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Volume 8, Issue 3
June/July 2013
INSIDE
The Future of Parking Athletic Pass on Sale Savings on Summer Fun
Married in the Heart of Duke A ceremony in Duke Chapel is a benefit of belonging to the Duke community
Editor’s Note LEANORA MINAI
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A New Commute
Cover: Married in the Heart of Duke
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fter racking up about 100,000 miles driving to work since 2005, I’m giving up my Duke parking permit. When my permit expires Aug. 15, I’ll try trading in my daily car commute on most work days for walking, biking or riding the free Bull City Connector. I’ll drive in inclement weather and on certain meeting days, and after 90 days, I’ll reassess. This change is possible because I sold my house in Raleigh and moved to Durham to be closer to work and the burgeoning culture of the city. My daily round-trip commute dropped from nearly 60 miles to just under four miles. As a result of moving closer to work, I’ve cut my annual contribution to Duke’s carbon footprint from 9.85 metric tons of carbon dioxide to 1.96, according to Duke’s carbon calculator. I’ve also drastically cut my fuel bill. I spent about $3,000 a year on fuel to commute from Raleigh to Durham and have gone from filling up once a week to once a month. And I’ll save $444 this year on parking. According to Sustainable Duke’s 2012 progress report, 74 percent of Duke staff and faculty drive to work alone, with carpooling (10 percent) and the bus (6 percent) as the other most popular choices for employees. Not everyone can take the steps I did, but I encourage you to consider Duke’s alternative transportation options to see what may work for you. For example, did you know parking is free in a preferred Duke lot for a four-member carpool, or that Duke can help you organize a vanpool that comes with free fuel, insurance and parking? Parking permit renewal begins June 10, and rates are set to rise between 75 cents to $10.50 per month, depending on permit type. Be sure to check out the Q&A with Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration, on page 9 to learn more about the future of parking at Duke and plans for a new rate structure. So how about you? Are you planning any changes to your commute? If so, send a note to leanora.minai@duke.edu or call me at (919) 681-4533. I’ll share highlights I receive from readers, as well as an update on my experience in a few months. Learn more about transit options at parking.duke.edu/alternative.
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Each year, about 100 wedding ceremonies are conducted in Duke Chapel, and roughly a quarter of them involve Duke employees or their family members.
For Sale: Employee Athletic Pass Faculty and staff have an easy and affordable way to be part of the Duke football and women’s basketball action all season long with the pass.
The Future of Parking Beginning in August, rates for parking permits will increase from 75 cents to $10.50 per month, depending on permit type. Read a Q&A about the future of parking at Duke with the Vice President for Administration.
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Faculty Club membership open to staff 2012 Presidential Award winners announced Big savings for a big family at Busch Gardens Duke to cut up to 8 million gallons of water a year
Cover Photo: Abigail Martin, a pediatric surgeon at Duke, married David Ogren in Duke Chapel on Dec. 15, 2012. Photo by Rebecca Ames. 2011, 2009, 2008, 2007 Gold Medal, Internal Periodical Staff Writing 2009, 2007 Bronze Medal, Print Internal Audience Tabloids/Newsletters
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Time to renew Duke gym memberships
Summer Days, Nasher Nights Enjoy movies, book discussions, live music and guest chefs at the Nasher Museum of Art during “Summer Days, Nasher Nights.” The free programs are every Thursday in June and July from 6 to 9 p.m. and include admission to some exhibits. This summer, the museum is expanding “Summer Days, Nasher Nights” to include book discussions in the morning on June 19 and July 24, and other activities in the afternoons on June 9 and 23, July 14 and 28 and August 11 and 18. “Our visitors love connecting with art through events and other social activities,” said Wendy Hower, manager of Nasher’s marketing and communications. “It is a great way to experience our exhibitions through lots of different outlets.” Learn more at nasher.duke.edu.
Prepare for Andrea, Barry, Chantal and other storms There will never be another Hurricane Sandy – that name was retired from the official list of Atlantic tropical storm names after Sandy wreaked havoc along the eastern seaboard last year. However, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration is planning for Andrea, Barry, Chantal and other potential storms during the 2013 hurricane season, which runs June 1 to Nov. 1. Duke emergency officials urge faculty and staff to review Duke’s severe weather policy as well as their individual service categories to ensure employees understand their roles and responsibilities if Duke declares severe weather or an emergency condition. Service categories include essential, reserve and delayed. Essential service employees are required to report to or remain at work; reserve service will be assigned at the time of the event; and delayed service employees do not report to or remain at work. More information is at emergency.duke.edu.
