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WORKING@DUKE NEWS YOU CAN USE DECEMBER 2015/JANUARY 2016
Building a New Era for Duke
Editor’s Note LEANORA MINAI
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Going Back to School
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s a Duke employee, Bernadette Gillis visited Perkins Library to attend work meetings, but she didn’t have a chance to browse the library collections. That changed when she joined Duke’s Graduate Liberal Studies master’s degree program while working as a senior public relations specialist. “Most times I would go to find a quiet spot to do my reading for the week,” said Bernadette, who received a Master of Arts in Liberal Studies in 2014. “Other times, I went to get books that I found while doing research for a paper for class. I was always amazed at how I could find just about anything I needed at Duke.” Bernadette used Duke’s Employee Tuition Assistance benefit to defray the annual cost to advance her education over five years. “It was a tremendous help,” said Bernadette, 37. “When I graduated, I didn’t have any debt. It ends up being a good deal.” In return, Bernadette honed skills that she applies in her role at Duke: critical thinking, writing, research and interviewing. “It definitely made me a little more confident and curious,” she added. Eligible Duke employees are reimbursed up to $5,250 annually for tuition at Duke or other higher educational institutions in North Carolina that are accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2014-15, Duke reimbursed 807 university and health system employees $2.6 million in tuition costs. I’m excited to share that in the New Year, I’ll be joining the employees who are putting Duke’s generous tuition reimbursement to good use. I’m going back to school to begin Duke’s Graduate Liberal Studies master’s degree program. Like Bernadette, I’ll work fulltime and plug away at classes toward a broadly focused interdisciplinary degree that I think will Here I am on graduation change my life. day from Texas Christian I’m a bit nervous. University. It’s been 25 years since I received my undergraduate degree, and these master’s classes are at night when I’m usually in my PJs after work. And they are Duke classes taught by Duke professors. But it’s time for a new challenge. Learning never ends.
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Over the summer of 2015 alone, 60 projects were underway, from upgrading drainage on the West Campus quad and building a new, glass entry to the Bryan Center to renovating the East Union Marketplace.
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So far, seven Duke employees have purchased their first home through the Duke Homebuyers Club, a free program organized by Duke’s Office of Durham and Regional Affairs.
Save a Life
The Duke Heart Center is on a mission to teach every Duke employee compression-only CPR, which does not involve mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. Training opportunities include a blitz on Dec. 9.
11 Duke Surplus gives office items a second life 12 Live Well, Lead Well tips with Deputy Counsel Kate Hendricks 14 Save 10 percent on an ELF bike-electric hybrid vehicle 15 Duke is on track for carbon neutrality in 2024 Cover photo: A crane stands on the West Union Building construction site. 2014 Gold, 2013 Silver, 2009, 2007 Bronze, Print Internal Audience Publications and 2012, 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007 Gold Medal, Internal Periodical Staff Writing
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‘Get Moving’ in 2016
Registration is open for Duke’s annual Get Moving Challenge competition, which helps faculty and staff get their New Year off to a healthy start with wellness tips and team support. The program, which begins Jan. 11, allows employees to join as individuals or to form teams of five to 11 colleagues. The aim is to see who can take the most steps, exercise the most minutes and lose the most weight. The 10-week program runs until March 20. The first 2,000 employees who sign up will receive a free pedometer to track their steps. Registration remains open until Feb. 1. Last year, nearly 2,000 employees tallied just over 311,000 miles, about 36,500 hours of exercise and dropped nearly 3,500 pounds. Faculty and staff formed 191 teams across the university and health system. Janet Betts joined a gym and found motivation to lose 15 pounds during last year’s Get Moving Challenge. “For me, it was not about losing weight, but making better decisions about my health,” said Betts, a clinical nurse at Duke Raleigh Hospital. “The key was making a commitment to my long-term goals, including eating healthier and exercising.” For information and to sign up, visit hr.duke.edu/getmoving.
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Prepare for winter weather
Central North Carolina may face wetter-thanusual weather this winter, according to predictions by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Though snow forecasts and the track of winter storms are generally not predictable more than a week in advance, Duke employees are encouraged to be proactive this winter season by reviewing Duke’s severe weather policy. Employees are assigned by supervisors to one of three categories during severe weather: essential, reserve or delayed. Essential service employees are required to report to or remain at work; reserve service will be assigned at the time of severe weather; and delayed service employees will not report to or remain at work in severe weather. “Staff and faculty should take the time to understand their service category before severe weather strikes,” said Kyle Cavanaugh, Duke’s vice president for administration. “That way, we can ensure all members of our Duke community stay safe while Duke continues to operate smoothly in the event of ice or snow.” More information about Duke’s severe weather operations, including a snow/ice priority clearing map and the status of campus bus routes, parking lots, stores and dining locations during severe weather, is at emergency.duke.edu. In the event of severe weather, employees should monitor the website or call (919) 684-INFO for updates.
