Board to touch base on several University projects
By Raisa Chowdhury | May 10, 2013Reconvening since their last meeting in February, the Trustees will look into the status of several projects both on campus and abroad.
Reconvening since their last meeting in February, the Trustees will look into the status of several projects both on campus and abroad.
DukeOpen, a new student coalition, aims to increase transparency of the Duke’s endowment.
The Board of Trustees continued conversations on the state of the University during a Saturday retreat.
The Board of Trustees approved a 4 percent tuition increase, bringing academic year 2013-2014 tuition to $44,020.
The University announced a major gift to athletics on the eve of the latest Board of Trustees meeting.
The Graduate and Professional Student Council elected Katherine Duch as the next graduate Young Trustee Tuesday.
An instant runoff vote between Brown and Bhutani determined the winner
Marsicano says he would give back to Duke by serving as a voice for his peers.
Kate Duch studies higher education as a doctoral student, and now she hopes to guide the future of the University as a Graduate Young Trustee.
Graduate Young Trustee finalist Andrew Barnhill said he has “outrageous ambitions” for the University.
Experience matters for a Young Trustee, and senior Chris Brown argues that his three years working alongside the Board of Trustees give him what the role requires.
Gurdane Bhutani wants to build on previous campus policy successes as Young Trustee to promote innovation for Duke’s future.
Alman says she has amassed a variety of perspectives that help her to understand and convey the Duke undergraduate experience.
Major conflicts of interest led members of the committee to remove themselves from voting on the candidate in question, but not from voting on the others.
Given the circumstances, The Chronicle sat down with John Harpham, Trinity ’10, the most senior of the current Young Trustees on the Board.
Duke has received a $50 million gift to support the launch of an interdisciplinary collaboration program called Bass Connections.
Three seniors will compete in a Feb. 7 election.
The Young Trustee Nominating Committee did not eliminate a single applicant.
The Board received a presentation from Provost Peter Lange on the state of the University’s faculty.
The Board of Trustees will convene this weekend for what is slated to be a routine set of updates with few major approvals.