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department, Jim Speckart had heard a to deliver more information to an increasingly
lot about the nationally known Duke Just mobile campus.
economist but never actually talked with him. because A new suite of DukeMobile applications
But in July, Speckart tuned in from his enables users to browse campus events
desk to watch Dan Ariely on Duke’s new online
we can put calendars, access campus maps, check live
“Office Hours” and even asked a question about everything online, sports scores and view iTunes U and YouTube
Ariely’s research using Twitter. are we better for videos from mobile devices.
“When a professor works in your With Duke-specific mobile applications,
having done it? We
department, you may process their paperwork employees like Celeste Hodges with mobile
to get reimbursed, but you don’t ever get into need to identify the devices now have instant access to Duke
a conversation,” Speckart said. “Live online content worth promoting – whether it’s information even when away from their desks.
sessions like that allow the personal research data, course learning material, Hodges, a Web developer in the computer
communication that wouldn’t usually happen.” science department, uses the DukeMobile
New technologies like interactive webcasts student-produced content – and make applications on her iPhone to check the balance
and anytime-anywhere mobile applications that content accessible and usable.” on her Duke Flexible Spending Account, find
allow Duke to share knowledge with the world — Tracy Futhey out the hours for campus eateries and check the
and enable faculty and staff to interact, learn Duke’s Chief Information Officer latest Duke news while she’s waiting for a
and work in new ways – whether it’s meeting to start.
participating in an employee forum without Her favorite feature?
leaving the office or using a mobile device to “There’s no signage for a lot of buildings, so the
help a campus visitor find a building. maps feature really helps,” Hodges said. “Once, when I was outside walking at
“In focusing on mobility, online collaboration and the capture and lunchtime, a visitor to campus asked me where the physics building was. I
storage of video content, we’ve put together a rich set of tools that can help could pull it up on the iPhone and show her from where we were standing.”
all of us collaborate more efficiently,” said Tracy Futhey, Duke’s chief Other technologies reap benefits in terms of convenience and
information officer. “One of the biggest issues we face is simply keeping efficiency, making it easier for faculty and staff to access information
track of the new technologies that emerge every day and making thoughtful whenever and wherever they need it.
decisions about how best to take advantage of the potential for sharing Shanta Anthony, a regulatory coordinator for Duke’s medical oncology
information in a complex, constantly shifting environment.” clinical trials, had planned to attend the Primetime employee forum in
September to learn about the effects of the economy on Duke. But she
Convenience, Efficiency needed to care for her sick daughter at home and couldn’t attend. Because
As the pace of technology accelerates, Duke is at the forefront of the forum was webcast live, she watched from home and asked a question
exploring new ways to share digital content. through the Web. She was among 260 who watched online, more than the
Recognizing the importance of delivering information to an number of people who attended.
increasingly mobile campus, Duke deployed one of the most extensive “There are a lot of people who work from home some days. Or you
campus-wide wireless networks in 2008. Building upon initiatives like the may want to go but can’t pull yourself away from work,” Anthony said.
distribution of free iPods to first-year students and the launch of iTunes U
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s I write, I’m one day into Shape
Up Duke and a few hundred steps
shy of my first-day goal of 10,000
pedometer steps. I feel like I fit the bill
for a seminar offered to Shape Up
participants on Feb. 18:
Fitting in Fitness: Exercise
Options for Busy People.
Looking for pointers in advance,
I called Duke LIVE FOR LIFE, our
employee wellness program and
sponsor of the fitness challenge. I
talked with Liz Grabosky, fitness
program manager.
How do I meet my fitness goals?
Liz suggested scheduling fitness
by writing “exercise” or the planned
activity on your calendar. “One way to
make regular physical activity a reality
in your life is by choosing a time and
sticking to it,” said Liz, adding that the
most consistent exercisers workout in
the morning.
The benefit to an early workout is
getting exercise out of the way for the
day. The tradeoff: waking up earlier. Not
for me. Another option is an evening
workout, which may be more relaxing.
As I contemplate scheduling, I also
want to set realistic and healthy goals.
The “Goal Setting Guide” on the
Shape Up Duke website recommends a
minimum of 75 minutes of vigorous-
intensity or 150 minutes of moderate-
intensity activity each week for an
adult my age.
I asked Liz for examples of
moderate and vigorous exercise.
Moderate intensity can be a brisk walk
that noticeably increases the heart
rate; vigorous activity can be running,
which causes a substantial increase in
heart rate.
I plan to mix up my fitness
schedule and activity.
faculty and staff who made distinctive contributions at Duke during
the past year, will be accepted through Feb. 19. This award is the
highest award given to employees.
Five winners each receive $1,000 and a custom Presidential
Medallion. Up to twenty-five Meritorious Award winners each receive
$100. For nomination forms, call (919) 684-9040 or visit
hr.duke.edu/recognition/presidential.html.
Free help on income taxes
Employees who earn less than $27,075 for a one-member household
or less than $64,475 for a family of five can
get free tax preparation services through
Duke Law School’s Volunteer Income Tax
Assistance program (VITA).
Volunteers will take appointments at
the Duke University Federal Credit Union in
Erwin Square Plaza, 2200 West Main St.,
between 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. on these Fridays:
Feb. 5, 12, 26; March 19, 26; and April 2, 9. To
make an appointment, call (919) 684-6704.
VITA will also host volunteer sessions
by appointment at El Centro Hispano in
Durham on certain Saturdays in February, March and April.
VITA is one of Duke Law’s oldest pro-bono programs. In 2008,
it completed more than 200 returns with more than $330,000 in
refunds and more than $140,000 in tax credits.
For the schedule and more information, visit
law.duke.edu/student/act/vita.
Spring into shape with Duke Run/Walk Club
LIVE FOR LIFE’s 2010 Spring Run/Walk Club starts March 8, offering
faculty and staff extra motivation to exercise.
The club runs 12 weeks, from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. every
Monday and Wednesday. Beginners meet at the East Campus track,
across from Whole Foods on Broad Street. Walkers and advanced
runners gather in front of Wallace Wade Stadium.
“Running in a group is a wonderful social outlet,” said Patricia
Loughlin, marketing assistant for Duke Athletics and a Run/Walk
leader. “It’s also a great way to stay motivated.”
To learn more or enroll, visit hr.duke.edu/runwalk.
individual Duke employees and their families through Mutual of
Omaha dropped 9 cents—from 27 cents to 18 cents per $10,000 worth
of coverage. Family rates decreased from 47 cents to 30 cents per
$10,000.
Personal accident insurance is a voluntary benefit that
employees can buy any time. It covers death, dismemberment or
permanent total disability caused by an accident. Learn more at
hr.duke.edu/benefits/life/accident.html.
Greening office supply purchases
Duke has launched “Conserve Our Green,” a campaign to save money
and make purchasing office supplies through Corporate Express (now
Staples Advantage) more eco-friendly.
Online EWay orders that exceed $50 will receive a 1.25 percent
discount. Departments are encouraged to order supplies no more than
once a week. For more, visit www.procurement.duke.edu.
letters
to the Editor
I really loved the feature “Free Fun at Duke.”
I hope you continue to highlight more resources like this.
Maybe favorite quiet places on campus, resources like
borrowing DVDs, or art on campus.
David Stein
Senior Education Partnership Coordinator
Office of Community Affairs
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Get Started
with Medco
Prescription mail order saves money
ary Driebeek can’t