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Martin Luther King Jr. Commemoration
Duke community members and the public are invited to a campus commemoration honoring the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. on Jan. 18. The event is free and will begin at 3 p.m. in Duke’s Page Auditorium, the same location where Martin Luther King Jr. spoke on Nov. 13, 1964. “Somewhere we must come to see that human progress never rolls in on the wheels of inevitability,” King said during his Duke speech. “It comes through the tireless efforts and the persistent work of dedicated individuals who are willing to be coworkers with God. …The time is always right to do right.” The 2016 commemoration speaker will be announced soon. Free parking is available in the Bryan Center Parking Garage, and a live webcast of the commemoration will be available at chapel.duke.edu. Learn more about Duke’s MLK events at mlk.duke.edu.
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Year-end benefits reminders
As 2015 comes to an end, here are some helpful reminders about Duke benefits: ¡ Duke will mail a new form, the 1095-C, to employee home addresses. Employees must use the 1095-C form when filing income tax returns. The form, mandated by the Affordable Care Act, provides information about the employee’s health insurance coverage. ¡ Staff and faculty enrolled in 2015 health or dependent care reimbursement accounts must submit reimbursement claims for expenses incurred Jan. 1, 2015, through Dec. 31, 2015, by April 15, 2016. ¡ Employees enrolled in the 2015 health care reimbursement account can carry over up to $500 of unused funds into their 2016 plan. After April 15, 2016, any unused money over $500 from a 2015 health care reimbursement account will be forfeited. ¡ Payroll deductions for medical, dental and vision benefits in 2016 begin in December 2015. ¡ Payroll deductions for 2016 health and dependent care reimbursement accounts begin in January 2016. ¡ A year-end reminder about maximum contributions to Duke’s 403(b) retirement plan will be mailed to employees’ homes by early December. ¡ Review personal information through Duke@Work [hr.duke.edu/selfservice] to ensure accuracy. This will ensure that all tax-related documents are sent to the correct location.
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Share your #DukeTimeOff photos
Over the summer, employees shared 301 photos of their time away from the office as part of Working@Duke’s #DukeTimeOff photo campaign. Images showed faculty and staff with family and friends across Durham, North Carolina, the country and world. “Time off rejuvenates me for work and the next adventure,” wrote Stephanie Grant, business analyst with Administrative Systems Management. She shared the picture above that was taken while skydiving. Working@Duke still wants to see photos from the out-of-work adventures of faculty and staff from across Duke. During the winter and especially over the holidays, employees are invited to share their photos on social media using the #DukeTimeOff hashtag or by submitting images through an online form at hr.duke. edu/duketimeoff. Working@Duke will award random participants with coffee mugs and other prizes.
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Building a New Era for Duke Campus sees major construction, renovation and restoration projects
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choes of construction rang throughout West Campus as the arms of a high-reach excavator slammed into a hollowed West Union Building. The 50-foot-tall arms came down time and time again, pulling decades-old Duke stone to the ground as part of the main demolition to the nearly 100-year-old space. Nearly two years after the start of the renovation, a skeleton of steel beams to support the building’s structure sat in place, covered with walls of Duke stone. As crews installed utility lines, pipes and other infrastructure in late 2015, West Union moved closer to once again becoming the bustling center of campus and student life.
An artist rendering shows the proposed aesthetics of one of 13 eateries to be included in the renovated West Union.
The entire 112,000-square-foot building is expected to reopen in spring 2016, but two areas are scheduled to open in February – an outdoor seating area as well as a dining space run by Durham’s Geer Street Garden, which will serve local pub fare and microbrew beer. In all, the new West Union will operate 13 restaurants serving an array of food from pizza and Indian cuisine to vegan-friendly options. A new dining room, The Commons, will include outdoor space for eating with a view of the Bryan Center Plaza. “In keeping up with Duke’s first-class reputation, the West Union Building will be one of the finest, state-of-the-art dining facilities in the country,” said Robert Coffey, director of Duke Dining. “The vendors that we have selected for this facility will be capable of producing world-class, innovative food that has never been attempted in a university setting.”
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The renovation of West Union is one large chunk of more than $500 million worth of construction and restoration at Duke in 2015 supported by investments by the Duke Endowment and Duke Forward campaign. The commitment to modernizing facilities rivaled money spent to start Duke’s campus
in 1924, but Tallman Trask III, Duke’s executive vice president, said the amount of work is appropriate for an 85-year-old campus, adding that the way Duke was built generations ago must now influence how it’s cared for. “Most campuses in America grew up one building at a time, but this campus grew up 20 buildings all at once,” Trask said. “That means we have a different kind of schedule to worry about maintenance and care.” Over the summer of 2015 alone, 60 different projects were underway, from upgrading drainage on the West Campus quad and building a new, glass entry to the Bryan Center to renovating the East Union Marketplace for new classrooms and dining spaces. “Every campus is different, but the useful life of a building is usually between 50 and 75 years,” Trask said. “We fell in that window when many buildings needed attention.” According to research by College Planning & Management magazine, campus construction across the country has been ramping up over the last few years, with 2014 showing the most construction completed since the beginning of America’s recession in 2008. A survey conducted by the magazine, which attempted to include all colleges and universities in the United States, estimated that $12 billion was spent on construction completed in 2014. When the report was released in February 2015, it projected colleges at the time were involved in a total of $35 billion of construction.
