Marie Giddings Parker (right) is pictured with her daughter Kelly, mother Tonee, and daughter Jennifer on her wedding day in 1984. With each new generation comes a greater appreciation of the generation before.  For Marie Giddings Parker ’60, her mother was a source of inspiration who instilled in her the value of creating opportunities to […]

“Duke opens doors to opportunities and challenges us to expand our minds and to pursue lifelong learning,” said trustee and former Duke Alumni Association (DAA) president Jeff Howard ’76 and his wife, Carson Dowd Howard ’76.  As alumni and Duke parents, the couple continues to be inspired by the energy of intelligent and motivated learners […]

It was college tour time, and Courtney Crump wasn’t planning on liking Duke.  Some in her family even preferred a lighter shade of blue. But once on campus, she was a convert. “I found myself imagining living in Few Quad, eating at the Bryan Center, and studying in Perkins.  I was really interested in DukeEngage […]

We’ve reached a significant mark within the Duke Forward campaign, and I wanted to take a moment to share the exciting news on behalf of everyone at Duke University and the Office of Gift Planning. In May 2013, Duke launched a new initiative within the Duke Forward campaign to raise 1,200 new planned gifts by […]

This April 2015, Duke’s Office of Gift Planning celebrated the Blueprints blog’s first anniversary! Over the past year, we have published more than 50 blog posts to provide gift planning information and inspiration to our alumni and friends. We are excited to reach this milestone together! We began this blog as a way to provide […]

Take your front row seats to discover how Duke is moving the world forward. Check out our Ideas That Move the World Forward video library, featuring short, inspiring talks given by Duke’s leading faculty, alumni, and students at recent Duke Forward events.  Here’s just a small snapshot of the inspirational and insightful ideas you will learn about […]

More than 4,100 alumni and friends – the highest number of attendees in history – came back to campus April 17-19 to celebrate Duke Reunions 2015, and it was an especially good time! We can’t think of anything better than spending a sunny weekend reacquainting with old friends, making new ones, and reliving memories at […]

Duke has grown significantly since our Class of 1985 graduated 30 years ago.  The landscape of Duke’s campus is changing with the development of new buildings.  New professors and administrators are offering new courses that overlap across disciplines, schools, and programs.  The next class of Duke students are preparing to become the next generations of […]

Finding inspiration at Duke is not hard for Blaine Paxton Hall.  He sees it in the books that fill the shelves at the Duke University Medical Center Library and Perkins Library, in Duke Life Flight—the world’s first air ambulance started by two Duke alumni—as it hovers above campus, and even in a scrap of paper […]

What is a Duke education really worth?  Check out this new video to hear from those who know best, inspiring students and alumni, as they share how their unique Duke experience enables them to pursue their passions and make an impact on the world around them. Duke is committed to admitting the best and brightest […]