Duke’s Commitment to Community Engagement Earns Carnegie Classification

At Duke, community engagement is fully integrated into the campus culture. Examples can be seen in the student engineers who partner with the community as part of Pratt’s First Year Design program, or in Bass Connection’s decade of working with local nonprofits for research projects all year round. Students, faculty and staff regularly work with area partners to meet community needs, whether they are filling backpacks on MLK Day of Service with essentials for those experiencing homelessness or volunteering at local schools. This culture of community engagement is now reaffirmed…