Posts from DukeEngage Independent Project in Community Development/Outreach from 2020

For this week’s DukeEngage reflection, we were asked to discuss an article that questions a common narrative related to our …

Some encasement. A beginning stepping point within a longer rite of passage. At home, working from home,  working from far …

This week, Florida reported 9,585 new cases of COVID-19 in a single day on Saturday, June 27th – exceeding its …

Dan Ariely’s “What Makes us Feel Good about our Work?” Ted Talk makes me reflect on the work that I …

To say that this summer looks nothing as I envisioned would be an understatement.   Before the pandemic hit, I …

At the halfway point of my DukeEngage experience this summer, my future assignments look much different than what I was …

Ariely’s Ted Talk “What makes us feel good about our work?” speaks to the value of motivation, effort, and acknowledgement …

It almost didn’t register that we’re more than halfway through with our DukeEngage summer experience–time has flown! These days, it …

This past week, I completed my third week as a DukeEngage volunteer at the Florida Department of Health in Manatee …

Doing a DukeEngage independent project this summer was not something I anticipated or truthfully was entirely prepared for. However, as …