Follow these steps to order any
long-term prescription from Medco.
1. Create an online account at
medcohealth.com.
2. Select a preferred payment
option. Prescriptions are not
mailed until payment is
arranged.
3. Ask your physician for a
90-day prescription and to
send it to Medco.
Not online? Send your prescription
through the mail. Use the form at
hr.duke.edu/forms/pharmacy-
mail.html.
Have a question? Medco
pharmacists are on-call 24/7. (See
your Medco member card for the
number).
DID YOU KNOW?
Beginning March 1, pharmacies in
Duke Clinic, Duke Raleigh Hospital
and the Children’s Health Center
will offer the same pricing on 90-
day prescriptions as Medco Mail
Order but with walk-in service. The
pharmacies will also waive the $100
deductible for these prescriptions,
just like Medco. Learn more
hr.duke.edu/pharmacy.
M
avoid medication.
She regularly takes
several drugs to cope with
rheumatoid arthritis. But
for the past four years, she
has saved time, stress and
money by using Medco mail
order to have her medicines
delivered directly home.
Mail order is easy, said
Driebeek, a physician
assistant at Duke. When she
visits her doctor, the order
for her maintenance
medicine prescriptions is
sent directly to Medco. A Duke employee Mary Driebeek saves money and time by having prescription medicines mailed to her home.
few days later, the medicines
arrive in her mailbox. a time) can save money because the new $100 pharmacy
“I love it,” she said. “I don’t have to hold on to a deductible is waived for mail order. In addition, the co-pay
prescription. I don’t have to fax the prescription to Medco. for one 90-day prescription is cheaper than the equivalent
I don’t have to wait 45 minutes in line at the pharmacy. It co-pay at a retail pharmacy.
is all done electronically.” Driebeek said she saves at least $10 every three months
Medco even sends Driebeek an e-mail when it’s time to when she orders through Medco. For instance, if she uses a
buy more medicine. “I just log on to the Medco website generic medicine, Medco charges $20 for the 90-day
with my password and confirm that I want to purchase generic prescription with free shipping. If she bought the
more,” she said. “They have my prescription on record and generic medicine monthly at a retail pharmacy, she’d pay
$30 for 90 days of medication.
my health care reimbursement card on file, so it goes right
through. It’s very slick, and it means I don’t have to plan “If someone gives me a method to save $10, that’s like
any trips to the pharmacy.” being given a pizza on the weekend,” Driebeek said.
Medco mail order is available to all employees covered “Thanks, I’ll take it.”
by Duke medical insurance plans. — By Marsha A. Green
By using Medco mail order, employees who use Senior Writer, Office of Communication Services
maintenance medicines (those prescribed for 90 days at