Gym memberships to the Wilson and Brodie Recreation Centers expire June 30 but starting June 24, staff and faculty can renew by visiting the DukeCard office on West Campus, calling (919) 684-5800 or visiting the DukeCard website, dukecard.duke.edu. Employees who are not current members can purchase memberships beginning July 1. Recreation memberships are for a year, semester or month. The latest rates are on the DukeCard website or at recreation.duke.edu. Full-time employees can sign up for an individual or family membership. Cash, debit cards, check or FLEX accounts are accepted. Payroll deduction is available for full-time employees. Contact Norma Whitley at nwhitley@duaa.duke.edu.
Durham Regional Hospital’s name changes Durham Regional Hospital will become Duke Regional Hospital in July. The new name will include the tag line, “Serving our community since 1976,” which reflects the hospital’s history and tradition of caring for the Durham community. “Duke Medicine is among the strongest and most recognizable brands in health care. We believe the new name will strengthen the hospital by better reflecting our important relationship as part of Duke,” said Kerry Watson, president of the hospital, which joined Duke University Health System in 1998. Because the Duke name is well known and groups such as physicians strongly associate with the Duke Medicine brand, changing the hospital’s name will position it for growth, Watson said. The new name also highlights the hospital’s ability to provide the high level of quality, safety and innovative treatment expected throughout Duke.
Special activities through American Dance Festival Bring a yoga mat or towel to Sarah P. Duke Gardens on June 22 for free yoga classes sponsored by the American Dance Festival and lululemon, an athletic apparel company at the Streets at Southpoint. Classes are suitable for all skill levels and will be offered at 7, 8:15 and 9 a.m. “Yoga is an important way that dancers condition their bodies, and we are delighted to bring together the dance community and the wider community to share something this beneficial in the beautiful setting of Duke Gardens,” said Jodee Nimerichter, director of ADF. Yoga classes are one of several new activities included during the American Dance Festival, which runs June 13 to July 27. The last week of the festival will celebrate the festival’s 80th season and showcase its future. “It will be a week filled with commissions and reconstructions performed by ADF students, including a dance that Twyla Tharp is creating specifically for this year’s ADF students,” Nimerichter said. “Even if you’ve been going to ADF for A ponydance performance. years, this season will be new. There is a lot of unexplored territory at ADF.” Photo courtesy of American Dance Festival. The schedule is at americandancefestival.org. Duke staff and faculty can purchase individual tickets at a 20 percent discount through the Duke employee discount program. Call (919) 684-4444 for discount information.
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Cover Story
Married in the Heart of Duke Abigail Martin and her fiance, David Ogren, were married in Duke Chapel on Dec. 15, 2012. Only members of the Duke community can reserve the Chapel for weddings. Photo by Rebecca Ames.
A ceremony in Duke Chapel is a benefit of belonging to the Duke community Robin Ratchford pushed open the heavy oak door and stepped into the 80-year-old Duke Chapel. She climbed the grey limestone steps into the nave of the sanctuary and marveled at the soaring 73-foot tall ceiling and glowing ruby, blue and gold of the stained glass window behind the altar. It was love at first sight. “As soon as I stepped into that space, I knew I wanted to get married there,” said Ratchford, a financial analyst for Duke Medicine. “The beauty of it was almost overwhelming.” Not everyone can exchange vows in the heart of Duke. Only full-time staff, faculty, students, alumni and members of the congregation at Duke Chapel can book a wedding or commitment ceremony for themselves or their children. About 6,000 couples have been married in the Chapel since Marion Noell Lyon, grandniece of James B. Duke, exchanged vows in the Chapel’s first nuptials on April 8, 1933. Each year, about 100 weddings are conducted in the Chapel, and roughly a quarter of them involve Duke employees or their family members. 4
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“It’s a unique workplace benefit, the opportunity to have a wedding in one of the most beautiful gothic chapels in the United States,” said Luke Powery, dean of Duke Chapel. Other campus locations provide space for weddings, but Duke Chapel offers grandeur, tradition and the services of a well-practiced team to ensure a worry-free day. The Chapel is so popular that people camp out a year in advance to claim their special day for $2,100.
Sleeping on the Quad Ratchford was determined to be first in line to get a day in September for her 2013 wedding. A little more than a year in advance, on Friday, August 31, 2012, she and her mother set up two tents on the Quad and dug in for four nights in the shadow of Duke Chapel. That first night, they fell asleep to salsa music on the Chapel steps by Sabrosura, a student dance troupe. Robin Ratchford, right, and her mother, Gloria, slept in tents for four nights on West Campus Quad to be first in line to reserve the Chapel in September 2013. Photo courtesy of Robin Ratchford.
