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WORKING@DUKE  NEWS YOU CAN USE  JUNE/JULY 2015

Editor’s Note LEANORA MINAI

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Seven Books and Counting

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his year, I set a personal goal to read more books.

As of this writing, I’m on my seventh book: “Dead Wake,” which is about the sinking of the luxury ocean liner Lusitania during World War I and the events surrounding the sinking. I’m a big fan of the author, Erik Larson, and consider him an ace at narrative nonfiction.

I’ve read a variety of books so far this year, including “All the Light We Cannot See” by Anthony Doerr. He recently won the Pulitzer Prize for this work of fiction about a blind girl during World War II. I was so struck by the book’s ending. I cried and needed to take a walk around the block in my neighborhood.

That’s what books do. They provide a window into worlds we may never know. They expand our minds and provide a respite from the daily hustle and bustle.

With summer here, we offer Duke flair for your summer reading on page 10, where you’ll find a list of books written by our faculty, as well as the Class of 2019 summer reading book.

This summer, the Working@Duke team is volunteering at Glenn Elementary School in Durham for “Books on Break,” a program through Book Harvest, which provides books to at-risk children.

Pris Toms, staff assistant in our office, had the idea to volunteer.

We’ll go to the school, set up donated books and help children pick 10 books to read over the summer.

“This expands their horizons and gives them Me reading “Yes Please” by Amy a sense of Poehler with my dog Vinny this accomplishment spring. and insight and ability to go farther than their own surroundings,” Toms said.

If you want to read more, check out our libraries on campus. As a Duke employee, you can borrow for free. And there’s always the public library, where I’ve become a regular.

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Cover: Degree of Distinction

As the cost of college tuition rises in the U.S., thousands of Duke employees have received a tuition grant benefit through Duke to help cover the costs of sending their children to college.

Make Time for Time Off

This summer, Duke staff and faculty are invited to share photos from their hobbies and vacations (big and small) to win prizes, including a night’s stay at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club with breakfast.

The Reimagined Workspace

Duke is finding unique ways to marry academic needs with creative office design that encourages conversations and collaboration.

From Fuqua to the Cancer Center, see how it’s being done.

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Take a summer professional development course Learn the keys to supervisory success, master the ins and outs of Microsoft Excel and other work skills by taking a Duke Learning and Organization Development course over the summer.

Learning and Organization Development (L&OD) offers courses that cover leadership and management development, professional development and technological skills.

For example, “High Performing Teams” brings Duke managers and colleagues together for a day-long assessment of team trust, productivity and collaboration.

The class is in August.

Skills courses such as “Essential Presentation Skills,” held in July, will help employees learn how to plan and deliver a presentation.

“All of that is essential for the successful professional today,” said Joy Birmingham, a senior practitioner with L&OD. “These classes are really a way of preparing our learners not just for today but for future success.”

The schedule, which lists courses from July to December, will be released in early June. Visit hr.duke.edu/train for more information or call (919) 613-7613.

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American Dance Festival comes to Durham Celebrating its 82nd season, the American Dance Festival (ADF) is bringing about 60 modern dance performances to Durham June 11 to July 25.

Duke employees and students receive a 20 percent discount to most performances at the Durham Performing Arts Center, Reynolds Industries Theater and Carolina Theatre by showing a valid DukeCard ID. The schedule will include 11 ADF commissions and 10 world premieres.

Participating companies and choreographers are from the U.S., South Africa, Spain, France and Cuba.

“There’s something for everyone,” said Sarah Tondu, director of communications and marketing for the American Dance Festival. “We’re so lucky to have this festival in Durham.”

Information on tickets and performers is at americandancefestival.org.

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Take a dip at Central Campus Pool Duke Recreation and Physical Education is offering swim lessons and leisure-swim activities at the Central Campus Pool, which is now open.

The pool on Yearby Avenue in Durham is open to students, staff, faculty and family members with a DukeCard ID. Patrons do not have to be a recreation center member to use the pool, but must sign a waiver. An adult with a DukeCard ID must accompany children 14 years old and younger.

Summer hours are 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekdays, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. on weekends, barring inclement weather. There is at least one lifeguard on duty during pool hours. “Central Campus Pool is such a fun, relaxing place, and it’s really familyfriendly,” said Deborah Milam, aquatics program coordinator with Duke Recreation and Physical Education.

For more information, visit recreation.duke.edu or call (919) 684-8686.

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Enjoy ‘Music in the Gardens’ for $5 Duke Performances is bringing internationally acclaimed, North Carolina-inspired Americana, bluegrass and blues music to Sarah P. Duke Gardens June 3 to July 29.

Duke employees, students and the general public are invited to bring picnic baskets and blankets to this year’s “Music in the Gardens” concert series, which will present artists who play Piedmont blues to Appalachian harmonies.

Prices are $5 per ticket for Duke employees and students, and $10 general admission. Concerts are free for ages 12 and under.

