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Faculty –In– Residence ACROSS DUKE, 14 FACULTY MEMBERS LIVE WITH STUDENTS TO ENHANCE COMMUNITY AND ENGAGEMENT t was one of the warmest days in months, and Kevin and Jane White’s backyard – the Few Quad barbecue pit – was an ideal setting to mingle with their neighbors: Duke undergrads. Over pulled pork and hush puppies, the Whites, with their labradors Marley and Clancy in tow, chatted with students about the ACC women’s tennis tournament, plans for summer and Durham as a destination city. As a faculty-in-residence and Vice President and Director of Athletics, White lived among students in Few residence hall with his wife this year, joining 13 other faculty who participated in Duke’s Faculty-In-Residence Program. “It’s helped us to really discover Duke,” Kevin White said. “Every day is fun here.” The Faculty-In-Residence program, developed 25 years ago by Professor Benjamin Ward, enables undergraduate students to interact with professors in a less formal setting, one largely free of the traditional teacherstudent formalities. Each spring, an It’s helped invitation is sent to all eligible faculty us to really soliciting applications for the role, typically a three-year commitment with housing discover Duke. Every provided to facilitate engagement. day is fun here.” “The Faculty-In-Residence program is — Kevin White important because it is a unique way to Vice President and connect students and faculty outside the Director of Athletics classroom,” said Steve Nowicki, dean and vice provost for undergraduate education. “It brings faculty into the everyday lives of students and gives students the opportunity to get to know faculty as people, which is especially important for our first-years. There are many strong faculty contributors who are interested in these positions, and we have more qualified applicants than we have positions.” Ward, the professor who started the program at Duke and teaches philosophy and German, has lived among students for the past two decades, raising twin boys on campus. His original apartment in Trent Hall was quite modest, but Ward now resides in the Arts Theme House in Edens on West. It has room for two grand pianos.
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Top Left: Kevin White, Duke’s vice president and director of athletics, talks with students who live in Few residence hall during a recent barbecue. Above: White and his wife, Jane, participated in the Faculty-In-Residence program and feel at home in their Few apartment.
“I like the easy interaction with students and the opportunity to affect them in a whole range of ways that you’re not necessarily aware of at the time,” Ward said. “People have come to me over the years with all kinds of personal issues. That sense of trust develops.” Kevin and Jane White were invited to live in the apartment of newly renovated Few Quad, which re-opened in January, for a shorter term while their house in Durham was being built. The Few apartment has two bedrooms, two bathrooms and a conference room for student events. It’s the newest addition to the Faculty-In-Residence program, which includes 12 residences on East Campus and two on West.
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