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Ishani Raha is a Pratt sophomore and a university news editor of The Chronicle's 118th volume.
The Chronicle asked three members of the Class of 2022 to share what they learned from their Duke experiences. Here’s what they said.
To most of the Duke population, Stratton Thomas, Trinity ‘22, and Cate Schick, Trinity ‘22, are ordinary students: they take classes, participate in clubs and, like many at Duke, are diehard Duke basketball fans. But when Thomas and Schick mysteriously disappear during various sporting events, people are bound to ask: where do they go?
Seniors reflected on their time at Duke, shared their mixed feelings about post-college life and spoke about how COVID-19 created a defining gap in their college experience.
“[Vaupel] was an extraordinary person,” said one of Vaupel's first colleagues at Duke. “Not just because of his brilliance, but also his ability to apply that brilliance to one interesting problem after another, as well as his versatility and creativity, which continued right into the end.”
“We must then create more good paying jobs here [in America]. Good union jobs,” Harris said. “Our administration is deeply proud to be the most pro-labor administration in the history of our country.”
A leading voice for the Uyghurs, Abbas started advocating while she attended Xinjiang University and Washington State University.
This week, The Chronicle will release survey data about the Class of 2025.
Students felt there were pros and cons to a virtual format. While it made rush more casual and took away the pressure for some, technical difficulties and feeling less connected threw others off.
The Pratt School of Engineering has had 11 deans in their 82-year history. Only one, Kristina M. Johnson, has been female, and only one, Ravi Bellamkonda, has been a person of color.
Amid heightening COVID-19 restrictions and stricter mask mandates, many non-Greek selective living groups have had to reimagine their rush processes to comply with Duke’s safety standards. While some say they have yet to receive direct guidance from Duke, SLG leaders are doing their best to interpret the University's school-wide guidelines.