In the next few weeks, the Nicholas School will launch a new Facebook group to make it easier for alumni and current students to connect with each other, learn about school news and events, and share suggestions with our faculty and staff. Our goal is to create an online community […]
Yearly Archives: 2017
During Duke Homecoming (September 15-17), 12 members of the Nicholas School Alumni Council represented us at the Duke Alumni Association (DAA) Volunteer Weekend. Our gang spent time with hundreds of other volunteer leaders from programs across Duke University at social events, panel discussions and workshops. Duke staff, faculty and fellow […]
Join us for these fall socials! This fall, the Nicholas School’s Development & Alumni Relations team will be hosting a slew of social events for our alumni in the western part of the country. We hope you’ll join us at these popular local venues, where you can meet and network […]
Q&A with Duke undergrad Anne Harshbarger We recently caught up with Anne Harshbarger T’19, a Duke junior who is double-majoring in environmental sciences and biology, with a concentration in marine science and conservation. Harshbarger spent two semesters at the Duke University Marine Laboratory (DUML), where she worked in the Marine […]
Each member of the Nicholas School faculty brings a unique element to their role that has a lasting impact on those around them. In the case of Nicolette Cagle, PhD, her powerful impact is being felt around the community by her students, local children, and even local wildlife. On the […]
Celeste Whitman is a second-year student in the Nicholas School’s Master of Environmental Management program who has made an effort to focus both her coursework and her extracurricular activities on environmental water resource management in underrepresented, minority and indigenous communities. Thanks to the Kuzmier-Lee-Nikitine Internship Fund, David R. Brower Fund, […]
On August 21st, over 200 new on-campus Master of Environmental Management (MEM) and Master of Forestry (MF) students eagerly arrived at Duke’s Environment Hall to begin their two-year journey of enrichment in environmental science, practice, and policy. The new arrivals – who make up the largest incoming class to date […]
The university’s Duke Forward comprehensive fundraising campaign officially ended on June 30, 2017. The Nicholas School raised more than $114.9 million over the seven years of the campaign — more than doubling the original goal of $55 million and showing university colleagues that the strength and generosity of the Nicholas […]
As Duke Environment alumni, we are a diverse lot. We represent many backgrounds, degrees, career paths, places, ages and experiences. What we all have in common is our deep commitment to environmental stewardship and the extraordinary environmental education that set us on a path to professional and personal success. The […]
While students were away for the summer, the Nicholas School Alumni Council welcomed four new members that will aid the Council in fostering better relationships between alumni, the school, and the student body. Among the new members are Belton Copp VI MEM/ MBA’16, Ga-Young Choi Park MEM’05, Eric Thu MEM/ […]
Duke University has received $11 million for the construction and operation of a new state-of-the-art ship that will expand teaching and research capabilities at its marine lab. The gift to the Nicholas School of the Environment comes from the Grainger Family Descendants Fund, a donor-advised fund at The Chicago Community […]
On May 13, 166 master’s students in our environmental management, forestry, science and Duke Environmental Leadership programs, along with 40 doctoral students and 55 undergrads with environmental majors, graduated from the Nicholas School and received their diplomas. At the MEM/PhD ceremony, led by Dean Jeff Vincent, graduates, friends and family […]