The next morning, as they relaxed in camp chairs and read Bridal Guide Magazine, another couple arrived with a tent. “We introduced ourselves, and the very next question was ‘what date do you want?’ ” said Ratchford, who joined Duke in 2011. “Thankfully, they didn’t want September 21, which was the date I had in mind.” As the day progressed, the campers swapped ideas about wedding dresses and flowers and took turns making food runs to The Loop Pizza Grill. When a storm blew in Saturday evening, they sipped coffee together in the Bryan Center and waited for the rain to stop. After midnight, Ratchford and her mother returned to their tents and attended worship in Duke Chapel on Sunday morning. By the time the Chapel opened for reservations at 8:30 a.m. that Tuesday, there were four couples in line, but none wanted Ratchford’s day. “In hindsight, I didn’t have to tent, but I figured getting married at Duke was a once in a lifetime opportunity, and I wasn’t going to leave it to chance,” Ratchford said. “Camping was a powerful way to create memories and meet amazing people.”
Duke Chapel By the Numbers
A “Majestic” Space
150 feet
Abigail Martin stood at the rear of the Chapel and peered down the 150-foot long aisle – half the length of a football field – to her fiance, David Ogren, near the altar. Holding tight to her father’s arm, she began the walk to the strains of Pachelbel’s “Canon in D.” Her eightfeet-long veil unfurled as she walked. “In a space that majestic, you need something to help you feel bigger,” said Martin, a pediatric surgeon at Duke who married on Dec. 15, 2012. Martin has worshiped at the Chapel as part of the Chapel Congregation ever since her arrival in Durham three years ago. “We never imagined getting married anywhere other than the Chapel,” Martin said. “It is my spiritual home.” The couple’s names are now in the Chapel’s registry of marriages, along with other Duke community members like Chris Duhon, a member of Duke’s 2001 national championship basketball team. The Chapel is currently on its third registry; the first two are in Duke’s archives. Originally, Duke Chapel was open to the public for weddings. But in 1974, faced with increasing demands for University events in the Chapel, Duke limited weddings to Duke community members. A non-denominational place of worship, the Chapel welcomes samesex unions and weddings of any faith. Blanche Williams, a wedding director at the Chapel for eight years, recalled Catholic, Protestant, Eastern Orthodox and Jewish unions. “We had one Jewish wedding where the groom had the Duke logo on his yarmulke,” she said. >> continued on page 6
69 Weddings in 2012
82 Weddings booked for 2013 (as of May 1)
Length of the Chapel aisle
38 feet Height of stained glass window behind the altar
73 feet Height of ceiling
77 Stained glass windows
1932 Year Duke Chapel opened
3 Organs
5,033 Flentrop Organ pipes
$2,100 Cost for a Chapel wedding Above, Abigail Martin and David Ogren added their names to Duke Chapel’s registry of marriages, which dates to 1933. Right, Martin displays her veil for a wedding portrait. Photo by Rebecca Ames.
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John Foust, a member of the Chapel Congregation, celebrated his commitment ceremony to Wayne York in Duke Chapel on Aug. 1, 2009. Long-time members of the Duke Chapel Choir, they had 110 volunteers from the choir join the celebration. “I’ve dreamed of a big church wedding all my life,” said York, a support analyst for the State Employees Credit Union in Raleigh. “Duke Chapel is a special place with special music and having our ceremony there was a dream come true.” Powery, the Chapel dean, said the inclusiveness of the Chapel is an important reflection of Duke’s values as an institution. “Duke Chapel tries to embody the wide and generous ecumenical tent of God’s eternal love,” he said. “Thus, all are welcome to be married in this sacred space.”
“My Hear t is here at Duke” With his daughter well into wedding planning and eyeing a vineyard, Todd Owens reminded her that because he worked at Duke, the Chapel was a possible venue for the celebration. His daughter, Courtnie, toured the Chapel with her fiance, and they decided to change plans and hold the wedding at the Chapel on July 14, 2012, just a few months away. Owens, an information specialist for the DukeCard Office, was afraid that on short notice, her date would be unavailable. When he called the Chapel, the wedding coordinator confirmed that July 15 was open. He immediately hung up the phone, walked across the Quad to the Chapel and paid the $500 down payment. He was delighted to discover that because he is an hourly-paid staff member, the cost was discounted from $2,100 to $1,600.
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Ashley and John Glenn sit outside Duke’s Smith Warehouse, where they both work.
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Todd Owens, information specialist for the DukeCard Office, escorts his daughter, Courtnie, down the aisle in Duke Chapel for her July 14, 2012 wedding. Photo courtesy of Courtnie Estave.