Duke Performances partnered with the Music Maker Relief Foundation, a nonprofit working to preserve Southern musical traditions, to present three shows during the series: Electric blues artist Cool John Ferguson with blues singer Sam Frazier Jr. on June 10; Boo Hanks, John Dee Holeman, Ironing Board Sam and Williette Hinton on July 15; and Pat “Mother Blues” Cohen and acoustic blues artist Big Ron Hunter on July 29.

“We’re offering world-class music in a setting that almost could not be more beautiful,” said Aaron Greenwald, Duke Performances’ executive director. “It’s a welcomed cultural option when things slow down a little bit here in Durham during the summer and after the academic year is done.”

Tickets can be purchased at dukeperformances.org or by calling (919) 684-4444.

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Be prepared: Hurricane season runs through Nov. 1 Forecasters are calling for a well-below average Atlantic hurricane season June 1 to Nov. 30, but Duke emergency officials encourage community members to be prepared in the event of major storms.

This hurricane season is predicted to be one of the least active seasons since the middle of the 20th century with seven named storms and three hurricanes.

“Staff, faculty and students should take the time to think through what they’d do in an emergency, before severe weather hits,” said Kyle Cavanaugh, Duke’s vice president of administration.

“Employees should also know their work category, to ensure they’re completely prepared if we face a serious forecast.”

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.

Find emergency weather updates and tips at emergency.duke.edu.

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Degree of Distinction Tuition benefit for children of Duke employees sends thousands to college

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hristian Jones relates to the students filing into Duke’s Academic Resource Center every day for study tips and time management advice.

Jones, a staff assistant at Duke, is three years out of Saint Augustine’s University but remembers juggling political science classes, student government and Alpha Kappa Alpha sorority responsibilities.

“College is a place where a person learns how to balance,” said Jones, 25. “It exposes you to the person you have the potential of becoming.”

Duke helped Jones pursue that balance and her undergraduate degree from Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh. The Jones family received $23,723 in tuition grants over the course of her undergraduate education through Duke’s Children’s Tuition Grant, which provides funding to children of eligible Duke University employees. The family is also receiving the grant to help send the youngest daughter, Camille, to Howard University in Washington, D.C. After a deductible, eligible Duke employees receive up to 75 percent of Duke’s tuition per semester at any accredited college or university. Tuition for public colleges and universities in North Carolina is less than the deductible; therefore, the grant is not applicable.

In the past academic year, 1,116 children of Duke faculty and staff took advantage of the benefit, which helped send these children to many schools in North Carolina, including Duke, Elon University and Meredith College.

“This Duke benefit has had such a sweeping, positive impact on our families,” said Kyle Cavanaugh, Duke’s vice president for administration. “Not only does it

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provide financial relief to our parents and their children, but it also turns their higher education dreams into reality.”

Other large employers in Durham County don’t offer this type of tuition grant benefit, and many peer institutions around the country don’t provide a similar level of funding, which helps Duke recruit and retain top faculty and staff from across the country.

A helping hand among rising tuition costs Josh Taekman, the 18-year-old son of a Duke physician, decided on Carnegie Mellon University as his first choice because he was drawn to the computer science program.

He is learning about coding data types in programming language C and attends campus sporting events with his Swimming & Diving teammates.

“I was really interested in coming to one of the best computer science programs in the country and learning as much as I could about a subject I knew I was interested in,” Taekman said. “You can walk up to any person here and talk about code, and they’ll understand what you’re talking about.”

But before he set foot on the campus in Pittsburgh in 2014, he and his parents discussed how to pay for it. Duke’s tuition grant helped make it possible by covering about three-fourths of Carnegie Mellon’s annual tuition.

Dr. Jeffrey Taekman said the family has been saving, but with twin teenage daughters who will start college in 2016, increasing college costs outweigh the ability to save enough.

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Josh Taekman, son of Duke physician Jeffrey Taekman, studies in the computer lab of Carnegie Mellon University’s Gates Center for Computer Science. Photo by Carnegie Mellon University.

“Even as a physician, three simultaneous tuition payments would be overwhelming,” Dr. Taekman said. “We are unbelievably appreciative of the tuition benefit … the benefit makes more things possible.”

Nationally, between academic years 2009-10 and 2014-15, average in-state tuition and fees have increased by 17 percent at public, four-year institutions and by 10 percent at private, nonprofit four-year institutions, according to a 2014 study by College Board, a not-for-profit organization that provides college readiness programs and tests such as the SAT. “College prices are continuing to increase, faster than the pace of inflation,” said Jennifer Ma, a policy research scientist with College Board.

Learn more about the children’s tuition benefit at bit.ly/dukechildtuition

From left to right: Christian Jones graduates from Saint Augustine’s University in Raleigh in 2012; her sister, Camille Jones (center) sings at a Howard University vocal performance practice; Javier Octavio Diaz Orihuela (left) speaks with an economics professor at Wake Forest University; and Josh Taekman represents Carnegie Mellon University at a swim meet.

Advancing Careers Beatriz Orihuela de Diaz and her family moved from Caracas, Venezuela, about 14 years ago, when the political climate heated up and the crime rate skyrocketed.

Her son, Javier Octavio Diaz Orihuela, is a junior studying economics at Wake Forest University. He picked the campus for its business school reputation; his dream is to work in the automotive sector.

