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LEANORA MINAI
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Cover: Who Are We?
As of this summer, the employee population at Duke University and Duke University Health System stood at 34,863, making the number of employees bigger than some North Carolina cities. Find out where we live and work, how old we are and more.
ften in Working@Duke, we tell stories of individual staff and faculty. But its been a goal of the Working@Duke editorial team to take a closer look at our workforce demographics. For the feature article in this issue, the editorial team dug through data from Duke Human Resources to see what story the data tells. In these pages, we present the trends we discovered through story and illustration. With 34,863 people working at Duke University and Duke University Health System, were the size of a small city with a diverse workforce. Our report Who Are We? begins on page 4 and covers age, jobs, gender, years of service, where we live and race and ethnicity. Please take some time to learn about Dukes people and interesting workforce trends everything from how were addressing workforce aging to an explanation about why women outnumber men here. When people think of Duke, they often picture professors, researchers and health care providers because they represent what we are known for: education, research and patient care, Denise Motley Johnston, director of recruitment at Duke, told Working@Duke. However, we also have a huge supporting cast of staff, including groundskeepers and clerical support.
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Duke holiday social is Dec. 6
Ring in the holidays with colleagues during the Duke holiday social from 2 to 4 p.m. Dec. 6 in the Von Canon rooms in the Bryan Center on West Campus. The event is open to Duke University and Duke University Health System faculty and staff. Drop in and enjoy free refreshments, holiday music and the opportunity to socialize with colleagues. The holiday social is one way Duke has of showing appreciation for employees, said Denise Evans, executive director of Duke Staff and Labor Relations and Dukes Staff and Family Programs. It is a way to thank staff for their positive contributions not only during the holidays, but throughout the year.
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Asians comprise 8 percent of Dukes employee population, which is higher than Like other states across the country, North Carolinas Hispanic Asian residents in Durham County population has more than doubled in size between 2000 and 2010. (4.7 percent) and North Carolina At Duke, another group has seen its number grow fast. (2.3 percent). In 2003, Asians comprised Faculty and staff identifying as Asian represent the third largest 5.5 percent of Dukes faculty and staff. employee demographic on campus behind those recognizing Li-Chen Chin, director of themselves as white or black, according to Duke Human Resources. intercultural programs for Duke Student Hispanic comes in fourth. Affairs, said Asian employee population growth mirrors undergraduate Li-Chen Chin students, 21 percent of whom identify as Asian-American. Asians are typically found among faculty in higher education, but Dukes growth of Asian employees includes an effort to increase Asian staff members, Chin said. Diversity is one of the core values of Duke, she said. Growing the number of minority employees only helps to offer the best faculty and staff for a diverse group of students we serve. Ben Reese, vice president and chief diversity officer with the Office for Institutional Equity, said having a diverse workforce is important to offering a broad range of perspective, viewpoints and ideas. As important as the diversity of our workforce is to success in todays work, its equally important for us to create the type of environment where all individuals have the opportunity for professional growth, development and full participation in the workplace, Reese said. Inclusion speaks to this Faculty and staff identifying as Asian represent the third largest employee demographic on campus. effort to fully utilize talents of everyone in our workforce.
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In nursing fields at Duke, 5,039 of the 5,563 employees are female, according to Duke Human Resources. This bumps up the proportion of women in the Health System to 75 percent. We are slowly seeing more men join the field of nursing, but I think the public today would still find it very odd if a health care organization did not have a very high proportion of women, said Mary Ann Fuchs, chief nursing officer for Duke University Health System. Reeves, the visiting scholar, said Dukes high proportion of women may also reflect that academic institutions offer more flexibility around work and family responsibilities. In my experience, academia is more conducive to work-life balance than many businesses driven by quarterly stock performance, she said.
Duke addresses work-life balance and provides family-friendly policies, on-site child care centers and professional development through groups like the Administrative Womens Network. Christine Vucinich, an outreach coordinator with the Office of Information Technology, attended the women-only Woman to Woman Financial Empowerment seminar. The seminar was presented over the summer in partnership with Duke Human Resources and the Administrative Womens Network. It was empowering to see women in so many different roles managers, staff assistants, coordinators, directors, Vucinich said. I realize I have lots of good role models around me.
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By the Numbers
Duke University & Duke University Health System
34,863
Total headcount
61,267
The average length of service for a Duke employee is more than double the national average in the education and hospital industry.
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Average age
5,762
Faculty
22,513
Female
12,350
Male
19 percent
Total hires that comprise nursing
12,767
October job applicants
Source: Duke Human Resources, fiscal year 2011-12
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Emily Durham, a program coordinator with DukeEngage, poses at Brightleaf Square, one of her favorite places in Durham.
