GLS eNews January 06, 2022
GLS Biweekly Update - January 06, 2022
The GLS staff currently are working remotely until further notice due to COVID-19 restrictions. Email remains the best way to reach us. COVID-19 updates for students are available on Duke's Coronavirus Response website.
From the Director
Happy First Day of Class, GLS Friends!
Although we are once again starting up remotely, I want to welcome everyone “back.” I hope that the holiday time provided opportunities for rest, friends, family, and whatever brings you joy. I was pleased to be able to have some days with my husband and our two grown sons and their partners, as well as some warm-weather “porch sitting” with a couple of friends.
We are thrilled this spring to welcome five new students to join our community: Damon Boyd, Peter Crispell, Lightsey Darst, Lucia Foster, and Veronique Koch. I am hoping we will be able to gather sometime in the spring so everyone can meet them. For now, we’re so fortunate to have Kent’s class –virtual at the moment –where they can begin their GLS journey.
I’m also delighted this semester to have three other wonderful scholars teaching for us: Michelle Dove, Amanda Starling Gould, and Bob Healy. I know that everyone in their (packed!) classes is going to have rich and meaningful learning experiences.
As for our staff, we are so glad that Malina Chavez is settling in as our new Staff Assistant and communications guru. She has taken over most of the web management, e-News, and social media duties from Lisa Robinson Bailey, so be sure to follow us on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, or Linkedin—all of which will be more frequently updated now that she is with us. Please continue to direct any registration, academic policy, financial, or other academic how-to related questions to Lisa, who will remain in the role of Director of Graduate Studies Assistant (aka “DGSA”).
Finally, in the interest of caution in the face of the surging omicron coronavirus variant, GLS staff will work remotely from now until after the MLK holiday on January 18, pending any additional changes announced by the university. At that point, we expect to return to a hybrid schedule that will have someone(s) at the GLS House every day during business hours. We hope we’ll be able to see many of you after that. If you need us in the meantime, drop us an email, and any of us will be happy to Zoom!
Be well!
Warmly,Anne
GLS receives Activities Grant
We are thrilled to receive this award from Duke University Graduate School, and to have the opportunity to bring you new programming in the New Year! Stay tuned for more details later this year.
On Becoming: A Dance Research Presentation
Friday, January 07 @ 9:30 AM Join the FHI for its Friday morning series, tgiFHI! Iyun Ashani Harrison will share moments from his artistic journey and scholarship that influence his work as a Black, queer, Jamaican choreographer. Find out more about this event here.
Public Domain Day 2022
January 1, 2022, was Public Domain Day: Works from 1926 are open to all, as is a cornucopia of recorded music: an estimated 400,000 sound recordings from before 1923. Check out Duke's Center for the Study of the Public Domain to find out more.
Important Dates for GLS Students
Monday, January 5 - Spring semester classes begin
Monday, January 17 - MLK Holiday
Wednesday, January 19 - Drop/Add ends
Monday, February 14 - Summer Registration begins
March 5-13 - Spring Break
Monday, March 21 - Fall Shopping Cart opens
Wednesday, March 30 - Thursday, April 7 - Fall Registration
Wednesday, April 13 - Graduate classes end
Thursday, April 14 - Sunday, April 24 - Graduate reading period
Saturday, April 30 - Last day of the semester
Campus Calendars
Check out the links below for events happening across Duke.
Franklin Humanities Institute (FHI)
Department of Art, Art History & Visual Studies (AAHVS)
Department of Asian & Middle Eastern Studies (AMES)
Department of Gender, Sexuality & Feminists Studies
Department of International Comparative Studies (ICS)
Online Resources for Graduate Students
- COVID-19 updates for students are available on Duke's Coronavirus Response website.
- Graduate School-specific COVID-19 updates are posted here.
- The Duke Student Assistance Fund was established to better support master's students who may be experiencing difficulty providing for their basic needs during this extraordinary time.
- Blue Devils Care is a new mental telehealth service that can provide support wherever you may be located currently. You can access the service by using the key DUKE2020.
- The Duke Career Hub offers career support, content, and resources.
- The International House (iHouse) is a 'home away from home' for international students. Click here to see a recording and slides from their Spring 2022 New Student Orientation.
