Hello Pratt Community,

I want to share an exciting event that my office is co-hosting next month - a graduate school boot camp. This virtual event is aimed at a wide range of undergraduate students from those who have a strong interest in attending graduate school to those who have no idea what graduate school is. Participants will hear from engineering faculty, staff and students from both Duke University and North Carolina Agriculture and Technical State University. If you are interested in participating or know someone who might be interested, feel free to share this flyer with them.

If you have questions or suggestions, please contact me.

Karis Boyd-Sinkler
Director of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion in Engineering

With the success of the DEIC Book Club’s in-person sessions, we are expanding the concept with the launch of Cultural Conversations! Cultural Conversations will explore multiple avenues by reading articles, short-stories and books along with watching documentaries, movies and television shows in the hope to better understand the complexity of community.

We invite all who are interested to get more information by signing up here. Cultural Conversations will primarily take place in person, with each session featuring a stand-alone topic. We encourage all to participate as their schedule permits.

Feel free to contact Quiana Tyson at qmm@duke.edu if you have additional questions. 

ASCEND is seeking diverse and unique voices to tell the world about salient issues in space safety, security and sustainability. Let your voice be heard and apply to be part of the Diverse Dozen.

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The vision of the Maclin Fund is that no eligible Pratt School of Engineering undergraduate should miss out on educational growth because of costs not covered by financial aid. Costs such as attending a conference, flying to an interview, taking a workshop or repairing a computer—to name only a few. The fund was created through the generosity of Valecia Maclin E’92.

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The WIN Empowerment Fund was created through the generosity of the Pratt School of Engineering group within the Duke Women's Impact Network (WIN), whose mission is to encourage leadership and philanthropy among women and the friends of WIN. The WIN Empowerment Fund makes direct and positive impacts on the lives of financial-aid-receiving students by helping meet those expenses—such as graduate exam and application fees or professional attire.

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See more at pratt.duke.edu/about/diversity/resources#events

Tuesday, June 13
4:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Rubenstein Library Holsti-Anderson Family Assembly Room 153

Hosted by the Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture and David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library

Tuesday, July 18
5:30 pm - 6:30 pm | Duke Eye Center - Albert Eye Research Institute Auditorium

Hosted by the Duke Eye Center and Department of Ophthalmology

Thursday, July 27
All Day | Great Hall

Hosted by the School of Medicine-Office of Equity Diversity and Inclusion and The IDEALS Office (SOM)

Highlighted below is a non-exhaustive list of holidays, celebrations, and events. Would you like to have a holiday listed? Please contact us with your suggestion!

Celebrated in the month of June to honor the 1969 Stonewall Uprising in New York City, viewed as a tipping point for for LGBTQ+ activism in the United States. Over time, a day of observance has grown to encompass a month-long series of events. In Durham, Pride Month is typically celebrated in September.

A national, state and Duke holiday celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Held on the anniversary of the announcement of General Order No. 3, which proclaimed freedom for enslaved people in Texas. 

Director of Diversity & Inclusion in Engineering

karis.boydsinkler@duke.edu

office hours

Members of the Pratt DEIC committee are listed at pratt.duke.edu/about/diversity/deic