Working@Duke - November, 2010

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BUDGET Q&AExecutive Vice PresidentTallman Trask III andProvost Peter Langediscuss the issues andchallenges of budgetplanning while tryingto cut $100 million.

Karen Gray routinely processes reimbursement requests from facultyand staff in foreign currencies.

But a recent 18-page expense report from a researcher in Kenyagave her pause.

There were six or seven tiny handwritten receipts taped to eachpage, said Gray, a financial analyst for the Duke Global Health Institute.

The researcher was studying HIV in rural Kenya, where receipts areseldom used. It took Gray days to decipher the receipts and organize themaccording to reimbursement regulations. That experience prompted Gray

to suggest changes to support projects abroad.Now, we give researchers traveling to underdeveloped countries

receipt books or expense sheets where they can write the details and havethe vendor sign, she said.

From finance to facilities, technology to teaching, hundreds of Dukefaculty and staff like Gray are thinking globally, while working locally inDurham. Theyre creating an infrastructure to support Dukes ambitionto become what President Richard H. Brodhead calls, a truly globaluniversity.

With a research or educational presence in more than 200international locations, Duke has a long history abroad. But thepast decade has seen a surge in Dukes institutional engagement ininternational relationships and programs. From creating a graduatemedical school in partnership with the National University of Singapore

to plans by the Fuqua School of Business to open campuses in five areasof the world, Duke is enhancing its global identity through research,education and outreach that goes far beyond the Durham campus. Justthis year, Brodhead attended the groundbreaking for a Duke campus inKunshan, China, where Duke plans to offer programs in the future inbusiness, environment, public policy and global health, among others.

But Duke cant rely on campuses abroad to create a global Duke,said Greg Jones, vice president and vice provost for global strategy andprograms. If we are serious about training leaders of the 21st century,he said, we have to have students, faculty and staff who have a globalimagination, no matter where they work.

Institutional Support

As Duke ramps up efforts overseas, the university is examining issuesthat affect employees abroad and making it easier for faculty and staff in

Durham to support people and projects overseas everything from policiesto business operations.

Over the past year, for example, an International Human Resources

Committee has been studying employment issues ranging from healthbenefits to compensation, said Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president forHuman Resources.

In August, the committee formalized the first internationalemployment policy, allowing faculty or staff stationed abroad for a yearor more to request an education allowance for their childs K12 schooling.

Having employees in multiple countries poses interesting challengesbecause each country is so different, Cavanaugh said. It is hard to writeone-size-fits-all policies or procedures, he added. We have to look atcountry-specific issues as well as Duke-wide policy development.

To help plan and coordinate its increased global activities, Dukelaunched the Office of Global Strategy and Programs, which is led byJones, the vice president and vice provost for global strategy and programs.

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SUSTAINABLE DUKEDepartments acrossDuke are eliminatingsingle-use plastic waterbottles and replacingthem with more eco-friendly water coolers.

DUKES ENGAGEMENT IN INTERNATIONAL PROGRAMS, RELATIONSHIPS CHANGING JOBS ON CAMPUS

Duke President Richard H. Brodhead, center, attends the groundbreaking ceremony for the Duke

campus in Kunshan, China, with Provost Peter Lange, far left, and U.S. Consul General Beatrice

Camp, who is standing beside Brodhead.


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Duke releases annual campus security report

The annual crime report for Duke showsincreases in some reported offenses from2008 to 2009, but university officials say

this is due in part to increased awareness and

new reporting procedures.The Annual Campus Security Report,released in October by the university, showsincreases in reports of forcible sex offenses,robbery and aggravated assault. There was alsoan uptick in liquor law violations referred fordisciplinary action.

Its important for students, faculty and staffto be informed about the number of reportedincidents, said John Dailey, chief of police atDuke. We certainly compare favorably to ourpeer institutions. Although we would like allour numbers to be zero, thats not a realisticexpectation. This is an opportunity to come

together and take this information and see whatwe can learn from it and work to reduce thenumbers in the future.

The report is mandated by the federal CleryAct, which requires universities to publish anannual report disclosing campus security policiesand three years worth of selected crime statistics.As directed by last years Higher EducationOpportunity Act, the report also includesinformation about Dukes emergency notificationand response and evacuation procedures.

An area that saw an increase is forcible sexoffenses, which went from five reported incidentsin 2008 to 13 in 2009, according to the report.

