Briefs

Duke giving rebounds

Donors contributed $296,827,306 in charitable gifts to the University between July 1, 2002, and June 30, 2003, as the University bounced back after donations flagged in a post-Sept. 11 recession climate.

The total was more than $32 million--or 12.2 percent--above the previous year's total. The nearly $297 million received is eclipsed only by donations given in 1999-2000, when more than $300 million was received.

Among specific donors, the Annual Fund set a new record with about $19.5 million of the overall total, more than $1 million more than last year. The Duke Endowment, with gifts totaling $42.4 million, was the largest single donor.

Emeriti affairs position announced
Provost Peter Lange announced that Patty McHenry has been named to a new position of assistant for emeritus affairs, effective July 1, to aid emeritus faculty with issues as they arise.

The position came out of a wish list advanced to Lange by a retirement committee, headed by sociology professor Angela O'Rand. The Provost announced his approval of the request to the faculty at the March 21 meeting of the Academic Council.

Emeritus faculty are expected to go through McHenry only if their questions or problems cannot be resolved through their department chair or dean.

Hamilton to speak at Divinity convocation
Adam Hamilton, pastor of The Church of the Resurrection in Leawood, Kan., one of the fastest growing United Methodist congregations, will give the keynote address at the Divinity School convocation Oct. 14. Hamilton was named in 2000 by Religion and Ethics Newsweekly as one of the "Ten People to Watch" in shaping the country's spiritual landscape and was recognized as the Distinguished Evangelist of the United Methodist Church by the Foundation for Evangelism.