“I’ve always viewed college as a way to definitely advance your career,” said Diaz Orihuela, who turns 21 in July. “It’s pretty much a requisite that you go to college to have a successful life after high school.”

With help from Duke’s benefit, the family paid 27 percent of the total cost of tuition and fees to attend Wake Forest University in 2014-15.

“I am very proud of my son because he’s working hard,” said Orihuela de Diaz, a Duke Marine Lab research specialist in Beaufort. “I’m really thankful of getting

this help from Duke because otherwise, he wouldn’t be able to be at Wake Forest.”

An enduring impact Christian Jones, the staff assistant in Duke’s Academic Resource Center, graduated from Saint Augustine’s University in 2012 with $26,500 in student loan debt for all of her college expenses, including text books, room and board, and tuition – less than half of what her friends were paying back after graduation.

Graduating seniors at public and private nonprofit colleges across the country in 2013 owed an average of $28,400 in federal and private loans combined, according to the Institute for College Access & Success, a nonprofit research and policy organization working to increase college access and affordability.

The funding Jones received through Duke’s benefit has made her feel more financially secure, allowing her to maintain a healthy budget and consider going to law school.

“When we moved here and my mother told me that when I go to college, I would receive some assistance from the university, that really made me feel valued by Duke,” she said. “That really influenced my decision in applying to work at the university.”

Christian Jones, left, and her sister, Camille Jones, meet up on Duke’s campus. Christian Jones now works at Duke after using the tuition benefit toward her undergraduate degree from Saint Augustine’s University. Her sister is a vocal studies junior, and she is currently using Duke’s tuition benefit to attend Howard University.

Her mother, Michele Jones, an administrative assistant in the Duke Office of Undergraduate Education, said if the Duke benefit didn’t exist, the thousands of dollars that Duke has provided for her daughters’ education would have instead been paid by dipping into family savings or taking out loans.

“Duke’s not only interested in the education of its students, but the education of its employees’ children,” Michele Jones said. “To me, that speaks volumes.” n

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More Information Economics junior Javier Octavio Diaz Orihuela, son of Duke Marine Lab research specialist Beatriz Orihuela de Diaz, on Wake Forest University campus in Winston-Salem. Photo by Wake Forest University.

Duke’s Children’s Tuition Grant is available to University faculty and staff and is not available to Duke University Health System employees hired on or after Jan. 1, 1999. Duke Human Resources hosts seminars about the benefit; the next sessions are 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. on September 9, October 14 and November 11. Register at bit.ly/tuitiongrantseminar

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It Pays to Make Time for Time Off The average U.S. worker has steadily taken fewer days off

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isa Jindra enjoys the gothic stone and tree-filled walkways of campus, but when she’s looking to get away, her mind drifts to sun and sand.

Cancun, Panama City, Fort Lauderdale and Myrtle Beach are a few places she’s visited in recent years, taking time away from her job as a group fitness coordinator with Duke Recreation and Physical Education.

Lisa Jindra, a group fitness coordinator with Duke Recreation and Physical Education, took this photo while on vacation in Mexico.

“It’s quite a blessing to be able to take time off, even if it’s staying in Durham and checking out a new yoga studio, gardening or pressure washing my house,” Jindra said. “It’s an escape I’m grateful for.”

While Jindra will use about two weeks of vacation time each year, her situation may be different from others. Increasingly, the idea of vacation for American workers is changing.

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under a star-filled sky is instead being spent at a desk.

According to a report released in March by the U.S. Travel Association, the average worker has steadily taken fewer vacation and holidays off, from 21 days in 2000 to 16 in 2013. As a result, the study found employees forfeit earned benefits, with about a third of vacation days lost due to “use it or lose it” policies.

At Duke, a new, monthly-paid university employee receives 15 vacation days a year. The annual allotment of vacation days is more than the national average of 10 for a new employee, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Duke also offers three discretionary days and 10 paid holidays for university staff each year.

Carol Retsch-Bogart, employee assistance counselor with Duke’s Personal Assistance Service, said time away allows for employees to reset their minds and provides context for the importance of work-life balance.

While a commitment to one’s work is important, people should indulge in a variety of passions, Retsch-Bogart said.

“Sometimes we fall into a trap of feeling like we have to be a workaholic in order to feel better about our job performance and what we offer our colleagues,” she said. “But the truth is that allowing ourselves to take time away from work reminds us about the other parts of our lives that are important, especially with family and friends.” n

What Does Your #DukeTimeOff Look Like?

Duke staff and faculty are invited to share photos from their time away from the office on Twitter and Instagram using #DukeTimeOff or through the online submission form at hr.duke.edu/duketimeoff.

The Working@Duke Editorial Team will award prizes all summer, including a one-night stay with breakfast at the Washington Duke Inn & Golf Club. Photos must be taken and shared between May 18, 2015 and August 10, 2015. Learn more at hr.duke.edu/duketimeoff.

