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Noticed those people walking around campus in business attire with resumes in their hands? It is that time of the year—recruiting season. Finding a job or an internship is a daunting task, but Career Center’s Strategies for Job & Internship Searches workshop can help with navigating the process. Below are some of the important steps that were shared by Teri Mills from the Career Center.
Center for Race Relations started twelve years ago as a student effort to improve race relations on-campus.
Female freshmen have probably noticed an unusual device in their residence hall bathrooms—an automated sanitary product disposal container attached to the walls inside the stalls.
As part of the Refuse to Lie campaign, same-sex couples in North Carolina have been filing joint state tax returns this year to protest state laws that require them to file separate returns. The protest is backed by Campaign for Southern Equality, whose goal is to protest Amendment One of North Carolina's constitution, which defines marriage as a legal union between a man and a woman, said Jasmine Beach-Ferrara, the executive director at Campaign for Southern Equality.
“Many districts across the state have denied, delayed or discouraged enrollment based on immigration status,” said Caren Short, staff attorney at the Southern Poverty Law Center. “The children that were noted in the complaint were brave enough to come forward, but this kind of discrimination is also happening to children in other districts.”
Will Giles aims to elicit campus-wide discussions with his election campaign, just as he has with his colorful sweater collection.
The unemployment rate in North Carolina plummeted in 2013, a trend mirrored in Duke’s hiring.
At an awards ceremony last week, Forbes Travel Guide named the Fairview Dining Room at the Washington Duke Inn and Golf Club a Four-Star Award winner for 2014. This award, along with the AAA Four-Diamond Award that it has received for the past 21 consecutive years, makes Fairview one of the only two four-star and four-diamond restaurants in North Carolina. Fairview’s success is the result of its long-term commitment to enhancing Duke’s reputation, said Director of Operations Don Ball.
____simple_html_dom__voku__html_wrapper____>Members from both the Duke and Durham communities are working toward protecting students from a downwards spiral into the criminal justice system. Durham officials recently proposed a revised misdemeanor punishment process for 16- and 17-year-olds. Under this diversion project, some minors who commit misdemeanors may avoid a criminal record provided they complete community service and educational programs instead. The opportunity to participate in the diversion program is limited to first-time offenders, said Marcia Morey, Durham County Chief District Court Judge.In response to the state of minor punishment in North Carolina, a group of Duke students have elected to raise awareness about disciplinary sanctions in public schools. Students at the Center for Documentary Studies created a short film Fall semester called “North Carolina’s School-to-Prison Pipeline,” illustrating how “no tolerance” and suspension polices can push students out of school and into the juvenile and criminal justice systems. Keeping the records cleanBy allowing first-time juvenile offenders the opportunity to have misdemeanors removed from their criminal records, Durham officials hope to give young offenders a fresh start.
A new policy in North Carolina keeps some defendants out of jail at the expense of their right to public counsel.
A new bookshop opening in downtown Durham signals the resurgence of independent bookstores.
A new temporary entrance to the Duke Eye Center will benefit patients while construction is ongoing.
The Locopops stores in Raleigh and Chapel Hill are out of business.
College tuition is increasing more slowly now than it has in decades—but because of cutbacks in grants and aid, the net price of college education is not holding steady.
Educators across North Carolina staged a walk-in to protest the current state of public education.
Entitled Financial Deprivation Selectively Shifts Moral Standards and Compromises Moral Decisions, the study concludes that people who feel financially deprived are more likely to cheat for financial gains and also have a more lenient standard for moral offenders who appear to be under financial duress. The study was conducted by a group of researchers, including Dan Ariely, professor of psychology and behavioral economics at the Fuqua School of Business.
After serving as the director of the Center for Instructional Technology for the past 14 years, Lynne O’Brien was announced this summer as Duke’s first ever associate vice provost for digital and online education initiatives. The Chronicle’s Jen Chen talked with O’Brien about her goals in this new position and visions for online teaching.
Whether it’s a job, an internship or membership in a student association, your resume will always be the organization’s first impression of you. This is why this short one-to-two pages document requires extensive thoughts and planning.
A new social media app aims to bridge the gap between online and offline social interactions.
“The problem I am trying to solve is one of fundamental fairness,” Bilas said during the panel discussion. “[NCAA is] running a professional sports organization and I don’t think it’s fair that only one class of people is restricted to their expenses only and nothing more.”
