On July 1, 2018, Gary Bennett began his term as Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education. VPUE Gary Bennett succeeds Steve Nowicki, a biology professor who returned to full-time teaching and research this summer. Bennett is a Duke professor of psychology & neuroscience, global health and medicine, who founded the global health major. His research focuses on the use of digital tools to address obesity, especially among underserved populations. A New Jersey native and son of public school educators, Bennett earned a BA from Morehouse College. He obtained his doctorate at Duke (where he met his wife, attorney Leah Moore, who holds two Duke degrees) and became a faculty member at Harvard before returning to Duke in 2009. The couple has two daughters.

October 6-9 • Fall Break
October 19-21 • Family Weekend
November 21-25 • Thanksgiving Recess
December 7 • Last Day of Fall Classes
December 8-11 • Reading Period
December 12-17 • Final Exams 

Duke University Family Weekend will be October 19-21. A schedule of events, registration, and more information can be found on the Parent and Family Programs website. Keep in mind that some events have a maximum capacity, so please register as early as you can to claim your space!

On September 27, the Duke University Career Center will be hosting a Major Mixer for first-year and sophomore students in the Keohane Atrium. Students can receive support from Career Center staff, Peer Advisors, Directors of Undergraduate Studies, and alumni about choosing a major. Your student can register in their CareerConnections portal. 

Duke Parent and Family Programs re-launched our Twitter account. Follow us @DukeParents for more information on Duke events, traditions, and fun! 

We have received several requests to update and/or add email addresses to the Duke Parent and Family email distribution list. Please note that our distribution system pulls email addresses directly from each student's MyDuke contacts page. Unfortunately, the Parent and Family Programs office is unable to update the contact information manually. To add or update an email address, your student must log on to their MyDuke account and add the correct email addresses under their contacts section.

This August Duke welcomed 1,753 students in the Class of 2022 and 48 transfer students. Along with these students, we also welcome all of their new parents and family members to the Duke community!

To provide the opportunity for parents and families of current Duke students to move through their child’s Duke experience together, we transitioned our Parent and Family Facebook presence so that each class now has its own Facebook group. Thank you for your patience during this process. If you are not yet connected to the appropriate group, please reach out to the Office of Parent and Family Programs (familyprograms@duke.edu) with your student’s class year and we will send you the link to the appropriate Facebook page.