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4 7FIT IN FITNESS Is it tough to fitfitness into a day?Working@Duke offers10 ways to work in aworkout on or nearcampus. 3
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WHY DUKE? New employees likeLinda Hanna describethe value of workingat Duke during arecession marked byrecord unemployment.
At the beginning of August, Duke footballplayers were getting ready for practice byfocusing on where the playbook told
them to block and run when a player called anathletic trainer complaining of bad body aches.
Robert “Hap” Zarzour, then the head athletictrainer for football, took the player to the StudentHealth Center, where tests confirmed he had the2009 H1N1 flu virus, known as swine flu. Severalweeks before Duke’s home season opener, morethan a dozen players were diagnosed with swineflu symptoms.
Lucky for them, they had Duke on theirside. And for the season kick-off in September,all the starters were on field.
“The care for the team was incredible,” said senior quarterbackThaddeus Lewis, a captain. “It was a difficult situation, especially given thetiming of it all with preseason camp going on. We always hear that we’relucky to be at Duke. where the medical staff is the best in the country, andthat’s definitely right.”
From the tackling on football fields in the fall to rowing on Durham’sLake Michie in the spring, Duke athletes rely on the team behind the team –the dozens of full-time athletic trainers, doctors, rehabilitation specialists andsports medicine fellows at Duke – to keep them healthy on and off the field.
“It’s all about being a part of something bigger than yourself,” said Dr. Jeff Bytomski, the head medical team physician for Duke Athletics.“When these teams try to win championships, everyone has a role to play –from the strength trainers to nutritionists to us.”
When football players started coming down with H1N1, the viruscould have spread quickly, affecting more than just a dozen players. But Zarzour and other members of the training staff held meetingsthroughout the summer, working preemptively to aggressively treat any potential outbreak.
From the first day on campus, doctors and trainers educated coachesand players on techniques to stay healthy like washing hands often andreporting any health problems. The head medical team physician forAthletics set up a twice-a-day clinic where players went for healthevaluations to check for fever and flu-like symptoms or to learn moreabout H1N1.
When players showed symptoms, themedical staff isolated them from practice andkept them in separate living quarters so othersdidn’t get sick. By Duke’s first game against theUniversity of Richmond on Sept. 5, the teamhad beat the flu bug.
“It could’ve been terrible, but because itwas such a team effort, things were manageablesince everyone was doing their part – from thepeople cleaning the buildings we work in toour physicians,” said Zarzour, now director ofathletic training. “We were getting calls fromother schools around the country asking uswhat we did and what they could do toprevent a spread of swine flu.”
But responding to seasonal viruses isn’t the only care the staffs fromathletics and sports medicine provide to Duke teams.
Acting as the frontline of injury prevention, athletic trainers like KristiHall often work 10 to 12 hours a day – and that doesn’t count game days.Hall, who works with the rowing and fencing teams, is one of 11 trainerswho typically care for two teams and handles anything from a sprainedankle to rehabilitation.
Unlike football, where players are more likely to suffer unexpected andserious injuries, Hall focuses more on preventing chronic injuries such astendinitis or inflammation of a joint or muscle, which are likely to happento rowers and fencers.
When she came to Duke in 2006, Hall implemented a preventativehabilitation program with her teams that was created by physical therapistsat Duke. The program runs athletes through tests to check muscle and jointstrength and flexibility before a season starts to find potential injuryproblems. By finding problems early, Hall makes sure athletes strengthenweaker joints like a knee, so they don’t get injured later.
“You don’t want to just react to injuries,” said Hall, who cares for morethan 70 student-athletes. “You want to make sure you’re doing everythingyou can to prevent them.”
Since Hall became the first full-time trainer for the rowing team, headcoach Robyn Horner said her team has had the healthiest period in more
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DUKE ATHLETES RELY ON TRAINERS, REHAB SPECIALISTS, DOCTORS AND OTHERS TO KEEP THEM HEALTHY
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to win championships,everyone has a role to play – from thestrength trainers tonutritionists to us.”
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Kerry Mullenix, left, athletic rehabilitation director, Dr. Claude T. Moorman III, center, sports medicine director and Hap Zarzour, right, athletic training director, tend to an injured Duke football player in 2009.
