Affiliated Programs

Baldwin Scholars

Inspiring and supporting undergraduate women to become engaged, confident and connected leaders in the Duke community and beyond

The four-year experience includes a retreat, two academic seminars, an opportunity to live together as a group on West Campus, an internship, and numerous informal activities such as lectures and dinners. Baldwin Scholars will develop leadership, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills. The program is open to students in the Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and the Pratt School of Engineering.

Bassett Scholars

Encourges students to develop radical empathy, find unity in diversity, and identify shared values and interests

Named after the ardent crusader for free speech and academic freedom in the early 20th Century, John Spencer Bassett Scholars are committed to exploring, engaging, and articulating specific views and epistemologies—enhancing cultural, religious, intellectual, and political diversity.

Cardea Fellows Program

The Cardea Fellows Program is committed to preparing students for a career in healthcare by acquiring core knowledge in math and science. Every undergraduate admitted to Duke has demonstrated academic excellence. Some students may have had fewer opportunities to develop a foundation in science and math that will lead them to their professional goals. The Cardea Fellows Program is designed to enhance the competitiveness of high-performing students through a learning community that helps establish a solid foundation in the natural sciences for each fellow. The goal of this program is to enable our fellows to prepare competitive applications to medical school and other health professional schools.

Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethics

Fostering dialogues on values and ethics throughout the Duke community

The Delta Gamma Lectureship in Values and Ethics was established more than 30 years ago to provide an opportunity on college campuses to openly discuss the ideas of values and ethics. This lecture is a hallmark of the Duke first year experience, as well as an event that all OUSF merit scholars attend. This lecture is open to the entire Duke community.

Marine Lab Scholars Program

Offers three scholars programs for undergraduate students seeking direct research experience and professional development opportunities.

Students enrolled in the Duke University Marine Laboratory (DUML) Scholars Programs are trained through small seminar experiences, experiential learning, enhanced faculty-student mentorship, scientific research, and professional development. The three programs available are the Rachel Carson Scholars Program, the Scholars in Marine Medicine Program, and the Repass-Rodgers Scholars Program.

Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship

Expanding access to and opportunities in the US academy and shaping the future of the humanities

Established in 1988, the Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship (MMUF) is committed to expanding academic faculties and leadership in higher education and to promoting the value of the humanities and related disciplines. MMUF emphasizes mentoring, research support, programming, and student cohort building to and support students of great promise in the humanities and qualitative social sciences, and to help them become scholars and professionals of the highest distinction.

Phi Beta Kappa

The nation's oldest academic honor society

The abridged history of our chapter, presented below, is taken from Carl L. Anderson's history of Phi Beta Kappa at Duke. This work was written in 1977 and revised in 1978, 1980, and 1988. "The Duke chapter, Beta of North Carolina, was formed in 1920 at Trinity College, Durham, on the application of eight faculty members who has been inducted into membership while they were students at other institutions. The statement prepared in support of Trinity's application was pleased to point out that the college had no fewer than eleven buildings, including a library of 54,000 volumes staffed by six librarians.

"To meet the requirement that alumni of the College included persons who had attained great distinction, the charter application named United States Senators and Congressmen, college presidents, and others, including John Spencer Bassett, Professor of History in Trinity College. Bassett had been the center of a celebrated controversy at Trinity in 1903 that led to one of the earliest affirmations of academic freedom by the trustees of an American institution of learning..."

Spire Fellows Program

The SPIRE Fellows Program is an academic support system focused on enhancing student success, retention, and engagement in STEM disciplines. The program is designed to attract and mentor students with a wide range of interests and experiences and centers on building a community where students find an academic home and feel a sense of belonging. We provide engaged mentoring and an academic support system for high-achieving undergraduates with an interest in pursuing a major and/or career in the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields. We include all STEM+ disciplines (e.g. Economics and Psychology) that have a Bachelor of Science degree.