Learn about Duke’s pharmacy benefit at hr.duke.edu/pharmacy.

Dean’s Dialogue: Advancing in
Challenging Financial Times
n March 2009, Provost Peter Lange charged the deans with reviewing their strategic plans.
I “Now, facing financial challenges and constraints in the face of a global recession,” Lange said, “we need to think again how best to advance our
strategic ambitions.”
These financial challenges look different within Duke’s schools and institutes, where revenue streams and expenses vary. Some schools, such as the
Nicholas School of the Environment, rely more heavily on endowments and research funding, while other schools like Duke Law depend more on tuition
as a primary revenue source.
Working@Duke recently asked William L. Chameides, dean for the Nicholas School of the Environment, and David F. Levi, dean for Duke Law,
how their schools are weathering the economic downturn, while advancing strategic priorities.
What is your school doing to
balance its budget in this
economic climate?
The Nicholas School is looking
at the economic downturn as an
opportunity to become more strategic;
in terms of efficiency as well as
building new revenue streams.
Research: The world faces complex
environmental problems. Despite the
economic downturn, we can anticipate
increased public and private funding to
William L. Chameides
study these problems and their
remedies. While our faculty already is highly productive in research, we
have developed a new strategic plan to be even more productive in the
coming years.
Undergraduate Education: The Marine Lab in Beaufort offers Duke
undergraduates a unique opportunity to spend a semester at a world-class
research facility on the Atlantic coast in a small class, experiential
learning environment for studies in the natural and social sciences. We
are committed to making the Marine Lab available to as many students
as possible and toward that end, we have ramped up our campaign to let
students know about the lab.
New Programs: We are exploring how we can attract a more diverse
population of American and international students through an expansion
of existing programs and development of new academic programs.
Outreach: Through an invigorated outreach program (e.g., the Duke
LEAF award given to Robert Redford last year), we are raising the
Nicholas School’s visibility and increasing our pool of friends and
supporters. We are most grateful to those who have given us a great start
to this year’s Annual Fund campaign.
How is your school advancing its strategic goals during
these tough financial times?
Our aspiration to create knowledge and
leaders of consequence for a sustainable future
is fundamental to all that we do, and we have
developed a new strategic plan to meet this
goal despite the economic times. We will place
greater emphasis on society’s most serious
environmental problems; e.g., energy and
climate, provisioning ecosystems and ocean
resources, and environmental health, and to do so by stressing
our strength – a multidisciplinary paradigm based on understanding
the connections between the natural world and social and human
institutions.
How will the financial crisis affect the environment field
in the years to come?
Despite the financial crisis, environmental programs will continue to
thrive. Given current environmental problems, funding for environmental
research and the need for environmental professionals and scientists
should not wane. Indeed last year saw a significant uptick in applicants,
and through proactive recruiting, we translated that applicant base into
one of our best classes ever.
A far greater concern is our resolve to steward the environment.
Some believe that economic well-being and environmental stewardship
are mutually exclusive and so, in times of economic stress, the
environmental must be sacrificed. One of our jobs at the Nicholas
School is to foster a better understanding of the role that the
environment plays in supporting our economic and physical well-being.
What is your school doing to
balance its budget in this
economic climate?
We are, to the maximum extent
possible, reducing administrative costs.
We saved half a million dollars through
cuts to less critical administrative services.
We have been very careful about filling
new positions on the administrative side.
We asked everyone to be careful about
travel and entertainment expenses, and
people have responded to that request.
David F. Levi
As everyone knows, we have had a salary
freeze – a sacrifice on the part of all our faculty and staff – and that
generated a significant savings. As a result, we have not been forced to lay
anyone off.
On the revenue side, we have
looked to our alumni to maintain
or expand giving, despite the
economic uncertainty. Giving is
down, but thanks to the efforts of
our annual fund team, we had a strong annual fund year last year and are
off to a solid start this year as well. We also admitted a few more students
to our LLM program, which generated some additional tuition income.
Our JD class is also large, but that is mostly due to a surge in
matriculations rather than a deliberate effort to raise tuition dollars; in
fact, because overall scholarship awards are at a record high, the actual
average cost of attending Duke Law went down this year.
How is your school advancing its strategic goals during
these tough financial times?
We are focused on the two critical areas that make a law school great
– faculty and students. We had a tremendous hiring year for faculty, and
because some of our peer institutions are more financially pressed than
we are, we think this is a time for Duke to make great hires. As to
students, because of the commitment of our alumni to help later
generations of students and because of the successful completion of the
financial aid initiative, we have been in a position to provide more in
scholarship aid than ever before. This helps us continue to attract some
of the best students in the country to Duke.
How will the financial crisis affect the field of law in the
years to come?
The legal economy has been disrupted over the past year and will
continue to be uncertain over the next year or two. This has had a
significant impact on career planning for our students and alumni. It is
unclear whether that disruption will accelerate existing trends or lead to
something very different. As I look at things now, it is my best judgment
that we will see relatively few long-term changes, and that what we may
in fact be seeing is a return to a more normal legal economy, such as that
which existed before the super-heated legal environment of the past five
years or so. If that is the case, we can live with that and do well.
TELL US
Working@Duke is seeking topics for future
Dean’s Dialogue features. What would you like to hear
about from one or more of Duke’s deans? Drop us a line at
working@duke.edu or Working@Duke Box 90496. A small prize
goes to the individual who submits a suggestion we publish.
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Duke has a good track record of being

