The Chronicle T h e i n d e p e n d e n t d a i ly at D u k e U n i v e r s i t y
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 2010
ONE HUNDRED AND SIXTH YEAR, Issue 27
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Fuqua MMS adds term in second year
Trustees to prioritize environment
Paradise found
by Laura Keeley
by Taylor Doherty
The Fuqua School of Business’s Master of Management Studies program has added an extra term after an initial year that exceeded Duke’s expectations and saw more than half of graduates receive a full-time job offer by July. The program, which targets recent graduates with a limited business background, made the changes so that students with any undergraduate major could come to Fuqua and be successful, said Kathie Amato, associate dean for the program. “The students that we had were absolutely phenomenal and incredibly helpful in terms of helping us frame this new program,” Amato said. “And in terms of the jobs they have gone on to post-graduation, I’ve been very pleased there as well.” Of the 92 graduates searching for employment, 49, or 53 percent, received at least one job offer and 7, or 8 percent, were offered an internship as of July 1, according to a Sept. 14 Fuqua news release. Fuqua is one of the few schools in the U.S. to offer a one-year, pre-experience masters, which is designed to prepare students for an entry level finance, marketing or consulting job. The model is better established in Europe, where the top four programs in the United Kingdom reported employment rates three months after graduation of at least 86 percent, according to data compiled by the Financial Times. Final job numbers
The Board of Trustees will pay special attention to environmental issues at Duke during its first meeting of the academic year. The University’s governing body will set aside a full hour for the Nicholas School of the Environment and another hour for discussing sustainability at the University, said Nicholas School Dean Bill Chameides. The dean will present an update on the Nicholas School that will include information about how the school is identifying its strengths, challenges and solutions. “It’s a great opportunity for me to have a conversation with the Board about the Nicholas School, to bring them up to date about all the really exciting things we’re doing,” Chameides said. “Part of it is to let them know what we’re doing in the school, what our mission is, what our aspirations are, some of the metrics on what we’re doing well and what we need to do better.” Board Chair and Democratic state Sen. Dan Blue, Law ’73, said the review will be important in order to see how the school is fulfilling its strategic plan and to
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See MMS on page 5
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President Richard Brodhead presents faculty and alumni honorees with their awards at the Founder’s Day convocation in Duke Chapel Thursday afternoon, SEE STORY PAGE 3.
See trustees on page 7
Back from war, GIs Top recruit Rivers adjust to campus life commits to Duke by Samantha Brooks
by Andy Moore and Jeff Scholl
Junior Paul Salem is an average Duke student—he buys meals from the Great Hall and does homework in Perkins Library. But unlike most of his peers, Salem is a 24-year-old trained sniper who has instructed urban sniping while serving as a Marine in Iraq and the Horn of Africa. Since President Barack Obama’s recent deployment of troops from Iraq— approximately 90,000 in the past 18 months as of August—the University has seen an increase in veteran applications at its undergraduate and graduate schools, University Registrar Bruce Cunningham wrote in an e-mail. But the University is not expecting veteran enrollment to increase significantly in the immediate future, said Michael Schoenfeld, vice president for public affairs and government relations. Lieutenant Valerie VanHo, president of the Student Veterans Association at Duke and Grad ’10, said the application process is particularly difficult for active duty servicemen who want to go to college because many fill out applications and take their SATs while deployed in Iraq or on naval ships.
Basketball season is still two weeks away, but Duke fans had a reason to rejoice on Thursday. Austin Rivers, the No. 1 player in the Class of 2011, verbally committed to Duke yesterday. As the 6-foot-4 guard described it, the sudden decision came naturally. “It was just like a feeling,” Rivers told The Chronicle. “I woke up [Wednesday] morning and was like ‘What is more perfect for me to do?’ Austin Rivers I didn’t even talk to anybody. I was just thinking about it and thought about what is most perfect for me. And that’s why I decided to just go ahead and commit.”
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After an opening year that exceeded expectations, the Fuqua Master of Management Studies program has added an additional term to the curriculum.
ONTHERECORD
“We want to make sure we optimize the ARC also because it will help determine which groups will have sections...”
—Campus Council President Stephen Temple. See story page 3
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See GIs on page 6
Race to the Top Entrepreneur Vivek Wadhwa discusses the “Global Education Race,” PAGE 4
See rivers on page 12
Med school applications increase among seniors, Page 4