A few weeks later, Owens dropped by the Chapel while his daughter was choosing music with the chapel organist. As the organist played passages from processionals such as Pachelbel’s “Canon in D” and the popular “Bridal Chorus,” Owens wiped away tears. Now, nearly a year later, he still chokes up when he passes the Chapel and thinks of his radiant daughter walking down the aisle. “I grew up here in Durham, and my heart is here at Duke,” he said. “It doesn’t get any better than having my daughter married at the Chapel.” BY MARSHA A. GREEN
John and Ashley Glenn met through a mutual friend about four years ago before either worked at Duke. Now they’re married and both spend their workdays in Smith Warehouse, where Ashley works as a cashier in the Bursar’s Office, and John is a general maintenance mechanic with Facilities Management. “Because we’re both at Smith Warehouse, we’ll have lunch together when our hours allow it,” Ashley Glenn said. “It’s good because we have kids, so it’s nice to have time together to talk.” It was John’s persuasion that led to the professional pairing at Duke. After working with Duke as a contractor, he started with Facilities in early 2012 and told Ashley she should follow suit. “She was working in Wake Forest, and it was a long drive from Durham, so I told her to apply to different places around Duke,” John said. “We love being here.” The couple also enjoys Duke’s campus together when John is able to show Ashley areas of campus she doesn’t see often. “I like the Gardens because it’s really pretty and we can take our baby outside to play,” Ashley said. “I had always seen Cameron on TV growing up, but never got inside. It was really special. I think he was trying to impress me, and it worked.” BY BRYAN ROTH
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oming off its most successful season in nearly 20 years, the Duke football team is looking to head to back-to-back bowl games for the first time in the program’s history. Faculty and staff have an easy – and affordable – way to be part of the action all season long with the Employee Athletic Pass. The pass includes a season ticket for one seat to seven home football games for $90. All seats are in sections 7 to 10 of
Wallace Wade Stadium, which span the 35 to 50-yard lines. The football season kicks off at home on Aug. 31 against North Carolina Central University. The Blue Devils will also host North Carolina State University, University of Miami and University of Pittsburgh, among others. “Faculty and staff played an important role in creating an exciting atmosphere at Wallace Wade Stadium during last year’s
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great season, and we want to make it easy to join us again,” said Chris Kautza, general manager for Duke Athletics’ ticket sales. “The Employee Athletic Pass is one of the best deals you’ll find in collegiate athletics.” An athletic pass is also available for Duke women’s basketball. A season ticket includes four general admission seats to all home games. Last year’s rate was $75. The schedule will be released this fall.
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Parking Permit Rene Rates to rise between 75 cents to $10.50 per month
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he price to park at Duke will go up this year as costs to operate and 2013-14 Employee Parking Permit Rates maintain parking lots and garages Permit Rate Categories Old Monthly Rate New Monthly Rate rise around campus, and plans for advances in technology take shape. RESERVED SPACES/GARAGES $ 106.25 $ 116.75 Beginning in August, rates for parking UNIVERSAL ACCESS $ 88.00 $ 96.75 permits will increase from 75 cents to $10.50 per PREMIUM LOTS/GARAGES $ 68.75 $ 75.75 month, depending on permit type. The change in price will affect all permits for students, faculty GARAGES - PG1, PG2, PG3 $ 57.50 $ 63.25 and staff with the average increase for employee MEDICAL CENTER LOTS $ 38.25 $ 42.00 permits growing about $5 a month. PROXIMATE LOTS $ 33.75 $ 37.00 “Nobody likes to hear that parking rates UNIVERSITY REMOTE LOTS $ 10.75 $ 11.75 will go up, but it’s a necessity,” said Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration. MEDICAL CENTER REMOTE LOTS $ 7.50 $ 8.25 “This year, we’ll see a standard rate increase Source: Parking and Transportation across all permit types, but as we look out over the next two to five years, we will look to simplify the rate structure and maintain competitive pricing.” n Carpool: Nearly 800 employees and students save money The price increase is necessary to make rates more equitable by carpooling to campus, which provides discounted parking and competitive with the market and to pay for modern parking permits that also offer preferred parking. More information management technology and improvements to lots and garages. at parking.duke.edu/carpool. [For more details on the future of parking at Duke, read an interview with Cavanaugh on the next page.] n Vanpool: Employees riding “We’ll continue to encourage in a vanpool park for free our alternative transportation at Duke. Triangle Transit options from carpooling and provides the van, pays for gas Permit renewal begins June 10. Nearly all vanpooling to riding local bus lines and insurance, and arranges, permits are set to expire Aug. 15 and permits with the free GoPass, and oversees and pays for all owned by employees who pay with payroll we hope the community will see maintenance. Sign up at deduction will renew parking.duke.edu/ these as valuable alternatives,” automatically. Duke vanpool. Cavanaugh said. community Duke has worked in recent years members can visit Duke community members to provide many alternative parking.duke.edu/ using alternative transportation transportation options. About 700 permit for more are eligible for two free daily students and employees bike to work information. parking passes a month in case in addition to these other modes: they need to drive to campus. n Transit: Slightly more than Because permits are Commuters can also purchase up 8,200 Duke community mailed, faculty and to 20 daily parking passes each members use the GoPass, staff should confirm their address by visiting month for $4 each. a free bus pass that allows “Manage My Account” at parking.duke.edu/ For more information on students, faculty and staff permit. New permits are mailed to an employee’s alternative transportation at Duke, to ride for free on regional listed address with Parking and Transportation, visit parking.duke.edu/ buses in Durham, Raleigh which is most commonly a home address. alternative. and in between. Learn more at parking.duke.edu/gopass. BY BRYAN ROTH
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with Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration at Duke University
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even parking garages. 25,938 parking spaces. More than 3 million bus passengers a year. Duke’s parking and transportation system is large and dynamic, providing millions of dollars worth of service to students, employees, visitors and patients each year. But revenue is not keeping up with expenses, and changes are needed to ensure Duke’s parking garages and lots are maintained and upgraded, and investments are made in technology. Working@Duke recently sat down with Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration, to talk about plans for a new parking rate structure and infrastructure improvements in the coming years.
