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SAFE ON CAMPUS

Workshop offerstraining on activelysupporting Duke’slesbian, gay, bisexualand transgendercommunity.

GRAB YOURSNEAKERS

Registration for thespring session ofDuke’s Run/Walk Clubis underway for aMarch 5 start.

WORKING

DUKE

fyou ask Susan Gerbeth-Jones how to getahead at Duke,she says,“feet first.”Gerbeth-Jones,who recently accepteda new position as assistant dean for informationtechnology at the Nicholas School oftheEnvironment and Earth Sciences,used her feet todescribe her small steps and big leaps in life during ameeting ofDuke Toastmasters Club,an organizationthat helps people become better public speakers.“In my new role,I have to make morepresentations and speak in front ofgroups,andI wanted to be ready,”she said.So Gerbeth-Jones took another step,this one forprofessional development.She joined Toastmasters, where she makes speeches,receives constructivefeedback and practices conducting meetings.Professional development is on the minds ofmany at Duke:it’s arecurring theme in the Women’s Initiative report;it’s cited among the topreasons for coming to Duke;and it crops up in questions at gatheringssuch as Primetime,last November’s employee forum.Duke has expanded programs and benefits to promote professionaldevelopment.In 2003,Duke launched the Professional DevelopmentInstitute (PDI) with specialized programs to prepare employees forexpanded roles.In 2005,the university introduced a new performancemanagement process that creates goals and a development plan for eachemployee.And last fall,Duke announced a new tuition assistance benefitthat provides up to $5,000 in reimbursement annually for classes at Dukeor other accredited schools in North Carolina.“We have so many inherent resources and opportunities for professionaldevelopment,”said Clint Davidson,vice president for Human Resources.“Thechallenge is helping people understand and connect with what’s available.”Sally Allison,manager for PDI,said professional development is muchmore than taking a class or attending a conference.“It can be reading the newspaper every day tobroaden your understandingofissues,or it canbe sitting down once a month to talk with yourmanager to get feedback or discuss new responsibilities,”Allison said. The majority ofstaffmembers who cometo PDI feel they have more to offer and wantto advance at Duke,she said.“I tell people that one ofthe best ways toadvance at Duke is to be the best at your currentjob,”Allison said.“So much ofyour reputationis based on the impressions you make on thepeople you work with.” With a new year upon us,Duke HumanResources offers the following tips to jump-startyour career:

1. Make a map

It’s hard to know how to get there ifyou don’t know where you’regoing.Take stock ofaccomplishments,skills and abilities.Consider whereyou want your career to go,and then determine what experiences will getyou there.Discuss with your supervisor how to update your professionaldevelopment plan.

2. Let’s talk

Managers are central to professional development,and they willbenefit from knowing and discussing your interests and plans.Set asidetime regularly to talk about career goals,ideas about how you can help andoptions for professional growth.

3. Take the money – it’s free

Duke reimburses employees up to $5,000 annually to take classes thatsupport professional development.Classes can be at Duke or otheraccredited colleges or universities in North Carolina.Melissa Ventevogel,research analyst at the Human Vaccine Institute,returned to school part-time in August 2005 for a master’s degree inimmunology.She qualified to receive up to $1,000 for the current semester.“Anything is a huge help when you’re paying for school by yourself,”shesaid.“I did not want to take out loans.”

A SPECIAL COURT

Basketball floor fromDuke NCAA victorygraces the EmilyKrzyzewski FamilyLife Center in Durham.

NEWS YOU CAN USE :: Volume 2, Issue 1 :: February 2007

This paper consists of 30% recycledpost-consumer fiber.

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JUMP-START

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Where is your career headedat Duke? Explore professionaldevelopment resources availableat Duke with Clint Davidson,vice president for Human Resources, and other HR leaders duringPrimetime. The employee forum, sponsored by

Working@Duke

and

Duke Today

, is at

noon Thursday, Feb. 22

, in the Bryan Center'sGriffith Theater. Refreshments provided

Jump -start Your Career

Susan Gerbeth-Jones, assistant dean for information technology at the Nicholas School of the Environment and Earth Sciences, practices public speaking during a recent Duke Toastmasters Club meeting.

We have so manyinherent resources andopportunities for professionaldevelopment. The challenge ishelping people understand andconnect with what’s available.”