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Avoid Hefty Cellular Fees on Travel Abroad Tips from Duke’s Office of Information Technology for cutting bills

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he IT team at Duke Corporate Education receives and reviews about 30 cell phone bills per month, many for staff who travel abroad on business.

Sometimes, Kevin Maughan runs across a bill in the thousands of dollars, largely due to an employee forgetting to turn off data roaming or traveling without a global plan.

“In one instance, two of our employees traveled to our office in Johannesburg, South Africa, on a short term assignment. We hadn’t planned well enough and their existing plans did not offer high enough data plans,” said Maughan, director of IT at Duke Corporate Education. “So in the first month, we ended up with $3,000 in data plan charges for each of them.”

Using a mobile device during international travel can lead to expensive but avoidable fees for roaming or other data usage. Several years ago, the telecom research company CCMI found that of 200 companies surveyed, one third spent $1,000 to $3,500 per month per employee on international roaming charges. In some extreme instances, individual monthly bills were $10,000 to $200,000.

Duke’s Office of Information Technology (OIT) has resources to help Duke community members avoid hefty roaming charges while traveling abroad.

Turn off data roaming One of the biggest ways to rack up bills is to let your mobile device roam for a different network signal in a foreign country. To avoid having your network provider bill for this, turn off cellular data, or set your phone to airplane mode. Remember: applications use data in the background, so disabling apps, push notifications, and sync features will cut data use.

Buy an international package before travel Contact your wireless provider and inquire about rates and options for activating a global phone plan and check coverage

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Find more global tech resources, including country-by-country recommendations, at oit.duke.edu/traveltips

maps. Duke employees using Duke-owned phones should check with the department’s business manager to activate an international plan. “If you don’t, you could be in for a big surprise when you get home,” said Kevin Davis, global services program director for OIT.

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If you will be working, visiting or studying abroad long-term, you might consider buying a shortterm, prepaid cell service at your destination. On arrival, you can often buy an inexpensive local phone or activate service on your existing phone. Still, you need to take action before you leave the U.S. “Most American providers restrict your cell phone to work in their network, and you have to visit their store in person before leaving to get your phone unlocked for an international carrier,” Davis said.

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Use Wi-Fi and free calling apps Instead of cellular data, look for access to free Wi-Fi whenever and wherever possible. If you’ve set your phone to airplane mode, you can just turn Wi-Fi on. Consider using apps like Skype for low-cost calling back to the U.S. Duke’s encrypted, secure VPN (virtual private network) service works on most cell phones and is recommended when using public Wi-Fi networks.

“The thing we are always coaching our staff about is the ever increasing presence of free Wi-Fi services,” said Maughan, the director of IT at Duke Corporate Education. “The single most expensive event is still the international voice call while traveling.

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The Reimagined Workspace Unconventional design encourages colleague collaboration

The Gross Hall atrium was designed to bring in natural light and provide two floors of comfortable meeting space.

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very afternoon round 3 p.m., the smell of freshly baked chocolate chip cookies wafts down the halls of Gross Hall as a Social Science Research Institute student removes the treats from the oven and plates them for employees, students and visitors.

Along with the lure of free cookies and coffee every afternoon, the rows of workstations and clusters of sofa chairs pull people in to encourage conversations and the birth of interdisciplinary projects.

“No one needs to be tied to a desk anymore,” said Lauren Dunn Rockart, the architect with Lord Aeck Sargent in Chapel Hill who helped redesign Gross Hall. “It’s about being close to people with common interests. We see less and less departmental ownership. It’s more about what you’re working on and what you want to be working on.”

When one thinks of open-office design, Silicon Valley workspace innovators such as Google come to mind, with playground-style slides and mobile office furniture. At Duke, departments are finding unique ways to marry academic needs with office design.

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In Duke’s Fuqua School of Business, associate professor Gráinne Fitzsimons leads her daytime MBA students in a case study that examines how workplace design can be utilized to fulfill business needs. Instead of confined private offices or cubicles, more open floorplans allow for coworker interaction throughout the day, Fitzsimons said.

“People are able to say, ‘Hey, what are you working on there?’ ” she said. “Moving to this more collaborative workspace really makes sense if you want to spark a lot of impromptu conversations and if you want to have a lot of heterogeneity in terms of ideas.”

Creation of Collision Space A framed napkin hangs in Thomas Nechyba’s office. Tiny squares on the napkin comprise a sketch his wife created of the dream layout for the Social Science Research Institute in Gross Hall.

Nechyba and his coworkers moved into Gross Hall in August 2013. Once a bunker-like building that was built in 1968 for chemistry labs, Gross Hall was retrofitted to allow for more natural light and open space, a big change that Nechyba welcomed.

“I’m a big believer in architecture helping to accomplish institutional goals,” said Nechyba, the institute director. “If we could figure out how to design a space well and make it something dramatically different, then it could essentially be the foundations of a reimagined institute.”

Today, institute staff work in a “fish bowl” in which private office walls and doors are glass, allowing for transparency and colleague interaction. A portion of the institute’s 15,000 square feet is dedicated to common space, where employees and students can “collide” by meeting at worktables. There’s a micro-kitchen, writable

“The Connection” in Gross Hall’s Social Science Research Institute includes a cafe with free coffee and afternoon cookies, study tables and sofa chairs, and writable glass walls and whiteboards.

glass walls and whiteboards, which allow people to “linger in the space and exchange ideas,” Nechyba said.

