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Milla Surjadi is a Trinity junior and a diversity, equity and inclusion coordinator of The Chronicle's 119th volume. She was previously editor-in-chief for Volume 118.
So perhaps the measure of our devotion — to a piece of writing, to an institution, to an industry — is our belief in its potential. When you stand still and look around, what do you see in the negative space?
Over the last year and a half, most of the work at the Center for Documentary Studies, a nonprofit affiliate of Duke that is nationally renowned, has come to a halt. Now the future of the center remains uncertain as Duke administrators consider, among other things, what the “appropriate relationship” should be between the University and the center moving forward.
Young Trustees spend two- or three-year terms on the Board of Trustees. They spend a year as nonvoting observers and then are voting members for the rest of their terms.
A referendum on the ballot, which would have reformed the DSG constitution to change the scope of DSG Senate’s role in recognizing student groups, failed to pass.
These changes come nearly a year after The Chronicle reported that the language of the 2022 student Commencement speech, given by Priya Parkash, Trinity ’22, bore striking resemblance to a 2014 Harvard Commencement address. The email, however, did not clarify whether these changes were made in response to last year's speech.
As provost, Gallimore will develop the university’s teaching and research mission. He will oversee Duke's 10 schools and six institutes, including admissions, financial aid, libraries and other facets of academic and student life.
Critics say Bennett, who had committed to a “shrinking of the conflict” between Israel and Palestine, perpetuated previous Israeli leaders’ intentions to expand Israel’s settlements in the West Bank and withhold a reversal of the 54-year occupation.
Masking is recommended on buses, according to the email, and masks will remain available to passengers when boarding buses.
“Duke will seek to present evidence demonstrating that its graduate students in their academic programs are not employees, and that the NLRB's 2016 reasoning was incorrect,” wrote Chris Simmons, interim vice president for public affairs and government relations, in a statement.
Duke, however, said the University "will not be neutral in its position."
The DSG Senate heard from Duke’s Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity on Wednesday about the center's support programs for students and how it struggles with a lack of staffing.
Drew Flanagan, chair of the Student Organization Finance Committee, spoke about SOFC's efforts to support student groups at the Feb. 10 meeting of the DSG Senate.
The DSG Senate heard updates on student group funding at its Sept. 30 meeting.