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Members of Duke’s class of 1970, above, included a dozen students who later became Duke faculty and staff members.
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esearch scientist Rebecca Buckley, basketball coach Johnny Dawkins
R and police officer Adam Berg spend their work days in different
ways, but they share something in common – they’re all Duke
graduates and current employees.
And they’re not alone.
Nearly 2,000 people who received their
undergraduate degrees at Duke work at Duke. Like
many other Duke grads, they share a love for Duke
and connection with the university that extends
beyond cap and gown.
“There’s always that overriding sense of doing
something worthwhile when you work at Duke, for a year or two,’ and then
whether in academics, science or medicine,” said
Sterly Wilder, a 1983 Duke graduate and director of all of a sudden,
Alumni Affairs. “You think, ‘Oh, I’ll stay for a year
or two,’ and then all of a sudden, boom! You’re
boom! You’re
here, and you have a life; your friends are here.” here, and you
Along with loyalty to their alma mater, many
graduates stay or return because of Duke’s
have a life;
intellectual atmosphere, commitment to excellence your friends
and family-friendly benefits.
Inside Working@Duke, you’ll read about seven
are here.”
alumni employees who are dedicated to Duke.
There’s Murray Brandt, Class of 1944. He’s a golf
shop assistant and avid Blue Devils fan. There’s and director of Alumni Affairs
Dr. Brenda Armstrong, a physician whose ongoing
commitment to diversity started when she was a
student activist in the 1960s. And there’s music
professor Anthony Kelley, who traveled the globe before being
drawn back to Duke.
Although their reasons for staying are eclectic, alumni who work
at Duke share a similar past. They’ve watched Duke grow – culturally
and physically.
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From the university’s desegregation in 1961-63 to the merger of
the Woman’s College with Trinity College for Men in 1972, the campus
culture has blossomed with the increase of female, minority and
international students, staff and faculty. Many grads played hands-on
roles in helping Duke mature into a national research university, medical
leader and athletic powerhouse.
Grads have witnessed a stark change in the physical
appearance of the campus, too. About 50 buildings
You think, dotted the 5,200-acre campus in 1950; today’s campus
includes 220 buildings and 8,610 acres.
“I enjoyed being on this campus so much that I
‘Oh, I’ll stay
didn’t want to leave,” said Lauren Braun, who joined
Duke’s Focus Program as an administrative assistant
after graduating from Duke in May 2007. “Working
here keeps my intellectual curiosity alive. There are so
many opportunities to meet amazing people and learn
from them.”
Alma Jones, director of financial and payroll
services for Student Affairs and a member of the
Class of 1969, was lured back to campus 25 years
after graduating.
“I never really thought I would come back here,
— Sterly Wilder but I’m glad I did,” she said. “Duke has good benefits,
1983 Duke graduate especially the tuition reimbursement for children.”
Duke’s benefits also attracted Cassandra Jones,
information technology analyst at Duke Clinical
Research Institute. She graduated in 1990.
“I worked in the corporate world for nine years, but I
decided to come to Duke after I had children because Duke offers a lot for
families, and the pace is more relaxed and not driven by the bottom line,”
she said. “A lot of alumni seem to return for the same reasons. Not only is
Duke a fantastic place to go to school, but it’s also a great place to work.”
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AHEAD
FEBRUARY 5 : : Helen Thomas,
former White House bureau chief,
discusses her life, breaking through
barriers for women reporters while
covering every presidency since John
F. Kennedy, 7 p.m., Reynolds Theater.
FEBRUARY 7 : : “Tea with
Trailblazers;” African- American
trailblazers Dr. Brenda Armstrong,
Dr. Joanne Peebles Wilson and Dr.
Thelma Brown, share their stories
of “trailblazing experiences” at Duke,
2 p.m., Duke Medical Center Library.
FEBRUARY 24 : : Froshlife, the
6th annual digital movie festival;
first-year Duke students produce
stories about their first year at Duke,
8 p.m., Richard White Lecture Hall.
For more events, check the
university’s online calendar
at http://calendar.duke.edu
The 32-foot tall climbing wall in Wilson
Rec Center opened in September and
is available to anyone at Duke who has
a Wilson membership.
Newsbriefs
Tax returns prepared free of charge
Volunteers from Duke Law School will
prepare tax returns for Duke employees free of
charge. To be eligible for the Volunteer Income
Tax Service, known as VITA, employees must
earn less than $30,000 annually.
Among the locations, Duke Law students,
faculty and staff will be at the Duke University
Federal Credit Union, 2200 West Main St.
Appointments can be scheduled from 11 a.m. to
4:30 p.m. on Feb. 8, 15, 22 and 29, and on April 4. To make an
appointment at the credit union, clients must visit the Erwin Square
Plaza branch.
For additional information and other Durham locations, visit
www.law.duke.edu/student/act/vita/index or call (919) 613-8526.
Nominations underway for Presidential Award
Nominations for the 2007 Presidential Award are being
accepted through Feb. 22. The award recognizes a faculty or staff
member who has made distinctive contributions to Duke University
and Health System in the past year. The Presidential Award and up
to five Meritorious Service Awards will be selected from each of
the job categories. The Presidential Award recipient receives a
Presidential Medallion and $1,000. Meritorious Service Award
winners receive an award box containing an etched frame with
certificate and an engraved pen as well as $100. All winners are
recognized by President Richard H. Brodhead during a luncheon.
Call (919) 684-9040 or visit www.hr.duke.edu/recognition/
presidential.html for nomination forms.
Coming Soon: New self-service Web site
Later this month, all faculty and staff will have direct online
access to view and update personal information at Duke through
Duke@Work, a new self-service Web site. The site will offer flexibility
and convenience to view pay statements online, sign up to discontinue
paper pay statements, update home and work addresses, set up or
change bank accounts for direct deposit, and review benefit selections
and retirement plan balances. Eventually, the Web site will be the one-
stop-shop location to allow faculty and staff to enroll in benefits, renew
parking permits, and access retirement accounts and tools. Michelle
Nunalee, a postdoctoral associate in Biomedical Engineering, won an
iPod in the contest to name the site from more than 1,200 entries last
fall. Beginning Feb. 18, the secure site – www.work.duke.edu – will be
accessible to all faculty and staff using NetID and password
Take it to the extreme – hit
the wall for a good workout
ichard Hain has been a rock
R climber since the early 1970s.
With a dearth of rocks to climb
in the Triangle, he trains on indoor walls.
While there are several indoor facilities in
and around Durham, he’s had the option
since mid-September of using a new one
on Duke’s campus.
Nestled in a corner of Wilson
Recreation Center stands a climbing wall
with nearly 30 different routes, ranging
from beginner to expert, to the top of
the three-story structure.
“I use the indoor wall for training,”
said Hain, a Duke math professor who
visits the climbing wall once or twice a
week. “Climbing on anything is fun.”
The 32-foot tall climbing wall
opened in September and is available to
anyone at Duke who has a Wilson
membership. All climbers must first take
a belay certification course before using
the wall. The $25 fee includes the belay
certification, access to the wall and all
other climbing necessities. The one-hour
class is currently offered two days a week.
All other climbing necessities are available
at the wall, free of charge.
WANT TO CLIMB? CALL (919) 613-7489
Discount tickets available for Harlem Globetrotters
The The Harlem Globetrotters – a famous basketball team known
for complicated and entertaining moves – will be at the RBC Center as
part of their Magic as Ever 2008 World Tour. Duke faculty and staff
can save $7 per ticket to the 2 p.m. March 2 show. Groups are invited
to enter the doors early to attend a pre-game session of Globetrotter
University at 12:30 p.m. Seating is limited; tickets must be ordered by
Feb. 15. Download the ticket form at http://hrweb-
dev.oit.duke.edu/discounts/printables/globetrotters2008.pdf.
Duke’s annual economic impact on Durham $3.4 billion
Duke University has a $3.4 billion annual economic impact on the
city and county of Durham, according to a study of Duke’s influence on
the local economy.
The latest figures, which cover fiscal year 2006-07, are up from
$3.2 billion determined by a study two years ago, and are 62 percent
higher than the economic impact of $1.9 billion when the first such
study was conducted 10 years ago.
The largest portion of Duke’s economic impact is employment-
related. As the
county’s top
employer, the
university
employed
19,755 Durham
residents, with
salaries and
benefits totaling
$931 million.
About half of
Duke employees
are Durham
residents.
Duke’s Office of Public Affairs, with help from such local
organizations as the Greater Durham Chamber of Commerce and the
Durham Convention and Visitors Bureau, performed the analysis,
which takes place every two years.
Read the economic impact report at www.community.duke.edu
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“The classes have been filled since virtually the
moment I put out the sign-up sheets,” said Jan Hackett,
who oversees the wall.
So far, Hackett said the wall has been immensely
popular among students. In an effort to introduce more
faculty and staff, Hackett said it could be used by various
university departments for team-building exercises.
“It’s pretty personal to be standing on the other end
and holding somebody up on the wall,” Hackett said. “If
you let them fall, they’re going to be not real happy.”
The wall can accommodate as many as 22 people at
a time. Because of the belay technique necessary to safely
climb, one person scales the wall, while one person guides
them with the rope from the ground and acts as their
safety net.
“One of the things we talk about is getting faculty,
staff and students doing something together,” said Lee
Tucker, director of Wilson Recreation Center. “It takes two
people to climb. It doesn’t matter who’s holding the rope
and who’s climbing. It’s a bonding thing.”
While students are mostly using the wall now, Hain,
the math professor, would like to see it turn into a
gathering place for the entire Duke community.
“My hope is that in the near future, it’s a place where
there are undergraduates, graduate students, faculty and
staff who climb, and they all interact,” Hain said. “That’s
the goal.”
— By Tim Candon
Working@Duke Correspondent
 What to do with $100 million?
DUKE DEANS ANTE UP IN DIALOGUES