Deadline for reimbursement accountsApril 15 is the deadline for submitting Health and Dependent CareReimbursement Account receipts from 2009. Faculty and staff mustsubmit all receipts by April 15 for services provided from Jan. 1through Dec. 31, 2009 to receive reimbursement. Receipts can bescanned and submitted as attachments to an e-mail or submittedonline. Learn more at hr.duke.edu/benefits/reimbursement.
Reducing emissions from ground upTake the Green Devil Challenge, Duke’s new effort to encouragestudents, faculty and staff to take specific actions to help reducegreenhouse gas emissions. Each month, a new challenge will be issuedto encourage individuals to make small changes in their daily livesthat will help reduce emissions at Duke. Forinformation about the Green Devil Challenge,visit sustainability.duke.edu.
Employees can also reduce theircarbon footprint by choosing eco-smartways to commute during the 2010 SmartCommute Challenge April 15 to May 15.Last year, 625 Duke employees usedalternative transportation to get to work.Learn more atsmartcommutechallenge.org.
Online book discussion April 21Stephen Nowicki, dean and vice provost of undergraduate education,will share his thoughts on the novel “Bel Canto” by Ann Patchett onApril 21 during the final DukeReads of the academic year.
Nowicki chose the narrative of a South American hostage crisisbecause it engaged him intellectually and emotionally. “My favoritebooks are always those that transport me deeply into their place andtime, and Bel Canto certainly did that for me,” he said.
DukeReads is a free online book discussion that connects Dukefaculty with thousands of viewers through video, e-mail, Facebook andTwitter. Watch and join the conversation at 7 p.m. April 21 onustream.tv/dukeuniversity.
Tune in to new Duke video website“Duke on Demand,” a new Duke website, pulls together videos fromacross campus, highlighting speakers, research findings, live eventsand more. The new site represents a higher-education version of videosites such as Hulu that have emerged in recent years; it is available atondemand.duke.edu.
The site’s recent offerings range from a discussion of the ethics of paying for organ donations to a series of campus pranks by the Blue Devil mascot to a conversation about global healthchallenges. There are nearly 2,000 videos now on the site and moreare added daily.
“You can think of ‘Dukeon Demand’ as a kind ofonline TV channel that isconstantly broadcasting thebest of what goes on at Duke,” said Michael Schoenfeld, Duke’s vicepresident for public affairs and government relations. “Students,alumni and anyone else looking for interesting material can watchwhenever it’s convenient for them.”
New process for computer purchases As part the Duke Administrative Reform Team (DART), a new standardprocess has been developed for the purchase of computers across Duke.
The Duke Computer Purchasing Program was developed to takeadvantage of volume purchasing to negotiate better pricing andextended warranties through preferred vendors: Dell, Lenovo andApple. The negotiated discounts and extending the useful life ofcomputers and servers is projected to create an annual savings ofabout $2 million.
The pricing is based on standard configurations for threedifferent user levels, which were established by a group of faculty andIT support staff across the university. The different levels will supportthose who mainly use standard office software, enterprise applicationsand the web to those who perform heavy data collection and analysisor use graphic-intense applications.
Details about the program are available on the Duke ComputerStore website at dukestores.duke.edu, or call (919) 684-8956 formore information.
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Editor’sNote
For more than 20 years, Gary Ybarra hasworked five to 20 hours a week making sure it’s not just his own students at Duke
who are enthusiastic about math and science.A professor in the Pratt School of
Engineering, Ybarra spends his free timeorganizing a Duke program that placesengineering students in Durham’s elementary and middle schools to help teachers create funmath and science lessons.
“Working with our community providesimportant connections that make everyone
better,” said, Ybarra, a volunteer and director ofthe Engineering K-PhD program. “You canpersonally make a difference in the lives of peopleand the community – and it’s a two-way gift thatimproves your life too.”
Duke’s Office of Durham and RegionalAffairs hopes more faculty and staff will followYbarra’s lead during April’s launch of“DukeConnects,” a new community engagementinitiative to help employees find volunteeropportunities and keep track of hours online.The initiative will launch with the “DukeConnectsChallenge” that starts April 18, at the beginningof National Volunteer Week, and lasts throughMay 16.
As part of the program, a new portion of theDurham and Regional Affairs website will allowemployees and departments to search forvolunteer activities and create a profile to trackhours. The DukeConnects Challenge will act as a competition similar to Shape Up Duke, thehealth and fitness challenge. After“DukeConnects” ends, the site will be availablefor faculty and staff to find volunteer opportunitiesand track their experiences.