University officials said the increase in thenumber of sex offenses may be the result ofadjustments in reporting. Last year, a new policy

for reporting sex offenses was enacted, and it saysthat any university official informed of anallegation of sexual misconduct involving astudent is expected to file a report with the Officeof Student Conduct.

Dailey said the sex offense categoryrepresents a range of illegal behavior, frominappropriate touching to rape. Of the 13 sexoffense cases at Duke, eight were classified asforcible fondling and seven of the 13 casesinvolved acquaintances, Dailey said. We wantthe community to know that this behavior isnot acceptable and that Duke has many helpfulresources, he said.

Dailey said a factor in the jump in robberiesfrom two in 2008 to seven in 2009 may be dueto the economic downturn. Also, he said, three ofthe seven robberies occurred on public property

but because of their proximity to campus, theyare counted in Dukes annual statistics.

Another area that saw an increase isaggravated assault, according to the report. Therewere six in 2008 and 12 in 2009. Dailey said thatDuke has started capturing incidents of assault bypatients on medical personnel in this category.

All but one of the cases involved assault onstaff members by disruptive patients in ourhospitals and clinics, Dailey said.

Referrals of liquor law violations fordisciplinary action also increased from 320 in2008 to 363 in 2009. We believe the alcoholnumbers are a result of a combination of factors,

including enhanced education and training andimproved communication and reporting,Dailey said.

Dailey said that overall reported crime at Dukeis low, and the number of robberies and sexualassaults are lower so far in 2010, compared to thesame period in 2009. Still, he said, in a universitycommunity, one incident is considered too many.We all need to work together to minimize crime.

By Leanora Minai

Working@Duke Editor

NewsbriefsLEANORA MINAI

[email protected]

Earlier this year, I wore a pedometer

that measured my steps, and I

quickly realized I wasnt meeting

a goal of 10,000 daily steps. Concerned,

I scheduled walks, hikes and runs and

soon enough, I was logging more than

10,000 daily steps.

Im now thrilled to report that I

will run my first half-marathon on Nov. 7

in Raleigh. The 13.1-mile race is the Rex

Healthcare Half Marathon and is part

of Raleigh's fourth annual City of Oaks

Marathon. My goal is to complete the

course in two hours without stopping.

I give thanks to LIVE FOR LIFE,

Dukes employee wellness program, for

helping me get started and grow more

accountable for achieving my fitness

goals. Earlier this year, I participated

in the programs fitness challenge and

carried that momentum forward on

my own.

I registered for the half-marathonto challenge my body and mind and

maintain my health and fitness. Im

running in honor of my father, who

passed away last November after

fighting cancer. He would be proud.

Over the months, I experienced blisters

on my big toe, a sore right knee, extreme

summer heat and boredom on the

treadmill. But I stuck with the pace,

increasing my distance from two to eight

miles, as of this writing.

Most importantly, I've learned

that all we need is a little spark and

inspiration to make meaningful changes

in our lives. Whether its a team challenge

at Duke, or an inspiring friend or family

member, heres hoping you find your

positive spark, too.

EditorsNote

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E-mail letters to [email protected] or mail them to Working@DukeEditor, Box 90496, Durham, NC 27708. Fax letters to(919) 681-7926. Please keep length to no more than 200 words.

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Read the security report at duke.edu/police

Beat holiday weight gainGet help over the holidays with maintaining weight during the annualMaintain Dont Gain program, sponsored by LIVE FOR LIFE, Dukes

employee wellness program.

The eight-week program, which is Nov. 15 to Jan. 9, providesweekly e-mails with healthy recipes and tips and strategies for stress

management, physical activity and adopting or maintaining healthybehaviors. Research shows that weight gained during the holidays

isnt always lost in the New Year, said Liz Grabosky, LIVE FOR LIFE

fitness program manager. Maintaining your weight throughout theholidays is a lot easier than losing pounds later.

Register at hr.duke.edu/maintain.

Free fun at the Nasher Museum of ArtAdmission to the Nasher Museum of Art is free Sunday, Nov. 21

for the exhibitions, The Record: Contemporary Art and Vinyl and

The Vorticists: Rebel Artists in London and New York, 1913-1914.During the event from noon to 4 p.m., Nigerian-born artist

Fatimah Tuggar, whose work is included in The Record exhibition,

will be present to share her passion for art.The day caters especially to children ages 3 to 12 and their

accompanying adults, but with live performances, gallery hunts and

other activities, there will be something for people of all ages, saidJuline Chevalier, the museums curator of education.

