DukeEngage | Duke Center for Civic Engagement

Key DukeEngage dates and deadlines for this academic year have changed slightly from last year, including earlier deadlines overall and distinct deadlines for international group programs and domestic group programs/independent projects.  A comprehensive listing appears below:

October 1, 2009
DukeEngage group programs for Summer 2010 are announced;
DukeEngage online application goes live

November 9, 2009
International group program application deadline

December 15, 2009
Notification of international group program acceptances

January 14, 2010
Domestic group/independent project/Study Abroad hybrid
program application deadline

March 1, 2010
Notification of domestic group/independent project/
Study Abroad hybrid program acceptances

May 10-11, 2010
Mandatory DukeEngage Academy held on campus for all
DukeEngage participants

May - August 2010
DukeEngage summer programs and projects take place
(eight-week minimum; travel/program dates vary)

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Read the entire article here.

PPS 134D
THE POLITICS AND ETHICS OF CIVIC ENGAGEMENT

Mon-Wed 10:05-11:20 am
Taught by Professor Robert Korstad

This summer, hundreds of Duke students are engaged in civic projects, some here in Durham, others in the far reaches of the nation and the globe. Such experiences are challenging and often life changing. But many students find their return to Duke to be the hardest part of their engagement. The Politics and Ethics of Civic Engagement offers the first University-wide space to further explore issues raised by summer experiences. This course seeks to bring together Duke students who have participated in a wide range of civic activities during the summer of 2009 and before. This class will be a place to reflect on the summer experience and process it while further examining the idea of civic engagement by questioning and critiquing it. Building on students’ experiences, we will investigate the causes of poverty, inequality, and ill health in North Carolina, the United States and the rest of the world.  We will then consider multiple ways of addressing these problems—government, philanthropy, social movements, individual good works, and armed struggle. Finally, each student will map out his/her own strategy for civic engagement for both the near and distant future.

The course will be taught by Bob Korstad.  He has been centrally involved in experiential education and civic engagement at Duke for over fifteen years.  He is the former director of the Hart Leadership Program and the BN Duke and Trinity Scholars Program, a founding member of the University Coordinating Committee of the Robertson Scholars Program, and is now a member of the faculty advisory committee for DukeEngage.

A draft copy of the syllabus can be found

About 90 DukeEngage participants and dozens more working in independent study and programs such as Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL) took Flip video cameras and other equipment to locations across the globe as part of the Duke Digital Initiative (DDI).

Read the story written by Duke News here.

As part of a Duke University effort to bring together multiple resources for students in one convenient space, the DukeEngage program, part of the Duke Center for Civic Engagement (DCCE), has moved from its Campus Drive location to its new home at Smith Warehouse, Bays 7 and 8, 2nd Floor, located just off East Campus at 114. S. Buchanan Boulevard. 

Joining DukeEngage in Smith is the DCCE-Durham Programs office (formerly the Community Service Center).  

We look forward to visiting with you in our new location!