Can you offer a sense of the size and scope of the Parking and Transportation Services operation? Duke has an integrated system for both parking and transportation across the university and health system. We sell about 27,000 parking permits and maintain nearly 26,000 parking spaces. We provide parking for our faculty, staff, students and thousands of visitors and patients who come to Duke every day, and the demands for capacity continue to grow. On an annual basis, we provide parking at more than 1,100 special events, ranging from performing arts and athletics to memorial services in Duke Chapel. We break the transportation world into a few components. We move staff and faculty back and forth between remote parking lots, and we transport students across campuses and to certain off-campus locations. We also run a van services program, which becomes important during late evening hours when buses are not running. Over the last several years, we’ve also made great strides in the area of transportation demand management with initiatives like the GoPass, which provides free local public transportation to eligible employees and all students.
How much does it cost to run a large and complex system like this? We spend about $20 million a year to run the system, but revenue is not keeping up with expenses. The economic model in parking and transportation has been and is broken. Every institution across America runs its parking operation in an auxiliary fashion –
you’re not making money with it, but you’re trying to have your revenue meet your expenses. We’ve not been doing that, so it’s been running at a significant deficit. During the economic downturn, there were no parking rate increases for three years, but expenses continued to rise. That is not the sole contributor for the deficit, but it is a Kyle Cavanaugh contributing factor. The other is that the level of maintenance that is required with our parking facilities would have required larger rate increases over the last eight to 10 years. We’ve underpriced parking for a decade or more, and that has caught up with us.
How does this affect parking rates? Nobody likes to hear that parking rates will go up, but it’s a necessity. This year, we’ll see a standard rate increase across all permit types, but as we look out over the next two to five years, we will look to simplify the rate structure and maintain competitive pricing. We’re going through a process of quantifying that now. We have 72 zones and 16 different rates, and we’re looking at possibly going to six different rates over the next several years. There are now inequities where some closer-in parking lots cost less than remote parking. We have some customers who are able to park right next to their offices and pay $80 a year, and we have others parking farther out for $600 a year. What we’re considering is streamlining the structure into core and non-core parking. Core parking could cost $600 to $1,000 a year, and non-core parking may be lower than $600. The remote parking option may be $300 a year.
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By the Numbers Duke Parking and Transportation Services Nearly 27,000 Duke parking permits are in circulation, which has filled up many lots across campus.
26,669 People with a parking permit
What investments are needed to infrastructure, technology and other services in the coming years?
25,938
We must address the deferred maintenance in our seven garages and 200 surface lots, and we’ll need funding to support that, which will cost millions of dollars. We have an outline of how that can be addressed over the next several years. Just like any other building that needs to be renovated from time to time, a garage structure has the same needs. The second major expense is an integrated information system that allows us to use our parking system in an efficient way. Having contemporary parking management technology will allow us to determine how our spaces are used hour by hour so we can optimize our parking spaces. We also want to move away from using swipe technology at our parking lots and gates and instead use radio frequency identification tags, called RFIDs. These would be placed in windshields to allow for easier movement in and out.
Parking spaces
7 Garages
170 Surface parking lots without equipment
9 Transit routes
Duke’s transit fleet received considerable upgrades in recent years. Is there anything else in store?
3 million
Our transportation situation right now is on a solid foundation. Since 2011, we updated our transit fleet with two new hybrid-electric buses and eight new diesel buses. But as part of our transit operations, we have to consistently look at our bus routes. We pick up and drop off very close to the proximity of where passengers are going. We operate nine routes and have more than 3 million passengers board annually. We have to ask ourselves, can we be more streamlined in our bus stops? That has huge dollar implications for us.