Paul Abramson, an analyst with Intelligence in Education, which tracks college construction, said that many higher education institutions in recent years have focused on construction and renovations in academic buildings and facilities like residence halls or dining facilities. At Duke, both areas have received attention. “For colleges, there’s a competition to get students centered around facilities and student comfort on campus,” Abramson said. “Duke is a little bit different than other colleges around the country because of its reputation.” Larry Moneta, vice president of Student Affairs, said that enhanced campus facilities play an important A new entry for the Bryan Center incorporates natural and artificial lighting with a translucent material siding role in creating gathering spaces where to reflect the light. students feel comfortable and excited about being at Duke. “In concert with all the adjacent, critically needed spaces, the West Union will offer students access to great gathering, performance, dining, hang out and community support facilities unparalleled anywhere,” he said. “Add the new Student Health and Wellness building opening in early 2017, and students will enjoy an incredible ‘downtown’ on West Campus.” As Duke completes a variety of large-scale projects in 2016, here are some that will transform campus:
Under Construction Here are other projects underway across campus.
East Campus Marketplace Start: May 2015 Finish: January 2016
Duke Chapel restoration Start: May 2015 Finish: May 2016
Cameron Indoor Stadium lobby extension Start: March 2015 Finish: August 2016
Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium Phase 2 Start: December 2015 Finish: August 2016
Student Health and Wellness Center
David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library After nearly 15 years of work, a project to modernize Duke University Libraries completed its final phase this summer with the unveiling of newly refurbished 115,000 square feet in Rubenstein Library. It now accommodates more materials in specialized storage spaces and offers better research services and study areas. It also received a Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) gold certification. >> continued on page 6
Start: April 2015 Finish: December 2016
R. David Thomas Center renovation Start: April 2015 Finish: April 2017
Science Drive-Cameron Boulevard Parking Garage Start: March 2015 Finish: February 2017 One of the newly renovated spaces in the Rubenstein Library is the Trent History of Medicine Room, which showcases surgical instruments, manuscripts and print materials.
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During the fall semester, the Libraries introduced the “Archives Alive” initiative to partner with faculty and use special collection materials to support undergraduate research in a variety of disciplines, from music to women’s studies, religion and more. Before renovations, instruction space for such a program didn’t exist. “These classes offer opportunities to have an authentic research experience that’s breathing new life into the process of learning,” said Trudi Abel, a Rubenstein Research Services archivist who is overseeing the program. “In some cases, the materials are so rare they only exist in our library.” Overall, collection storage increased by 50 percent and is now almost 50,000 square feet. Updates also extend to the Mary Duke Biddle Room and the Gothic Reading Room, where finishes, furnishings, lighting, technology infrastructure and exhibition facilities were all enhanced and can now seat 160 people.
Scott Family Pavilion Steps from Cameron Indoor Stadium and Brooks Field at Wallace Wade Stadium, 50,000 square feet of new construction will create a state-of-the-art facility that will help studentathletes train, offer a destination for Blue Devils fans and provide new workspaces for staff. “The Scott Family Pavilion might have the biggest impact of any of our construction in regard to the student-athlete experience at Duke,” said Mike Cragg, deputy director of athletics operations. “But it will be invaluable to bring staff closer together and include new fan amenities, like a new Nike store.” Olympic sport athletes will have 12,000 square feet for strength and conditioning workout space, while 21,000 square feet will provide new office and retail space across two separate floors. The goal is to create a centerpiece entry plaza for fans gathering at the basketball and football stadiums. The new addition will act as an integral part of the Athletics precinct, complementing an enhanced gameday experience.
Page Auditorium Two years after the reopening of East Campus’ Baldwin Auditorium, Duke unveiled upgrades to a key West Campus performance space.
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A $5 million renovation helped enhance lighting, acoustics, seating and general aesthetics of Page Auditorium, which had occasional touchups since it was built in 1932. A year of work, which ran between summer 2014 and 2015, presented the first major renovation for the space. Aaron Greenwald, director of Duke Performances, said the upgrades help create a more focused and intimate feel. It was a change ideal for the central performance space on West Campus. To show off changes, Page welcomed performing acts like jazz vocalist Gregory Porter, Grammy winner Rosanne Cash, and large brass bands from Serbia and Romania. “The interaction between artist and audience is much more palpable,” Greenwald said. “We’ve dialed in all the elements of the venue to help focus aspects of a performance to those watching it.” For all the changes made, one thing stayed the same. After the number of chairs in Page Auditorium was reduced to offer a more intimate feel, the frames of 1,100 seats were kept, with just their cushioning being refurbished.