The nearby Gross Hall atrium pulls in natural light from big ceiling windows, and chairs and tables are situated around rectangular space for studying and meetings.

“It has fundamentally changed the organization,” Nechyba said.

vision for an open workspace; Duke Facilities Management responded with a large-scale demolition, and the drywall partitions were pulled out of the Erwin Mill space to create a large room.

Today, natural light filters in from original textile mill windows onto a small kitchen and a modern purple couch facing a flatscreen TV. Computer workstations flank a white rectangular worktable, and the space is covered with commissioned artwork depicting interpretations of behavioral economics topics.

“You don’t feel like you’re bothering anyone when you just walk up to their desk,” said lab manager Aline Grüneisen. “There’s no pressure to constantly be at your desk.”

Design elements honor historic Duke Most days, Holly D’Addurno will prop open the double glass doors of the Duke Cancer Center’s Resource Center, allowing beautiful piano music played by volunteers to reach her ears.

On the ground floor of the Cancer Center, D’Addurno, director of Cancer Patient Education, helps patients research diagnoses and treatments.

Removing the cube farm The home of the Center for Advanced Hindsight is part playroom, part art exhibit, part living room and lab space, where about 25 researchers spend odd hours studying human behaviors.

As the center uses the power of hindsight to explain the present, from dissecting healthcare issues to studying dating behaviors, hindsight was also used to plan its current workspace.

The play-art-living-lab room in Bay C of the Erwin Mill building was designed in 2011 with bright color and open space in mind to encourage researchers to share project information with each other.

“We have lots of people who do things that are related, but not exactly, on the same project, and imagine multiple people running studies,” said Duke professor Dan Ariely, director of the Center for Advanced Hindsight. “How do you help them see if there are opportunities to do things at the same time that would benefit everybody?”

The center moved from the basement of Duke’s Fuqua School of Business four years ago, when the researchers worked in cubicles that didn’t accommodate group brainstorm sessions. Ariely led the

Duke’s Center for Advanced Hindsight uses its modern living room space for team meetings.

The lobby of Duke Cancer Center was designed to resemble more of an upscale hotel than a medical building.

Employees and patients enjoy the Cancer Center’s open ground floor lobby, from the atrium’s natural light to the café. The Cancer Center, which opened in 2012, incorporates design elements that honor historic Duke, such as floor patterns modeled after Duke Chapel’s stained glass windows and the atrium’s feature wall hinting at the Chapel arches.

Even with historic ties, patients describe the lobby as a modern, upscale hotel. Adjacent to the front help desk is a fireplace and area rugs spotted with living room furniture.

“There’s so much more interaction with people, with people at the front desk and transporters and security,” D’Addurno said.

Greg Warwick, Duke University’s Medical Center architect, said the open, high-traffic areas are strategically planned to give patients, families and employees a place to comfortably meet or relax.

“If the route to a destination can be made useful and pleasant, we are making quality environments in an economical way,” Warwick said. “We get more value out of the space we built.” n

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Add Duke Flair to Summer Reading

Irrationally Yours: On Missing Socks, Pickup Lines, and Other Existential Puzzles

By Dan Ariely, James B. Duke Professor, Fuqua School of Business

Dan Ariely teams up with The New Yorker cartoonist William Haefeli to present an expanded, illustrated collection of the popular Wall Street Journal advice column, “Ask Ariely.” Topics range from serious to curious, from “What’s the best way to get someone to stop smoking?” to “Is it possible to put a price on the human soul?” “With Irrationally Yours, I hoped to bring some of the questions and answers from my Wall Street Journal column to a broader audience with the hope that it might help more people with the dilemmas they might face in their own lives,” Ariely said.

Gone in a Heartbeat: A Physician’s Search for True Healing

Faculty books offer entertainment while highlighting research

By Dr. Neil Spector, associate professor of medicine and of pharmacology and cancer biology, Duke Department of Medicine

In 1994, Neil Spector was an avid athlete and married to the woman of his dreams with a promising future in cancer research, when a mysterious illness brought him to the brink of death. As he recounts his personal approach to medicine, Spector encourages readers to never surrender and tells of courageous patients who served as role models. “I have spent my entire professional career trying to improve the lives of others through my research and clinical practice,” Spector said. “The book has allowed me to continue that work in a different, but equally powerful way.”

Wild Connection: What Animal Courtship and Mating Tell Us about Human Relationships

By Jennifer Verdolin, visiting lecturer, Department of Evolutionary Anthropology

Jennifer Verdolin compares the courtship rituals and mating behaviors of animals to their human equivalents, exploring what humans could learn from the animal world when it comes to love. “Looking at how animals deal with some of these same issues can help us understand not only how to avoid some very common human mistakes, but also to learn how sometimes unconscious and powerful biological processes may be driving our behaviors,” Verdolin said.