– Clint DavidsonVice President, Duke Human Resources

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Duke Fitness Club expands in 2007

Do more than think abouthealthy resolutions – take actionand join the Duke Fitness Clubthrough LIVE FOR LIFE. Theclub has expanded to providemore options in the area. Newfacilities include BodyworxAerobic and Fitness Center in Roxboro and Peak Fitness, whichhas 33 locations in North Carolina, including two new additionsin Cary and two in Raleigh. The Duke Fitness Club allows faculty,staff, retirees and family members to join local fitness facilitiesat discount membership rates. For more information, visit

www.hr.duke.edu/fitness

Nominations underway for Presidential Award

Nominations for the 2007 Presidential Award are being acceptedthrough Feb. 23. The award recognizes a faculty or staff memberwho has made distinctive contributions to Duke University andHealth System in the past year. The Presidential Award and fiveMeritorious Service Awards will be selected from each of the jobcategories, including a new category this year to recognizeoutstanding leadership at Duke. The Presidential Award recipientin each category receives a Presidential Medallion and $1,000.Meritorious Service Award winners receive a certificate and $100.All winners are recognized by President Richard Brodheadduring a spring luncheon. Call (919) 684-9040 or visit

www.hr.duke.edu/recognition/presidential.html

for nomination forms.

Nicotine replacement therapy offered

Nicotine replacement therapy in the form of a patch,gum or lozenge is available to all Duke employeesat a discount if used in conjunction with a LIVEFOR LIFE smoking cessation program. Peopletrying to quit receive 75 percent off the first supplyand a reduced price on subsequent orders. To get the discount,register for a smoking cessation program and then report to theDuke Hospital Outpatient Pharmacy to receive the specialdiscount. For more information, visit

www.hr.duke.edu/smoking

or call (919) 684-3136, option 1.

LOOKING

AHEAD

DUKE

FEBRUARY 20

: :

Naomi Wolf,author of

The Beauty Myth Revisited

, which helped launch anew wave of feminism in the early1990s, 7 p.m., Griffith FilmTheater in the Bryan Center.

FEBRUARY 22

: :

Provost’sLecture Series – Privacy At Risk?Cory Doctorow, co-editor of WeblogBoing Boing (boingboing.net),discusses “Pwned: How copyrightturns us all into IP serfs,” 5 p.m.,Love Auditorium in Levine ScienceResearch Center.

MARCH 1

: :

Women JudgesForum, Judge Linda McGee fromthe NC Court of Appeals andothers, discuss being a female judge in today’s political and legalenvironment, 4:30 p.m., BurdmanLounge, Room 3000 in the DukeLaw School.For more events, check theuniversity’s online calendarat http://calendar.duke.edu

News

briefs

Affirming Duke’s LGBT community

anie Long began the workshop by asking the dozenDuke faculty,staffand students a few questions:“How do you think our culture constructs theconcepts ofsex and gender?”asked Long,director ofthe Center for Lesbian,Gay,Bisexualand Transgender Life at Duke.“Have you everhad a gay friend who was worried about coming out to family?” These questions are a vital part ofthetraining Long oversees through the SAFEon Campus program.The national program,underway at Duke since 2001,provides training for students,faculty and staffwho want toactively support and affirm the LGBTcommunity.“People struggling with whether or not tocome out definitely need strong allies,no matter what they decide to do,”Long said during a SAFE workshop in November.She said organizations such asSAFE on Campus promote positive change by making theculture ofa campus or workplace more aware andaccepting ofgay,lesbian,bisexual and transgender people.More than 450 SAFE allies have been trained sincethe program started at Duke;most are faculty and staff members.Participants attend two 90-minute workshopsand learn how to support LGBT people about coming outor dealing with homophobic or anti-gay people.Allies alsolearn when and how to make a referral to a counselor and where to report harassment. Allies can be actively supportive in many day-to-day situations,Long said.“Ifa group ofstaffor faculty washaving a conversation over the coffee maker,discussing something they saw on TV,and they started making fun of someone on a show who was gay,lesbian or transgender,an ally could talk with them about the inappropriatenessand insensitivity oftheir comments,”Long said.“It’simportant that the ally points out inappropriate behavior,even ifLGBT people were not present or even working in that department.”Maddie Dewar,LGBT Center program coordinator,said Duke has “come a long way”toward becoming aLGBT-friendly campus.She said the SAFE program is onereason Duke was named among the top 20 institutions forlesbian,gay,bisexual and transgender students in “The Advocate College Guide for LGBT Students,”a book featuring the 100 most LGBT-friendly campuses acrossthe nation. At Duke,SAFE on Campus members identify themselves by displaying the SAFE symbol – a pink triangle with rainbow colors.The symbol – displayed onoffice doors or within living spaces – signifies that spaceis safe to talk about LGBT issues.Domoniqúe Redmond,coordinator ofvolunteerservices for Duke’s Community Service Center and apioneer SAFE member,put the symbol on her office door.“I wanted to do something helpful after hearing thatLGBT students were having a tough time,”she said.“People need someone they can talk to without being judged and without worrying that it will be repeated.”