Arts Building
Scott Family Pavilion
Construction is just underway on a brand-new space to partner with the Nasher Museum of Art to create an “arts zone” on campus. The 71,000-square-foot facility will offer a 24/7 destination for the arts on campus, including new exhibition galleries, shared spaces for multi-use performances, classrooms, and rehearsal and production studios. Whether it’s painting, pottery, dance or multimedia, there will be a space for any type of art endeavor, said Scott Page Auditorium Lindroth, vice provost for the arts. All students, regardless of major, will have access to the center. Faculty and staff will also be able to teach and take art classes through an initiative called DukeCreate. “The space will provide a home for these initiatives, enabling vigorous and ongoing collaboration between departments, presenters, academic units and our community,” Lindroth said. Work is expected to continue on the glass-encased building at the northeast corner of Anderson Street and Campus Arts Building Drive through spring 2017. n By Bryan Roth
Construction Q&A with Tallman Since arriving at Duke in 1995, Executive Vice President Tallman Trask has been an influential voice for campus architecture, commissioning Duke’s master plan in 1997 and helping to guide dozens of capital projects. Over 20 years, Trask has overseen new construction, including the Nasher Museum of Art, and transformative renovations like Smith Warehouse. In 2003, he was elected as an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. Given his involvement in more than 50 major projects on campus, Working@Duke sat down with Trask to learn about what recent construction means for Duke.
Trask, Duke’s executive vice president Campus. Taking it apart and putting it back together was a big objective, but a necessary one to make it a modern facility. There are also little things. All the buildings on West Campus are roofed with a specific Ludowici clay tile, which comes with a 75-year guarantee. Ours is now 85 years old, and we have 10 acres of roof tile across campus. We’re working with the factory in Ohio to have new tiles made to mimic their current look to keep it the same.
How does this restoration impact campus?
Why is Duke experiencing a construction boom?
We’ve done a good job of keeping Duke’s original appearance, which is intentional. By the time we’re done redoing our old buildings, we don’t want anybody to This is currently the biggest know we did it. construction boom since Duke We’re also excited about what’s was built, and a lot of things being to come. The Arts Building is going done now are repair work that to make a huge programmatic needed to get done on an 85-year difference, along with Nasher old campus. We’ve tried to manage Museum, to create an arts zone on construction over the years so there’s campus. Paying attention to the arts a fairly common amount going on was a big commitment in the last Tallman Trask III stands in front of the West Union. across time, but we got clobbered strategic plan. financially in 2008 because of the recession, so everything got Ultimately, it’s not about the buildings themselves, but pushed off the front burner. But the economy rebounded, we got what goes on in the buildings. We’re trying to create spaces that a Duke Endowment gift, and philanthropy began to flow, so we provide a better educational experience for undergraduate and wound up having more going on at once than we’d like to have, graduate students. but that’s the nature of how it fit together.
What is Duke’s approach to construction? A large part is redoing things that had been built between 1928 and 1932 that have not had much attention. We discovered issues in some buildings, like the Chapel ceiling or our libraries not being waterproofed, that go back to original construction. That wasn’t so much the problem with West Union, but it wasn’t the kind of space you wanted as the central gathering space on West
What has it been like overseeing this amount of work?
Trying to manage this much construction at any given moment is not simple, but I’m proud that we haven’t imploded with so much going on. More or less, once we’re done with these projects, we have the facilities we need for the next several decades. The important thing to keep in mind is it’s almost over. The end is in sight. - Interview by Bryan Roth
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No Place Like Home Duke Homebuyers Club helps employees fulfill dreams of homeownership
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hen Bridgit Holmes closes on her first house, her favorite room will be the TV room. It’ll have plush chairs to sink into with a blanket and a good book. The TV remote will sit within reach, and everything will smell of lemons. Holmes, a Duke Children’s Hospital staff assistant, has spent the past two years in the Duke Homebuyers Club, working to repair her credit and monitoring debit card spending, all in hopes of becoming a first-time homeowner. “I’m in a good place and I have to keep going and not give up,” said Holmes, who turns 53 in December. “I’m cleaning things up in my financial past. If you have a goal, you have to make some sacrifices in order to meet those goals.” The Duke Homebuyers Club is a free program organized by the Duke Office of Durham and Regional Affairs that offers eightweek classes and monthly meetings for eligible Duke University and Duke University Health System employees. Class participants learn about budgeting, credit repair, and working with realtors and contractors. About 30 employees have participated since fall of 2013, when the club began as a pilot to connect Duke employees who have certain income qualifications to home buying opportunities in the revitalized Southside neighborhood near the Durham Bulls Athletic Park. Duke offers a $10,000 forgivable loan to employees who meet income and work requirements and buy a home in the Southside neighborhood in Durham. Since 2013, the Duke Homebuyers Club has expanded into a mentorship group and accepts eligible Duke employees who want to improve his or her finances and buy a home in the Triangle area. So far, seven Duke employees have purchased their first home through the program, and in the next two years, seven more people are expected to be eligible to do so. “Everyone deserves a stable home,” said Mayme WebbBledsoe, who helps lead the Duke Homebuyers Club as a senior neighborhood coordinator with the Duke Office of Durham and
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Mayme Webb-Bledsoe, center, with Duke’s Office of Durham and Regional Affairs, talks with Duke employees at a Duke Homebuyers Club meeting.
Regional Affairs. “Everyone should have a place where they feel safe and allows their families to grow.”
