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Five Trinity students made their way to South Bend, Indiana for the 18th annual ACC Meeting of the Minds conference in April. Thang Lian, Sasha Bacot, Julia Davis, Abby Cortez and Trisha Santanam were selected to represent Duke and Trinity College of Arts & Sciences in the annual research conference celebrating undergraduate research and creative inquiry. Hosted this year by the University of Notre Dame, the Meeting of the Minds invites students from the 15 Atlantic Coast Conference member schools to participate by… read more about Trinity Students Head to the ACC Meeting of the Minds Conference »
Duke English is delighted to share the 2024 Creative Writing Scholarships honorees. Each year, Duke English faculty members nominate undergraduate students for one of the Creative Writing Scholarships based on the exceptional work they submitted in one or more of their creative writing courses. The Creative Writing Committee selects the winners of the prestigious William M. Blackburn, Francis Pemberton, and Margaret Rose Knight Sanford Scholarships. Students nominated must be eligible for financial aid to receive these… read more about 2024 Duke English Creative Writing Scholarship Awards »
Creative Writing minor Tess Redman, ’24, used her Beneson Award in the Arts to fund the production of her play “Sugar at Four in the Morning,” which she also directed. Congratulations, Tess; we are proud of you! Tess Redman '24, a Psychology major with minors in Creative Writing and Spanish, always knew she wanted to produce and direct her play, Sugar at Four in the Morning. Last summer, Redman used her Beneson Award in the Arts funds to develop her play exploring the journey of a… read more about Bringing a Play to Life with the Benenson Award »
Duke undergraduates Margaret Gaw, Cliff Haley, and Eliza Farley each have distinct plans for the future. Gaw, a junior on the pre-med track, is passionate about women’s health and health policy, and has plans to become a healthcare practitioner. Farley is headed straight to law school after graduation, she said, with the ultimate goal of becoming a lawyer. And Haley, a current senior on the cusp of the real word, hopes to go into the publishing field as an editor or marketing specialist. An aspiring doctor,… read more about English Majors at Duke Pursue a Range of Career Paths »
Established in 1887, The Archive is Duke University’s undergraduate literary magazine, showcasing students’ original poetry and prose. The biannual collection is published online and in print, and welcomes submissions of any theme or subject. For Duke’s aspiring writers and creative thinkers, The Archive provides a platform for exceptional literary work to be recognized and shared. Getting a piece published in The Archive might be a first step towards becoming a novelist or poet. Submitting… read more about Undergraduates: Here’s Where You Can Submit your Creative Writing for Publication »
“I'll dent the garage door with my head, siphon Crown Royal from your liquor cabinet, jump from a gondola in Venice. I'll smash my ankle with a hammer, drive through stop signs with my eyes closed, cost you thousands in medical bills. Forget about sleeping. I'll dominate the prayers you keep sending up like the last of flares from an island no one visits.” – The Real Warnings Are Always Too Late, Rhett Iseman Trull When Rhett Iseman Trull (Trinity ‘99) was an undergraduate at Duke, she had “one of those life-changing… read more about Poet and Editor Returns to Alma Matter with Advice »
ENGLISH ALUMNA TAKES HER SKILLS TO SILICON VALLEY When I ask Brea Davenport (English ‘12) her take on English majors, she describes her sophomore year experience of strolling into the Academic Advising Center to declare her major just as the deadline was passing. “We’re late,” she says of her English cohort. “But we’re eloquent.” Davenport, now an SMB Account Manager at Twitter, had not planned on being an English major. She was raised in Statham, Georgia, by a family of English majors and had no intention of following… read more about Alumna Takes Her Skills To Silicon Valley »
October 15, 2015 Recent Duke graduate Jeffrey Cicurel (English ‘15) leaves for his morning commute from the North Side of Chicago, where he grew up. He arrives at 88th and Aberdeen on the South Side, where he teaches English to high schoolers. “They’re great. And they listen,” he says of the 9th and 11th graders in his classroom at Hansberry College Prep, a charter school. “Because of the way that the school is run, it's a great place to work.” Cicurel is in his first year as a corp member of Teach for… read more about Alum Empowers High School Students in Chicago Classroom »