The Power of the Past: Understanding Cross-Class Marriages

By Jessi Streib, assistant professor, Department of Sociology

What happens when individuals raised in different classes marry? Drawing upon interviews with spouses who revealed inner workings of their marriages, Jessi Streib shows that crossing class lines is not easy, and that even though these couples shared bank accounts, mortgages, children and friends, each spouse was still shaped by the class of their past and so was their marriage. “Our childhood class position shapes our personality, and stays with us even when we change classes,” Streib said. “In a time when the classes are coming apart, the book offers hope about how people can come together across class lines.”

Duke University’s Class of 2019 Summer Reading Book Fun Home, By Alison Bechdel

This graphic novel follows Bechdel’s relationship with her father, an English teacher and director of a funeral home, which she and her family call the “Fun Home.” Later, when Alison comes out as lesbian, she discovers her father was also gay, leaving Alison with a “legacy of mystery” to solve. “I think it will be a great vehicle for conversations among the incoming class about art and storytelling; about personal and sexual identities; about truth and lies, and the harm both can cause; and about judgment and forgiveness,” said Simon Partner, Duke Common Experience selection committee member and professor of history and director of the Asian/Pacific Studies Institute at Duke. n

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Parking Permit Renewal Begins June 8 Permit rates to rise from $1 to $16.75 per month, depending on permit type 2015-16 Employee Parking Permit Rates

Michael Jeanfavre, an apprentice trainer with Duke Recreation and Physical Education, submitted this photo collage in April as part of Duke’s Unpark Yourself Challenge, a sustainable commute competition.

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Old Monthly Rate $ 9.25 $ 13.00 $ 40.75 $ 46.25 $ 69.75 $ 83.50 $ 111.25 $ 134.25

New Monthly Rate $ 10.25 $ 14.25 $ 45.00 $ 51.00 $ 76.75 $ 92.00 $ 128.00 $ 147.75

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uke’s continuing enhancement of parking facilities will require a permit price increase to assist with infrastructure upgrades and additional parking capacity.

Beginning in August, rates for parking permits will increase from $1 to $16.75 per month, depending on permit type.

The change in price will affect all permits for students, faculty and staff with the average increase for employee permits growing $6.54 a month, about 50 cents less than the average increase last year.

In the past year, Duke has made significant infrastructure upgrades and enhancements to facilities across the University and Health System. A multi-phase project to install hands-free parking gates at 39 lots will be complete by 2016, allowing for better tracking of parking usage and behaviors, which will enable Duke to tailor resources better.

This spring, Duke also began building a $53-million garage at the Science Drive-Cameron Boulevard intersection. The garage will have 2,320 spaces.

“We have worked to remain very strategic in planning our traffic and parking plan for students, patients, faculty and staff, and visitors,” said Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration.

“As our campus population continues to grow, we’re working to mitigate constraints for those who choose to park on campus. We continue on our overall path of moving to a pedestrian space inside campus with more parking available along the outside edges.”

In addition to upgrades, Duke has focused on expanding sustainable commuting options. A 2014 survey conducted

by Parking and Transportation Services showed 29 percent of employees who completed the survey chose to walk, bike, carpool, vanpool, or telecommute instead of drive alone to work.

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Duke offers programs to help alleviate the need for a parking permit, from carpool and vanpool programs to the GoPass, a $25 regional bus pass that allows for unlimited rides on Triangle Transit and Go Durham (formerly known as DATA) buses for one year.

Community members using alternative transportation are eligible for perks, including a certain number of free daily parking passes a month when they need to drive to campus. Commuters can also purchase up to 20 daily parking passes each month for $4 each.

“We can help employees research a variety of alternative ways to get to campus,” said Alison Carpenter, manager of Duke’s transportation demand management program. “Transportation is one of the biggest chunks of Duke’s carbon emissions and important to address to reach our goal of being carbon neutral by 2024.” n

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How to Renew Employee permit holders with payroll deduction have permits that expire in August 2015. At that time, a new permit will automatically be mailed to faculty and staff. Because permits are mailed, employees should confirm their address by visiting “Manage My Parking Account” at parking.duke.edu by July 17. New permits will be mailed to the listed address, which is commonly a home address. Duke students, affiliates, and those not eligible for payroll deduction hold one-year permits and must renew using the online Manage My Parking Account option.

To learn more about Duke’s alternative commuting options, visit parking.duke.edu/alternative

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Know a Nurse?

Earn $2,500 as part of referral program

Polly Padgette, right, a nurse with Duke’s Infection Control Outreach Network, referred Shelby Lassiter, left, to a job at Duke last year.

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or years, Duke has been recognized as a “best employer” by many organizations and publications, from AARP to Carolina Parent and The Chronicle of Higher Education.

But sometimes, the best recommendation of an institution comes from its people.

“I feel like it’s an awesome place to work because we have lots of opportunities and one of the best benefit packages in the Triangle,” said Polly Padgette, a nurse with Duke’s Infection Control Outreach Network. “Time off is good, retirement is good, and we’re a world-renowned organization where you get to see things you wouldn’t see anywhere else.”