Transit boardings per year
1,100 Special events managed by department
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How can Duke community members partner to keep costs down?
Articulated hybrid buses
Every person will want to take a look at the possibilities of utilizing alternative transportation, which gets down to behavioral changes. There is a broader sustainability issue attached to this as well. Transportation is a significant part of our sustainability goals. We’ve made lots of progress in the sustainability space over the last five years, but one of the areas where we have not had as much progress is reducing single-occupant vehicles on campus. We’ll continue to encourage our alternative transportation options from carpooling and vanpooling to riding local bus lines with the free GoPass, and we hope the community will see these as valuable alternatives.
8 Diesel buses
30 Total bus fleet
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Stephanie Alt Lamm, center, talks with friends and members during a barbecue in April at Duke Faculty Club.
Duke Faculty Club Membership Open to Staff Club features three pools, 10 tennis courts and events
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wice a week, Stephanie Alt Lamm works up a sweat at a fitness class at the Duke Faculty Club before heading to her office. In the afternoons, she returns to the club to pick up her daughter from tennis practice and son from summer camp. She’s even pitched a tent on the lawn as part of the club’s annual family campout. “The Faculty Club is like a second home for our family,” said Lamm, assistant director of the Master of International Development Policy Program at the Sanford School of Public Policy. “We take advantage of just about everything they offer, and we have made wonderful friends along the way.” The Duke Faculty Club, a private swim and tennis club tucked in the woods near the Washington Duke Inn, offers membership to all full-time staff and faculty of Duke University and Duke University Health System. Membership comes with access to 10 tennis courts, three outdoor swimming pools, junior swim and tennis teams, a game room, fitness classes, summer camps and monthly social events. Annual memberships are $695 for an individual or $910 for a family, which covers spouses or partners, children and anyone living with the employee at least six months of the year. In addition to the annual fee, each member pays a one-time $700 or $1,000 initiation fee. The club caters solely to the Duke community with 800 membership slots for employees and 100 for Duke alumni. “The strong tie to Duke provides a sense of community that is often missing at other clubs,” said Eamonn Lanigan, club director. “We are all Blue Devils here.”
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In September, the club will begin renovating its 41-year-old facilities as part of a $6.2-million capital improvement project. Plans include a new clubhouse and fitness center, second lap pool, new playground, improved tennis courts and expanded patio, parking and play areas. The renovations should be complete by May 2014. Scott Selig, member of the Duke Faculty Club board and Duke’s associate vice president of Capital Assets and Real Estate, said the renovations will help the club continue as an important recruiting tool for the university. “When new faculty and staff are considering coming to Duke, they want to know what recreation facilities there are for themselves and their families,” Selig said. “The Duke Faculty Club gives them a lot of options and an almost instant community.” BY MARSHA A. GREEN
Want to Join? Membership is open to all full-time Duke employees. • Family Membership, $910 per year • Single Membership, $695 per year • One-time initiation fee, $1,000 family/$700 single Because of club renovations in 2013-14, initiation fees will be split in two payments. For families, the first $250 is due at joining with the remaining $750 due in September 2014. For individuals, $250 is due at joining, then $450 in September 2014. Visit facultyclub.duke.edu.
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Carla Lipscomb and her son, Caleb, ride their bikes for exercise and plan to travel along the American Tobacco Trail this summer.
Finding Health and Family Balance in a Busy Life
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s a single mother, Carla Lipscomb admits there’s never enough time in the day to do everything. But, she has a few priorities: her 11-year old son, Caleb, her work as a Duke laboratory technologist and fitness. In between work and ensuring Caleb gets dinner and finishes schoolwork, she spends at least an hour each day at home on her treadmill or exercise glider. She also gets to the gym or runs steps at Wallace Wade Stadium when possible. Lipscomb found her motivation for an active lifestyle last summer when she weighed nearly 200 pounds and had to go on blood pressure medication. Her son, who has attention deficithyperactivity disorder, saw his school grades drop. It was time, Lipscomb said, to reevaluate and get priorities in order. “I never realized blood pressure could impact my weight, stress and life as much as it can,” said Lipscomb, who works at Duke’s Clinical Coagulation Laboratory. “I looked at my life and thought, ‘I have to reverse this.’ ” Recent studies by Duke University Medical Center researchers show that managing weight and a family can be difficult, with each child increasing obesity risk for fathers by 4 percent and 7 percent for mothers. “Kids take time,” said Dr. Truls Ostbye, a professor of community and family medicine at Duke. “Parents who may have 12
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been very disciplined before children now find they have less time to prepare healthy foods, less time for physical activity and overall less time for themselves.” At Duke, faculty and staff have access to a variety of free health programs through LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee wellness program. Programs like Pathways to Change connect participants with health coaches to help track and monitor diet and exercise. There are also free fitness and nutrition consultations and exercise programs like the Run/Walk Club. “We know it’s not easy finding ways to get fitness into your day, but that’s why we’ve got programs to help people find ways to be active and as healthy as possible,” said Liz Grabosky, fitness manager with LIVE FOR LIFE. “We can offer help at any time – before, during or after work.” Lipscomb, who joined Duke’s Run/Walk Club, has lost about 30 pounds since last year through exercise and a diet with more fruits, vegetables and water. She found bike riding as a new way to balance family life and fitness. This spring, she bought a pair of bikes for herself and Caleb, and they plan to ride together on the American Tobacco Trail. “Caleb never really rode that much, but he loves it now,” Lipscomb said. “It’s just a matter of staying active, and we’ll do it together.”