Breaking ground on a dirt lot Whenever Sheriffe Blake considered homeownership, her response was “not right now.” As a single mom living in apartments and funneling much of her income toward student loans, Blake never thought she would be standing in her own quiet backyard. At 42, she fell in love with a dirt lot speckled with pine trees in a Northeast Durham From left, Shondale Conley, Sheriffe Blake and Mahlik subdivision. At the Conley settle into their new Northeast Durham home. beginning of 2015, she watched builders break ground. To keep on financial track to buy her first home, Blake kept a notebook to record her weekly receipts, and she cut expenses such as going to movies. She had never used credit cards but learned how to establish a positive credit record. “I knew that I wanted it to be a fresh start for me, so the house had to be fresh,” said Blake, a senior housekeeping supervisor at Duke. “It had to be new. I’ve pretty much seen it grow from the dirt to a beautiful home.”
But Guasp also took steps to save money and repair her credit. She clipped coupons for laundry detergent and canned goods. She fixed her credit score in six months by applying for a credit card after years of not using one, then regularly making payments toward her balance. Guasp also looked for thrift store dresses and planned do-it-yourself hair styles for her children’s prom and graduation. “I told my kids this is something that I have to do and this is important to me and to us, to make life better for us,” she said. “I had to get everyone on board.”
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In September, Blake and two of her three sons moved into their new, two-story home. On a recent Monday, her sons, Mahlik, 17, and Shondale, 18, were upstairs, moving cardboard boxes amid dictionaries, sneakers and lamps in their rooms. “I just couldn’t even see this day two years ago,” Blake said. “But it’s amazing when things fall into place.”
Fixing a credit score Lolita Guasp stood at the edge of her driveway, the pavement abruptly ending in a sea of overgrown weeds. A new house began to take shape in October on this vacant lot in downtown Durham’s Southside neighborhood, where she and her three children will live. “To envision there’s going to be a house here, I’m getting butterflies,” said Guasp, 49, a certified medical assistant with Duke Orthopaedics. “It’s really going to happen.” Since she picked a home in Southside, Guasp is eligible to receive the $10,000 forgivable loan from Duke, along with other forgivable loans from the city of Durham, to Lolita Guasp visits the construction site of her house help with the purchase. in Durham’s Southside neighborhood.
Tamika Craige said she felt like Goldilocks when she bought her house along South Alston Avenue in Durham. “It wasn’t too big. It wasn’t too small. It was just the right size,” Craige said. “It has a yard for the kids to play outside. It was enough space if we want to invite family and friends over.” Craige has rented apartments for more than 20 years, and now, at 39, she is a homeowner. At Duke, she orders lab supplies and Tamika Craige and her 8-year-old daughter, Christina, handles billing for play in the front yard of their Durham home. Engineering’s Shared Materials Instrumentation Facility. In the Duke Homebuyers Club, she’s learned financial discipline, slowly paying off 10 maxed-out credit cards and compartmentalizing her spending into “need” and “want” categories such as groceries versus restaurant visits. Her 16-year-old son, Jeremiah, 8-year-old daughter, Christina, and husband, Tony, live with her in the house she bought in 2014. “The Duke Homebuyers Club got me to where we needed to be to actually purchase a home,” Craige said. “There are going to be challenges in whatever you do. It’s having that determination to make it happen.” n By April Dudash
Are you a first-time homebuyer? The Duke Homebuyers Club is accepting applications for its eight-week program, which begins in February, and is holding a general interest meeting on Jan. 14. Income restrictions apply. For information, contact coordinator Mayme Webb-Bledsoe at mayme.webb@duke.edu or (919) 668-6277.
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Learn How to Save a Life Duke Heart Center brought its CPR training to Duke Medicine Development and Alumni Affairs in August.
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hen Mary Holtschneider climbed out of her car in the Durham VA Medical Center parking deck, a blood clot struck her heart. Unconscious and on the pavement, Holtschneider was discovered by VA employees who began administering CPR. “I would never have made it to the Duke emergency department if it weren’t for those initial rescuers,” said Holtschneider, who has taught CPR as a former Duke Heart Center clinical nurse educator. Immediate CPR can double to triple a sudden cardiac arrest victim’s chance of survival, according to Duke researchers and the American Heart Association. The Duke Heart Center is on a mission to teach every Duke employee compression-only CPR, which is CPR without mouthto-mouth resuscitation. In addition to more training opportunities, the Duke Heart Center will host a blitz on Dec. 9 with a goal of teaching compression-only CPR to more than 500 Duke faculty, staff and students. Departments can also arrange for a separate, free CPR class by calling the Duke Heart Center at (919) 477-7611. “Most sudden cardiac arrests happen out of the hospital, so it’s very important for employees and communities to know this important skill because chances are it could be someone you know,” said Leatrice Martin, director of the Duke Heart Center Community Outreach and Education Program. For example, in Perkins Library in September, a Duke professor suffered a sudden cardiac arrest during a student club meeting. Four Duke students, who are EMS volunteers, were nearby in the library and responded by notifying dispatch on an emergency radio,
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Duke Heart Center offers free CPR training to Duke employees delivering chest compressions and administering an automated external defibrillator (AED). Due to the quick response, the professor survived with help from the fire department and Durham EMS and was transported to Duke Hospital, where he recovered. In 2010, 17 percent of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest cases in Durham County received bystander CPR, according to 911 dispatch centers, EMS agencies and receiving hospitals. Due to an emphasis on CPR education by Duke and others, the Durham County bystander CPR rate increased to 40 percent by 2013. During Duke’s CPR training, participants form teams and respond to different hypothetical situations on and off campus. They learn the steps of dialing 911, delivering compression-only CPR and deploying an AED. Staff specialist Stephanie Booth recently participated in a CPR class with her Duke Medicine Development and Alumni Affairs colleagues. “It gave me more confidence,” Booth said. “It made me feel if I was ever put in a situation like that, I would be prepared. You never know when you’ll be called to save someone’s life.” n By April Dudash
Get Free CPR Training The Duke Heart Center will host a CPR training blitz on Dec. 9 for faculty, staff and students. The free, 90-minute sessions will be available from 11 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. in the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center for Health Education. Sign up at bit.ly/dukecpr2015.
