual Fall Fundraiser
Duke Habitat for Humanity 6th Annual Bike Ride
Big Brother Big Sister Halloween Bash
Closets Are for More Than just Clothes and Linens
Bamboozled
Devil's Eve
LDOC Committee Applications
Speaking Without Tongues Stage Performance
Christian Lander and Elon James White
Making Relationships Matter
E. Patrick Johnson, Author of the book Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South
Duke Men’s Soccer vs. Presbyterian
Duke Men’s Soccer vs. Virginia Tech
Duke Volleyball vs. Boston College
Duke Volleyball vs. Maryland
FREE Rapid HIV Testing
Keeping it Real Workshop
Academic Events
Monday, October 26
First-years and sophomores are invited to attend the Public Policy Studies major info session sponsored by the Academic Advising Center. This info session is led by the director of undergraduate studies in the public policy studies program and will be held in Carr 240 from 6:00-7:00pm. Learn about major/minor requirements, advising, research opportunities, and upcoming courses.
Tuesday, October 27
The Program in the Study of Sexualities and Center for LGBT Life are co-sponsoring Profiles in Sexuality Research with Sean Metzger from 12:00-1:30pm in The Center for LGBT Life 2 West Union Building. Profiles in Sexuality Research is an on-going series to introduce students to the many ways that Duke faculty study LGBT issues and sexuality. Lunch is provided. RSVP is not required but is recommended to christopher.purcell.duke.edu.
Yale's Director of Admissions, Craig Janecek and Associate Dean,Asha Rangappa will host a Webinar from 12:00-1:30pm. This will be a live chat with a video feed. Students will be able to send in questions that they will then answer as they would if it were a normal visit. Instructions will be sent out a few days before the visit to those on our list serve. For more info, contact Terry Wilkerson via email.
Wednesday, October 28
Duke Chapel is sponsoring Deans Dialogue: “Leadership in Difficult Times,” with Chapel Dean Sam Wells and Medical School Dean Nancy Andrews from 12:15-1:15pm in Duke South Amphitheater. Lunch will be served. For more information, please call 919-684-2921.
Mimi Every, Executive Director of Pregnancy Support Services, will give a talk about fetal development to shed light about pregnancy and abortion from 6:30-8:00pm in Carr 114. Come get educated about this important life issue, regardless of your individual position on abortion. Everyone is welcome.
Thursday, October 29
University of Connecticut Law School and Washington University in St. Louis Law School will hold 2 group information sessions for up to 15 students, one from 10:00-11:00am and the other from 11:00am-12:00pm. Both will be held in the Mary Lou Williams Center. Dean Janet Bolin from Washington University and Dean Ellen Rutt from the University of Connecticut will present. Sign-ups will be available in 04 Allen starting 10/22/2009.
First-years and sophomores are invited to attend the Economics major info session sponsored by Academic Advising Center. The session will be led by the director of undergraduate studies in the economics program and will be held in East Duke 204B from 6:00-7:00pm. Learn about major/minor requirements, advising, research opportunities, and upcoming courses.
Friday, October 30
Libraries- Special Collections is sponsoring What Does it Mean to be an Educated Woman?: Keynote Address by Dr. Lisa Yun Lee, from 4:00-5:30pm in White 107 Lecture Hall. The combination of research, teaching and activism that Jane Addams embodied more the parallels between her studies as a feminist scholar at Duke and her work as the director of Chicago's Jane Addams Hull-House Museum. Dr. Lee also created the Jean Fox O'Barr Professorship at Duke University. This program is part of a symposium on women and education, honoring the career of Dr. Jean O'Barr, and is sponsored by the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture. For further information, please contact Kelly Wooten at kelly.wooten@duke.edu
Student U, a unique partnership between NCCU, Duke, Durham Public Schools, and Durham Academy, is an academic summer program for Durham Middle Schoolers taught by college students and recent graduates. This program is revolutionary in that all of the curriculum emphasizes social awareness and change (anywhere from community organizing to environmental awareness to racial inequalities to celebrating cultural diversity). Interns will teach a core content course (math, science, global connect, English) and an elective of their choice. Teachers and students come from all different backgrounds and we truly form a diverse learning community! If you...Love kids? Wanna know Durham? Think our world would be better if we actually valued students as agents of change? Feeling a desire to work for positive social change? Think racial and economic inequalities in our education system exclude children from achieving their bright futures? Interested in teaching (future TFA'ers!) the future to be innovators and social entrepreneurs? Interested in learning about educational reform and the most progressive, research-based teaching methods? THIS IS IT! Applications are November 24th!! Check out our website and the email below for more information. If you have any questions, feel free to email Angela Vo at av24@duke.edu or meet with her in person to have a great conversation about how transformative her experience has been with Student U.