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Presidential awards 2012 Presidential Award Winners ive Duke staff members have received the Presidential Award for outstanding service, one of the highest honors given to staff and faculty for distinctive contributions in the past year. President Richard H. Brodhead congratulated the winners during a luncheon in April and thanked them for bringing excellent skills and humanity to their jobs. “The people honored today have one trait in common,” Brodhead said. “They bring imagination to their work, thinking of better ways to get things done. It is through people like these that Duke becomes the great place it is.” The winners:
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Service/Maintenance Paul D. Jones Senior Curator, Sarah P. Duke Gardens
The 2012 Presidential Award winners are (from left) Cynthia Chavious, Julia Woodson, Susan Bonifield, Jonathan Giles and Paul Jones. President Richard H. Brodhead is standing between Woodson and Bonifield.
Jones transformed a woodland area at Duke Gardens into the 15-acre William Louis Culberson Asiatic Arboretum. “Paul is known among his peers around the world as an accomplished botanist and collector,” said William M. LeFevre, executive director at the Gardens. “His eye for design has resulted in the Arboretum becoming one of the most beautiful garden spaces anywhere.”
Managerial Jonathan L. Giles Vice President for Development, Organization for Tropical Studies In 24 years as a fundraiser for the Organization for Tropical Studies (OTS), Giles has helped bring in nearly $25 million in National Science Foundation grants and nearly as much in private grants and gifts. “His unflagging efforts and loyalty to the institution unquestionably play a large role in OTS’ success,” wrote nominator Elizabeth Losos, president and CEO of OTS.
Executive Leadership Susan L. Bonifield Associate Dean, Finance and Administration, Pratt School of Engineering During the economic downturn, Bonifield successfully closed a $1 million gap in Pratt’s budget through efficiency and restructuring, according to nominator Tom Katsouleas, Pratt’s dean. “She is a key reason the School has been able to grow explosively and rise in national prominence over the past five years,” he wrote.
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Clinical Professional/Non-managerial Julia Woodson Management Engineer, DUHS Performance Services Woodson led a project to design a database and process to improve the timeliness and accuracy of required submissions from Duke’s hospitals to government agencies. “Thanks to Julia’s changes, the time spent performing corrections has decreased two-fold,” said nominator Jennifer Rose, senior director of DUHS Performance Services.
Clerical/Office Support Cynthia P. Chavious Administrative Assistant, Duke Translational Research Institute Organizing Duke Translational Research Institute’s move to downtown Durham was an example of Chavious’ generosity and can-do attitude, according to Victoria Christian, chief operating officer for the institute. “The burdens and minutia of design, logistics and safety were handled entirely by Cynthia in her interaction with Facilities,” Christian said. “Thanks to Cynthia, our move was experienced as an adventure.”
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Big Savings for a Big Family
PERQS employee discounts
Family of 11 saves $154 on Busch Gardens
Kristy Thompson climbed aboard the Griffon roller coaster at Busch Gardens with 10 family members: her parents, brothers, sister, daughter and nephew. The extra-wide carriage crawled up the first incline, paused and then plummeted 205 feet toward the ground. The wind whipped Thompson’s face, and she screamed in excitement. “We all thought it was awesome,” said Thompson, administrative assistant for the Sarah W. Stedman Nutrition & Metabolism Center at Duke. “When you get to that first drop and your legs are dangling with nothing underneath them, it’s really scary but fun.” Thompson purchased 11 tickets to Busch Gardens through PERQS, Duke’s employee discount program, and shaved 20 percent off the regular ticket price – a $154 savings. The three generations of her family used the tickets to celebrate a nephew’s birthday at the amusement park in Williamsburg, Va. Using the Duke employee discount program for family celebrations is a tradition for Thompson and her family. Over the years, the family has used Duke discounts for Carowinds and Kings Dominion. “My brother decides where we should go, and then he calls me to see if we can get a Duke discount,” Thompson said. For the birthday celebration in 2011, the Busch Gardens’ roller coasters were the big draw. In addition to the Griffon, the family rode the double looping Loch Ness Monster roller coaster and the Alpengeist, which turns riders upside down six times in as many minutes. The family also enjoyed games and a haunted house. “We went to one water pistol game where the 11 of us filled up all the slots, so we knew one of us would likely win the prize,” Thompson recalled. “We plan the trip as a family, and we enjoy it as a family. It’s a great way to celebrate.” BY MARSHA A. GREEN
Save On Summer Fun If roller coasters aren’t your thing, check out other summer fun in North Carolina using PERQS, the Duke employee discount program. • $9.49 off an All-Day Splash Ticket at Wet’n Wild Emerald Point in Greensboro. (Save $5.99 for visitors under 48 inches tall.)