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William Conescu, right, director of Duke development communications, explores the Duke Forward website with Alice McKenzie at the Duke Forward campus launch.
taff members in the Office of University Development arrived Oct. 1 exhausted but delighted to find their inboxes filled with well wishes and congratulations. After two years of fundraising and months of event planning, they had officially launched Duke Forward: Partnering for the Future, the universitys $3.25 billion fundraising campaign, during a weekend of events, including a gala for about 800 people. It was an incredible start and a labor of love, but theres a lot more to be done, said Sarah West, the associate vice president for strategic planning and the campaign. Part of that work involves building on the momentum of the campus launch by engaging supporters where they work and live. Senior leaders from Duke will attend regional events in Atlanta, Washington D.C., San Francisco, New York and London before the end of the academic year. It takes a little army of staff and volunteers to put on each of these events, West said. Duke Forward, which continues until 2017, raised $1.325 billion during its silent phase over the past two years. The campaign includes goals for all 10 of Dukes schools, the Health System and a range of university programs including financial aid, faculty
development, research and patient care, athletics and annual giving. A significant part of the campaign will focus on Dukes unique strengths, including interdisciplinary efforts in basic and translational medical science, innovation and entrepreneurship, the arts, energy, global health and the environment. Generating excitement about these priorities comes, in large part, from sharing stories of how Duke has made a difference from faculty, staff and students. We show people the quality of people who work here, how meaningful their work is to them and how hard they try for it, President Richard H. Brodhead said in October during Primetime, an employee forum. He recalled the poignancy of meeting a Duke medical postdoctoral student at the campaign launch whos life had been saved at age 5 by pioneering stem cell research carried out at Duke. These are the sort of miracles that only a research university can create, Brodhead said. Duke staff and faculty are encouraged to participate in the campaign by sharing their Duke stories on the campaign website, dukeforward.duke.edu.
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Duke womens basketball fans cheer during a game at Cameron Indoor Stadium last year. Jean Hanson, standing in the long-sleeve white T-shirt with Duke blue short sleeve T-shirt, has attended Duke games for more than a decade. Photo courtesy of Orin Day.
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FacultyAnnual fitness challengeto Get 14 and Staff Set starts Jan. Moving
This team of employees from Dukes Division of Gynecologic Oncology averaged the most minutes of exercise among all teams in last years Get Moving Challenge.
lunch or in the 08 million steps. evening activities 2.8 million they continued after exercise the competition minutes. 3,879 Register now for the Get Moving Challenge at hr.duke.edu/getmoving. Participants ended. pounds. can compete individually or form teams of five to 11 employees. Competition Even though Thats what 2,800 focuses on who walks the most steps, exercises the most minutes and loses the were separated from faculty and staff across most weight. The challenge runs Jan. 14 to March 24. Dukes main campus Duke accomplished last in Durham, Get year as part of the Get Moving helped us feel the spirit of campus activities, Lo Piccolo Moving Challenge, a team-based fitness competition that returns said. Participating helped us build nice rapport within our Jan. 14. Employees can register for the Get Moving Challenge now at community and made us feel connected. During the upcoming Get Moving Challenge, pedometers will hr.duke.edu/getmoving and form teams of five to 11 employees. be provided to competitors tracking daily steps. Individuals track Like last year, competition will focus on who can walk the most their own progress and compete against other individuals. steps, exercise the most minutes and lose the most weight. Sponsored We were thrilled with the effort so many faculty and staff put by LIVE FOR LIFE, Dukes employee wellness program, the into last years program, said Julie Joyner, manager for LIVE FOR competition runs Jan. 14 to March 24. Registration is open through LIFE. Its exciting to see employees embrace the challenge to achieve the end of January. better health and wellness. Theres a little bit of a competitor in all of us, and its a really Among the returning competitors is Ellen Stevens, whose fun way to set a healthy routine, said Rachel Lo Piccolo, Ph.D. Crazy Ladies team of employees from Dukes Division of program coordinator at Dukes Marine Lab in Beaufort. Looking at Gynecologic Oncology managed the seventh highest total of average other teams progress pushed me to try a little harder. It never hurts to have encouragement. steps taken and finished first in average minutes of exercise. During last years Get Moving Challenge, Lo Piccolo and seven Its definitely a way to improve your health and improve your other employees at the Marine Lab in Beaufort formed the Marine ability to bond with coworkers, said Stevens, a postdoctoral research Lab Movers, which finished ninth overall in team rankings for associate in the Division of Gynecologic Oncology. Exercising average steps taken. She said her team did well because it built fitness together just motivates us to do more and work harder to win. routines into the day, like going for short walks before work, during BY BRYAN ROTH
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Each year, large bags of gifts line the office hallways at Duke Chapel, as employees and worshippers donate items as part of Project Share.