Career Opportunities
Wednesday, October 28
Find out the most up-to-date tips for seeking employment in a tight market at Breaking into Business: Mastering the Off-Campus Job Search, held in Perkins Library Breedlove Room from 5:00-6:30pm. This job search seminar includes information on making the most of Duke eRecruiting, helpful tools and tricks to ramp up your search efforts and aims to demystify the application process. Ever wonder what happens to your application when you submit it online? Pat Skelly, IBM recruiter will speak about the online application process and ways to stand out from the crowd.
JP Morgan will hold an info session from 6:30-7:45pm in Washington Duke Inn.
Community Service Events
Thursday, October 29
Camp Kesem North Carolina (CKNC) will hold their annual fall fundraiser from 3:00-7:00pm on Main Quad Clocktower Outdoor Lawn. CKNC is a camp for the children of cancer patients, run by Duke and UNC students. There will have a Moon Bounce, Jousting, and a Velcro Wall for entertainment. There will also be hot apple cider, caramel apples, popcorn, and cotton candy. There will be a raffle for prizes like dinner for two at Foster or Pop's. T-shirts will be sold and there will be pumpkins available to carve. You can even enter the pumpkin carving contest! The sophomore class will get a special deal because it is done in conjunction with SYE.
Saturday, October 31
Duke Habitat for Humanity is sponsoring a "spooktacular" sixth-annual Halloween Bike Ride which will benefit Habitat for Humanity of Durham. Experience scenic views of Durham County as you ride 31, 62, or 100 miles. All routes are fully supported and start and finish at the Durham Bulls Athletic Park in downtown Durham. Gear up for a "ghoulish" good time and compete for best costume! The Bike Ride begins at 9:00am. The pre-registration fee is $45 or $45 walk-on registration. For more info, contact Roxanne Hall Little, Habitat of Durham Special Events Manager (919) 682-0516, ext. 113.
Drop by Upper East Marketplace from 1:00-3:00pm for an afternoon of fun with children from the community! There will be games, food, pumpkin carving, and more! This is especially good for Duke students who are not sure what being a "Big" entails and want to try it by hanging out with Littles for a day.
Social Events
Tuesday, October 27
Join the LGBT Center for an open discussion: Closets Are for More Than just Clothes and Linens, from 4:00-5:00pm in Crowell 315. The decision to come out is a personal decision and it is also an ongoing process. Some people are comfortable only coming out to closest friends while others want everyone to know their identity. Is there a right or a wrong way to come out? Is there a right or wrong way to talk about this topic with friends you think might be LGBTQ? Do I have to always be open or are there some reasons I may choose not to be open. Are there also reasons I may choose to come out?
Come to the Mary Lou Williams Center this Tuesday night to watch the Spike Lee Joint, Bamboozled at 7:00pm. There will be free popcorn and Twizzlers!
Saturday, October 31
Campus Council presents our annual Halloween Event, Devil's Eve from 7:00-9:00pm on the Main Quad Clocktower Outdoor Lawn. With a costume contest, live performance of the Thriller dance, pumpkin and lots of food, this is definitely not an event to miss!
Even if you haven't experienced it first-hand, you have probably heard of the Last Day of Classes celebration. With activities throughout the day, and rounded out by a stupendous concert at night (with the likes of Ben Folds, The Roots, and Common in the past), the event is a student favorite. This LDOC promises to be the best yet... and you can help make it so! Get involved and apply to be on the committee. Applications can be found on the website (http://www.duke.edu/web/ldoc/Home.html) or via this link (opens as a Word document): http://bit.ly/1BnXDX. They are due by 11:59pm on Friday, October 30. Interviews will be conducted the following week (Nov 2-6). No prior experience is necessary (but enthusiasm and commitment are a must), and a diverse group of applicants who represent the student body is needed. Direct any questions to lastdayofclasses@gmail.com.