Prizes will be awarded at the end of theDukeConnects Challenge to the individual withthe most volunteer hours and the department withthe highest average of hours logged per employee.
“I expect that DukeConnects will bring newand greater attention to what we all know to betrue. By fulfilling the university's mission of
knowledge in service to society, the Dukecommunity can have considerable impact in thecommunity at large,” said Phail Wynn, vicepresident of Durham and Regional Affairs. “Wehope this competition and the new features ofour website will help expand the culture ofservice at Duke.”
Jessica Sheffield, an assistant in the NicholasInstitute for Environmental Policy Solutions, setup a volunteer profile to log her hoursvolunteering with the Animal Protection Societyof Durham. She and her husband, Glenn, havevolunteered with the organization for more thana year, walking and playing with dogs.
“We don’t want to neglect the needs of ourown city,” she said. “We have more time to givethan money, and it feels good to do somethinghelpful with your time and skills.”
— By Bryan RothWriter, Office of Communication Services
Get Involved with DukeConnects1. Visit community.duke.edu/volunteer, click
the “DukeConnects” tab and enter yourNetID.*
2. Create your volunteer profile by providingname and e-mail. (The profile is used totrack volunteer hours).
3. To find organizations to volunteer for and to log hours, click “VolunteerOpportunities” on the website aftercompleting your form.
4. After you volunteer, log into your profile to share your volunteer information, hours and pictures of the experience.
*The DukeConnects site will be live on or before April 18.
Duke engineering professor Gary Ybarra leads an effort to boost
the number of local children entering scientific fields through the
Engineering K-PhD program.
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Learn more at community.duke.edu
Allison Vorderstrasse, an assistantprofessor in Duke’s School ofNursing, is a new contributor to
Duke’s employee giving campaign. Having worked at Duke a little
more than a year, she earmarked herdonation for programs that will improveaccess to healthcare throughneighborhood health clinics and school-based wellness centers.
The sour economy motivated her.“The current economy in general
has made me realize that sharingresources is more important than ever,”Vorderstrasse said.
In fact, during tough financialtimes, Duke employee giving increased13 percent during the 2009 “Doing Goodin the Neighborhood” campaign to atotal of $554,642. The campaignsupports the Durham communitythrough the Duke Community Givingoptions, or through the United Way ofthe Greater Triangle.
In 2009, $289,052, or 52 percentof all donations, was designated for Duke Community Giving options, up from 44 percent in 2008. The remaining$265,590 was raised for United Way.
“Given the ongoing challenges inthe economy, we are especially proud ofthe generosity of the Duke family,” saidPhail Wynn Jr., vice president for theOffice of Durham and Regional Affairs.
Many Duke Community Givingoptions assist local agencies supportedby the Duke-Durham NeighborhoodPartnership and Duke University HealthSystem. No administrative fees arededucted from them.
“For me, it feels good to give notonly financially, but to join in volunteerprograms that help people directly,”Vorderstrasse said. “And in nursing, weare in a wonderful position to help many.”
To learn more, visitcommunity.duke.edu
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When Phil Nousak lost his job as an IBM data analyst in 2008, hedecided to look for work at a local research institution with solidbenefits. While he collected unemployment benefits, he explored
Duke’s website for jobs and applied for 35 positions over the course of a year.
As weeks of being unemployed mounted, so did sacrifices. Nousak andhis wife stopped dining out, and they dipped into their savings.
“We weren’t as badly off as many, but we had to give up luxuries. Ireally hated not going to the U2 concert,” Nousak said. “Thankfully, mywife still had a job, and she was patient enough to let me keep searching for the perfect job.”
After 42 weeks on unemployment, Nousak landed a job at Duke inJanuary of this year as a database analyst for a program dedicated topreventing child abuse and strengthening families in the local community.His long search for work is not unusual: unemployment in North Carolinahit a record 11.1 percent in January 2010, compared to 9.2 percent inJanuary 2009.
“It’s been a difficult two years for folks in North Carolina,” said Larry Parker, spokesperson for the North Carolina Employment SecurityCommission. “And this recession hasn’t been limited to manufacturing ortextiles. It has hit people in every job sector.”
