Duke NY Book Club - The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald

Event Title:	Duke NY Book Club The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
Date:	Jan 23, 2012
Time:	7:00PM - 9:00PM ET
Location:	The Cornell Club - New York, 6 East 44th Street (Madison/Fifth Avenue)

Join other Blue Devils every other month in discussing a new book, from the classics to the latest best sellers. Bring your thoughts, ideas and opinions on the latest selection. Duke NY Book Club meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. at The Cornell Club - New York (Tap Room or upstairs conference room, based upon number of RSVPs), 6 East 44th Street between Fifth and Madison Avenues. Non-Cornell Club members may order food and drink from the club’s menu during DCNY Book Club meetings. If you plan to attend, please RSVP at least 48 hours in advance to guarantee space.

For additional information and to RSVP, please click here.

Fannie Mitchell Exchange

February 4, 2012

Some of your fellow alumns will be involved in The Fannie Mitchell Exchange next month!!

The Fannie Mitchell Exchange is an on-campus event open to all Duke students that brings back over 50 alumni to share their career experiences. Students will have a chance to connect with alumni in casual settings, through small group discussions and individual conversations. FMX is a great way for students to learn more about various career fields and network with successful alumni. This is a rare opportunity for students to explore and learn about career options in a way that is personalized and unique to their specific interests and questions.

For additional information, please click here.

Duke NY - Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen

Help staff the soup kitchen and feed the hungry at St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street.

Date:   Jan 22, 2012
Time:   11:30AM - 2:30PM ET
Location:   St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street

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2012 Haiti Service Trip

Through our ongoing relationship with Durham-based Family Health Ministries, a nonprofit dedicated to improving health in Haiti, the DAA will send a second group to Haiti in May 2012. Our group will help provide medical care at FHM’s clinic, located in the Blanchard community of Port au Prince. Building on our successful efforts last year, DAA invites Duke alumni and friends, with medical or nonmedical backgrounds, to participate.

Price: $900 plus airfare
Date:  May 19 - 27th

For additional information, please go here.

One-Woman Show About Iraq Refugees to Debut at Duke Jan. 8

Durham, NC - Kim Schultz, a New York City-based actress and playwright, will deliver a performance of "No Place Called Home," her critically acclaimed off-Broadway show about Iraqi refugees, at Duke University on Jan. 8.

The performance, which is free and open to the public, begins at 7 p.m. in the Geneen Auditorium at the Fuqua School of Business. Doors will open at 6:30 pm.

Featuring music by singer/songwriter Amikaeyla Gaston, "No Place Called Home" tells the stories of eleven displaced Iraqis whom Schultz and Gaston interviewed on a whirlwind overseas research trip -- and one of whom Schultz fell in love with.

To read more about this performance, click here.

Duke Alumni Association Seeks Board of Trustee Nominees

The following article was found in yesterday's SCRToday.com.

RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) – If you know of a Duke University graduate you think would fit well in a seat on the Duke Board of Trustees, the university’s alumni association wants to hear from you. Nominations will be reviewed by the Executive Committee of the association’s board of directors. The group then forwards candidate suggestions to the Trustee Committee on Trusteeship, according to a solicitation for nominations published in the latest issue of Duke Magazine.

 

To make a suggestion or to find out more, contact Sterly L. Wilder, associate vice president, alumni affairs, at trusteenominations@daa.duke.edu.

Charles A. Dukes Award

The Charles A. Dukes award was instituted in 1982 and named after the first director of the Duke Alumni Association, who built his reputation on his volunteer leadership. Since then, Duke has presented the award to nearly 300 longstanding volunteers who have served with distinction in leadership roles and gone beyond expectations to help Duke further its mission.

Each year, nominations are submitted by staff in the Alumni Affairs and University Development offices and approved by their respective boards. The winners are notified of their selection by the President in July. Nominators should describe in detail how their candidates have excelled in their volunteer position. To nominate a fellow alum, please fill out and submit the form found here.

Duke NY - NYC Hoops Watch

Come join us on January 12th, 8:30pm at the Village Pourhouse to cheer on our Blue Devils as they play UNC.

Duke NY & Duke NJ: Duke vs. Temple at Wells Fargo Center

Join alumni, parents and friends from Duke NY and Duke NJ for a great match up as Duke faces off against the Temple Owls at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia on Wednesday, January 4, 2012 at 7:00 p.m.
Our tickets will be located in Section 118, on the side of the court near the Duke bench.
The cost of this event is $39 per ticket. All sales are final. NO REFUNDS.

For additional information, please click here.

Duke NY - Volunteer at a Soup Kitchen

Help staff the soup kitchen and feed the hungry at St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street.

Date - December 25, 2011
Time - 11:30am - 2:30pm
Location - St. John the Divine, Amsterdam Avenue at 112th Street

For more information and to register for this event, click here.