Lori Catanzano, left, a Duke Orthopaedics nurse, measures the size of a desk at Duke Surplus. She came with coworker Georgia Barnes, far right, to find office furniture.
Duke Surplus Gives Office Items Second Life
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hether to furnish the workspace of a new employee or to restock binders, notepads or toner cartridges, faculty and staff can do so for free through a unique Duke program. Duke Surplus allows employees to peruse about 2,000 square feet of space full of office items sent by Duke departments. In fiscal year 2015, Duke Surplus donated 360 computers and 2,831 items of furniture, furnishings or equipment back to departments. About 10,042 other items were donated to local non-profit organizations registered with Duke Surplus. “If we never buy another chair, desk or filing cabinet at Duke, there would probably still be plenty to go around,” said Mary Crawford, director of Duke’s procurement programs. “This program eliminates waste and excess resources, and saves Duke money.” The Duke Surplus donation site is located off Neal Road in Durham and is open to faculty and staff twice weekly. Duke community members only need to bring their DukeCard ID and an interdepartmental transfer form from a supervisor to get items. Inventory available in the showroom can include everything from coffee tables and card catalogues to binders and rugs.
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Duke requires that all property no longer needed, like chairs, desks and computers, be processed by Duke Surplus, with reusable items collected and sorted at the program’s warehouse. Unusable items, such as desks with broken drawers, are set aside for recycling. The program also offers items that go beyond Duke’s walls through the Global Health PLUS program, which facilitates the transfer of Duke’s surplus medical equipment to low-resource communities in places throughout the world like Ghana, Bolivia and Nigeria. Since 2007, Global Health PLUS has sent about 50 tons of equipment to Mulago Hospital in Uganda, including items like ventilators, microscopes, electronic blood pressure cuffs and operating room lights.
“There’s not anything wrong with the equipment, it’s often a case of Duke changing over what we use,” said Dr. Dennis Clements, professor of pediatrics and global health at the Global Health Institute, who oversees the Global Health PLUS program. “It not only helps those in need all over the world, but it expands Duke’s global health presence.” Clements said Duke might send one to three shipments of equipment overseas each year, with a typical batch weighing about 2,000 pounds. “Maybe it’s incubators for babies, maybe it’s anesthesia machines,” Clements said. “It’s about providing these hospitals with the opportunity to do things they couldn’t otherwise do.” n By Bryan Roth
Getting Surplus Property To receive surplus Duke property for Duke use at no cost, send an email to surplus@duke.edu to be added to a listserv for schedule and location information. To have property picked up from an office/department: n Request pick-up by visiting bit.ly/DukeSurplus and entering items using the online asset disposition tool. n Pickup of six or fewer items within two weeks of the initial request is free. If there are more than six items, moving fees will be charged to the department.
To learn more about Duke Surplus, visit bit.ly/DukeSurplus
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A series profiling leaders at Duke who balance work and life. Healthy habits boost mood and energy and combat diseases, which can also reduce healthcare costs for you and Duke as a whole. Through exercise or other behaviors, these leaders are role models.
Regimen: I’ve always been active and have a variety of exercise routines, mainly through the YMCA. I’ve been a member of a Y for over 30 years. Right now, I do two crosstraining classes a week at the American Tobacco Y, and the cross-training is a combination of plyometrics, cardio and weightlifting. I try to do a spinning class once a week. The older I get, the more I pay attention to flexibility, so I take a mobility class on Friday mornings that focuses on flexibility and range of motion. I try to swim periodically. On the weekends, I run. I also practice tai chi. I benefit from the flexibility that tai chi develops, but there’s also the philosophical component as well that transcends the physical movements of the form. If I’ve had a hectic day and I go practice tai chi, I just feel like my blood pressure has dropped, and I’m in a better, more relaxed state.
Wellness mantra: Constantly stay active. People will hear me say that workouts keep me sane. On Monday mornings, I’m always sluggish and tempted to skip my mid-day crosstraining class to catch up on work. But I make myself go, and once I exercise, I’m always more energized.