n terms of solving the world’s problems, $100 million isn’t all that much. But Duke’s deans
of the sacred and secular worlds agree – its power can be leveraged as seed money.
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“A hundred million dollars can disappear very quickly,” Divinity School Dean Greg Jones
told the audience in December during a Deans’ Dialogue conversation. “But it can do an
extraordinary amount to build capacity that gets multiplied several times over.”
Duke Chapel Dean Sam Wells began the conversation series in 2006, inviting deans of
various Duke divisions for one-on-one discussions, asking, “Is it possible to do any good?”
In the 2007-08 series, Wells is asking, “What would you do with $100 million?”
“Duke Chapel has a unique role in encouraging discussion about matters of common
concern and in enabling dialogue to occur around the deeper issues that shape our character,
lives and world,” Wells said.
The discussions, which are free and open to the public, resume Feb. 19 with Nicholas School
Dean William L. Chameides. Past conversations with Wells have included Duke’s Fuqua School
of Business Dean Blair Sheppard; Kristina Johnson, former dean of Duke’s Pratt School of
Engineering; and Sandy Williams, former dean of Duke’s School of Medicine.
“Deans are top scholars, but they can also take an idea and pragmatically put it into action,” said Gaston Warner,
Duke Chapel Dean Sam Wells, left, asks

