Parent and Family Newsletter
March 2025
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Dear Parents and Families, |
As we approach the final stretch of the school year, we hope you will continue to encourage your students to take advantage of the opportunities listed in this email. These are just a few ways they can finish the semester on a strong note.
To keep you engaged, we have some exciting opportunities coming your way. Starting with our Parent & Family Webinar, "Cultivating Student Success: Spring Edition" scheduled for TONIGHT, Tuesday, March 25, at 6:00 pm ET. Families will hear from the Office of Undergraduate Education. We will focus on ways families can support their students in finishing the semester strong - highlighting key Duke resources and strategies that will help students academically, professionally, and personally as they wrap up the term.
As always, thank you for the ways you support your student from home!
Have a great day, and Go Duke!
New Student and Family Programs
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Click here to register.
If you cannot attend or wish to revisit the content, we will record and post the webinar online. Please allow 48 hours after the webinar airs for us to post the content on the Parent and Family webpage.
We hope you will join us!
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Thank you to all families who have joined us this semester for our Parent & Family Webinar series! If you missed a webinar live or want to rewatch a webinar anytime, all webinars can be found on the Parent and Family webpage.
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Both our Duke Men's and Women's Basketball teams are headed to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen!
MBB: vs Arizona, March 27th, 9:39 PM
WBB: vs UNC, March 28th, 2:30pm
Congrats to both teams!
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Residence Hall Closing Process
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From Housing and Residence Life |
All residence halls and apartments close at NOON (12 pm) on Monday, May 5, 2025. Only students who have been approved for an extension, are transitioning to summer school housing, or are graduating may stay past this date. Please coordinate moving plans with this date and time in mind.
Check-out involves preparing each room, completing the check-out form, and returning the room key (where applicable):
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- Pack and take all personal belongings. Check all drawers and under and behind furniture to ensure everything is collected.
- Remove all trash and recyclables.
- Donations should be placed in a designated donation collection area.
- Make sure all furniture is accounted for.
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Microfridge? Unplug and defrost the unit first. After it has defrosted, make sure to clean the unit. Units should be left in the room and will be picked up after the student leaves.
- Make sure the door is locked when a student leaves.
- Complete the check-out form.
- Return key to the campus office (if applicable).
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A note regarding damages and billing:
Part of the check-out process is to assess the room for any repairs that may be needed due to either wear and tear usage or damage/excessive cleaning. Housing and Residence Life will compare the room's current state to the original room condition report completed when students first moved- in. Damage charges are divided equally between roommates unless HRL receives a written statement from one roommate claiming responsibility for the repairs/cleaning.
Students will receive additional move-out information over the next several weeks.
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The Bricks to Stone campus-wide celebration will mark the transition of the first-year class moving from the bricks of East Campus to the gothic stones of West Campus. This tradition has something for everyone (including free food and merch!).
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- First-year students: 3:30-6pm.
- Start with the block party at Karsh Alumni Center, 3:30 p.m.-4:30 p.m. for music, dessert novelties, games, and Quad graduation cords.
- Buses will leave East beginning at 3:15 p.m. First-year students should get off the bus at the Admissions bus stop. Make sure you arrive to Karsh no later than 4:15 p.m. to join the procession with your Quad up Campus Drive to the Chapel.
- President Vincent Price and Vice Provost Candis Watts Smith will greet you and formally welcome you to West. They will provide brief remarks and conduct a Class of 2028 pinning ceremony.
- Afterward, join your upper-class peers in your West Quad for a party unique to its culture and traditions. Parties will include free food and Quad merch.
- Upperclass students: 5-6 p.m.
- Join your classmates for a party in your Quad, 5-6 p.m. Each Quad will host an event unique to their culture.
- Network with Alumni from your Quad who are back for Reunions weekend.
- Free food and merch!
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First-year students: 11 p.m. - 1 a.m
- Join the East Campus Council (ECC) at the Wall Center for Student Life. This party for the Class of 2028 will include live music, food, and games!
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As defined by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), career readiness is a foundation from which to demonstrate requisite core competencies that broadly prepare the college-educated for success in the workplace and lifelong career management. For new college graduates, career readiness is key to ensuring successful entrance into the workforce. Career readiness is the foundation upon which a successful career is launched and the basis for much of the work the Career Center does with your students.
Read about the eight core competencies for career readiness.
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Class of 2027 Halfway There Celebration |
Calling the Class of 2027! The Halfway There Celebration will be held on Wednesday, March 26th from 4-6pm on Abele Quad. Halfway There is an annual event to recognize the wonderful accomplishments of the current sophomore class and celebrate the halfway point of their Duke undergraduate experience. All sophomores will also receive their major t-shirt at Halfway There.
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We are excited to announce that Family Weekend 2025 will be from Friday, October 17 – Sunday, October 19.
More Family Weekend details, a full schedule and registration will be posted to the Duke Family webpage in late Summer.
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