Top health and wellness goals: I try to run one to two half marathons a year, as well as other shorter races. In 2015, I ran a half marathon in January and in April. I try to stay active year-round with a variety of activities. Starting in the fall, I increase my running mileage to get ready for the longer races.
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How a healthy lifestyle affects my work: If I’ve challenged my body physically, then somehow that translates into being able to tackle difficult problems in my work. Once I feel like I’ve really pushed myself physically, then I think, ‘Oh, I can do this,’ if I’ve got a difficult problem to solve.
Biggest fitness accomplishment:
I really trained for running the Aramco Houston Half Marathon in 2008, and I set my personal record, 1:54:16. I had just turned 50 years old, so I was really proud of that. Since then, I did a sprint triathlon in 2011 in Hillsborough. I’ve also run five Army Ten-Milers. The Army mantra is “I shall never quit.” That’s a good mantra to have. Beyond that, it’s mainly trying to keep active and making sure I don’t cut back on my level of activity.
Advice: Keep trying different things. People shouldn’t think that just because their friends run a lot that they have to do it, too. They should find what works for them. Back when aerobics was popular, I tried aerobics. I’m not a good dancer, and I don’t have the coordination, so that did not work for me.
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Teamwork & Diversityawards
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rom bringing together students of different backgrounds to autism research, a collection of Duke faculty and staff were recognized in November for their efforts to promote diversity and teamwork, two of Duke’s hallmark guiding principles. This year, Kulpreet Singh Koura, team lead at Duke Health Technology Solutions, and Julie Cusatis, senior manager of international programs in the School of Nursing, each received Diversity Awards. Teamwork Awards for collaborative workplace environments went to Duke Raleigh Hospital’s TeamSTEPPS Steering Committee and to a collection of 25 faculty and staff from across the university and health system for work on an autism research app. Duke President Richard H. Brodhead honored award recipients during an event at Sarah P. Duke Gardens in November. “The secret of what makes Duke able to do the different things that it does in its mission is pretty simple, which is you actually just need outstanding people to make these things possible,” said Brodhead, who spoke about Duke’s commitment to academics, research and patient care. “You need people who are skilled, people who are devoted…they have to be people who have a sense of the values of this place.”
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Employees from 11 schools and departments created an app for Apple’s ResearchKit software that uses video analysis to screen for autism and other mental health and developmental challenges. The “Autism & Beyond” app offers a novel way for families to better determine the needs of children.
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Julie Cusatis has helped coordinate a summer program to diversify the background of nursing students and also supported development of programming between Duke and Winston-Salem State University to facilitate doctoral study among students at the historically black university. “Her leadership in our efforts to strengthen an inclusive environment where the uniqueness of each individual is valued, celebrated and maximized, have helped to improve understanding,” Theresa Valiga, Julie Cusatis stands with President Richard Brodhead director of the School of Nursing after receiving a Diversity Institute for Educational Excellence, Award. wrote in her nomination.
Health System Kulpreet Singh Koura, an active member of the local Sikh community, has organized numerous community events, from blood and food drives to children’s programs and learning opportunities for Durham Public Schools.
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“Kulpreet’s faith teaches him to treat all individuals with equal respect regardless of gender, race, religion or any other distinction,” Tammy King, senior manager for the Duke Medicine Service Desk, wrote in her nomination.
This group of 13 employees – along with 12 more faculty and staff – helped create the “Autism & Beyond” app for Apple. They gather here with President Richard Brodhead, center.
“This collaboration across the various teams enabled us to quickly deliver a robust, high-quality app that will significantly impact our understanding of autism,” read the nomination from Paula Morrison, assistant dean of application development at Duke’s Office of Research Informatics.
Health System In 2014, Duke Raleigh Hospital created Team Strategies and Tools to Enhance Performance and Patient Safety. This group of 10 hospital staff offered training courses to 150 team leaders with a focus on communication and creation of unit-specific goals to implement a culture of safety. “Their outcomes have been very successful due to their efforts of creating open dialogues and trust to ensure team cooperation throughout the Duke Raleigh Hospital campus,” wrote Priscilla Ramseur, chief nursing and patient care services officer at Duke Raleigh Hospital, in her nomination. n
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PERQS employee discounts
Duke clinical nurse Casey Harrison drives an ELF, a hybrid vehicle that can be pedaled and runs on solar and electric power.
Cruise to Work in an ELF Receive a 10 percent discount on the bike-electric hybrid vehicle
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linical nurse Casey Harrison’s ride to Duke Hospital tends to turn heads. In a bright-white ELF, which is one-third bicycle, one-third electric vehicle and one-third solar-powered machine, Harrison pushes the throttle and pedals the one mile to work in the morning. “We don’t necessarily need cars to solve all problems,” said Harrison, who works in Duke Hospital. “The ELF has helped me get to work earlier and have more downtime.” Harrison was one of three winners who received a grand-prize ELF during the 2015 Unpark Yourself Challenge by Sustainable Duke. She and nearly 2,000 employees and graduate students competed for points by taking sustainability quizzes, accepting alternative commuting challenges and sharing their efforts on social media. Organic Transit, the Durham company that created the ELF, is now part of the Duke employee discount program, PERQS, and is offering staff and faculty 10 percent off an ELF and ELF accessories. The standard one-seater ELF costs about $5,500. About 15 ELFs have been purchased by Duke employees or Duke departments, said Organic Transit Founder and CEO Rob Cotter. Last year, the Duke University Police Department became the first police department in the country to add an ELF to its fleet of vehicles.