open to innovation, said Michael J. Schoenfeld,
the university’s vice president for public affairs
and government relations.
“Before iTunes U and online office
hours, the only way a Duke employee could
experience the really exhilarating nature of
our faculty was to go to class,” Schoenfeld
said. “The more employees can see, hear and
experience what goes on in the classroom, the
more likely they are to feel connected to our
academic mission and want to make the
university better.”

‘A n t i d o t e t o
Cubicle Madness’
The technological revolution has
fundamentally altered the way people live and
work, said Cathy Davidson, a Duke professor
who studies digital learning.
“These technologies allow lots of
information to be exchanged between the
Mark Anthony Neal, a Duke professor of African and African American Studies, prepares for a live webcast in August of Duke’s online "Office maximum number of people with a
Hours” series. Thousands of viewers have tuned in to at least 18 different broadcasts. minimum amount of disruption to
everybody’s life,” said Davidson, professor of
“It’s great to be able to sit at your desk, just click a button – and you’re interdisciplinary studies and co-founder of HASTAC (the Humanities,
there. It’s so easy.” Arts, Science, and Technology Advanced Collaboratory). “The tricky part is
Ellen M. Ray, a business manager in the biomedical engineering that we have to relearn how and when to pay attention. We’re just
department, appreciates being able to watch webcasts of Primetime and beginning to understand
training programs at her convenience.

