My August 2006 Visit to Duke

[WhatsYourMajor]

<p>Probably one of the most spectacular campuses in the United States, Duke University’s forest, gardens and monolithic buildings exceeded our expectations of beauty as we arrived on campus. </p>

<pre><code>Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes were a Durham family that manufactured tobacco and developed electricity production in the Carolinas.
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<p>Formerly Trinity College, Duke traces its roots to 1838, when Methodist and Quaker communities opened Union Institute in nearby Randolph County. Then named Trinity College, the school moved to Durham in 1892. </p>

<p>In December 1924, the James B. Duke family philanthropic foundation, The Duke Endowment provided for the expansion of Trinity College into Duke University, which is today one of the most comprehensive, private, highly selective universities in the US. </p>

<p>Located near the Research Triangle Park that encompasses Raleigh, Chapel Hill and Durham, and is home to around one million people, as well as 140 private, governmental, research, and non-profit companies.
Physical and academic expansion lead to the original Durham campus becoming the East Campus, rebuilt in Georgian architecture. The landmark of West Campus’ Gothic architecture is Duke Chapel. </p>

<p>Undergraduates enroll in either the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences or the Pratt School of Engineering, in the 322,000-square-foot Fitzpatrick Center.
Pratt offers Biomedical, Civil and Environmental, Electrical and Computer, and Mechanical and Materials Science; with a cross-disciplinary emphasis. </p>

<p>In addition to the over 40 majors and minors offered at Duke, 16 certificate programs supplement a major area of study with an interdisciplinary approach.
Bryan University Center, the hub of West Campus life offers dining, study lounge, student organization offices, theaters and the Gothic Bookshop and University Store. </p>

<p>What Duke is Looking For</p>

<p>According to Jennifer Dewar, Senior Admissions Officer, Duke seeks students who are engaged in learning, and connect with and challenge the learning process: students who may have had extracurricular or life experiences giving them the potential to impact campus. </p>

<p>Duke’s web site seeks students “who make intelligent and interesting mistakes, students who understand that only in risking failure do we become stronger, better, and smarter….(students who are) “open to change,” (and) “ambitious and curious” According to Ms. Dewer, nearly 19,000 applications were received for 1630 undergraduate openings for 2006-07.</p>

[warblersrule]

<p>You might want to transfer this into a [visit</a> report](<a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/index.html]visit”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/visits/index.html). It’s still a new feature, and Duke could do with a few more visits.</p>

[CC_Admin]

<p>I’d say you both visited Duke and <a href=“http://dukenews.duke.edu/resources/quickfacts.html[/url]”>http://dukenews.duke.edu/resources/quickfacts.html&lt;/a&gt; among other pages. It’s cool to post the information, but be sure to cite sources if you take text directly from them…</p>

[WhatsYourMajor]

<p>My visit comments and pictures are all original. I don’t think I even visited the FAQs, come to think of it.</p>

[CC_Admin]

<p>Pictures? Oh - on the website linked to your name (and specifically, [this</a> link](<a href=“http://www.whatsyourmajor.net/Campus_Visit_-_Duke.html]this”>http://www.whatsyourmajor.net/Campus_Visit_-_Duke.html)) Well…I hate to be picky (actually, that’s entirely untrue - I enjoy a certain amount of pickiness) but at first glance:
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[<em>] The Smart House picture at lower left is not original - it is the artist rendering as given at: <a href=“http://smarthouse.duke.edu/about/index.php[/url]”>http://smarthouse.duke.edu/about/index.php&lt;/a&gt;
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@WhatsYourMajor

Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes were a Durham family that manufactured tobacco and developed electricity production in the Carolinas.

are awfully close to

@&lt;a href="http://dukenews.duke.edu/resources/quickfacts.html"&gt;http://dukenews.duke.edu/resources/quickfacts.html&lt;/a&gt;

Duke University was created in 1924 by James Buchanan Duke as a memorial to his father, Washington Duke. The Dukes, a Durham family that built a worldwide financial empire in the manufacture of tobacco and developed electricity production in the Carolinas…

to not have quotes and some form of citation.
[</em>] Your lines:

@WhatsYourMajor?

Physical and academic expansion lead to the original Durham campus becoming the East Campus, rebuilt in Georgian architecture. The landmark of West Campus’ Gothic architecture is Duke Chapel.

are similarly close to text in the Bulletin

@&lt;a href="http://registrar.duke.edu/bulletins/Undergraduate/2006-07/undergradbulletin2006-07.pdf"&gt;http://registrar.duke.edu/bulletins/Undergraduate/2006-07/undergradbulletin2006-07.pdf&lt;/a&gt;

As a result of the Duke gift, Trinity underwent both academic and physical expansion. The original Durham campus became known as East Campus when it was rebuilt in stately Georgian architecture. West Campus, Gothic in style and dominated by the soaring tower of the Chapel, opened in 1930.

without any kind of reference.
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<p>I guess I feel that, given you are promoting an assistance and consulting service for young women and men who are looking into colleges, you should make especially sure that the materials you produce and claim under your own name are either original work or properly referenced, the way we will make those same women and men document their work when they get to college.</p>

[Novah]

<p>Dr. G…is this why we have to take that plagiarism tutorial? xD</p>

[WhatsYourMajor]

<p>I forgot about the Smart House. You’re right and I apologize. I thought it was such a unique example of the cross-disciplinary approach to learning, I couldn’t bear to leave it out of the article and was excited to post it right away. </p>

<p>Publicity is very valuable when it’s positive and free. I’m sure you appreciate that as a representative. </p>

<p>I do light editing, when using fact-based data. I will do a better job of citing resources. And I value your comments.</p>