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• 7 May 18

  Duke tutoring program celebrates 20 years

  Every week during the academic year, nearly 130 Duke students visit school classrooms and nonprofits to tutor young students. The Duke undergraduate and graduate students serve as tutors in Duke’s Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Partnering With Our Schools, Supporting Nonprofits, Supporting Our Youth
  
• 30 Apr 18

  Duke students award grants to 17 Durham nonprofits

  Betsy Crites had 10 minutes to deliver her pitch for a $500 grant. On a recent Monday evening in April, Crites, co-coordinator of food security nonprofit End Hunger Durham, visited Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Supporting Nonprofits
  
• 30 Apr 18

  Pick Up Free Furniture and Office Supplies through Duke Surplus

  In the midst of spring-cleaning season, is your office looking for a new bookcase, computer or desk? Duke Surplus has your back. Throughout the year, the Duke Surplus warehouse in Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Affairs, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Supporting Nonprofits
  
• 12 Apr 18

  Rising Duke senior receives Lars Lyon Volunteer Service Award

  In a Durham elementary school classroom, Grace Mok tutors young students, helping them sound out words in books and asking them how the stories make them feel. At a Durham Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events
  
• 2 Apr 18

  Durham Neighbors Celebrate Spring at Duke Egg Hunt

  Angel Peterchev and his family celebrate Orthodox Easter traditions every year. They dye and paint hardboiled eggs, then participate in “egg-cracking contests,” where one person slams their egg into the Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership, News & Events, Supporting Our Neighborhoods
  
• 2 Apr 18

  Duke and Durham Community Package 100K Meals

  Hundreds of volunteers descended upon the Durham Convention Center on March 24, 2018 to package 100,000 bags of rice, beans and soup mixes, which were then delivered to local food Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Supporting Nonprofits
  
• 26 Mar 18

  Two employees receive 2018 Duke Employee Service Award

  Two Duke employees volunteer annually at the Durham Rescue Mission, one of the city’s oldest and largest long-term homeless shelters. One employee helps Durham Rescue Mission clients file their taxes. Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Affairs, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Supporting Nonprofits
  
• 21 Mar 18

  Bring your Baskets to the East Campus Egg Hunt

  The East Campus lawn will soon be speckled with 2,500 plastic eggs filled with trinkets and treats. Families living in neighborhoods surrounding Duke East Campus, as well as Duke employees Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Affairs, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Supporting Our Neighborhoods
  
• 19 Mar 18

  A Durham Eighth Grader is Named Duke Spelling Bee Champion

  In the 11th round of the Duke University Regional Spelling Bee, Hanna Closs was the only speller left standing. Closs had to correctly spell the final championship word, “ornithofauna,” to Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Affairs, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Supporting Our Young People, Supporting Our Youth
  
• 9 Mar 18

  Behold the Buzz at Duke’s Regional Spelling Bee on March 17

  It’s time to crack open the Merriam-Webster Dictionary and brush up on some new words. For the 60 young competitors at this year’s Duke University Regional Spelling Bee, dictionaries, lists Read More

  posted in Blog, Community Affairs, Community Engagement, Duke In Durham, News & Events, Partnering With Our Schools, Supporting Our Youth
  

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