— By Missy Baxter Working@Duke Correspondent

WORKSHOP PROVIDES TRAINING ON BEING A SUPPORTIVE ALLY

JOINING SAFE ON CAMPUS

For information on workshops and becoming an ally, writelgbtcenter@duke.edu, call (919) 684-6607 or visit

http://lgbt.studentaffairs.duke.edu/index.html

People needsomeone theycan talk to without being judged and withoutworrying that it willbe repeated.”

– Domoniqúe Redmond

“

Domoniqúe Redmond of Duke’sCommunity Service Center put theSAFE symbol on her office door.

I just want to let you know how much I’ve enjoyed reading

Working@Duke

,especially the most recent issue,“Duke’s NightOwls”– in my view,one ofthe best editions so far.This issue really makes a bold statement about our colleagues who really make theuniversity run as efficiently as it does. Jacqueline Looney Senior Associate Dean for Graduate Programs Associate Vice Provost for Academic Diversity

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As a long time Duke employee with 26+ years on third shift,I was pleased to see the article in

Working@Duke

which spotlightednight shift employees (perhaps for the first time in a Dukepublication?).While employees have many personal reasons for working an “off”shift,common among us is a willingness to turnour lives all around (and a tolerance for the sleep deprivation) to keepthe necessary functions ofthe institution going.The challenge is tobe fully connected to the communication loop and other things which can enhance the work experience (such as special projectsand interdepartmental committees).So I noted some irony that the same issue of

Working@Duke

also highlighted the new Primetime forums for employees,whichaccording to the article,was enacted to improve communication,listen to employee concerns and issues,and to help employees feel“enriched and satisfied.”It has been the experience ofthird shiftersthat many ofthese types ofprograms only happen at hours that areconvenient for administrators and employees on a day shift schedule. While scheduling for night shift employees may be more difficultand attendance may not be in large numbers,I hope the organizersofthe Primetime forums will recognize that “primetime”for someofus is not during the day or early evening and plan some eventsaccordingly,so we can have the same opportunities to enjoy thebenefits ofthe program.Donna Elium,MT (ASCP)Clinical Laboratories

Letters to the Editor must include name and contact information. E-mail lettersto working@duke.edu or mail them to Working@Duke Editor, Box 90496, Durham, NC 27708. Fax letters to (919) 681-7926.

letters

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Duke employees selected for lifestyle makeover

NEW FITNESS AND HEALTH INITIATIVEUNDERWAY THROUGH MARCH

elinda Adams couldn’t keep up – with her husband,that is.She tried to run with her husband,Harry,butshe held him back and felt out ofshape. An office manager for the maternal-fetal medicinedivision,Adams wanted to exercise,lose weight and lowerher blood pressure.She also wanted to quit smoking.Toreach her goals,she joined the Duke Run/Walk Club,agroup exercise training program offered at no charge by LIVE FOR LIFE,Duke’s health promotion program.“IfI had to do it by myself,experience told me I wouldn’t do it,”said Adams,who is 50 and has worked atDuke eight years.“It’s good for me to have other peopledepending on me.I can’t say,‘No,I’ll do it tomorrow’ when they are expecting me to show up today.” The club will meet Mondays and Wednesdays from5:30 p.m.to 6:30 p.m.on East and West campus.Thespring session starts March 5 and runs 12 weeks;employees may register any time.Participants are placedinto one ofsix walking or running programs frombeginner to advanced levels.“We have people who are learning how to run at 40,50 and 60 years old and are training for their firstmarathons,”said Lauren Updyke,LIVE FOR LIFE fitnessmanager.“We have employees with sedentary lives,but by the end ofthe session,they can walk for an hour.” The spring session includes a new educationalcomponent that will provide participants with informationabout stretching,nutrition and athletic apparel.Also thisseason,LIVE FOR LIFE is making it easier for employeesto exercise independently.Ifemployees can’t meet with theclub,they can receive training information by e-mail andonline.For Adams,independent exercise isn’t enticing enough.She joined the Run/Walk Club with co-workersfrom Duke Hospital in 2005.At first,she was discouraged.Her smoking made breathing difficult,and she couldn’trun as fast or as long as other participants.Support from friends,family and LIVE FOR LIFEfitness coaches kept Adams motivated,she said.Exercising became easier when she stopped smoking and beganeating healthier.She lost 15 pounds and now enjoysrunning and walking because she feels more energized andless stressed.“It’s done good things for me,”Adams said.Herblood pressure dropped from 155/90 to a healthy 120/80 without medication.“I feel empowered that I took my health problems into my own hands and dealt with it.” And she keeps up with her husband on running trailsseveral times a week.