Record numbersof people have beenapplying for work atDuke. In 2009, over124,000 applicationswere submitted toDuke University andHealth System.Including faculty andstaff hired onresearch grants, theuniversity hired2,151 new employeesin 2009, down from2,688 the year before.
“In order to address our budgetary issues, the university workforce mustcontinue to become smaller over the next two years,” said Kyle Cavanaugh,vice president for Duke Human Resources. “That will be done primarilythrough attrition in the coming years as people leave and their positions arenot refilled. We are not under a hiring freeze because there will continue tobe hiring of faculty, research funded positions and critical staffing roles forthe institution.”
More that 450 jobs have been eliminated through voluntary retirementprograms and tight control of vacancies since February 2009. In addition,for 2010, eligible university employees earning $80,000 or less will receive aone-time payment of $1,000 in their July paychecks. This lump sum helpssave about $22 million. Last year, no salary increases for faculty and staffearning more than $50,000 protected about 200 jobs and prevented morethan $18 million in added annual costs.
“These careful and strategic steps have allowed Duke to avoid large-scalelayoffs and protect the benefits that Duke offers as part of its totalcompensation package, unlike many local employers and other institutions ofhigher education that have had sizeable, system-wide cuts,” Cavanaugh said.
On average, for every dollar an employee earns, Duke contributes anadditional 25 cents toward benefits. These include medical, dental, visionand life insurance, retirement programs and other benefits such as tuitionassistance. Last year, Duke invested $400 million in benefits forUniversity and Health System employees, and that number continues to grow. For the 2009-10 fiscal year, Duke increased its investment inbenefits by $25 million to maintain the level of coverage for benefits suchas health insurance, retirement savings plans and education assistance.
Duke’s benefit package drew Linda Hanna to seek a job at Duke lastyear. She joined the Fuqua School of Business in December as an executiveassistant after being laid off from Kraft Foods in 2008. To pay bills afterthat layoff, she joined with a previous colleague in a start-up business inRaleigh, but with a tough economy, the company floundered for revenue,and her hours and salary were reduced.
“I put my all into it, but by the summer of 2009, my savings weredwindling. It was clear I needed to find a more stable job,” she said.
After five months of networking and combing through job listings, shelanded an interview at Duke. “I was over the moon when I got the callasking me to come for an interview,” she said.
Hanna said she was impressed by the health care choices and savingsavailable toemployees throughPERQS, theemployee discountprogram.
“I neverthought that Icould actually havebetter benefits thanat the largecorporations I’dworked for,” shesaid. “When I sawthe multitude ofemployee benefitson the website Ifelt like I had hitthe jackpot.”
Competitive pay, valuable benefits and stability are important draws foremployees like Hanna and Nousak, the database analyst who joined Dukeearlier this year. But both also said they value being a part of a world-classuniversity.
“I like being in a place where I can follow through with projects andknow that they are making a difference to people,” said Nousak, who worksfor the Durham Family Initiative in the Center for Child and Family Policy.
— By Marsha A. GreenSenior Writer, Office of Communications Services
Why Duke? New staff describe value of working at Duke
I neverthought that
I could actually havebetter benefits than atthe large corporationsI’d worked for. When Isaw the multitude ofemployee benefits on the website I felt like I had hit the jackpot.”
— Linda HannaExecutive Assistant, Duke Fuqua School of Business
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I like being in a place
where I can followthrough with projectsand know that they are making adifference to people.”
— Phil NousakDatabase Analyst, Center for Child and Family Policy
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Each employee’s total compensation package is unique, based on individual choices. Tohighlight elements that comprise total compensation, the chart represents what a totalcompensation package might look like for a typical monthly-paid employee earning a$56,182 salary.
Source: Duke Human Resources
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Lack of time is a leading excuse for not exercising, but you can overcome thishurdle by scheduling exercise into a daily routine.
“It can be as easy as standing up and walking out the door for a 10-minutewalking break,” said Liz Grabosky, fitness program manager at LIVE FOR LIFE,Duke’s employee wellness program.
Health experts recommend that individuals perform at least 30 minutes of dailyexercise that noticeably increases the heart rate to maintain or improve health.
Is it tough to imagine how to fit fitness into a day? Working@Duke offers 10 ways to work in a workout on or near campus.
Take a walk Ruby Sinreich, new media strategist for the Franklin Humanities Institute, walks
a roundtrip one-mile between the bus stop near the Duke Chapel and her office onErwin Road each day.