“
that.”
“With recorded webcasts, I can catch up after hours and not take a When she first
chunk out of my day,” Ray said. “If I’m not sure of something, I can just
These
joined Duke in 1989,
replay it.” no one envisioned the online
Beginning last fall, Duke’s online “Office Hours” series – inspired by possibility of entirely connections make
the casual conversations sparked when professors leave their doors open for virtual conferences such your world larger.
students to wander in – invited the public to “join the conversation” about as those held by her
current events and research at Duke.
You’re not just an
network.
The broadcasts are noon on Fridays, accessible on Duke’s Ustream “We had alienated person
channel: ustream.tv/dukeuniversity. participants from Duke, at a desk. It’s the
Speckart, the staff specialist in Duke’s economics department, is among Germany, England, antidote to cubicle madness.”
thousands of viewers who have tuned in to 18 “Office Hours” broadcasts Brazil, Costa Rica,
through December. Topics have ranged from race and medicine to the New Singapore, and no one — Cathy Davidson
Duke professor who studies digital learning
Testament, the legacy of Michael Jackson and the state of Muslim left their desk,”
Americans since Sept. 11, 2001. Davidson said. “With
For Speckart, the sessions offer an opportunity to continue learning in the economy, everybody’s travel funds are limited. Instead of costing
a setting that encourages interaction. “When you’re watching in a big hall thousands of dollars to fly everyone in, it cost maybe $1,000.”
with 200 other people, you feel more inhibited about asking questions,” he Research suggests that digital technologies actually boost social
said. “This feels more intimate.” interaction and workplace productivity, Davidson said.

DUKE THROUGH TH

Duke wins User

Excellence Award
Tel-Com introduces from Network World
pager service that lets in recognition of
users connect directly SWAT (Students With
USENET network with a call rather than Access to
created by two Duke going through an Construction Ethernet Technology). Three-
Duke gets direct graduate students and operator; also announces begins on Duke connections quarters of 6,000
IBM 650 – one of in-dialing, another at UNC. They a new computerized, University Cable and cable TV incoming students
IBM’s early removing need wrote conferencing remotely accessible Television to student were connected to
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computers – for switchboard software linking the voice-messaging system Systems. residence halls the network before
installed at Duke. operators. two institutions. called voicemail. completed. school started.
1930

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Duke Telephone Triangle Universities Duke Duke Dialogue DukeNet, a Duke’s Office Information Technology
Service created; Computation Center Telecommunications reports that campus-wide, of Information Advisory Council (ITAC)
first phone formed as cooperative building opens. "Electronic Mail is high-speed, Technology established “to support
directory. venture to provide growing in popularity fiberoptic network, established. the academic mission of
mainframe computing on campus," now installed and the University through
services for Duke, available for all staff. tested in campus appropriate use of
N.C. State and UNC- buildings, information technology.”
Chapel Hill. including Fuqua Members include faculty,
and the undergraduate and
Engineering graduate students, as well
School. as IT representatives from
various areas.

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DukeMobile (m.duke.edu)
The DukeMobile suite of applications delivers
information about Duke to multi-touch mobile
devices like the iPhone and iPod touch, and to
other devices that use wireless access points,
such as the Blackberry. Users browse campus
news and events, check campus maps and live
sports scores, view digital materials from 20
library collections and access videos from
iTunes U and YouTube.

Ustream (ustream.tv/dukeuniversity)
Duke’s partnership with Ustream provides the
university with a live interactive platform to
highlight its faculty and events through
Celeste Hodges, a web developer in the computer science department, uses her iPhone to check streaming video, which Duke and the public
Duke’s mobile maps feature on campus. can watch and share online. Tune in to Duke’s
Ustream channel for “Office Hours” and
“These online connections make your world larger,” she said. “You’re “DukeReads.”
not just an alienated person at a desk. It’s the antidote to cubicle madness.”
With the pace of technological development, the challenge may be
information overload, which is why Duke is exploring new ways to archive
Primetime (hr.duke.edu/primetime)
digital content. These quarterly forums provide a venue for
“We increasingly find ourselves in a digital arms race, rushing to make staff and faculty to hear directly from senior
everything available in every way from anywhere,” said Futhey, Duke’s chief administrators on significant issues and events
information officer. “But just because we can put everything online, are we at Duke. Recordings of the sessions are
better for having done it? We need to identify the content worth promoting available online.
– whether it’s research data, course learning material, student-produced
content – and make that content accessible and usable.”
Duke is exploring several new ways to do just that with platforms to
In the works
showcase some of the university’s best videos and to bring together A new “Duke On Demand” website will
Facebook and Twitter feeds from organizations across campus. showcase some of the university’s best videos,
The university setting offers a unique opportunity to experiment with similar to the popular Hulu service, which offers
new technologies while still preserving traditional campus connections, said free online
Schoenfeld, the vice president for public affairs and government relations. streaming
“If we just watch our first-year students, we’re always going to get a video of TV
sneak preview of what’s coming next,” Schoenfeld said. “At the heart of it shows and
all is the campus experience. That’s what exciting about working at a movies.
university. We’ve been here forever, but we’re constantly changing.” Another site
will bring together Twitter feeds and other
— By Cara Bonnett social media offerings from organizations
Managing Editor, News & Information across campus.
Office of Information Technology

