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and renovations. “We have one of the largest portfolios of LEED certified buildings in the country,” Duke Facilities Manager John Noonan said. “Having LEED as a goal on projects is just one aspect of sustainability that makes Duke a leader in the field.” Duke’s campus currently has 26 LEED Certified buildings, including Smith Warehouse, Bell Tower Dormitory and French Family Science Center. The West Campus Steam plant and Baldwin Auditorium are a few of the nine projects registered to undergo LEED certification in the future. Scofield said she thinks that higher education institutions often contribute to their respective state’s overall LEED rank. “Colleges and universities are building LEED certified buildings as teaching, recruitment and retention tools,” Scofield said.
“This experience has prepared me for future interactions with high-level administration,” Sunder said. She hopes to expand some of the programs she worked on with Duke Dining. She has collaborated with Director of Dining Services Robert Coffey to create a survey for students to rate Merchants-on-Points vendors and food trucks. In the future, this may lead to a system that allows students to taste food on-campus and rate it immediately. Sunder also plans to improve communication about campus construction by creating a centralized online interface to update students on construction and allow them to provide feedback on plans. Sunder is the only presidential candidate who has served on the senate. Although she noted the benefits of people voicing opposing views on DSG policies, she said her knowledge of the organization’s inner workings would be helpful as DSG president. “It’s fine to have a negative view of DSG…. We can be an internal-facing organization sometimes,” Sunder said. “[But] I
Immerse yourself in the world of this remarkable American artist.
Archibald Motley Jazz Age Modernist On view through May 11, 2014
SYMPOSIUM Friday, February 28, 6 – 7:30 PM Saturday, March 1, 9 AM – 4:30 PM
Free and open to all. Registration not required.
FRIdAy, 2/28 6 – 7:30 PM
I Keynote Conversation “Archibald Motley & Bronzeville” – A conversation between Darlene Clark Hine, Board of Trustees Professor of African American Studies and Professor of History, Northwestern University, Evanston, and Richard J. Powell, John Spencer Bassett Professor of Art and Art History at Duke University and curator of Archibald Motley. Introduction by Sarah Schroth, Mary D.B.T. and James H. Semans Director, Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University.
SATURdAy, 3/1 9 AM
I Symposium Introductions by Sarah Schroth and Richard J. Powell
Panel: Archibald Motley’s Art 9:30 – 9:50 AM
“Archibald Motley, Jr.: An Outsider-Insider” – Michael D. Harris Associate Professor of Art History and African American Studies, Emory University, Atlanta
9:50 – 10:10 AM
“The Color of Race in Archibald Motley’s Art” – Cécile Whiting Chancellor’s Professor of Art History and Professor of Visual Studies, University of California, Irvine
10:10 – 10:30 AM
“‘Humor Ill-Advised, if Not Altogether Tasteless?’ Caricature and Stereotype in the Work of Archibald Motley, Jr.” – Phoebe Wolfskill Assistant Professor of African American and African Diaspora Studies, Indiana University, Bloomington
10:40 – 11:30 AM
Panel Conversation moderated by Amy M. Mooney, Associate Professor of Art History, Columbia College, Chicago
Panel: Archibald Motley’s World 1:30 – 1:50 PM
“Black Cultural Modernization in 1920s and ‘30s Chicago” – Cynthia Blair Associate Professor of African American Studies and History, University of Illinois, Chicago
1:50 – 2:10 PM
“Louis Armstrong, Master of Modernism” – Thomas Brothers, Professor of Music, Duke University
2:10 – 2:30 PM
“‘Every Painting Should Tell a Story’: Old and New in Archibald Motley” – Jerma A. Jackson Associate Professor of History, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
2:50 – 3:40 PM
Panel Conversation moderated by Davarian L. Baldwin Paul E. Raether Distinguished Professor of American Studies, Trinity College, Hartford
3:40 – 3:55 PM
Concluding remarks by Richard J. Powell
IMAGE: Archibald J. Motley, Jr., Hot Rhythm, (detail), 1961. Oil on canvas, 40 x 48.375 inches (101.6 x 122.9 cm). Collection of Mara Motley, MD, and Valerie Gerrard Browne. Image courtesy of the Chicago History Museum, Illinois. © Valerie Gerrard Browne.
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Archibald Motley: Jazz Age Modernist is made possible by the Terra Foundation for American Art; the National Endowment for the Humanities: Exploring the human endeavor; and the Henry Luce Foundation. Major support is provided by the Wyeth Foundation for American Art; Drs. Victor and Lenore Behar; the North Carolina Arts Council, a division of the Department of Cultural Resources; and Deborah DeMott. This project is made possible in part by funding from the North Carolina Humanities Council, a statewide nonprofit and affiliate of the National Endowment for the Humanities.
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don’t think you can say I’m going to reform DSG senate without having been on DSG senate.” Sophomore Keizra Mecklai, DSG senator for equity and outreach, noted Sunder’s experience and authority with the senate. “Lava would be a great president because she’s the only candidate that ever served on the senate…so she’s the best candidate to reform DSG if that’s what the student body wants. Even more than that, she’s demonstrated leadership,” Mecklai said. “She will be able to put these to work because of her demonstrated leadership in her position.” Magda Silva, a lecturer of Portuguese in the Romance Studies department, spoke of Sunder’s academic abilities, noting that Sunder became interested in Portuguese language after a trip to Brazil. She’s a great student, and she’s very responsible,” Silva said. “She learns really fast, and she’s always very interested in class.”
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