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.

Duke NY - Dunlevy Milbank Center Holiday Party

Date -       December 17, 2011
Time -       9:00am - 12:00pm
Location - Dunlevy Millbank Center
                 118th Street between 5th and Lennox Avenues

Share the joy of the holiday season with kids of Dunlevy Milbank at their annual holiday party on Saturday, December 17, 9:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. The children will enjoy presents courtesy of Duke alumni contributors (see December 9 Winter Wishes listing for additional information on how you can donate a Toys R Us gift card. The center director will turn the gift cards into toys, games, and other gifts for all the students.)

[Note: Dunlevy Milbank will be holding a coat drive during the holiday season. If you have gently used winter gear for donation, you can bring it to the center on December 17.]

To learn more about this event and to register, please click here.

Duke NY - Fuqua Holiday Cocktails

Please join Fuqua alumni and friends (all Duke alumni are invited!) on Tuesday, December 13 at the beautiful Andaz Wall Street's Bar Seven Five for our first Fuqua holiday party in the NY Metro area! Fuqua Holiday Cocktails Tuesday, December 13, 2011 6:00 – 9:00 pm For additional information and to RSVP click here. The Andaz hotel is the “Ritz” version of the Hyatt Hotel – very classy and a lot of fun. They’re excited to have us and will be offering special pricing for their premium bar from 6:00 – 7:30pm. The hotel is easy to get to: you can take either the 2/3 or 4/5 subway to Wall Street or the J/Z to Broad Street. If you prefer to take a taxi, just direct your drive to the Andaz-Hyatt Hotel on Wall and Water Streets. We look forward to connecting – or reconnecting - with you! Date:   Dec 13, 2011 Time:   6:00PM - 9:00PM ET Location:   Andaz Wall Street Hotel

Duke NY Hoops Watch and Post-Game Party (NYC)

Join Duke alumni and friends for a post-game party at Stout following the Duke vs. Washington game at nearby Madison Square Garden. Our group will gather in the space in the cellar. For those who do not have tickets to the game, but who wish to gather to watch the game with other Dukies, join us in the main bar from 12:00 noon (tip) to watch the game on large screen TVs. Date: December 10, 2011 Time: 12:00pm - 5:00pm Location - Stout                  133 West 33rd Street (between 6th and 7th Avenues)