Cultural Events
Tuesday, October 27
Duke Chapel is sponsoring Speaking Without Tongues Stage Performance from 7:00-9:00pm in the Bryan Center Reynolds Industries Theater. Speaking Without Tongues, a Hidden Voices project, explores violence and survival in the actual lives of women from diverse ethnic backgrounds. The ensemble of African-American, Arab, Euro-American, Latina, and South Asian women are not actors; they have worked with the non-profit Hidden Voices for more than two years, exploring their own experiences, learning how to tell their own stories, and giving voice to other women who share their struggle but cannot speak for themselves, either because they are still in danger or because their family or social positions prohibit this kind of exposure. Discussions with the women follow each show.
Christian Lander, author of the critically acclaimed social commentary “Stuff White People Like,” and Elon James White, New York comedian and founder of the Black Comedy Experiment, are scheduled to speak at Page Auditorium, from 8:00-10:00pm. Tickets are free but will be distributed in advance at the Duke Box Office beginning on Thursday, October 8. The dynamic duo will focus on issues of race and how they apply today.
Thursday, October 29
After the text messages, IM's, email, pokes, winks, and chats have ended, a couple will ultimately have to meet face-to-face if they want things to progress further. They must rely upon the interpersonal skills they have (or have not) developed and rely on the experience (or lack thereof) they have from previous relationships. Reporting "on-line" to be "in a relationship" is far from actually being involved in one. Interacting in person with a potential love interest is becoming increasingly harder as much of their initial contact is electronic-based. 11-Time National Campus Speaker of the Year, David Coleman, in a humorous, yet challenging manner, will show you how to form, mend and healthy relationships. He will cover: Why pick up lines fail, subtle signs we exhibit when romantically interested, differences between men and women, The ABC's of Initial Interest, the five stages of relationships, the characteristics of healthy relationships, taking a break, breaking up, long-distance and more. This talk will be held in Bryan Center Von Canon Room B from 7:00-9:00pm.
Professor E. Patrick Johnson is chair, director of graduate studies, and professor in the Department of Performance studies and professor of African American studies at Northwestern University. He is also the author of the book Sweet Tea: Black Gay Men of the South: An Oral History (University of North Carolina Press, 2008), which collects stories from the lives of 63 black, gay men who were born, raised and presently live in the South that Johnson interviewed from over 15 different states below the Mason-Dixon Line. Johnson will be performing a selection from his one-man show called "Pouring Tea: Black Gay Men of the South Tell Their Tales," which explores how these narrators use the performance of "southerness" as a cultural identity to simultaneously conform to southern cultural ideals, but also to mediate, transgress, and sometimes subvert them. The show will be in Love Auditorium of the Levine Research Science Center at 7:30pm.
Athletics
Duke Men’s soccer plays Presbyterian at 7:00pm at home.
Friday, October 30
Duke Men’s Soccer plays Virginia Tech at 7:00pm at home.
Duke Volleyball plays Boston College at 7:00pm at home.
Duke Volleyball plays Maryland at 7:00pm at home.
Duke Volleyball plays Maryland at 7:00pm at home.
Health and Wellness
Monday, October 26
Know Your Status is sponsoring FREE, rapid HIV Testing in the Bryan Center Meeting Room B from 10:00am-5:00pm. No blood is involved. Cheek swabbing is used instead. Results will be available in only 20 minutes and those who get tested will receive a free t-shirt!
Caps is sponsoring a Keeping it Real Workshop from 6:30-8:30pm in Page 217. Being yourself, in a completely authentic way, may not always be a good idea. However, seldom being yourself, feeling like you can't or shouldn't, eventually takes a toll on you. This workshop will introduce students to some insights and ideas about authenticity in their lives. Whether you are somebody who has wondered about how difficult it sometimes can be to simply be yourself or whether you are simply interested in the topic, you're invited to attend this workshop.