“I get time to listen to music or news, and I get some exercise along the way,” she said. “It’s an upward spiral: the better I feel, the more active I want to be.”
Duke’s 45 miles of sidewalk offer employees ample opportunity to walk. A brisk15-minute walk can burn 80 to 100 calories, depending on speed and an individual’sweight.
“Walking is a great workout, especially if you push yourself to a brisk walk afterthe first few minutes,” said Victor Ornelas, LIVE FOR LIFE fitness specialist.
Employees also have easy access to nearby trails, including the 2.8-mile Al Buehlertrail around the Duke University golf course, the 1.7-mile gravel path around the EastCampus perimeter and 5 miles of trails in the Sarah P. Duke Gardens.
Stretch it outLIVE FOR LIFE offers a convenient way to exercise without leaving your desk
through “Take Ten: Energize Your Work Day.” This self-paced program describesexercises employees can perform at their desks or workstations including wall push-upsand chair squats. Studies show that brief periods of physical activity during a workdayhelp reduce stress and tension.
Learn more at hr.duke.edu/taketen.
Swim laps John Fay, an instructor in the Nicholas School of the Environment, stays in shape
by swimming 20 laps three days a week in Duke’s Wilson Recreation Center on WestCampus. To keep his rhythm during the 45-minute workout, he often listens to musicon an underwater iPod.
“I try to push myself a bit, but I do need to maintain energy for the rest of theday,” he said.
He also pushes himself to get to the pool early enough to snag a lane. “I reallyvalue the opportunity to swim during the day, but it is often quite crowded,” he said.“It would be great if the gym could reserve lanes for faculty and staff.”
The pools at Duke’s Wilson and Brodie Recreation Centers are open to centermembers. LIVE FOR LIFE offers individual memberships through the Duke FitnessClub for $15.83 per month.
Pedal to work Dr. Barbara Sheline bought her home in the Duke Forest neighborhood partly so
she could pedal to her family medicine clinic on Erwin Road. The 3.4-mile bike rideis along rolling roads and “hilly enough to give me a workout, but not so much that I get too hot and sweaty,” she said.
Employees who register as bicycle commuters at Duke and forego a parkingpermit receive 24 daily parking permits each year for days they must drive to work.Visit parking.duke.edu for more information.
Hit the gym As a mother and Duke’s assistant police chief, Gloria Graham’s schedule is packed
and somewhat unpredictable, but she manages daily sessions on treadmills and weightmachines at Wilson Recreation Center.
Wilson is one of 20 gyms in the Triangle available at a discount membership toemployees through LIVE FOR LIFE’s Duke Fitness Club program.
On days when Graham doesn’t drop her daughter at childcare, she fits in an hourworkout soon after the gym opens at 5:30 a.m. On other days, she tries to get to thegym at lunch.
“My goal is to take care of myself by working out five times a week, and I do thatby squeezing it in whenever I can,” she said.
For discount gyms, visit hr.duke.edu/fitness.
Ruby Sinreich, new media strategist for the Franklin Humanities Institute,
walks to her Erwin Road office each day from the bus stop near Duke Chapel.
John Fay, an instructor at the Nicholas School of the Environment, fits in a 20-lap
swim three days a week at Duke's Wilson Recreation Center.
Gloria Graham, Duke's assistant police chief, squeezes in a gym workout before
work or during her lunch break five days a week.
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Buddy up Friends make exercise fun. That’s why Keisha Martin, a patient account associate in Transplant Collections
at the Patient Revenue Management Organization, organized her co-workers to takeadvantage of their two, 15-minute breaks.
She and four to six colleagues gather in the back of their office and pump ironwith hand weights or pump up their heart rates with grapevines, jumping jacks andother aerobic moves.
“We just sort of make up moves each day,” Martin said. “But we make sure westay on top of each other to stay motivated.”
Climb stairs Celeste Hodges, a web developer for the computer science department,
climbs 50 steps five times each day in the Levine Science Research Center. “It’s not terribly exciting, but getting six or seven minutes of exercise on the stairs
is something I can do every day regardless of weather conditions,” she said. At seven to 10 calories burned per minute, climbing stairs burns nearly twice the
number of calories as strolling on level ground. Earn LIVE FOR LIFE dollars by enrolling in the LIVE FOR LIFE Stairwell
Challenge at hr.duke.edu/stairwell.
