Mia Penner is a Trinity sophomore and an editor-at-large of The Chronicle's 119th volume.
The scholarship is named in honor of Reginaldo “Reggie” Howard, Duke’s first Black student government president who died in an automobile accident during his sophomore year in 1976.
There were 47,951 Regular Decision applicants, bringing the acceptance rate for Regular Decision to a record low 4.1%, down from 4.8% last year.
The Office of University Scholars and Fellows informed merit scholars in a January email that Duke would be moving to a “post-matriculation” model of selection. Under the new model, OUSF will notify merit scholarship finalists in May after the University has finalized enrollment for the Class of 2028.
From the 280 students who completed the entire survey and the 100 additional students who answered at least one question, we found that the Class of 2027 followed diverse paths to Duke.
Van Miegroet, 71, died in a car accident while driving on North Carolina Highway 751 near Duke University Drive on Feb. 9. Around 6:30 p.m., he veered off the road and crashed into a “very small tree,” according to police records obtained by The Chronicle.
Gallimore appointed Bruce W. Jentleson, William Preston Few distinguished professor of public policy and former State Department advisor on Middle East issues, to lead the initiative.
The Tuesday conversation, which touched on many of Beinart’s personal experiences, was moderated by Professor of Cultural Anthropology Rebecca Stein and was packed with Durham and Duke community members.
The event was hosted by actor and comedian Ken Jeong, Trinity ‘90, Lisa Borders, former president of the Women’s National Basketball Association and Trinity ‘79, and former men’s basketball coach Mike Krzyzewski.
According to Dean of Undergraduate Admissions Christoph Guttentag, part of the increase in the number of applications is due to the University’s new financial aid program for students from the Carolinas.
Council members also heard remarks from President Vincent Price about The Duke Endowment’s recent $100 million award to the University, discussed administrative hurdles to research and listened to changes to the external review process for departments and programs.