Duke Chapel’s director of university and community relations.

Divinity School Dean Greg Jones what
he would do with $100 million.

For instance, Sheppard, dean of the business school, said $100 million alone will not eradicate a major problem. In
his conversation in October, he said the sum “can be enough to start helping people build their own capacity for solving
their problems.” Sheppard said that approach oriented him toward teaching.
“I realized I could educate 450 MBAs to go out and solve lots of problems,” Sheppard noted.
In his conversation in December, Jones, the divinity school dean, said the school prepares leaders of the church.
The talks do
He referred to the saying: “give a man a fish; you have fed him for today. Teach a man to fish; and you have fed him spill over into
for a lifetime.”
“We are in the business of teaching people to fish,” Jones said. “With $100 million, I’d change the nature of the
our lives if we give
fishing industry. I’d develop the capacity of organizations, especially religious ones, to develop leadership in service ourselves time to
to God.” consider what our own
The dialogues draw students, faculty, staff and community members. Judith Hays, associate professor in Duke’s
School of Nursing, said the conversations spark provocative discussion at home. values are and how we are
“The talks do spill over into our lives,” she said, “if we give ourselves time to consider what our own values putting them into play.”
are and how we are putting them into play.”
— Judith Hays
Duke’s School of Nursing
— By Nancy E. Oates
NEXT DIALOGUE Working@Duke Correspondent
5:15 P.M. FEB. 19, LOVE AUDITORIUM, LEVINE SCIENCE RESEARCH CENTER

Grants offered for ethical reflection,

deliberation and dialogue at Duke
he timing couldn’t have been better for Bonnie quality of life of its
McManus, who was searching for funding to make residents. Students
T a course on Latino identity in local and global
communities a reality.
conducted interviews,
attended meetings and
created a publication
“We knew we had a good course and good faculty
support; we just needed financial support as well,” said celebrating El Centro
McManus, senior program coordinator for Duke’s Spanish Hispano’s 15 years of
Service-Learning, a unit within the Spanish Language community service.
Program in the Department of Romance Studies. El Centro will use the
McManus found the funding through Duke’s Kenan publication to garner
Institute for Ethics Campus Grant Program. With the $250 support for current
grant, her department was able to offer Latino/a Voices in and future programs.
Duke, Durham, and Beyond, one of nine projects awarded Ada Gregory, one
a Spring 2007 Campus Grant from the Institute. of the Institute’s
“This course gives students a specific opportunity assistant directors, said
to engage in ethical discussions about immigration and the course was a
identity, both in the classroom and through service-learning natural fit for a grant.
experiences beyond the classroom,” McManus said. “The goal of the Campus Grants program is to
Bonnie McManus, right, senior program

allow members of the Duke community to embrace and

coordinator for Duke’s Spanish Service-

The Kenan Institute for Ethics Campus Grants

Learning, received funding for a class

program offers up to $500 to Duke students, faculty and promote ethics on campus, and this project did that in an
through Duke’s Kenan Institute.