Catch a class Maurice Todd Jr. jogs through chest deep water each Monday afternoon during
an aqua aerobics class offered at Duke’s Brodie Recreation Center. Aqua aerobics is one of several free group exercise classes offered to Brodie and
Wilson recreation center members.“I saw a poster saying this was not your granny’s workout, and they are right,” said
Todd, an equipment distribution technician for Clinical Engineering, who attends theclass after his shift ends. “Afterwards, I can really feel my muscles.”
Check the class calendar at duke.edu/web/intramural/fitness or call (919) 668-4389 for group fitness or (919) 613-7537 for aqua aerobics.
Move with LIVE FOR LIFE Ever wanted to box?Employees like Mia Martinez get group exercise through LIVE FOR LIFE, which
offered boxing lessons among its classes in January. Martinez paid $48 for eight weeksof boxing lessons.
“My kids think it’s funny that mom is learning to box, but they always ask me toshow them what I’m learning,” said Martinez, who provides desktop IT support for DukeHealth Technology Solutions. The lunchtime class fits well into her schedule, “although Istill have to wear my pager during class, just in case someone needs me,” she said.
LIVE FOR LIFE classes vary through the year but generally include aerobics, yogaand Zumba (a form of dance). Visit hr.duke.edu/eohs/livelife/classes.html for moreinformation.
Get creative When University Development moved to the West Village office complex in
downtown Durham, Vera Luck saw an opportunity. Since last summer, the program coordinator and yoga instructor has led free,
twice-weekly 45-minute yoga classes in donated space in a nearby building for her co-workers.
“I figured this was a no-excuses, totally accessible way for people to try yoga,” she said, “and for me to have some fun and get some extra yoga in myself.”
— By Marsha A. GreenSenior Writer, Office of Communications Services
Celeste Hodges, web developer for the computer science department, climbs stairs at
the Levine Science Research Center five times during lunch.
Vera Luck, program coordinator for University Development, leads a free weekly yoga
class for her colleagues and co-workers.
Della McKinnon, program coordinator for the Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative at
the Sanford School of Public Policy, boxes through a LIVE FOR LIFE course.
n fitness at hr.duke.edu/liveforlife
Get paid to exercise
Earn LIVE FOR LIFE dollars while you exercise. It’s as easy as 1-2-3.1. EARN dollars by participating in LIVE FOR LIFE classes, events or
self-paced programs.
2. CLAIM dollars by tracking exercise online or through logs providedby LIVE FOR LIFE.
3. SPEND dollars on merchandise at the LIVE FOR LIFE store in thelower level of Duke South (Red Zone), or donate dollars to helpyoung patients at Duke Hospital.
Learn more at hr.duke.edu/eohs/livelife/lfl_dollars.html
Nancy Walden wanted to make it easier foremployees in her office to transition to thelatest version of Microsoft Word last
summer. So she invited the group to get together,share some popcorn and watch videos.
Those video sessions – using online tutorialsavailable free to Duke staff and faculty throughthe Office of Information Technology – helpedfamiliarize the group with new features of thesoftware, said Walden, an IT analyst with theDuke Medicine Institutional Review Board.
“This is a great resource, because it’s therewhen you have time to use it and when you’reready to use it,” Walden said.
Through an OIT pilot program withLynda.com, Duke users can access free onlinetraining on a variety of technology topics fromDuke or at home. Lynda.com offers more than42,000 online tutorials on topics ranging fromMicrosoft Excel and Adobe Creative Suite toWeb design and computer programming.
Users can access the tutorials directly fromthe OIT site, using their Duke NetID andpassword. Thirty concurrent Duke users canaccess Lynda.com at one time, and a limitednumber of dedicated user accounts also areavailable for individual faculty and trainers.
A monthly subscription to Lynda.com typicallycosts $25.
Meg Barker, a staff assistant at the PrattSchool of Engineering, said she uses thetutorials as a refresher on programs and to buildnew skills for professional development. Sheespecially likes the video format of the tutorials,which are structured so users can review oneparticular section without having to sit throughan entire course.
“It’s much easier than reading instructionsfrom a book or online help,” Barker said. “Thevideo tutorials are like asking the person next toyou, ‘How do you do this?’ and they come overand show you.”
More than 500 Duke staff, faculty andstudents have participated in the pilot since itbegan in 2008, viewing more than 67,000 onlinevideo tutorials, said OIT training coordinatorChristine Vucinich.
