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DukeEngage in Durham Programs - 2010
The application deadline for our Durham-based programs is January 14, 2010.
Details related to any of our group programs are subject to change.
NEW: As you consider a group program that may be right for you, check out our newest reference guide to programs: DukeEngage Categories of Service
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USA - Durham, North Carolina
Program Name: “Think Globally, Act Locally”
Program Leaders : Elaine Madison, Sam Miglarese
Prerequisites/Language Req.: None
Group Size: 30
Dates: May 27 – July 23
NOTE: Dates are subject to change due to air travel availability
Program Synopsis: DukeEngage in Durham offers immersive, structured and full-time summer service placements focused on introducing Duke students to social, economic, cultural, and environmental issues in Durham, NC through the work of local non-profit agencies. Each participant is matched in advance of the program with one local agency from a choice of over 30, including community partners of the nationally recognized Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership. DukeEngage staff members have thoroughly evaluated the volunteer work each student will perform. In addition to working directly with the staff of a local agency, participants join in a variety of orientations, trainings, readings, special presentations, historical and neighborhood tours, and weekly reflection sessions to deepen their knowledge of Durham and the ways local citizens engage their city. Learn comprehensive details about the DukeEngage in Durham program by accessing the program overview below.
DukeEngage in Durham Program Overview
USA - Durham, North Carolina
Program Name: “Social Entrepreneurs in Action” - Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative (ELI)
Program Leaders : Christopher Gergen, Della O. McKinnon
Prerequisites/Language Req.: Students must enroll in the PPS course “Entrepreneurial Leadership and Social Innovation,” a full-credit spring course introducing students to the essential frameworks of social entrepreneurship. In addition, students will enter PPS 144s “Social Enterprise Development” after the summer experience.
Group Size: 12
Dates: May 24 – July 16
NOTE: Dates are subject to change due to air travel availability
Program Synopsis: ELI’s “Social Entrepreneurs in Action” Summer Program immerses 12 ELI students in the Durham community through a hands-on leadership development experience. We do this by working with community organizations such as TROSA, Salvation Army Boys & Girls Club, and the Durham Economic Resource Center to connect driven students with best practice community organizations who have identified a pressing community challenge that requires immediate attention. Students then work in small teams with these community organizations to understand the underlying needs and begin to develop outcome-oriented innovative solutions designed to change the reality on the ground – all while learning more about themselves as leaders and leading in a community context. For participating students, the ELI program is a transformative learning and leadership development experience that contributes to measurable community improvement. It also allows students to learn from some of the best community organizations in the city and share these best practices with community partners in New Orleans and vice versa (through ELI’s relationships in both cities). The summer experience is preceded by a semester-long gateway course entitled Entrepreneurial Leadership and Social Innovation – introducing students to the essential frameworks of social innovation and entrepreneurship as well. Following the summer experience, students enter a fall capstone seminar, Social Enterprise Development. During this course, students will continue working in small teams to develop business plans in partnership with community organizations to help launch high-impact social enterprises. The most promising social enterprise concepts will receive ongoing funding through ELI’s accelerator fund as well as ongoing professional development and mentorship. Learn comprehensive details about the ELI Durham program by accessing the program overview below.
Joy Tsai spent her summer in 2009 volunteering with Communities in Schools (CIS), which seeks to connect necessary community resources with local schools to help young people successfully learn, stay in school and prepare for life. A sophomore from Florence, S.C., Tsai focused her volunteer efforts on the summer reading program, Durham READS, which this year enrolled 235 students in Durham. The program provides teachers lesson plans on vocabulary skills, sponsors a book fair where 4th and 5th graders select books within their appropriate reading levels, and involves a book distribution mailing—all intended to combat the two-month average reading loss common among struggling students.