staff to support initiatives that promote ethical reflection, interesting and relevant way,” she said.
deliberation and dialogue at Duke. Since the program’s The grants provide support for speakers, workshops, How To Apply
inception in 1999, the Institute has awarded more than meetings, curriculum development, publications,
organizational collaborations, and other activities. The
Visit
$42,000 for projects at Duke.
Applications for grants are considered twice a year; Kenan Institute for Ethics welcomes diverse perspectives
www.dukeethics.org
the next deadline is Feb. 15. and submissions from organizations and individuals in all
for an application.
Students in Latino/a Voices in Duke, Durham, areas of the University and Health System. Submissions are
and Beyond, worked closely with El Centro Hispano, — By Aimee Rodriguez accepted twice a year
a downtown Durham-based organization dedicated to Communications & Advancement Specialist – submit by Feb. 15
strengthening the Latino community and improving the
Duke’s Kenan Institute for Ethics
and Oct. 1.

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DEVOTED TO DUKE those people would have died before the age of one without these
CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 transplants,” she said. “The oldest survivor is almost 26 now, and she’s in
grad school, and the second oldest just entered medical school.”
In addition to overseeing the center, Buckley, 74, also lectures

1940sMurray Brandt, a graduate of Duke’s class of 1944, is one of the

oldest “fixtures” at Duke University Golf Club. But unlike many of his
retired classmates, Brandt isn’t playing golf.
around the globe, cares for patients in Duke clinics and works long hours
in her Edwin L. Jones Building lab on Research Drive. When she’s not
working, Buckley watches Duke basketball games and travels. She
recently visited Egypt.
He’s balancing the books. “I don’t plan on retiring yet,” Buckley said. “I’ve still got more research
“I started working at Duke 25 I want to do, and I don’t think you could find a better place to do research
years ago after retiring from my than at Duke.”
other career,” said Brandt, 85, a
veteran of World War II and the
Korean War. “Duke offers great
benefits,
and you
can’t
beat this
1960sOver four decades, Catherine Craver’s relationship with Duke has
come full circle.
When she graduated from Duke in 1967, Craver was treasurer of the
for an Kappa Kappa Gamma sorority. Today, as a Duke employee, she is still
office,” involved with the sorority. She has served six years as an advisor, attending
he added, meetings and
pointing offering
to the 120-acre golf course behind guidance on
Washington Duke Inn. philanthropic
Brandt’s sports enthusiasm projects,
Golf shop assistant Murray Brandt, an avid

sealed his longtime relationship among other

Blue Devils fan, met his wife, Henrietta, at

activities.
Duke in the 1940s.

with Duke. He’s a founding

member of the Duke University Golf Club and Blue Devil Club, and Iron
Dukes charter member.
When Coach Vic Bubas arrived on campus in 1960, he recruited
Brandt and other Blue Devil fans to boost basketball game attendance.
“A group of us got together at the gym one evening, and we started
calling every person in the Durham phone book, asking them to buy
basketball tickets,” Brandt said. “Everyone started talking up the games, Sorority advisor Catherine Craver’s connection with Greek

turning it into a social event people didn’t want to miss.”

Life at Duke originated in the ‘60s.

After graduating, Brandt operated The Fashion, a family-owned

apparel store in downtown Durham for 30 years before returning to Duke.
“When I went to Duke, everyone really dressed up on campus, which
was a good thing,” he said. “That might have helped me when I first met
my wife, Henrietta.”
“Mentoring young people is rewarding because they’re so vibrant and
their enthusiasm is contagious,” said Craver, 62. “It’s important for students
to know there are adults who truly care about them. I consider mentoring a
very important part of our life’s work.”
Craver, now assistant director of the Center for Spirituality, Theology
and Health at Duke University Medical Center, said staying connected to
young people, Duke’s sense of community and the intellectual campus

1950s
During 50 years of treating children with immune disorders at Duke
University Medical Center, Dr. Rebecca Buckley has witnessed many life-
saving miracles based on her research.
“It’s always a wonderful feeling when research translates into real-life
changes,” said Buckley, a 1954 Duke undergraduate and director of Duke’s
Immune Deficiency
Foundation (IDF) Center of
Excellence for Primary
Immunodeficiency Diseases.
Among her
accomplishments, Buckley is
respected internationally for
pioneering the use of T-cell-
depleted bone
Dr. Rebecca Buckley pioneered treatments for
primary immunodeficiency diseases at Duke in
atmosphere are among reasons she joined Duke in 1994 after moving to
Durham from Winston-Salem.
Craver is an avid reader and pianist who enjoys spending time with her
10 grandchildren. Her latest reads include a 900-page biography of
Winston Churchill.
Duke plays a vital role in Craver’s family. She met her husband at
Duke. And two of her four children graduated from Duke.
“I’ve been a Duke student, a parent, an alumna, a patient, an employee
and a fan,” she said. “We’re definitely a Duke family.”
1970sPromoting diversity is a passion for Dr. Brenda Armstrong.
As director of admissions for Duke’s School of Medicine, Armstrong
helps Duke lure the nation’s brightest students, including under-represented
minorities. Nearly half of Duke’s current medical students are women, and
45 percent are ethnic minorities.
“I enjoy helping spread the word that Durham – and the South in
general – is a great place to live, go to school and work,” said Armstrong, a
practicing pediatric cardiologist. “My mother always encouraged me to dream
without boundaries, and that’s a message I share with young students.”
Armstrong’s dedication to diversity began as a Duke undergrad in the

marrow transplants to treat infants ‘60s. She was among Duke’s first black students and president of Duke’s
the ‘50s.