H E D I G I TA L Y E A R S

Duke begins a project

to expand wireless Duke announces
coverage to the entire plans to convert DukeMobile, a suite of new
main campuses, all phone service customized applications for
2008

2009

Duke distributes about including 29 residence The Link, a new teaching and on the main mobile devices, allows users
2009
2008

1,600 iPods to freshmen to halls. Covering more learning center designed to campus, including to browse campus events
Duke’s Center encourage creative uses of than 6 million square link technology services with the health system, calendars, access campus
February

February
2004

for Instructional technology in education and feet, Duke’s deployment innovative teaching spaces to Voice over maps, check live sports scores
1999

Spring
April

Technology campus life, as part of the will create the largest and learning tools, opens in Internet Protocol and view videos from iTunes U
founded. Duke Digital Initiative. hot spot to date. Perkins Library. (VoIP). and YouTube.

An “online office hours”

2009
2008
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2006

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Duke establishes its Duke launches Duke works with Apple to Duke launches As part of the Duke
first online website. Duke Today as launch its own iTunes U space, its own YouTube Digital Initiative, Duke series enables the public
daily online enabling students to access channel. offers several hundred to interact with leading
Fall
May

Fall

publication digital course materials, set up digital camcorders to Duke professors as part
for news course podcasts and exchange faculty and students of the university’s latest
about the multimedia content. who want to explore initiative to use new
Duke new uses of video in media to share its
community. teaching and learning. research and knowledge
with the world.

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 Start 2010 with two
free nutrition consults
eslie Melby exercises, eats right they are confident they can reach,”

L and has no major health

Cut back on
office snacking
• Take small portions when
colleagues share treats.
We get the most pleasure
from the first few bites
of rich food.
• Choose low-calorie drinks
like hot tea rather than
soda.
• Stash healthy snacks
(nuts and dried fruits)
in your desk.
DID YOU KNOW?
In addition to the two free consultations,
Duke’s medical insurance plans cover up
to six nutrition consults. Co-payments
are $15 to 20 per visit.
problems. But she cares enough
about her health to meet with a
registered dietitian through LIVE
FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee health
promotion program.
“I had a free session last year, and
I got great tips on eating healthy,” she
said. “But I’ve reached a roadblock
with regard to weight loss. I just can’t
seem to lose the last five pounds.”
Like all benefits-eligible Duke
employees, Melby, an administrative
fellow with Ambulatory Care Services,
is eligible for two hour-long nutrition
consultations each year at no charge.
To make an appointment, faculty and
staff may call (919) 684-3136.
Kelly Velotta, nutrition manager
for LIVE FOR LIFE, said employees
visit with a variety of questions from
how to lower their blood pressure to
how to spice up a bland diet. But the
most common concern, she said, is
how to lose weight.
“We help people
understand what and
why they are eating,
and work with them to
set two or three goals
Velotta said.
Melby’s consultation started with a
registered dietitian asking about her usual
breakfast; whether she gets her salad
dressing on the side; what vegetables
she ate for dinner the night before
and whether she snacks before bed.
Melby posed questions to the
dietitian, too.
“I hate skim milk, is it okay just
to wean myself down to 1 percent?”
Yes, said Susan Johnson, the registered
dietitian. “Are sweet potatoes better
than regular potatoes?” Not better,
Johnson replied, just different in
vitamins and fiber.
After determining that Melby’s
diet was fairly healthy, the
conversation quickly moved to goal-
setting around weight loss.
“I used to munch in the evening,
but I’ve gotten over that,” Melby said.
“Now the temptation is snacking in
the office.”
A quick review of possible
solutions included packing healthy
snacks from home with extra protein
such as cheese or peanut butter to
help her feel more full.
Duke employee Leslie Melby, right, learns how to adjust her
diet for better health during a free LIVE FOR LIFE nutrition
consult with Susan Johnson, a registered dietitian.
“It was good to get affirmation that
I was on the right track, and just
needed to make small tweaks,” Melby
said. She now brings yogurt, apples and
cheese to eat at the office. “I’m staying
fuller longer now that I am eating more
protein, and that makes it easier to stick
to my calorie limit,” she said.
Melby plans to experiment with
her new habits for a few months and
return for her second consult.
“I love that Duke offers these
consults as a free benefit,” she said. “I
think everyone should take advantage
of them. What have you got to lose?”
— By Marsha A. Green
Senior Writer, Office of
Communication Services

