Allied looks to build on reputation
(09/01/05 4:00am)
With their blue shirts and green vests, the new Allied Security officers have already become a familiar sight across campus.
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With their blue shirts and green vests, the new Allied Security officers have already become a familiar sight across campus.
In President Richard Brodhead’s first year at Duke, the University added almost $276 million to its financial coffers.
Former Secretary of State Colin Powell will be the keynote speaker at dedication events Nov. 4 for the David M. Rubenstein Hall, University officials announced Thursday.
Duke officials announced last week that they hired Allied Security to provide security services for the University this year. The new firm will assume the responsibilities formerly held by Securitas USA, Duke’s previous security services provider.
Selective admittance: check. Jock school credentials: check. Getting your money’s worth: check.
After 26 rounds of negotiations, a new three-year contract was finally ratified by Duke and the local chapter of the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees June 30.
For the first time in six years, Duke University Medical Center has failed to claim the No. 6 spot on U.S. News and World Report’s annual Honor Roll of America’s Best Hospitals. Despite falling two spots to eighth place overall this year, DUMC maintained distinctions in 16 of 17 specialties ranked by the magazine, a number consistent with last year’s report.
The University is gearing up for a new fundraising initiative targeted solely at financial aid. Administrators expect the initiative, which is slated to begin sometime this winter, to significantly boost Duke’s financial aid endowment and lessen the percentage of aid funded by the annual operating budget.
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The Office of Student Activities and Facilities is taking advantage of the relative calm of the summer months to make a number of institutional changes.
When Duke University Police Chief Clarence Birkhead arrived on campus 17 years ago, he came with the same goal thousands of new students have every year—to learn.
A teenager comes home after a long day at school and an afternoon spent at extracurricular activities. He sits down at his desk, turns on his computer, bypasses the temptations of instant messaging or online gaming and enters... a classroom?
The University will not immediately seek a new police chief when current Chief Clarence Birkhead steps down June 30, officials said Wednesday. Instead they have begun a search to fill the newly-created position of associate vice president for campus safety and security under the division of campus services.
In his first year as Dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences, George McLendon has achieved a perfect 10-0 record.
Durham County Manager Mike Ruffin submitted a proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2006 budget to the Durham County Board of Commissioners Monday. The $528.1 million General Fund Budget includes a proposal to increase property tax by 2.9 cents.
As family and friends watched from the stands of Wallace Wade Stadium, more than 3,800 undergraduates, graduates and professional school students participated in the University’s 153rd commencement exercises Sunday morning.
Many political science majors with a concentration in international relations woke up to register for classes a few weeks ago and received an unpleasant early-morning shock. They found themselves in a mad scramble for spots in the classes they need to graduate.
Waving to friends, strangers and basketball players alike, newly elected Duke Student Government president Jesse Longoria greeted just about anyone who walked by his dinner table Wednesday night.
Duke Student Government is responding to last week’s election fiasco by revising election bylaws in time for next fall’s elections.
In the culmination of a long election process marred by controversy, junior Jesse Longoria won the position of Duke Student Government president by a 19.2 percent margin in Wednesday’s runoff vote.