with genetic conditions, such as
severe combined immune deficiency (SCID), also known as “bubble
boy disease.”
“Since 1982, we’ve treated 159 children with SCID, and we’re currently
following more than 124 survivors, which is heartwarming because most of
Afro-American Society, which staged a sit-in inside the Allen Building in
1969. The sit-in resulted in policies that encouraged recruiting more black
students and faculty.
“We went into the Allen Building with very innocent intentions,” she
said. “Some of that innocence was gone when it was over, but it was a test

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 department in 2000 after three years with the Richmond (Va.) Symphony.
“The arts scene in Durham and at Duke is very vibrant, which is one of
the reasons I came back.”
Duke’s “nurturing atmosphere for artists” serves as a creative
incubator, said Kelley, whose musical scores are on film soundtracks for
Conjuring Bearden (Waters/Whiteside, 2006) and The Doll (James, 2007).
After earning his bachelor’s and master’s degrees from Duke, Kelley
received his Ph.D. at
the University of
California, Berkeley.
He plays piano, tuba
and trombone.
“But mostly, as a
composer, I play the
Dr. Brenda Armstrong’s passion for promoting diversity

Human
developed at Duke as a student in the ‘60s and ‘70s.

of what my parents had told me about doing

Imagination.”
the right thing.”
Armstrong, who graduated from Duke
in 1970, has three sons and is a youth group
leader, church organist and community volunteer for the Durham Striders
Track Club. She returned to Duke in 1975. “I always knew in my heart that
I would eventually come back to Duke.”
Music professor Anthony Kelley’s creative spark was
ignited at Duke in the ‘80s and ‘90s.

1980sAssociate head basketball coach Johnny Dawkins considers the Blue

Devil players part of his extended family. He takes pride in watching them
excel on and off the court.
A member of Duke’s faculty-in-residence
program, Kelley often hosts impromptu jam sessions with students in his
apartment on East Campus.
“In many ways, I’m even more connected – emotionally and physically
“I remember what it was like when I was a young player and can relate
– to the campus now than I was as a student,” he said. “After living around
to many of the things they’re going through,” said Dawkins, who
the world, I realize that Duke truly is a great place for creative people.”
graduated from Duke in 1986. “I know what it’s like to be studying for
finals when you’re on the road to a game or missing your family while
you’re at school.”
During his undergrad
years at Duke, Dawkins, 44,
was a political science major,
a two-time All-American
2000sDuke police officer Adam Berg considers Duke his second home.
“When I was a student, I was very involved on campus and developed
a strong attachment to the Duke community,” said Berg, 29, who joined
guard and the leading scorer
the Duke University Police Department in 2001, a year after receiving a
in Blue Devils’ history with
political science degree at Duke. “I’ve met great people here. I guess that’s
2,556 career points. He held
why I feel protective of the Duke community and why I’ve stayed.”
that record until J.J. Reddick
As an undergraduate, Berg volunteered as an emergency medical
surpassed it in 2006.
technician with Duke
Before joining Duke’s
Emergency Medical
coaching staff in 1997,
Services and worked
part-time with
Durham County EMS.
He also served four
years on Duke Student
Government, including
the organization’s
attorney general.
Those experiences
Dawkins played
Associate head basketball coach Johnny Dawkins was

prompted Berg to
one of the top Blue Devils on the court in the ‘80s.

with the San Antonio Spurs,

pursue a law
Philadelphia 76ers and Detroit Pistons. He was also a Duke radio network
enforcement career.
analyst. “To have an opportunity to come back to Duke as a coach felt
While working at
amazing,” he said. “Duke has taken me to some great places – as a student
Officer Adam Berg attributes his

Duke, Berg attended

loyalty to Duke to his student

and coach.”
law school at UNC-
involvement in 1996-2000.