For all LIVE FOR LIFE benefits, visit hr.duke.edu/liveforlife

Help a co-worker, learn a language

hile teaching English in Japan from 2001 to 2003,

W Annette Lindsay picked up enough Japanese to hold

Want to sign up?
• Go to ihouse.studentaffairs.
duke.edu/programs and
select the “Duke
Language Partners” link.
• Fill out the online form.
• The program will work to
find a partner with a
matching language
request.
• International House will
contact partners once
they’ve been paired.
6 Writer, Office of Communication Services
conversations. After returning to the United States,
she had a hard time keeping the foreign language up to par.
So last year, she turned to a unique Duke program.
Lindsay, an advisor in Duke’s Visa Services office, is
one of more than 150 people who work with other Duke
students and employees to learn another language through
the International House’s Language Partners Program.
“The world is becoming a smaller place and it’s definitely
important to learn how to interact and communicate with
people from other cultures,” Lindsay said. “It’s an ideal way
to grow individually and professionally.”
The 20-year-old program, open at no charge to Duke
students, faculty and staff, covers a variety of languages from
French to Chinese to Urdu, which is spoken in Pakistan and
Annette Lindsay, left, an international student and scholar advisor with Duke
India. Language Partners takes participants who want to Visa Services, visits Brightleaf Square with former Language Partner Yumiko
learn a language and matches them with a partner who Oshita, center, and current language partner, Mari Moritani, right, both of whom
wants to improve their skills at their partner’s language. are spouses of Duke graduate students.
Last year, Lindsay began meeting with the spouse of a To take part in the program, participants complete an
Japanese graduate student. They met once a week for an online form and explain what language they want to learn
hour or two, splitting time between working on Lindsay’s and what they can teach. The International House then
Japanese and her partner’s English. They worked on assigns partners. The program lasts for the duration of
exercises to improve conversational language and brought in Duke’s academic year.
pictures to describe them in English and Japanese. Yoko Hisano, program coordinator with the
“It was nice to form that friendship and help them,” International House, said participants need to express a
Lindsay said. “I think I was also able to help my partner genuine interest in learning a new language. Pairs create
adjust to life in Durham and American culture and make their own lesson plans to teach each other and are expected
her feel more at home.” to meet at least once a week.
Lindsay said she joined the program because she “It’s a great way to expand your horizons,” Hisano said.
thought it would be fun and rewarding to help someone “If someone wants to learn something new, this is the best
learn English. Lindsay said it was important to learn about way to do it. It also doesn’t cost anything, while a language
other cultures and languages to help with her job in the class or computer program would.”
Visa Services office, where she interacts with international
— By Bryan Roth
students daily.

ihouse.studentaffairs.duke.edu
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YO U R S O U R C E F O R G R E E N N E W S AT D U K E

Grassroots Green: reducing our

emissions from the ground up
n announcing Duke’s plan to become climate neutral by 2024, President Richard Brodhead called on Duke

I community members.
“The reductions require that we make smarter choices about energy use, transportation and other facts of daily life,”
he said. “We must challenge ourselves to be more thoughtful about our habits and imaginative about needed changes.”
The university produces about 300,000 metric tons of carbon emissions annually. While significant reductions will be
achieved through institutional changes like converting from coal to natural gas, a large percentage will fall to the decisions and
behaviors of people who work, study and live at Duke.