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The ELF produces no carbon emissions and runs on battery packs, which can be plugged in and charged using a wall outlet, and a solar panel. The standard ELF can reach over 30 miles per hour and carry about 350 pounds, according to Organic Transit. Through a combination of pedaling and using the throttle for electric power, the ELF gets the equivalent of 1,800 miles per gallon. Want an “Duke has taken a pretty serious stance on their carbon emissions, on their traffic and employee health,” If you’r Cotter said. “We just thought this e visit bit interested in was a great way to partner with an ELF .ly/duk , eelf and fac them.” ulty mu . Duke staff s t v presen alid Du Harrison, the clinical nurse, ta ke purcha Card ID when said besides reducing her work sing an ELF or ELF ac commute, the ELF helps her cessor ies. efficiently complete errands and get to workouts at Wilson Recreation Center on campus. “You’re pedaling. You’re working,” Harrison said. “It’s the same with a bike or walking. Things that are good for the environment are also good for your physical and mental health.” n
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ince its initial commitment made nearly 10 years ago, Duke remains on track to reach its pledge of carbon neutrality by 2024 and continues to set goals in new areas of sustainability through its Sustainability Strategic Plan. Extra attention has been paid to educating students and employees about impacts of travel, water consumption, energy use and more. Last spring, the Duke Board of Trustees turned its attention to Duke’s trees, recognizing two natural areas on West Campus as protected spaces important for education, conservation and aesthetic value. “Ultimately our success is dependent on individual choices,” said Tavey Capps, director of Sustainable Duke. “We have the opportunity and responsibility to create citizens who think critically about the trade-offs necessary for sustainable communities here on campus, in Durham, our region and across the globe.” How far has campus come toward its sustainability goals? Here are a few areas in which Duke has reduced its footprint.
WATER
Goal: Focus water-reduction strategies on the top 20 buildings that account for 70 percent of water use at Duke.
Duke has reduced overall greenhouse gas emissions by 19 percent since 2007. The ultimate goal is to reach 45 percent reduction by 2024.
Between fiscal years 2006 and 2015, campus decreased potable water use by 19 percent. Continued help will come from Duke’s storm water reclamation pond, which is expected to save 100 million gallons of potable city water per year – the equivalent of 151 Olympic swimming pools. Water from the pond will be used at the nearby Chilled Water Plant, which pumps water across campus to cool buildings.
sustainability certifications. Sustainable Duke offers in-person classes and online education through the office’s website to teach Duke community members how to reduce their carbon footprint. In 2015, nearly 2,000 employees and graduate students participated in the Unpark Yourself Challenge to promote alternative transportation options.
EDUCATION
Goal: Carbon neutrality by 2024.
Goal: Enhance understanding and foster changes in behavior among members of the Duke community to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at Duke. Students, faculty and staff continue to reduce environmental impact through tools, programs and Duke’s
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EMISSIONS
Since 2007, Duke’s overall greenhouse gas emissions are down 19 percent, with expectations to be at 45 percent reduction by 2024. The remainder of Duke’s emissions reduction will take place with local offsets, such as methane capture, forestry and land conservation, and communitybased energy efficiency projects. n
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he Triangle. I always say that I’m Colombian, that my home is Bogotá, T Colombia, but things change. My home is where my family is, and my family is right here, right now. My two children, Joel and Alegria, were born in Durham. They are North Carolinians. They are Americans. Looking at how the Latino community is growing in the Triangle, there are all kinds of shared experiences.” Miguel Rojas Sotelo Special events coordinator/N.C. Latin American Film Festival director, Duke Center for Latin American & Caribbean Studies 7 years at Duke
ansas. I’ve been away from there for 20 years and haven’t been back. K Regardless of how it’s changed, my happiest memories are growing up in Wichita. I come from a big family. There are five of us siblings and my parents. It was just where I learned the most. It was where I was accepted right out of the gate. Kansas just represents my childhood, where I first learned how to swim, where we got our first dog. It’s where my little sister was born, the last of all five of us.” Maggie Crumbo Staff assistant, Nicholas School of the Environment 3 years at Duke
he Dominican Republic. I came from the Caribbean when I was 13. I feel T that even though I’ve been living here in the States for many years, that part of me is like my home, being back in the Caribbean, being back with my grandma. It’s just those childhood memories that I think will always be with me. It’s still the same feeling, it’s still the same air, similar music, and people still have this laid-back, happy, friendly attitude.” Marlyn Duarte Research analyst II, Duke Global Health Institute 1 year at Duke
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