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• $2 off tickets for the North Carolina Zoo near Asheboro • $6 off adult tickets, $5 off children’s tickets (ages 3 to 12) to Tweetsie Railroad near Boone
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Audit To Help Drain Water Use Duke will cut up to 8 million gallons of water a year
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his spring, Duke employees took back the Projected Pr ojected Water Water Savings Savings After After Audit Aud dit tap, the toilet and the urinal. 20 16% In an effort to help cut water use on campus, J Pr Projected ojected e Savings Savings Duke’s Facilities 15 Base Water Use B W U J as e a at er se Management Department oversaw a water audit to 110 identify potential water41% saving opportunities, 11% 25% 40% which included updating 5 faucets, toilets and showers 28% in six academic buildings. With hundreds of retrofits 0 Bryan University Fitzpatrick French Family Fuqua School Levine Science Physics Building and a couple dozen Center CIEMAS Science Center of Business Research Center replacements, Duke is expected to save up to 8 This chart shows potential water savings for domestic water use, not total building water use, million gallons of potable in six academic buildings that were part of a water audit by Facilities Management. water per year, while also cutting some energy to heat hot water. The six buildings identified buildings impacted from From March 11 to April 3, changes is projected at 23 as top water users and selected crews went from bathroom-topercent. for the conservation measures bathroom in each building and To test the efficiency of included the Bryan Center, changed valves in 353 toilets, each unit, crews measured how French Family Science Center, 120 urinals and 1,299 faucets much water would flow from a Fuqua School of Business, while replacing 27 toilets and faucet in 10 to 15 seconds and Physics Building, Levine urinals to allow for a lower, captured the amount of water Science Research Center and more efficient flow of water. used in each toilet or urinal the Fitzpatrick Center for “The work wasn’t anything flush. Armed with the data, Interdisciplinary Engineering, fancy, but it will lead to Facilities was able to determine Medicine and Applied Sciences. significant water savings,” said which valves or electric sensors While the project cost Casey Collins, energy engineer needed to be fixed or replaced. $150,000 to complete, it’s with Facilities Management and Collins said laboratories expected to save up to the project’s manager. “No generally use a lot of water for $120,000 a year in water and one will notice any functional research and experiments and energy costs for Duke. The difference in restrooms or he hopes to see a decrease in average decrease in domestic labs, either.” water use because of the project. water use across all the
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Labs typically have two different faucets – one for high purity water for research and another with city-provided water for everyday use. “We didn’t touch the high-purity faucets, but we retrofitted others with an aerator that helps to restrict the flow of water a little,” Collins said. “It’s perfect for hand washing or rinsing instruments because it restricts enough to make a difference but doesn’t impact functionality.” Casey Roe, outreach coordinator for Sustainable Duke, said Facilities’ latest project fits perfectly with other steps Duke has taken to educate on water conservation. “As a large institution within Durham’s watershed, it’s important for us to reduce our consumption any way we can on campus,” Roe said. “Teaching about the use of less water is part of our Green Workplace Certification, campus events and even signage around campus. Smaller actions add up.” BY BRYAN ROTH
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dialogue@Duke “What would it take to give up your parking permit and use alternative transportation?”
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I’d need a bus to stop directly outside my home. If I could be picked up and dropped off right at my home, that’d be great.”
Cristal H. Tatum Bus driver, Parking and Transportation Services 11 years at Duke
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Flexibility would be the biggest incentive for me, especially with a carpool system since my schedule is never the same. I’d always be happy to take a financial incentive to buy an electric vehicle to conserve fossil fuels and fuel consumption. That would help support a green campus.” Chris Smith Education specialist, Duke Lemur Center 2 years at Duke
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I’d want extended Duke bus hours. I’d love to take the bus to work, but they start running after I would have to leave.”
Katie Rose Levin Natural resource manager, Facilities Management 5 months at Duke
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