In nearly 20 years at Duke, Padgette said she’s used that kind of pitch to help woo almost 20 people to work within Duke’s Health System. For four, she’s used the Nurse Referral Program, a unique initiative that rewards all faculty and staff who successfully recommend a nurse for hire at Duke Hospital and Duke Regional

and Raleigh hospitals. In exchange for bringing on new talent, Duke may provide a referrer with an incentive of up to $2,500 per hire.

Between 2012 to 2014, 210 nurses were successfully hired through the Referral Program, with a majority of those coming onboard during the opening of the Duke Cancer Center in 2012 and Duke Medicine Pavilion in 2013, said Angela Pointer, manager for nurse recruitment at Duke Hospital. Along with getting new employees

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Refer A Nurse To participate in the Nurse Referral Program, employees must complete a form and submit it to Nurse Recruitment. The $2,500 incentive is contingent upon the referred nurse’s acceptance of a job offer and is paid with $1,250 after the referred nurse completes a 90-day trial period, and $1,250 after a year of continuous service

who can be vouched for by Duke’s workforce, using the Referral Program saves Duke money.

“Compared to placing ads or attending conferences to recruit, the cost per hire with the program is 50 percent less for experienced nurses,” Pointer said. “We already have great nurses with great experience, so a lot of times they’re referring somebody that has the same kind of ethics and passion the referring nurse would have.”

Shelby Lassiter, formerly of the North Carolina Quality Center, joined Duke as a nurse in Infection Prevention after being referred by Padgette in 2014.

“I wanted to come here because Duke gives me the opportunity to work with world-renowned leaders and you just don’t get that everywhere,” Lassiter said. “I want to make sure my practice as an infection preventionist is as up-to-date as possible and there’s no better place for me to be than right here.” n

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Learn how to participate in Duke’s Nurse Referral Program at hr.duke.edu/referanurse

Save Nearly 60 Percent on Football Season Tickets Employees have some of the best prices in Atlantic Coast Conference

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fter a 9-4 season and trip to a third straight bowl game, Duke football is offering employees a deal rarely found around the country – the same, low-price season tickets for three consecutive years.

Faculty and staff can cheer on the Blue Devils for $110 per season ticket in 2015, the same price as last season. They are eligible to lock in that price for 2016 tickets, too. It’s a discount of nearly 60 percent off the regular price of $250 and one of the most affordable season tickets in the Atlantic Coast Conference.

“The support that Duke faculty and staff show our program on game days is truly remarkable,” said head coach David Cutcliffe.

“Whenever we play in Wallace Wade Stadium, our players and coaches know they can look up and see the Duke community in their seats, cheering for us from start to finish.”

Duke will host six home games this season, including matchups against Georgia Tech and University of Miami. The annual Employee Kickoff Celebration is Sept. 12 against North Carolina Central University.

All reserved employee seats are in sections 3 to 10, which span the middle of Wallace Wade field between each 20-yard line. The 2015 season marks the rollout of some stadium enhancements, including fold-down, Duke-blue chairs with armrests, seating closer to the field, and a new, state-of-the-art multimedia video board.

“Fans can expect significant changes to Wallace Wade Stadium when they come out for the home opener on September 12,” said

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Chris Alston, director of football marketing and promotions.

“We’re working hard to offer a unique and special fan experience.”

To buy season tickets, call (919) 681-2583 or visit the Duke Athletics Ticket Office in Cameron Indoor Stadium. n

For the 2015 Duke Football schedule and more, visit goduke.com

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PERQS employee discounts

Fun in the Sun with Summer Discounts

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racy Holmes is planning her family’s next day trip to Carowinds and will ride Fury 325, the new 95 mile-per-hour rollercoaster, as her next thrill-seeking feat.

The last time she visited Carowinds, she rode Afterburn, a steel coaster with floorless cars.

“I love that rush,” said Holmes, a Duke Police first sergeant. “When you get all the way to the top and you know it’s getting ready to drop, it’s that feeling inside.”

By using PERQS, Duke’s employee discount program, Holmes saved $60 on four Carowinds tickets during her last visit. With the discount, staff and faculty pay $40 per ticket for ages 3 and up using the online code DUKE at carowinds.com.

Through June 15, Carowinds is offering “Duke Savings Days” when the price of one-day admission is further reduced to $35. Regular admission is $59.99.

From thrill rides to exotic animals, these discounts help employees save on summer fun:

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Score savings at a soccer match

Waterfall and mountain views

Make it a goal to see the Carolina RailHawks, North Carolina’s highestlevel soccer team. Employees receive 20 percent off tickets with promo code Duke for ticket orders at carolinarailhawks.com.

Robin Roach’s 11-year-old son, Devin, has played soccer for two years, and she has been able to introduce him to the professional-level game.

“As a family of four, some of these things can be quite expensive,” said Roach, a revenue manager for Duke Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

“PERQS allows us to stretch our dollars, but it also allows us to enjoy family time.”

