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Crayons2Calculators Student run business helps Durham teachers

Durham Connects is all about infants Program supports new parents

Shelley Lanpher: Early fitness education has far-reaching benefits Duke senior discusses her Duke Engage experience at the Crispus Attucks Community Center in York.

Duke soccer players visit Duke University Health Center Duke sophomore defensemen Doug Ferner and sophomore goalkeeper Nick Tsipis visited a high school soccer player who was recovering from surgery.

Stepping Stones The Duke Durham Neighborhood Partnership and E.K. Powe Elementary complete their first year of this four week summer transition to kindergarten program. See a video about the program at: http://www.duke.edu/today/archive/oncamera.php

Foreign trip gives teachers a lesson in lack Durham Public School teachers head to Guatemala to learn lessons in language and culture as part of Duke's LEAP program.

Mentors provide web of support Partners for Youth celebrates ten years of helping Durham's youth

Wynn fits niche in town-gown partnerships Dr. Phail Wynn, former president of Durham Technical Community College, joined Duke seven months ago as vice president for Durham and regional affairs, a position charged with strengthening the relationship between the University and the Bull City.

The Value of Giving Assistant Vice President for Community Affairs Michael Palmer receives 2008 Duke Employee Community Service Award

Teens LEAP into science Launch into Education About Pharmacology, or LEAP, a science enrichment program for rising high school sophomores and juniors in Durham and surrounding counties held its three-week summer session this year from June 16 to July 3.

Endowment for Neighborhood Partnership named after Burness President Richard H. Brodhead announced that Duke would establish the John F. Burness Endowment for the Duke-Durham Neighborhood Partnership Fund.

Duke University named, With Distinction, to second annual President's Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll

Telling Stories of Community Life Duke public art project pulls in community members from southwest central Durham

Party houses no more Durham residents recently had the opportunity to tour 12 homes in the Trinity Park neighborhood. The homes in question were purchased by Duke University in 2006 and then sold to owner-occupants who are lovingly restoring them to their former grandeur. 4/14/08 Herald Sun

Duke gets check for New Hope Preserve Conservation efforts of more than three years concluded with applause and a four-foot-wide check for $1 million to Duke University. The culmination was a 43-acre parcel of New Hope Preserve located on the border of Durham and Orange counties, the result of steadfast efforts of nearby residents and local officials to put it aside for public enjoyment. 4/9/08 Herald Sun

Duke students teach dance to youngsters Since January 2007, the Duke Ballroom Dancing Club has worked with the Fayetteville Street Lab School to host an after-school dancing program for fourth and fifth graders to learn the art of ballroom dancing and other forms of dancing.

Coach for college program brings student-athletes to Vietnam Former Blue Devils women’s tennis player Parker Goyer and six other Duke student-athletes spend spring break in Vietnam preparing for a summer project which will bring American student-athletes to rural Vietnam to conduct athletic clinics, help build athletic facilities, and teach sports-themed academic workshops. 3/7/08 Go Duke

Durham Engage Duke senior highlights the advantages of serving the Durham community.3/5/08 The Chronicle

Building Blue and True Duke and UNC athletes unite for Habitat for Humanity work in the Hope Crossing neighborhood. 2/28/08, This Month at Duke

Duke Honored for Community Service For the second consecutive year, Duke University has made the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll, given to universities that make distinctive contributions to service in their communities. 2/19/08, Duke Office of News and Communications

Duke Law Volunteers Help Low-Income Employees with Tax Returns Volunteers from Duke Law School prepare tax returns for Duke employees free of charge. 1/30/08, Duke Office of News and Communications

Rogers-Herr School receives prestigious national recognition Rogers-Herr has been named a School to Watch by the National Forum to Accelerate Middle-Grades Reform. The organization cites middle schools that display high standards of academic excellence, responsiveness to the needs and interests of young adolescents and commitment to helping all students achieve at high levels. 1/30/08

Rogers Herr science program: See a video on the Durham Public School site.