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Parent and Family Newsletter
April 2022
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| Creating a Sense of Belonging for All Duke Students
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This month's feature article written by Shruti Desai, Ed.D., Associate Vice President of Student Affairs for Student Engagement, highlights the departments encompassing student engagement within the Division of Student Affairs. It addresses their work toward creating a sense of belonging for all Duke students. Read the article here.
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Important DatesLast Day of Classes (LDOC): April 20
Reading Period: April 21-24
Final Examinations: April 25-30
Commencement 2022: May 6-8
Summer Term 1 Classes Begin: May 12
Drop/Add for Summer Term 1 Ends: May 14
Memorial Day Holiday - No Classes: May 31
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Tori Pinedo (she, her) '22 is studying international comparative studies. She serves as the Co-Chair of SPARC, formerly known as Common Ground, a newly envisioned retreat for Duke students to commit to transforming our campus community by addressing different forms of systemic oppression through a liberation framework. Tori has provided New Student and Family Programs with information about the SPARC retreat and some wonderful insight on how her involvement has impacted her time here at Duke.
Listen to the full podcast here.
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Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Interim DeanMohamed Noor, Dean of Natural Sciences since 2018 and professor of biology, will become Interim Dean of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences this summer when Valerie Ashby departs. Noor joined the Department of Biology in 2005 and served as chair from 2013 to 2017. A national search will commence shortly to identify a permanent successor to Ashby, who was recently named president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County. Read more.
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April Family Webinar Series - Student Engagement
Join New Student and Family Programs on Thursday, April 21, at 6:00pm EST for our next family webinar. This month, the webinar will be titled "Student Engagement."
This session will highlight the Division of Student Affair's move from campus life to student engagement and how the division hopes to build a sense of belonging for all students. Listen to students and staff talk about their partnership to create a more engaged student body and how they have chosen to be involved.
This webinar will be recorded for those who are unable to participate live. The video will be posted to the Family webpage approximately 48 hours after airing. This webpage also lists our past webinars in case you missed them, including March's "Career Everywhere (for Everyone)" session.
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Last Day of Classes (LDOC)
The Last Day of Class (LDOC) is a hallmark tradition at Duke! The day of LDOC is meant to be a celebration of all the work that students put in throughout the year and leading up to finals season! The day is filled with fun programmings like chapel climbs, food, philanthropic events, and a concert at night! This year’s artist is Daya & A$AP Ferg.
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Affinity Group Graduations
There are many ways that campus is celebrating the Class of 2022 this spring. Some celebrations have already taken place, but affinity group graduations will go through the beginning of May. Check the Center for Sexual & Gender Diversity, Center for Multicultural Affairs, and Mary Lou Williams Center websites and social media channels for details on Lavender Graduation, A/API Graduation, Latinx Graduation, Final Honors, and Native American & Indigenous Graduation celebrations coming up soon.
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Housing Move-Out
The end of the year is around the corner! All students living on campus need to move out of their dorms by May 2 at noon. If students need an extension, they need to be in contact with Housing now. Students need to remove all personal items from their room before they leave. Donation bins will be placed in each common room for those items students no longer wish to keep. An email was sent this week to all students about the move-out process, damage billing, trash, moving companies, work orders, and bikes. Please encourage your student to read this email fully!
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Congratulations Sophomores!
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Congratulations to our sophomore class on being halfway through their time at Duke! These students are being celebrated this week (April 14) on Abele Quad with branded picnic blankets, fun activities, and time to fellowship with one another. Woo-hoo to the Class of 2024!
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Check out Handshake! Why Handshake?
With so many sites to look for jobs and internships, why this one? Handshake is Duke’s career readiness platform to help students discover new career pathways and find amazing jobs and internships. And, that is not all. In addition, through Handshake they can learn about campus and employer events and career fairs, sign up for career advising appointments, and get insight from employers and other students.
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Handshake is a big part of the Career Everywhere approach because it is a one-stop, student-centered tool for exploration, career readiness, and experience acquisition. While parents can’t log in to Duke’s Handshake, you can learn more about the tool from their website.
If your student hasn’t taken the time to complete their profile in Handshake, you can help them gain these benefits with a friendly reminder just after finals.
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Resource Highlights: Academic Resource Center (ARC) and Thompson Writing CenterDoes your student need a little extra support in this season of final examinations, projects, and end-of-year assessments? If they are experiencing challenges in their coursework, we encourage them to reach out to their faculty member to seek assistance and support. There are also additional campus resources, such as the Academic Resource Center and the Thompson Writing Program, that can help through tutoring, time management, and developing skills and strategies for writing essays and papers.
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Quad Identity Project A key goal of QuadEx is for each Quad to offer a sense of community that begins in a student’s first year and continues to strengthen as students move through their time at Duke. To foster this community, QuadEx seeks to empower students to build their own identities, cultures, and traditions for each of the seven Quads.
To develop these bonds, students must feel part of a shared experience – one that celebrates unique features within each Quad, through signs, symbols, rituals, and traditions. Students are encouraged to enter the Quad Identity Project.
Teams of students in each Quad will work with campus experts on Duke history, architecture, landscape, and community to design an official Quad crest. Each element of a Quad's crest will have a connection to Duke's past, present, and future and will be chosen with inclusion and longevity in mind. Students can find out more about how to get involved in their Student Affairs & Undergraduate Education newsletters.
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Ongoing COVID Safety Protocol Changes Students in Summer Session All incoming summer students will be required to be fully vaccinated or have an approved medical or religious exemption. Summer students who have not already done so should submit documentation through Student Health Services. (Students can email immunizations@duke.edu to request a medical or religious exemption form.)
All incoming students, regardless of vaccination status, must have a negative COVID test (PCR) 72 hours prior to arrival to campus. Students will be required to show documentation during the in-take process.
Surveillance Testing for Students, Faculty, and Staff
Required surveillance testing of students ended on March 17 due to limited public health benefit given high vaccination rates among students. The limited surveillance testing available on campus will end on May 1 (after final exams).
Required testing and daily symptom monitoring for unvaccinated faculty, staff, and students will also end on May 1.
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