Just 25 miles southeast of Asheville, Chimney Rock State Park offers mountain hiking trails, rock climbing and wildlife presentations. Visitors can take in 75-mile views atop Chimney Rock, elevation 2,280 feet. Receive $2 off adult admission and $1 off youth admission using discount code DUKEHR13 at chimneyrockpark.com.

Walk on the wild side Find African lions, blue poison dart frogs and polar bears at the North Carolina Zoo, home to about 1,600 animals and 52,000 plants. Ticket prices are $9 to $13, which is $2 off the regular price of admission. bit.ly/discountzoo.

Cool off at a water park Jobiel Arocho and his family travel every year to a water park.

Two years ago, they visited Water Country USA in Williamsburg, Va., and tried the slides, wave pool and the Hubba Hubba Highway lazy river.

“If I want to go anywhere, I check first if we have any discounts,” said Arocho, a credentialing specialist with the Credentialing Verification Office.

He saved about $10 per ticket using PERQS at the water park.

Receive a 20 percent discount when purchasing single-day tickets at bit.ly/dukewatercountry. n Compiled by April Dudash

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Sustainable uke YO U R S O U RC E FO R G R E E N N E W S AT D U K E

Program Makes Solar More Affordable

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‘Solarize Duke’ cuts residential solar installation cost

uke is area and receive a free home offering solar assessment by Southern faculty Energy Management or Yes! Solar and staff Solutions. Assessments provide one of its most unique custom estimates for each home employee discounts yet based on electricity needs. to not only cut costs, but Program sign-up runs carbon footprints as well. through June 30, and participants Through June 30, who decide to have panels employees can sign up installed must sign a contract by for the “Solarize Duke” July 31 to receive all discounts pilot program, which available. compounds state and When considering federal tax credits along participating, Duke employees with a discount to reduce Duke employees can receive discounted installation for solar panels at their homes through need to factor in historic Solarize Duke, a special program available through June 30. the cost of solar panel preservation and building codes, installation for their and other guidelines applicable homes. The program is a to local municipalities. These and economic benefits to our surrounding partnership between Duke’s Carbon Offsets may require additional inspections or communities.”

Initiative and Bass Connections in Energy approvals before work begins. n The same version of the Solarize with NextClimate, a North Carolina-based program has been offered to other area

By Bryan Roth nonprofit focused on sustainable actions. companies and municipalities, including Savings for at-home solar panels can Chapel Hill. be cut by nearly 60 percent through the That’s how Catherine Lavau, an program. For example, an average retail price associate professor in pediatrics at Duke’s of $21,250 for a 5-kilowatt system would be Department of Pediatrics, saved thousands reduced to approximately $8,640, according on solar panels for her family’s home as Average retail price $ 21,250 to Solarize Duke estimates. With good sun part of “Solarize Chapel Hill.” Installed in Solarize price, Tier 1* $ 19,750 exposure, the system is estimated to generate January, Lavau said her panels cover her about $700 of energy savings in the first year. monthly energy bill, which would run about 35% NC tax credit $ 6,913 “This project is a perfect example of $60 a month. how we continue to leverage our academic “It’s an investment we slowly recover Estimated federal tax credit $ 4,197 resources and talent on campus to address now but will get back when we eventually real world challenges in order to make Duke sell the house,” Lavau said. “It’s a moral Net cost $ 8,640 and the Triangle region more sustainable,” obligation to minimize our carbon footprint, said Charles Adair, program manager for and it’s great to know we’re producing our Costs are estimates for a typical 5-kilowatt home installation. An average 5-kilowatt panel system can the Carbon Offsets Initiative. “It’s a way own electricity, too.” create up to 600-kilowatt hours a month – about half for students, staff and faculty to come To participate in Solarize Duke, faculty what the average U.S. home uses in that time. Source: together and provide social, environmental and staff must own a home in the Triangle Solarize Duke. *Based on how many employees sign up.

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dialogue@Duke “ As a Duke graduate, how did your student experience help shape who you are now as a Duke employee?”

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I’ve spent a lot of time thinking about the challenges I faced as a Duke student interested in entrepreneurship, and I do whatever I can to help students overcome those same challenges. If I can help them, either through advice or by making an introduction to a Duke alumnus, I believe I can alter the trajectory for their careers and lives.”

Howie Rhee, ‘04 Managing director, Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, Fuqua Managing director, Student and Alumni Affairs, Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative 8 years working at Duke

When I was an undergrad, it was the ‘big four’ as far as desired careers went. Most people come into college pre-med, pre-law, pre-business or prebanking. In health care, changing the environment from one that’s just pre-med to one that’s more open to the other healthcare professions has been important to me.”

Rosie Canizares, ‘04 & ‘07 Clinician educator, Duke Doctor of Physical Therapy Division 8 years working at Duke

The director of graduate studies in my department had a really creative approach to supporting graduate students’ growth as scholars. For my dissertation, I studied mate choice in wild orangutans. But she supported me in pursuing a graduate certificate in women’s studies, as well as taking a domestic violence law class. Her willingness to understand individual students and support their unique paths deeply influenced the approach I now take in my work with Duke undergraduates.”

Beth Fox, ‘98 Director, Duke Academic Advising Center 5 years working at Duke

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