The Nasher Museum of Art hosts five free family days each year;

general admission is always free for Duke faculty, staff and students.

The November Free Family Day is sponsored in part by Duke Medicine.For more information and a schedule of events, visit nasher.duke.edu.

What role do disasters play in society?Do disasters bring opportunities for resilience and renewal, or simply

highlight the shortcomings of societys responses? Kevin Rozario,

associate professor of American Studies at Smith College, will tacklethis question Nov. 18 as part of the Provosts Lecture Series on

Natural Disasters/Human Responses.Rozario will present his thoughts on the central, yet changing

role of disasters in modern life. He will look at the influence of

Katrina, Haiti and the BP oil spill on public policy and ourunderstanding of calamity in a lecture, Catastrophes of Progress:

Disaster and Innovation in America. The lecture is at 5 p.m. in the

Sociology-Psychology Building, Room 130.For more information, visit provost.duke.edu/speaker_series.

In a university community,

one incident is considered toomany. We all need

to work together

to minimize

crime.

John Dailey

Duke Police Chief

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In September, President Richard Brodheadreported that much progress had been made toreturn the university to financial health, but headded that shared sacrifice will likely still beneeded to bring us to a sustainable budget.

Discussions about such sacrifices are takingplace as schools and departments begin developingbudgets for the next fiscal year, which ends June30, 2012, and marks the conclusion of a three-

year period for the university to reduce its budgetby $100 million. The university still needs to cut$40 million to reach that target.

Executive Vice President Tallman Trask IIIand Provost Peter Lange talked withWorking@Duke about some issues and challengesin preparing budgets for the coming year.

What are some tough decisions next year?

Trask:A substantial number of people wholeave probably wont be replaced. We probablyneed to pull out about 100 more positions by theend of the 2012 fiscal year. Its unlikely that everyperson who does leave will be in positions that we

will be able to do without. So there will need tobe some rearrangement of people andresponsibilities to help deal with that.

We are not seeing the normal level ofattrition we typically see. The opportunity islimited somewhat because the job market is tiedup. But if a department has the opportunity totake advantage of a vacancy by not filling it, itcan help balance that departments budget.

Lange: There isnt a common answer becausethe budget for each school is very different. Someschools are funded primarily by tuition whileothers receive more external support through

grants, investments and philanthropy. The schoolsstill face tight budgets, but it makes more sensefor the decisions to be made by the deans andfaculty within their schools and departmentsrather than an across the board approach. Butthere are going to be some difficult choices thatthe deans are going to have to make in terms ofprograms and hiring.

What are some potential sacrifices in thecoming year?

Lange: The increasing expense for totalcompensation pay and benefits is going torun up against some of our programmatic goals.We started budget discussions with the deans andtheir financial officers early this year because wewanted them to start thinking about how theyare going to keep the budget balanced with theincreasing cost of total compensation.

Its an iterative process. There will be a lotof conversation about how and where thesechoices will be hammered out school by school.There are a lot of variables, and there isuncertainty about things like investmentincome and philanthropy that make budgetplanning difficult. The process is definitelyan art. The one thing it is not is science.

Trask: Our increasing benefit costs and apotential pay increase next year will increase ourexpenses by about $25 to $30 million, so weneed to save more than the $40 million targetto address the budget. We are going to have tohave some conversations about benefits. Ourbenefits package is valued at the high-endamong other universities and is well above therest of the market. Im not sure we can sustainthat in the future.

What other changes are in the works to reachthe $100 million budget reduction target?

Trask: The big push will be on theprocurement side. We know we have too manytransactions where we dont get the best pricingwe could get. About 60 percent of the budget issalary and benefits, and the rest is stuff. We spent$650 million on stuff last year. If we can save

5 percent, thats about $30 million in savings.It is the biggest single thing we have left.

Lange: Hopefully, we can generate a goodpiece of savings through procurement and thecomputer purchasing program. But I think werefacing whats called a collective action problem,which is based on a great book by Mancur Olson.Basically, individuals making decisions dont feel

accountable for the common good. So one personsays, Whos going to know if I spend a few extrahundred dollars for my computer? But when youadd up all the purchases, its a lot of money. Thealternative is a command system, where choice ismandated. How far are we going to go with acommand system? I dont quite know the answerto that.