Dawkins is beloved by many players and Cameron Crazies, but his

Chapel Hill. He graduated in May 2007
most dedicated fans are his wife, Tracy, and their children, Aubrey, Jillian,
and passed the bar exam.
Blair and Sean.
Berg said the most challenging police calls
“Whether I’m with my children at home or the players at Duke,”
involve car wrecks and incidents with injuries. “When a person
Dawkins said, “I’m doing what I love to do, so it doesn’t feel like work at all.”
winds up in the hospital emergency room, there are so many emotions
involved for everyone, especially the family,” he said.
Berg assists the Duke community in many ways, from helping
community members who have locked their keys inside their car to
1990s
Music professor Anthony Kelley’s original compositions have been
performed by symphony orchestras in Baltimore, Detroit, Atlanta, San
Antonio and Richmond, as well as Carnegie Hall in New York City.
providing security at athletic events.
“One of the things that makes Duke unique is that you’re dealing with
a diverse population, people of all ages and backgrounds,” he said. “That’s
what keeps my job interesting.”
Since graduating from Duke in 1991, Kelley has worked from Virginia
to California, but he always considered Durham and Duke home.
— By Missy Baxter

“I’m proud to say that I’m just a guy who loves Durham,” said
Senior Writer, Office of Communication Services

Kelley, 42, an award-winning composer who joined Duke’s music

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 Lifestyle makeover winners
begin eat wise, exercise program
IVE FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee health promotion program, is
sponsoring Eat Wise and Exercise, a 10-week initiative encouraging
L healthy diet and exercise. LIVE FOR LIFE received more than 50
essays for a lifestyle makeover. Individual and group winners were selected
Group lifestyle makeover winner
School of Nursing
Co-captains: Catherine Taylor and Debra Mattice
Group members: 14
in December, and the program began Jan. 14. Winners receive personal
consultations with nutritionists and fitness trainers, as well as other
incentives. Read about the winners’ progress online. Catherine Taylor and Debra Mattice know they should eat right and
exercise. “We just needed something to get us going,” said Mattice, director
of academic support operations at the School of Nursing.
Mattice and Taylor, manager of clinical placements, got 12 co-workers
Individual lifestyle makeover winner
Craig Galunas
Nurse Clinician, Clinical Cardiology, Medical Center together and entered the group lifestyle makeover contest. They thought
2 years at Duke participating in Eat Wise and Exercise
would help build camaraderie, and
As a registered nurse, Craig Galunas knows encourage everyone to take care of
better than to let his health slide. Ironically, his diet themselves.
and exercise became a low priority when he enrolled “In general, nurses and staff at
in nursing school in 2003. the School of Nursing take care of
“I promised to get back in shape after finishing everyone else first,” Taylor said. “We
school,” Galunas said. “I graduated in 2005. When I need to learn to take care of ourselves.”
entered the makeover contest, I was the heaviest One group member hopes to lose
I’ve ever been – 250 pounds.” 40 pounds, while others simply want to
Pictured are, front row from bottom to top:

tone up. They are eager to learn how to

Program Coordinator Lynette Edgerton,

Despite a fairly healthy diet, his blood pressure

HR/Payroll Specialist Selnatta Vereen,

fit good nutrition into daily routines

Budget Financial Management Analyst

and cholesterol were mildly elevated, and he

Carolina Simpson, Staff Assistant Jennifer

suffered from fatigue and knee pain. Galunas had and resist unhealthy foods.
Craig Galunas Higgins, Administrative Secretary Barbara
Pellizzari, and Network Administrator John

knee surgery in December 2006 when he was a cardiology floor nurse, but “Everyone in our group is
Carbuccia.

he didn’t completely recover because he didn’t follow doctor prescribed committed to this,” Taylor said. “We’re
From back row, bottom to top: Manager

going to support each other and make

Clinical Placements Catherine Taylor, Staff

exercises. After surgery, his weakened leg couldn’t take 12-hour shifts, so he
Assistant Tina Moore, Data Manager Nina

sure that no one fades into the

Hines, Graduate Placement Coordinator Izy

began working in the diagnostic unit.

Obi, Assistant Professor Jane Blood-

background.”
Siegfried and Director of Academic

“I really enjoyed floor nursing and would love to get back to that,”
Support Operations Debra Mattice.

Galunas said. “I need to build the muscles in my leg first. I thought having
Not pictured are Registrar Abbie McCaffity
—By Elizabeth Michalka
a trainer would be a big help, so I entered the makeover contest.”
and IT & Administrative Support Specialist
Kristy Chu. Communications Specialist,
HR Communications

COMMIT TO A HEALTHIER YOU IN 2008 Visit www.hr.duke.edu/eatwise

Record numbers enroll in health,

reimbursement benefits
eather Webb believes good “Often, my health care expenses are one-time deals, so