Tutorials in Photoshop, Adobe Creative Suiteand Microsoft Office have been among the mostpopular with Duke staff, who comprise about 75 percent of program participants to date.
Allen Creech, IT analyst for the Center forDocumentary Studies, said the tutorials provide a convenient way for staff, faculty and students to
stay up-to-date on emerging web and multimediatechnologies.
“It’s something they can get to whenever they want, and it gives them another option (fortechnical support), especially when I’m notalways available,” Creech said.
The pilot will continue through June. OIT is considering extending the program, based onresults of ongoing user surveys.
— By Cara BonnettManaging Editor, News & Information
Office of Information Technology
Free online tutorials help employees learn latest software LYNDA.COM PROVIDES LESSONS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE
ProfessionalDevelopmentOn A Shoestring
Learn more about OIT’s online technology training program at oit.duke.edu/training/online
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PERQSEMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS
When Professor NeilMcWilliam consideredmoving from England
to take a job at Duke, hewondered whether theTriangle area was host to afull cultural life.
Duke Performances, withmore than 50 performances ayear, helped answer thatquestion.
“We looked at what Duke hadto offer, and UNC, and theNorth Carolina Symphony,”said McWilliam, a professor ofArt and Art History at Duke.“We were impressed with theofferings, but Duke Performances,centrally amongst all of those things,was very important in sealing thedeal.”
Plus, Duke Performances offers staffand faculty a 10 percent discount onindividual performances (with a twoticket limit per show).
Now, McWilliam and his wife poreover the Duke Performance brochureeach summer to choose which
concerts they will attend during theacademic year. They also takeadvantage of the 20 percentdiscount on season tickets to enjoymusic ranging from the homegrownCiompi Quartet to internationallyknown performers such as theAcademy of St. Martin in the Fieldsfrom London.
“We generally both enjoy the samemusic,” McWilliam said.
Occasionally, Duke Performancesoffers deeper discounts to the Duke
community. LastDecember, for example,175 employees took a 25percent discount ontickets purchased beforeDec. 21. Deep discountsare also available duringthe summer Music in theGarden series, when Dukeemployees can purchase$5 concert tickets – half-off the $10 public price.
Like Professor McWilliam,Christina Chia, assistantdirector at the FranklinHumanities Institute,
appreciates the chance to attendfirst-rate performances on campus.
“The last performance I saw was theamazing production of ‘Waiting forGodot’ by the Classical Theatre ofHarlem,” she said. “It is incredible tohave the opportunity to see world-class shows like that right here oncampus at an affordable price.”
— By Marsha A. GreenSenior Writer, Office of
Communication Services
For a full list of PERQS discounts, visithr.duke.edu/discounts
dukeperformances.duke.edu
(919) 684-4444
The Academy of St. Martin in the Fields will perform in Page Auditorium on April 16.
Music in theGarden
Employees can purchase$5 tickets to the
Wednesday evening Musicin the Garden series inMay, June and July. Duke Performances offers discount tickets
Allen Creech, IT analyst for the Duke Center for Documentary
Studies, encourages staff, faculty and students to use the online
tutorials to learn more about multimedia technologies.
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For more Duke Farmers Market information, visit hr.duke.edu/farmersmarket
Want to go?11 a.m. to 2 p.m
Every Friday, April 23 – July 30
(every other Friday onAugust 13, 27 andSeptember 10)
On the lawn next to Bryan Research Building & Searle Center offResearch Drive
Catherine and Michelle Foss enjoy farm-freshstrawberries as often as they can when the fruit is inseason. Lucky for them, they don’t have to travel far
to satisfy their craving. Catherine and Michelle, mother and daughter who
both work in the Health System, are regulars at the DukeFarmers Market, which opens its 10th season April 23 atthe green space between the Bryan Research and Seeley G.Mudd buildings. The market runs from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.every Friday through July 30.
“We try to eat nutritious, fresh fruits and vegetables asopposed to frozen or canned ones because fresh things arebetter,” said Catherine Foss, a clinical research coordinatorin Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine. “Thefood we get at the farmers market is healthier.”
Added her daughter, Michelle, a nurse in theEmergency Department, “I work 12 hour shifts, and Icould go to the grocery store on my way home, but by thetime I’m there, the fruit has been out all day.”