The bigger problem I think is that we havepeople who still believe that someday in the nottoo distant future, things will just go back to theway they were. I dont think thats going tohappen. Were now in the new normal. We willneed to continue to operate in much the same

way as we have the last couple years. There arelots of places where weve made changes, and thatwill be the new normal.

You both have worked together in your rolesfor about 11 years. What impact has that hadin managing through the financial crisis?

Trask:We respect each others judgment,so we dont have some of the turf wars that canbecome unfriendly at other institutions. WhenI got here, I didnt think the provost hadenough of a voice in budgetary issues, so Iworked to have the provost more involved. Atmost places, the executive vice president doesnt

want the provost involved at all. We agree about80 percent of the time, and the other 20percent, we work through together.

Lange:Weve worked together for 11 years,and I think its a huge advantage. You have tohave confidence and trust in the other person.It is easier to do that when you are growing andexpanding, but it is much more critical whenthings are tight. I think that is the mostimportant thing, especially with the strategywe pursued. If we used a meat cleaver approach,youd probably just fight it out and be done.But if youre going to cut the budget with a

scalpel like were doing it, you are going to havemaybe a hundred conversations about whereand how to make cuts. And thats where yourexperience with each other and mutual respectand knowledge of how each other works isincredibly important. You might say that thestrategy weve taken was only possible becauseof the leadership team we have in place and thelength of time weve been working togetherwith the president and each other.

By Paul Grantham

Assistant Vice President

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Planning to reduce budgetby $100 million

Executive Vice President Tallman Trask III

Provost Peter Lange

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with Tallman Trask, executive vice president, and Provost Peter Lange


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For a full list of Dukes smoking cessation resources, visit hr.duke.edu/tobaccofree

Smoking cessation programsoffer lifeline to quitting

Tami Tuck traded in her Marlboro cigarettes for kayaks.

She was spending more than $2,000 each year oncigarettes, and when she kicked the habit with help

from Dukes employee wellness program, she used thesavings to buy her family three kayaks.Going out on the water gives me such a sense of

serenity, said Tuck, an associate in research at the ChildrensEnvironmental Health Initiative at the Nicholas School.Theres so much good in that compared to smoking.

But quitting wasnt easy.Tuck started smoking when she was in high school. She

quit briefly while pregnant with her son, Cody, but returnedto smoking a pack a day, as did her husband. As Cody gotolder, he started reminding them that smoking was bad.Looking down into the eyes of your little boy asking youto quit thats a strong incentive, Tuck said.

Tucks husband, Tim, quit in 2006. A few weeks later,Tuck decided to follow suit. To prepare, she attendeda free smoking cessation class, offered by LIVE FOR LIFE,Dukes employee wellness program. The class helped herrealize that she smoked out of habit and to reduce stress.

Prompted in part by Duke Medicine becoming asmoke-free workplace in 2007, Tuck smoked a bit less eachday and set a quit date of Nov. 7, 2006. She called LIVEFOR LIFE and asked for a phone buddy to check in withevery few days. She made her sister promise to call her onweekends. When the day came, she threw her cigarettes inthe trash.

On that first day, I remember thinking, Wow, its beenone hour, two hours, lunchtime, and I havent smoked yet,Tuck said. I was so proud of myself.

By day three, she craved a cigarette. Knowing LIVEFOR LIFE and my sister were going to be calling made iteasier to resist lighting up, she said.

A few weeks after quitting, she and her husband addedup the savings and bought three kayaks; one for him, onefor her and one for Cody. The family now paddles togetherseveral times a month.

Tuck will celebrate four years of being smoke-free onNov. 7, her fathers birthday. He died of cancer, so I chose hisbirthday as my day to stop smoking, she said. Its the bestgift I can give in his memory living my life to the fullest.

By Marsha A. Green

Senior Writer, Office of Communication Services

Talk it over, get help withDuke Personal Assistance Service

Cold TurkeyRaffle

The annual Great AmericanSmokeout is Nov. 18. If youwant to quit or help otherskick the habit, stop by theLIVE FOR LIFE information

tables from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.Nov. 16-18 at Duke HospitalCafeteria and Duke SouthFood Court. Employees areeligible to enter a drawingto win a gift certificate for afrozen turkey.

Tim and Tami Tuck enjoy a day on the water. They gave up cigarettes and

bought kayaks with the savings.

