News: 2007 News

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Neighborhood Partnership staff receive 2007 Teamwork Award for Duke University The DukeEngage team’s effort was honored last week at the annual Blue Ribbon Award Luncheon.  The event honors Duke faculty and staff who have either worked as a team on a major university initiative or has contributed to the promotion of diversity at Duke.
11/8/07 Duke News and Communications

Featherston: Gridiron Blue Devils Join Forces with Lakewood Elementary School Duke football players participate in Big Brother program with students at Lakewood Elementary School.
11/2/07 GoDuke website

Duke Baseball hosts free clinic at Watts Elementary The Duke baseball team held a free baseball clinic for first through fifth grade students at George Watts Montessori Magnet Elementary school.
11/1/07 GoDuke website

Students enterprise for Durham Last month, students in the Hart Leadership Program’s “Enterprising Leadership” course stepped into the Durham community to talk to local leaders about problems facing the city.
10/16/07 Duke News and Communications

Duke expands science, technology program in DPS The Building Opportunities and Overtures in Science and Technology (BOOST) XL program, funded for five years by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) through Duke University, is expanding through 9th grade this year.
10/2/07 Durham Public Schools website

Angélica's Dreams, the first Latino feature film to come out of North Carolina, boldly mixes financial education and fiction Los Sueños de Angélica (Angélica's Dreams), the first Latino feature-length independent film made in North Carolina, will be screened Sunday, October 21 at the Carolina Theatre in Downtown Durham, NC. The presentation, sponsored by Duke University and the City of Durham, begins at 4:00 PM.
10/5/07 Immediate Release

$777,500 Duke Endowment grant to boost projects The Duke Endowment awards the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership a $777,500 grant to help boost community projects.
7/30/07 The Herald Sun

In Your Neighborhood: Camp inspires civic duty Duke University students create a civic duty camp in Duke Gardens for local Durham students.
7/29/07 The Herald Sun

Duke, neighbors laud house purchases Duke University purchased 12 houses in Trinity Park and Trinity Heights in 2006, and positive reviews from the University, the seller and the neighborhood.
7/25/07 the Duke Chronicle

A Team on a Mission - Duke football players learning needs of community Duke University's football coach, Ted Roof, took more than 90 Duke University football players to the Durham Rescue Mission's Good Samaritan Inn at 507 E. Knox St. to share lunch and some football tips with kids who live at the Inn.
7/9/07 The Herald Sun

Collecting the tools for success - Student U. aims to prepare kids for sixth grade, life beyond Dan Kimberg, a Duke University graduate from Westchester County, N.Y., said he designed Student U. not just to aid kids who might need a bit of help before middle school, but also to draw more college students into the teaching profession.
7/1/07 The Herald Sun

Wynn a Perfect Fit for Duke Post Duke University announced Tuesday that Wynn is taking a job at Duke where he will serve in the newly created position of vice president for Durham and regional affairs. We can think of no better choice for the position because few people know the Durham community or the Research Triangle better than Wynn.
5/3/07 The Herald Sun, Editorial

DTCC's Wynn Just taking a break: He's going to Duke to head Durham, Regional Affairs Duke officials said that Wynn will work with the community, city officials, local businesses and the school system to create new partnerships and strengthen existing ones in the newly created position of vice president for Durham and regional affairs.
5/2/07 The Herald Sun

Cafe owner gives $200K to group Grace Ann Nordhoff, owner of Mad Hatter's Café and Bake Shop and a 1982 Duke graduate, has given $200,000 to help endow the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership.
3/20/07 The Herald Sun

Duke volunteers offer tax help The Duke University School of Law's Volunteer Income Tax Assistance program is offering tax preparation assistance by law student volunteers for people who earn less than $30,000 annually.
2/20/07 The Herald Sun

Duke students to help everywhere Duke has decided to create a new program called DukeEngage, which is out on the cutting edge of student service learning.
2/14/07 The Herald Sun

Duke launches $30M student service program Duke launches a new initiative to subsidize local and worldwide efforts.
2/13/07 The Herald Sun

One good semester didn't end parties Recent news from Duke on off-campus misconduct seemed worthy of celebration but others report that the party scene at Duke has not ended.
2/13/07 The Herald Sun

Program aims to spread ambition Amanda Dorsey of Duke, Daniel Kimberg of Duke, and Mary Williams of UNC have come together to form Student U. with the goal of raising the bar in Durham schools.
1/27/07 The Herald Sun

Council permits Duke rezoning A unanimous City Council voted to rezone Duke University's Central Campus, clearing the way for the school to spend more than $500 million in coming years to add classrooms, housing and other facilities to the property.
1/17/07 The Herald Sun