During each holiday season, Duke pledges to provide gifts for at least 300 adults and children across Durham through donations from Duke departments, offices and student groups. On average, it costs about $50 to sponsor one person. For Puckett, that means lots of shopping. Duke Chapel staff and worshippers received a wish list in the fall from the Community Service Center describing about 70 Durham residents the Chapel will sponsor. Puckett and other staff purchase gifts like clothing or blankets. We collect items and store them in our office until we run out of space, he said. After a few weeks, we organize and deliver the gifts that have been donated. For the past five years, Pegeen Ryan-Murray helped organize a Project Share effort for the Office of Undergraduate Scholars and Fellows. She'd set out a donation box and have a contest to see which scholarship group had the most number of students make a donation. After money was collected, students from the scholarship groups would go shopping and hold a wrapping party. It made us all feel good doing something positive that made a difference in peoples lives, said Ryan-Murray, now a program coordinator for the Pratt School of Engineerings Engineering World Health Summer Institute. If everyone did this, itd be a different kind of world.
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DIVERSITY AWARD
If a Duke faculty or graduate students research interests touch upon race, ethnicity or gender in the social sciences, it has probably come to the attention of Paula D. McClain and Kerry L. Haynie, co-directors of the Center for the Kerry L. Haynie, left, and Paula D. McClain Study of Race, Ethnicity and Gender in the Social Sciences (REGSS). REGSS has sponsored lectures and visiting scholars, held five major national conferences, brought six scholars to campus through a distinguished lecture series and created mentoring programs to create and support a community dedicated to examining the complex intersections of race, gender and ethnicity. REGSS has provided the singular university formal platform for celebrating faculty work that crosses these intersections, said Karla Holloway, the James B. Duke Professor of English who nominated REGSS for the Diversity Award. Perhaps even more critical, it is REGSS that incoming faculty and scholars of color look to for recruitment conversations and the kinds of programming that eventually convince them to come to Duke.
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TEAMWORK AWARD
In April 2011, Duke approved the purchase and implementation of EpicCare, an electronic health records system to integrate patient records across all of Duke University Health Systems clinics and hospitals. The primary care clinics were the first wave of settings selected to implement the new system called Maestro Care. A 52-member team of computer programmers, clinical liaisons, trainers, physician champions, interface analysts and technical administrators customized the system for Dukes primary care setting, loaded millions of rows of data and trained more than 1,400 users before the critical go-live date. Karen Rourk, who nominated the team as director of the Maestro Care Ambulatory project, said the support, guidance and technical work during the yearlong implementation was vital to the successful launch to all 33 clinics in July. Ive been at Duke for almost 18 years, and the Ambulatory Team is one of the most collaborative and successful groups Ive ever been a part of, she said.
The Maestro Care Team with Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead and Health System Executive Vice President William J. Fulkerson.
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he battle for the belt has begun, but its not too late to step into the ring. About 850 students, faculty and staff have signed up to prove their mettle in the second Green Devil Smackdown, Dukes sustainability-themed competition that runs through March 2013. Duke The Pratt School of Engineerings greengineering team displays the Green Devil community members Smackdown championship belt after winning it in the last sustainability competition, can sign up and form which ran FebApril 2012. teams any time to The belt, which has been proudly displayed in earn points for green actions, such as a case by Twinnies Cafe in the Fitzpatrick riding the bus, carpooling or completing Center for Interdisciplinary Engineering, the Duke Carbon Calculator. Medicine, and Applied Science, is now Ultimately, the Smackdown is all about awaiting its new home. how we can inspire and challenge our peers to August Burns, departmental business be more sustainable, said Tavey Capps, Dukes manager for the Fitzpatrick Institute sustainability director. The last competition for Photonics, was a member of Pratts was one of our most successful outreach efforts, greengineering team. She said and I cant wait to see how this years program participating in the Green Devil extends the reach and impact of sustainable Smackdown isnt just about winning. initiatives across campus. Shes adopted more sustainable behaviors The team that earns the highest like using WeCar, Dukes car-sharing average points per participant will be program, and buying a hybrid car. crowned champion and receive a customThe Smackdown gave me a little designed championship belt. In addition, extra nudge because I was thinking about a drawing will be held at the end of the sustainability when I was looking for a car, competition to award an iPad to a Duke said Burns, who traded in her 2001 Nissan community member who completes at least Altima and bought a 2012 Kia Optima after seven challenges during the competition. last years Smackdown. Its among the best In the last Smackdown challenge, a Pratt decisions Ive ever made because I get my School of Engineering team with 13 staff money back by saving on better mileage, members and a graduate student won the and Im not burning as much gas. challenge and claimed the championship belt.
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Participants ate at a campus eatery with local/organic fare
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Participants attended campus Earth Month event
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Students, faculty and staff who made donations to Duke Free Store
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Volunteers at Duke Campus Farm
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Staff members who completed the Leading for Environmental Sustainability workshop
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Offices/departments that earned Green Workplace Certification
The first Smackdown ran February-April 2012.
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