Since Duke Personal Assistance Service beganoffering confidential counseling to employeesand their families in 1984, more than

20,000 people have walked through the doors.And they keep coming: counseling sessions

rose from 2,993 in fiscal year 2008-09 to 3,680in 2009-10 a 23 percent jump.

Andy Silberman, director of the service,also known as PAS, said the economicdownturn and word-of-mouth awareness arefactors in the surge. Duke increased the numberof visits allowed to address an issue from six toeight in January of this year.

Everybody is going to experiencedifficulties in life, and sometimes a person canbenefit from talking to a professional about it,

Silberman said. We are here to help because weknow that any problem can potentially interferewith health and productivity.

Through PAS, Duke provides confidentialvoluntary assessments, short-term counseling andreferrals for a range of personal, family and workproblems at no charge to clients. Consultation isalso available to managers and departments, andPAS responds to critical incidents that disrupt theemotional wellbeing of a group, such as anunexpected death of a colleague.

Most people arrive for counseling withfamily or personal issues, while only one in five

come with work-related concerns, Silbermansaid. Counselors help employees or their familymembers cope or resolve an issue and will refer

people to community providers if they needsomething the service cannot provide.

Silberman said that in recent confidential surveysof clients, 62 percent of respondents indicate theirwork performance improved after using the service.

Richard Lee, a manager in Duke HumanResources, has called on PAS over his 28 yearsat Duke for advice on how to tactfully approachan employee whose behavior has changedsuddenly. Ive had PAS coach me through animaginary dialogue encouraging an employeeto consider counseling, he said.

Because services are voluntary andconfidential, managers dont know if anemployee has taken advantage of the counseling,

unless the employee chooses to speak about itor provides authorization to PAS to contactthe supervisor.

Surveys show 94 percent of respondentsare satisfied with PAS, and 97 percent saythat if needed, they will contact the serviceagain. Thats wonderful affirmation thatwhat we are doing is making a difference,Silberman said.

By Marsha A. Green,

Senior Writer, Office of Communication Services

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To make an appointment, call (919) 416-1727 from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday.The PAS office is at 2200 West Main St., Erwin Square Tower, on the 4th floor.

Did your problem improve after using PAS?

Duke Personal Assistance Service distributes confidentialquestionnaires to clients to measure problem resolution,

coping enhancement and productivity improvement,

among other metrics. The questionnaires are sent fourmonths after beginning services with PAS and are

returned anonymously. My problem improved after use

of PAS is among the questions. A majority of cl ientsalso report their productivity improved since using PAS.

Source: Duke Personal Assistance Service, 2009-10

For more information, visit hr.duke.edu/pas


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arl Foster remembers the first fewdays of feeling ill, but chunks of

the following four months remaina blank.Foster received treatment at Duke

and Durham Regional hospitals lastyear after contracting the 2009 H1N1virus. He nearly died after many of hisorgans shut down, and he was put onlife support. Unfortunately for Foster,he became ill before a vaccine forH1N1 was released.

I was in great health prior to myepisode, said Foster, a Duke alumnusand analyst at the Research TrianglesRTI International. What I remember is

fighting hard for my life, and Im gratefulI had the strength to win that fight.Foster said he hopes his nightmare

tale convinces others to get a seasonalflu shot.

Duke faculty and staff can get aseasonal influenza vaccine through thewinter months at no charge with avalid DukeCard. The Centers forDisease Control (CDC) advises thatanyone over 6 months old shouldreceive a seasonal flu shot. This yearsvaccine is one shot and protectsagainst three different flu viruses,

including the H1N1 virus that causedso much illness last season.

Vaccines are given in the EmployeeOccupational Health and Wellness(EOHW) offices on the basement levelof the Red Zone in Duke Southbetween 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m. Mondayto Friday, except noon to 2 p.m. onWednesdays. Flu activity commonlypeaks in the U.S. in January orFebruary.

Last year, more than 16,000 Dukeemployees received a free seasonal flushot, and about 10,000 employees got

a separate vaccine to protect against2009 H1N1 virus.

Karen Herndon, staff assistant inthe Department of Statistical Science,was among the first employees to getboth vaccines. I was around peoplewho had the flu last year, and I didntget it, so it definitely benefited me,said Herndon, whos received a free flushot from Duke for 10 years.

Like Herndon, Duke faculty andstaff are encouraged to get the influenzavaccination to protect against theserious virus and help limit the spreadof infection.