Strawberries aren’t the only popular item at the farmersmarket, which features more than 10 vendors sellingproduce and goods such as sweet potatoes, grass-fed beefand flowers. This year’s market will also have guest cookingdemonstrations, music and more.
To celebrate the 10th anniversary, the market will havea theme of “10.” The first two weeks of the market willfeature a booth with information about 10 popular locallygrown products and 10 ways to become more sustainable.Other themes through September include highlighting localrestaurants, creative recipes and ways to support theDurham community through donations and volunteering.
While the Duke Farmers Market celebrates 10 years, itsgrowth has been part of a larger trend.
The search for more local and nutritious foods hasbecome popular across the country. The number of farmersmarkets in the United States has grown steadily with a totalof 5,274 reported in 2009, compared to 1,755 in 1994, thefirst year the United States Department Agriculture begantracking them.
“I think it’s clear that theimportance of eating locally-grown fruits and vegetables is apriority for employees at Dukeand people throughoutAmerica,” said Diana Monroe, a health education specialist forLIVE FOR LIFE, Duke’semployee wellness program andorganizer of the famers market.“We’re glad to be able to givepeople what they want in aconvenient location during theworkday.”
In addition to localproducts, shopping at themarket is more sustainable thanfinding goods at a chain store,Monroe said. None of the foods are processed or contain ingredients like high-fructose corn syrup, andthey’re transported a short distance, which means lesscarbon emissions are involved in getting the productsfrom farm to fork.
Farmers like Richard Holcomb, who operates CoonRock Farm in Hillsborough, take pride in the fact thatthey’re able to provide local goods. Holcomb travels about15 miles to Duke, where he sells chemical-free produce likeheirloom tomatoes.
“Most grocery stores sell produce that have beensprayed with a large number of chemicals and have anemphasis on how big something is and how it looks, nothow it tastes,” he said. “Locally grown food is going to behealthier, safer and taste better. There really aren’t anynegatives to shopping locally.”
— By Bryan RothWriter, Office of Communication Services
Duke Farmers Marketopens April 23
Local harvest
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than a decade because rowers have been able to avoidrecurring injuries like tendinitis, and players also healedmore quickly when hurt. That presence has helped keepthe Blue Devils one of the top rowing teams in theAtlantic Coast Conference.
“Having Kristi on our staff has been absolutelypivotal,” Horner said. “As a coach, I have all sorts of thingsto worry about, but when it comes to the medical side, Iknow I don’t have to worry about anything. It’s a goodpeace of mind.”
When there’s a case Hall can’t handle, other membersof the training and sports medicine staff can step in.
On a daily basis, Dr. Jeff Bytomski, head medicalteam physician for Duke Athletics, visits with up to 20athletes from various teams at Duke. He helps them withanything from treatment for a common cold tounderstanding an MRI exam or an echocardiogram, whichuses sound waves to create a picture of a heart. He also
helped to educate and treat football players, whileresponding to last summer’s swine flu outbreak.
“Handling the swine flu was a perfect example of how we’re all working together to build something great,”Bytomski said. “Everyone has their own little part inworking toward the big picture of keeping all thesestudents healthy.”
That includes Claude T. Moorman III, director forDuke Sports Medicine and head team physician, whopreviously held that title with the NFL’s Baltimore Ravens.Moorman said the work being done by trainers andphysicians at Duke is like a space program. The university, heexplained, has some of the best care providers in the countrywho try new techniques to keep student-athletes healthy –like using new radiology scans to discover potential injuriesor introducing oral strips that release electrolytes to athletes,allowing them to better hydrate and avoid cramping.
“The beauty of being at Duke isn’t just having thecapability to care for some of the country’s best student-athletes, but helping them stay healthy and become betterat what they love,” Moorman said. “There’s nothing thathappens on or off the field we can’t handle.”
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Team Behind the Team CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 You don’t want to
just react toinjuries. You want to makesure you’re doing everythingyou can to prevent them.”
— Kristi Hall Trainer
Duke Athletics
“By The Numbers
11Athletic Trainers
2Physical
Therapists/AthleticTrainers
4Orthopedic Team
Physicians
3Medical TeamPhysicians
600+Student-Athletes
26Varsity Teams
10Total NCAA Titles
Members of the Duke rowing team commonly receive treatment from team
athletic trainer Kristi Hall