5 ways you can make a difference at Duke

1StartTakeby making
the pledge.
a commitment.
3Electricity
Turn it off.
is the largest
Add your name to the Sustainable Duke Pledge, portion of Duke’s overall
which states, in part: “I will consider the environmental, greenhouse gas emissions. While
social and economic impact of my daily decisions and Duke is implementing institutional
make every changes like creating more energy
effort to reduce efficient buildings, help do your part by
my ecological turning off equipment and lights when not in use.
footprint.” “The meters are still churning at night because lights,
Kristi computers and office equipment are left on when many
Viles, who offices are closed,” Capps said. “Turning off a light when you
holds a leave a room may seem small, but if you add up collective
doctorate and electricity used, you would see a significant difference.”
is a research analyst in the Division of Surgical Sciences, is
among more than 3,300 employees and students who have
pledged. 4Commuting
Share a ride.
miles by employees represents the largest
“My husband and I carpool to Duke together, we
single component of Duke’s transportation emissions. The
stay on campus for lunch, we use the stairs instead of the
primary reason: 72 percent of Duke’s employees drive alone
elevator,” she said. “I even bring materials home that I
to work, according to a recent Triangle Transit survey.
can’t recycle here at work.”
“One of the biggest impacts employees can make
Pledge now at duke.edu/sustainability
to reduce carbon emissions is sharing a ride with a
co-worker,” Capps said.
2DoWeigh In.
you know
how much carbon you
produce at Duke?
Learn by using the Duke offers carpool and vanpool incentives, as well
Duke Carbon Calculator as discount city and regional bus passes at a savings of up
to see how much carbon to 60 percent.
you emit while eating, Learn more at parking.duke.edu and select
traveling, working or living “alternative transportation.”
on campus.
Individuals receive a
“Carbon Report Card” that 5Duke
Give it a second chance.
sends more than 10,000
includes overall emission
tons of waste to the landfill
results and a breakdown
annually. Efforts to reduce, reuse
by category.
and recycle are making a
“Once people see their
difference. While the university has
overall emissions, we offer them specific tips and
grown the last two years, trash
suggestions about how they can start their carbon diet
disposal has not, recycling has increased
and reduce their footprint at Duke,” said Tavey Capps,
11 percent. But more is needed.
Duke’s environmental sustainability program director.
Start by reducing your waste–avoid items that
are disposable or heavily packaged. Reuse items when
Carbon Calculator possible or donate them to others. If you have to dispose
of something, recycle any components you can like
aluminum, paper, cardboard and plastics numbered 1–7.
Crunch your numbers at duke.edu/
Learn what and where you can recycle at
sustainability/calculator
duke.edu/sustainability/campus_initiatives/waste
— By Paul Grantham
Assistant Vice President
Office of Communication Services
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Stay informed about sustainablility at duke.edu/sustainability
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PERQS E M P LOY E E
D I S CO U N TS

Surprise your sweetheart, savor the savings

C
elebrate Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14 with a gift that will lift your loved one’s spirits – and save you money through PERQs, Duke’s
employee discount program.

Be a good sport Delegate!

Treat the sports fan in your life to a daily dose of
team spirit. Football Fanatics offers a 10 percent
discount on all items ordered online. Described as
“the ultimate team superstore,” Football Fanatics
offers everything from T-shirts to toothbrushes –
and not just for football fans. Select memorabilia from college teams,
national leagues, world soccer and even the Vancouver 2010
Olympics. Visit hr.duke.edu/discounts and select “Clothing & Shoes” to
find the link to Football Fanatics and the Duke discount code, then
shop at footballfanatics.com.
A touching gift
The bodywork team at Duke Integrative Medicine
offers many types of massage, including Swedish,
deep tissue, sports and pregnancy/postpartum.
With a 20 percent discount on therapeutic
services, prices start at $40 for 25 minutes. Visit
dukeintegrativemedicine.org.
Beautiful, bountiful beads
For a full list of Duke’s oldest and largest full-service bead shop is
PERQS discounts, visit heaven for someone who adores jewelry. The
hr.duke.edu/discounts Bead Room offers a 10 percent discount on
gemstones, glass beads and jewelry-making
classes. Check out the options at beadroom.biz
Help your special someone clean up with a gift
card from A-1 Busy Bodies Maid Service. From
routine dusting, vacuuming and window cleaning
to organizing the closet or shining silver, a three-
person team can take a messy room and clean it
up. With a 10 percent PERQS discount, cost is $81 per hour. Call (919)
383-5854 for details.
Show off your good taste
You don’t have to travel far to get
a taste of Italy. Maggiano’s Little
Italy on Renaissance Parkway in The Streets at Southpoint offers
Duke employees a 10 percent discount Monday through Thursday.
Take a peek at the menu at maggianos.com.
Bed and breakfast at Duke
Check into the R. David Thomas Executive
Conference Center on campus for a relaxing night
away. Duke employees get comfortable
accommodations, access to all guest lounges and
amenities and a breakfast buffet, all for $99
(discounted from $150). For more information, e-mail
reservations@fuqua.duke.edu.
— Compiled by Marsha A. Green,
Senior Writer, Office of Communication Services

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