Dr. Cameron Wolfe, clinicalassociate with the Duke Preparednessand Response Center, said its especially

important for faculty and staff to get ashot if theyre pregnant, have chronicillnesses or are over age 65. Wolfe addedthat a vaccine is also recommended forHealth System employees who interactwith patients.

Health care staff with patientcontact are responsible for the care ofvery high-risk patients and because ofthat, are especially encouraged to get avaccine for their patients safety, Wolfesaid. The best way to prevent influenzais by getting the flu vaccine every year.

By Bryan Roth

Writer, Office of Communication Services

Want a

flu shot?For more information andlocations to get a free fluvaccine, visit duke.edu/flu.

Like many Duke employees, Bill McCrawoften brings his lunch to work or drives home

for a quick bite to eat. Living just over amile from his office in Smith Warehouse alsomeans a short work commute.

His meals and travel help him keep a lowcarbon footprint at Duke his total collectionof carbon emissions based on his daily behaviorsat work.

On some occasions, Ill eat on campus, butmy wife shops for organic food from farmersmarkets or grocery stores, and we have a smallvegetable garden, said McCraw, an architectwith Facilities Management. On occasion,when the weather and meeting schedules allow, Ihave ridden my bike to work too.

Along with more than 600 faculty and staff,McCraw has used Dukes carbon calculator todetermine his at-work carbon footprint. By

answering questions about buying and eatingfood from campus eateries, travel and energy

use, McCraws results showhe creates 1.2 metric tonsof carbon emissions annually while working atDuke. Thats equivalent to the carbon output ofburning 135 gallons of gas in his Honda CR-V,

a small SUV.The calculator was launched in January aspart of Dukes Green Devil Challenge, a series ofmonthly pledges students and employees cansupport by making sustainable decisions likereducing water or energy consumption.

The average Duke faculty or staff membercreates 3.04 metric tons of carbon annuallyfrom their normal workday activities at Duke.The emissions are a result of commuting towork, energy use and waste produced oncampus. The Duke calculator doesnt accountfor employees emissions produced outside oftheir work-related behaviors. The employeecarbon footprint is equal to burning about 350gallons of fuel, about the amount an averagedriver uses during a year.

By comparison, the average Americancompiles about 20 metric tons of carbonannually for all daily activities at and outsidework, according to research at the MassachusettsInstitute of Technology.

Tavey McDaniel Capps, Dukesenvironmental sustainability director, said thecarbon calculator is an important tool. Byknowing more about individual contributions toDukes emissions, employees can reduce theirenvironmental impact and help Duke reach itstarget of carbon neutrality by 2024.

Duke can make many changes to achieveclimate neutrality, but to reach our goal, we needthe participation of our campus community,she said. We want the calculator to allowemployees and students to learn how they canmake small changes that add up to a big impact.

By Bryan Roth


How do you add up?Track your eco-footprint with Dukes carbon calculator

Average carbon footprint of Duke faculty and staff(in metric tons of carbon dioxide)

Diet Commuting Computer Use and WasteAir Travel

.07 .38.971.62The average Duke employee has a carbon footprint of 3.04 metric tons per year. To find their footprint with the carbon calculator,

employees answered questions in four topics. All results are specific to behaviors at work and show a carbon footprint for each topic over one year.

Access the calculator at sustainability.duke.edu/action/calculator. Be ready to enter NetID and password.

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VIDEO: Learn more about Carl Fosters story at duke.edu/flu

What I remember

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strength to

win that

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Carl Foster

Duke alumnus

Duke alum hopes nightmareconvinces others to get flu shot


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Visit duke.edu/sustainability

From West Campus to the Marine Lab in Beaufort, eliminating the use of single-use plastic bottles is picking up steam.

Rather than plastic bottles, faculty,staff and students at the DukeMarine Lab are pouring drinking

water from three-gallon coolers andsipping from biodegradable cups.

Its part of a growing movementacross Duke to do away with bottledwater for a more sustainable option.

When people use a plastic bottle,they may not consider the hugeamount of resources that go intomanufacturing, transporting andultimately disposing of that littlebottle, said Tavey McDaniel Capps,

Dukes environmental sustainabilitydirector. Its exciting to seedepartments across campus make aneffort to reduce their carbon footprintand help the environment.