H things come in small packages

– like the type that include
Duke’s new Health Care
being able to swipe the card to pay for those things is a lot
easier than filling out all the paper work that was previously
necessary,” Webb said.
Reimbursement Card. Webb was also one of 9,271 faculty and staff who
“I said, ‘Hallelujah, it’s coming!’ made changes to either health, dental, vision and/or
when I found out that the card reimbursement accounts during Open Enrollment. That’s
would be offered up from 8,247 the previous year. Green said several factors
for 2008,” said could have impacted enrollment, including a larger
Employees Covered by Webb, associate Heather Webb
workforce and enhanced communications.
director in Duke’s Duke’s health plans cover more than 51,000 faculty,
Employer Health Plans
Office of Sponsored Programs. staff and their family members, representing a new record
The high enrollment in Duke’s health plan

During Open Enrollment in for enrollment. Overall, Duke’s health care plans cover 90
suggests that they are a better value than plans

October, Webb was one of 5,789 Duke percent of eligible faculty and staff; the national average is
available through a spouse or same-sex partner.
100%

faculty and staff who signed up for a about 60 percent.

90%
health care reimbursement account – an “Many of our faculty and staff have a choice between
increase of 36 percent. The total amount Duke’s plans and those offered by an employer of a spouse
80%

contributed by faculty and staff to
Health Care Reimbursement Accounts
60%
for 2008 is more than $8 million.
60%
or same-sex partner,” Green said. “The fact that 90 percent
of eligible faculty and staff are enrolled in one of our
plans is a good indication that we have better coverage and

Benefits Director Lois Ann Green
40%
said the increase was the most significant
change for 2008, and she attributes it in
large part to the Health Care Card, which
makes paying for eligible health care
20%
lower cost compared to other employers in the area.”
Open Enrollment survey results back up that theory.
Nearly 94 percent of those surveyed said they believe
Duke’s health care plans provide coverage that meets their
needs or the needs of their family. And 97 percent said

expenses more convenient. When an health care and/or dependent care reimbursement accounts
eligible purchase is made with the card, the are valuable to them. Webb counts herself among them.
amount is automatically deducted from an
0%
Duke National average
employee’s Health Care Reimbursement
— By Elizabeth Michalka

Account. Eligible expenses include

Source: Human Resources
Communications Specialist, HR Communications

medically necessary dental, vision and doctors’ fees,

prescriptions and some over-the-counter drugs.
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Changing the campus climate

Last summer, President Richard Brodhead signed the American College & University Presidents Climate Commitment. In
doing so, Duke pledged to become climate neutral over time. Brodhead appointed a committee of students, faculty and staff to
develop a plan to reach the ambitious goal of making Duke’s campus climate neutral. The committee is co-chaired by Executive
Vice President Tallman Trask and Bill Chameides, dean of the Nicholas School of the Environment. Working@Duke sat
down with Chameides to talk about issues facing the committee.

ourselves. We have the

opportunity to partner
What is the greenhouse
with Durham, the
gas problem?
Greenhouse gases
absorb a certain type of Triangle, the state and on Bleed
radiation in our up to do something far Blue.
atmosphere and act like a more significant in the Live
huge blanket that insulates way of transportation, Green.
the earth and keeps heat and we should.
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atmosphere for about 100 What can people do to Take the

years, so some of the
Sustainable Duke pledge.
make a difference?
carbon dioxide emitted We simply need to
The pledge is meant to

into the atmosphere by the be smarter about how we

raise awareness about

first Model T is still in the use energy. That involves

sustainability issues and

atmosphere today. The lifestyle changes. Some of

encourage members of the

other thing that is really those are fairly trivial, like

Duke community to consider

scary is it takes about 30 turning the lights off and

the environmental, social

using less water. If every

and economic impact of
years for the full impact of
Bill Chameides, dean of Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment.
their daily decisions.
the emissions to be felt in home in the United States
the climate. Even if we stopped emitting greenhouse gases changed out three regular light bulbs to compact
Every person who signs

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today, the earth would still warm up for another 30 years. fluorescent bulbs, it would be equivalent to taking three
the pledge will receive a

million cars off the road. That’s significant. In the final

small gift of appreciation

analysis, however, I don’t believe the necessary changes will

that they can use to help

Being climate neutral means at some time in the future happen on a national scale until appropriate signals appear
What would “climate neutral” look like at Duke? share the message.

