The Official eNewsletter of the Duke Alumni Association              October/November 2009

Duke Alums Engage
Get involved in your community through a new program that combines service-learning and civic engagement. Twenty cities across the country are taking part in Duke Alums Engage Week, October 30-November 8. For cities, partners, and projects, visit www.dukealumsengage.com.

Alumni Conversations
Gain career skills and life-stage advice during one of the hour-long Alumni Conversation webinars, which feature renowned Duke alumni and faculty members. The range of topics includes interviewing tips and strategies, effective networking and personal branding, and applying to business and law schools. Register for upcoming conversations and listen to past ones at http://conversations.dukealumni.com.

DukeReads: New and Improved
Your online book club will have even better sound, picture quality, and ease of access. DukeReads now streams live on Ustream, Duke's online channel. Submit questions in advance at the DukeReads website or during the session by email to live@duke.edu, via FaceBook, or Twitter with tag #dukelive. If you miss a session, you can find the video there, too. Don't miss Provost Peter Lange and Frank Stasio on Thursday, November 5, discussing House of Cards and Wednesday, November 11, Ranjana Khanna on The White Tiger.

Money, Sex & Power
The next Duke in Depth, a weekend for alumnae on February 26-27, will explore Money, Sex & Power. Through keynote speeches, breakout workshops, informal conversations, and networking sessions, participants will explore issues of women and power. For highlights and to preregister for information as it becomes available, visit www.dukeindepth.com.

Nasher Travel: Hawaii
Experience Hawaii's art and culture, its museums, treasures, and private collections, from an insider's perspective. Nasher Travel: Hawaii, February 18-March 7, includes a local guide and a Nasher Museum curator Sarah Schroth, plus a special visit to Doris Duke's estate, Shangri La.

For a downloadable brochure, click here.

Honoring the Fallen
General Erik K. Shinseki A.M. '76 will deliver the memorial address on October 23 at dedication ceremonies for Duke's expanded war memorial on the quad beside Duke Chapel at 10:00 a.m. The names of alumni who died since World War II serving their country will be designated by conflict and added to existing World War II memorial plaques. Video of the ceremony will be available on iTunesU. Visit the website for more information.

Make a Pact with a Devil
Learn about the top 10 ways you can help students and young alumni navigate the turbulent job and internship landscape, from sharing advice to providing career opportunities. To see how you can help, click here.

From South America to the South Pacific
Explore the Amazon, Peru, Chile, Argentina, the Benelux, and Down Under:
Amazon River Journey, Feb. 12-21
Chile, Argentina & Patagonia, March 3-15
Cruise the South Pacific, March 28-April 11
Waterways of Holland & Belgium, April 25-May 3
For all 2010 educational adventures, click here.

Link for Your Life
Is it time to make a change in your career path? Would you like to help students learn about life after Duke? Join the new, improved DukeConnect, our database of alumni who are willing to give career, life-stage, and other general advice. Get help or help out others by registering at www.dukeconnect.com.

Office Hours at Noon
Want to hear Duke teachers, live, on timely topics? The DAA is collaborating with the Office of News & Communications to bring you an online show, Office Hours, with Duke faculty members every Friday at noon EST on Duke's Ustream channel, and on video later. Upcoming sessions:

• Sam Wells, dean of Duke Chapel, on leadership in difficult times, Oct. 23
• Kimerly Rorschach, director of the Nasher Museum of Art, on Picasso and Warhol, Nov. 6
• Don Taylor, assistant professor of public policy, on health care, Nov. 13
• Emma Rasiel, economics professor, on perspectives on financial markets, Nov. 20

Provost's Lecture Series
The topic for this year is "The Future of the Past, the Future of the Present," and features outside faculty on discussing historical records in the digital age. On October 26 at 5:00 p.m. in Duke's Love Auditorium, hear Diana Taylor, professor at NYU's Tisch School of the Arts, on "The Digital as Anti-Archive?" Lectures are free and open to the public, or you can view them online after the fact via iTunesU. For more information, visit the website.