From West Campus to the MarineLab in Beaufort, eliminating the use ofsingle-use plastic bottles is picking upsteam. Only about 20 percent of waterbottles are recycled annually in theUnited States, according to theNational Resources Defense Council,and Duke is doing its part to cut back

on the non-compostable bottles thatoften end up in a landfill. The effortto decrease plastic bottles at Duketook off in April when Rock and RollHall of Fame inductee Jackson Browneand his wife, Dianna Cohen, left alasting impression on Provost PeterLange while Browne was on campus toaccept the 2010 Duke LEAF Awardfor Lifetime EnvironmentalAchievement in the Fine Arts.

After hearing Browne and Cohenspeak about the importance of livingsustainably, Lange said he was inspired

to banish plastic water bottles from hisadministrative offices. Lange wasparticularly influenced by Cohen,whose artwork of thrown away plastics like plastic shopping bags was ondisplay in the Perkins Gallery in April.

We had a staff meeting theMonday after their visit, and I toldeveryone were going to get rid of

plastic bottles and exclusively use acooler and paper cups, Lange said.There are a lot of things you knowyou should do but never get around toit, so I figured why not start now?

By switching to a standing coolerand paper cups, the provosts officeannual drinking water costs have beencut by $1,700 nearly 80 percent.Many employees have purchasedreuseable water bottles and mugs touse instead of paper cups, cuttingmore waste. It was easy to make the

change the office stopped ordering

bottled water and worked with avendor to install a water cooler.

Theres such a tremendousamount of waste we can avoid orrecycle, Lange said. Its not veryhard to do once you stop and thinkabout it.

As Langes office made changes,the Marine Lab announced that allsingle-use plastic bottles would beremoved from its Beaufort campus including all bottles from dining areas,vending machines and catering. TheMarine Lab provides three-gallon

coolers of water for catering and usescorn-based, biodegradable cups.

Everyone really embraced it,said Dominick Brugnolotti, assistantdirector of auxiliary services at theMarine Lab. You just dont seeplastic bottles around the MarineLab anymore.

In honor of Earth Day in April,Tanya Jisa and members of the Officeof Continuing Medical Education alsodiscontinued buying two cases of waterevery month. Instead, they bring in

reusable bottles, drink from a waterfountain or pour water from a five-gallon container. Jisa said that the movehas helped to save money because theoffice isnt buying at least two cases ofwater for drinking every month.

We just wanted to increase ouroverall sustainability, and this seemedlike an easy thing to do that wouldntbe difficult for people to implementinto their daily lives, Jisa said. Itsbeen a good move for the environment,and people dont feel impacted by it.

By Bryan RothWriter, Office ofCommunication Services

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PERQSEMPLOYEE DISCOUNTS

Cheryl Barrs daughter is soexcited to see the Disney On Iceproduction of Toy Story 3 that shefeels like she could make it to infinityand beyond before the show.

She keeps asking, are we goingtoday? said Barr, an administrativecoordinator with the Duke Clinical

Research Institute. She doesnt likethat we have to wait until December.

Barr has been taking her children,Hailey, 4, and Garrett, 6, to the holidayDisney on Ice extravaganza at the RBCCenter in Raleigh since they weretoddlers. Every year, she and herhusband, Billy, save on admission bypurchasing the tickets through PERQS,Dukes employee discount program.

This season, Barr bought the familytickets for the Dec. 9 eveningperformance for $11 each, a savingsof 50 percent off regular ticket prices.With four of us, thats big, she said.Thats your popcorn money and yourdrink money, plus banking some.

Opening night for the production is Dec.8 when all tickets are $12. Duke facultyand staff can also save up to $11 off theDec. 9 general ticket price and $4 offregularly priced tickets for performanceson Dec. 10, 11 and 12, the day the showends. To order, visit the PERQS websiteat hr.duke.edu/discounts, selectentertainment and the production.

Barr enjoys purchasing through thePERQS discount because she is neverdisappointed with the seats. Everyticket weve ever gotten through Duke,theyve all been good seats, she said.

For Toy Story 3, Barrs tickets are in thelower section of the arena, so Garrettand Hailey will have an excellent view ofBuzz Lightyear and the Toy Story gang

as they fight galactic battles withEmperor Zurg or dance the hoe-downat Woodys Roundup.

Garretts super excited because hesa big fan of Toy Story, Barr said. Hesalready seen the movie three times.

By Marsha A. Green

Senior Writer, Office of

Communication Services

Discount for Disney On Ice/Pixar Toy Story 3 production

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entertainment and the Disney On Ice promotion and enter your NetID and password.

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