the university will be responsible for no net greenhouse gas in the marketplace.
emissions. There are a variety of ways of doing that, such
Take the pledge; go to:
as cutting emissions by being more efficient to changing What needs to change nationally to reduce emissions?
the energy infrastructure for the campus so we are burning The federal government should put a cap on emissions www.duke.edu/
less or even no fossil fuels. Offsets can also help. We can, by some specified year and allow the marketplace to figure sustainability
for example, pay hog farmers in North Carolina to use out the best way to meet it. Whoever figures out the best,
technology that captures methane, a powerful greenhouse cheapest way to supply the energy we need without
gas and a by-product of the breakdown of manure. By emitting too much CO2 will create the technology that
paying the farmer to capture the methane before it escaped wins. Today, there is little incentive in the marketplace.
to the atmosphere, Duke would own those negative We’re all putting out CO2 into the atmosphere for free, but
greenhouse gas emissions or offsets, which could then be there really is a cost. Coal is cheap, but the reason why coal
used to negate an equivalent amount of CO2 Duke put in is so cheap is because no one is paying for all the CO2 that
the atmosphere. is going into the atmosphere. Once you internalize the cost
of those emissions, coal is not so cheap, and other sources
of energy, such as wind and solar power, begin to look a
lot more attractive.
What are the key issues in making Duke a climate
neutral campus? If every home
I think the big issues will be power and steam in the United
generation and transportation, which represent our largest How will Duke play a role in helping our country cut
sources of emissions. We purchase electricity from Duke emissions? States changed out three
Energy, which has a large number of coal-fired plants. So a The advantage we have at Duke is our culture of being regular light bulbs to
lot depends on what happens nationally. If the U.S. passes interactive and interdisciplinary. For example, part of the
legislation that requires energy companies to decrease their answer will be coming up with new technologies. That’s
compact fluorescent bulbs,
CO2 emissions, it will help us meet our goal because we primarily an engineering challenge, and we’ve got great it would be equivalent to
assume responsibility for the emissions that Duke Energy folks at Pratt who can help do that. But if you don’t have a
emits to generate power on our behalf. good business model, the technology won’t be adopted in
taking three million cars
Coal is also the fuel used in Duke’s steam plant to heat the marketplace. We’ve got people in Fuqua School of off the road.”
buildings on campus. One of the things we are considering Business thinking about that. You also need good policies
is to co-fire the steam plant using biomass, which would to provide the incentives for making new technologies
— Bill Chameides

cut fossil fuel emissions significantly. attractive. We’re working in the Nicholas Institute and the
Dean of Duke’s
I think the transportation sector is especially challenging Sanford Institute of Public Policy to make that happen. Nicholas School of Environment
because of the lack of alternatives in this area. If we want
to address the transportation issue, we really can’t do it by
— By Paul Grantham
Assistant Vice President, Office of Communication Services

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We’ve also made some other changes such as running the conductivity higher by adding solids
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to report a leak that I noticed in a sink inside the ladies restroom near Reynolds Theater.
I also e-mailed a suggestion to disconnect the auto flush mechanisms on the toilets in the
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To cut back on dishwashing, we’ve switched to paper plates at East Campus

Marketplace, and we’re making sure the dishwashers are entirely full before we run
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Senior Writer, Office of Communication Services

Tech talk
Something wiki this way comes
Share files across the building, across campus or
across the globe. Keep track of tasks and manage
projects.
To do these and a lot more, Duke students, faculty
and staff should consider a wiki – a DukeWiki. Starting this
fall, Duke OIT began offering a wiki specifically designed for the Duke
community.
A wiki is a collaborative Web space in which members can freely create
and edit content using any Web browser. Unlike traditional Web pages,
which only the owner can change, wikis enable timely, group-driven
collaboration – any member of a group that has wiki space can add to or
change that group’s content.
So far, more than 80 groups have set up sites, allowing nearly 300 users
to easily share information and collaborate online with no training, no
software to download and no special skills required. The Web-based wiki
technology allows users to build secure team sites, project management
sites, collaboration sites and more – with ease.
Wiki spaces are great for workgroups or other communities that want
to share and jointly modify documents like project notes, meeting minutes
and lists.
Individual space “owners” control their portion of the wiki site and
grant access via Duke NetIDs. You can restrict viewing to certain Duke
affiliates or make spaces publicly available for browsing on the Web. Even
if they’re made public, however, DukeWiki pages can be edited only by
those Duke affiliates whom the owners allow to edit the space, not the
general public.
More details at www.wiki.duke.edu, where you’ll find the DukeWiki
Help space, an online guide to using DukeWiki.
Digital tools for Duke
To help meet Duke's Web and other digital needs, OIT has launched
Blackwell Interactive. Its mission is to help parts of Duke that don’t have
time or resources to build and maintain their own digital services and media
– whose efforts go into using digital media rather than building them.
“Blackwell will be a part of Duke’s Web and interactive media
community available to provide hands-on help to any part of the university
that needs it,” said Stephen Toback, Blackwell Interactive’s senior manager.
The help includes Web site and custom application development; web-
and video-conferencing; iTunesU tech support and programming;
streaming video and 3-D learning-space development and support.
Blackwell Interactive provides services at varied rates depending on the
scope of the project. Toback said the group is also interested in starting a
service that will update Web page content for busy content managers
around the university.
For more information about Blackwell Interactive, e-mail blackwell-
applications@duke.edu. More information about Web and multimedia
services through OIT are at www.oit.duke.edu/web-multimedia/
index.html.
— By OIT Staff Writers

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