— By Elizabeth MichalkaWriter,Human Resources Communications

Spring into shape with theDuke Run/Walk Club

IVE FOR LIFE,Duke’s employee health promotion program issponsoring Eat Smart,Move More at Duke,a 10-week fitness andnutrition initiative to encourage healthy diet and exercise habits.Theprogram,which began Jan.15,featured an essay contest for a lifestylemakeover for an employee and a department.About 50 essays weresubmitted.Winners were selected in December and receive gymmemberships and consultations with personal trainers and nutritionists.

Individual lifestyle makeover winner

Joyce FullwoodNurse Manager,Operations,Cardiac Intensive Care Unit,Duke Hospital23 years at DukeFullwood suffers from varioushealth conditions,including high bloodpressure.She entered the Eat Smart,Move More makeover contest becauseshe wants help losing weight andmaking healthier f ood choices.She isnot motivated to exercise alone and wants to eat fewer carbohydrates andmore protein and produce.“I’m tired ofbeing tired,”Fullwoodsaid.She believes losing weight and eating healthier will increase herenergy level.She said she’s always put caring for her children and husband ahead of herself,but now that her children are adults,she wants to focus on herself.“Just because you’re getting older,it doesn’t mean that you have to letyourselfgo,”said Fullwood,who wants to encourage other women to takecontrol oftheir health.“I don’t want to die because ofsomething I hadcontrol over.”Fullwood is looking forward to working with a personal fitness trainerand nutritionist,and she wants to be able to jog and lose at least 20 pounds.“I’m going to give it 100 percent,”she said.

Department lifestyle makeover winner

Lincoln Community Health Center Pharmacy Director:Lynn RobbinsEssays by Tracy Stillwell and Hortense JonesLynn Robbins,Pharmacy Services director,said she encouraged her 20-member staffto enter the Eat Smart,Move More essay contest because shebelieves employees are an organization’s greatest asset and investing in their well-being is essential.“A healthy employee isa more energized andproductive employee,”Robbins said.She said the makeover isan excellent team-building experience.Her staffmembers want to add more physicalactivity into daily routinesand make healthy foodchoices for the long term. Tracy Stillwell,clinical staffpharmacist who co-wrote the winning essay,said her co-workers are rushed to prepare meals after work and have limitedtime to work out.“I want to learn how to implement improvements into my everyday life,like how to include more physical activity into my day and how to plan ahead for healthy meals,”Stillwell said.

— By Elizabeth MichalkaWriter,Human ResourcesCommunications

BY THE NUMBERSDUKE RUN/WALKCLUB

WEEKS THE PROGRAM RUNS

600

ANNUAL REGISTEREDPARTICIPANTS

2002

YEAR THE RUN/WALK CLUBBEGAN

PARTICIPANTS IN THE FIRST2002 SESSIONTHE SPRING RUN/WALK CLUBSESSION BEGINS MARCH 5.SIGN UP ONLINE AT

WWW.HR.DUKE.EDU/ EOHS/LIVELIFE/ RUNWALK.HTML

OR CALL (919) 681-0520.

REGISTRATION UNDERWAY FOR MARCH 5 SESSION START

Belinda Adams, left, walks the East Campus trail with Duke Run/Walk Club members.Joyce Fullwood examines a food pyramid model.Lincoln Center Pharmacy Employees

Eat Smart Move More

DUKE

Get Fit

Register for Eat Smart,Move More at Duke to receive weekly tipson starting and keeping healthy diet andexercise habits. Employees who registerafter the Jan. 15 program deadline arenot eligible for prizes. Tips are postedonline and sent by e-mail. Visit

www.hr.duke.edu/eatsmart/

to register andfollow the progress of makeover winners.

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