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The Trident Society, also known as TS, is an American collegiate secret society at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina. [1] [2] The Trident Society is often considered the most secretive and prestigious of the societies at Duke University, [3] and inherited the mission of The Order of the Red Friars and The Order of the White Duchy.
The Old Trinity Club is rumored to have started when an editor-in-chief of the Duke Chronicle was passed up for membership and decided to create his rival society. The Old Trinity Club is the most visible society on campus today, as its members are seen walking around campus wearing black graduation gowns and sunglasses on certain days of the year.
In 2007, some Duke students expressed discontent with the selective-living model because it allowed organizations like Wayne Manor to dominate a dorm's living spaces. [10] To create a more inclusive experience, Duke University banned the recruitment of first-year students by Greek fraternities and non-Greek selective living groups, including ...
Duke University is a private research university in Durham, North Carolina, ... More than 400 student clubs and organizations operate on Duke's campus. [257]
Center for Documentary Studies. The Center for Documentary Studies (CDS) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit support corporation of Duke University dedicated to the documentary arts. . Having been created in 1989 through an endowment from the Lyndhurst Foundation, [1] [2] the organization’s founders were Robert Coles, William Chafe, Alex Harris, and Iris Tillman
Trinity College of Arts and Sciences is the undergraduate liberal arts college of Duke University.Founded in 1838, it is the original school of the university. Currently, Trinity is one of five undergraduate degree programs at Duke, the others being the Edmund T. Pratt School of Engineering, Nicholas School of the Environment, School of Nursing, and Duke Kunshan University.
The Pitchforks began singing together in 1979 and was officially chartered as a Duke University student organization in 1981. The founding officers consisted of: Robert S. Clarke, Frank E. Block, James Bulleit, Elliott McCrory, and Kurt T. Uphoff. [6] Dr. Benjamin F. Ward was asked to be faculty advisor of The Pitchforks in 1980.
The Duke Ambassadors was a student-run jazz big band, active at Duke University from 1934 to 1964. Student-run big bands began again in 1969 as the Duke Stage Band and from 1971 to 1974 as the Duke Jazz Ensemble. From 1974 to the present, professional musician-educators have led the Duke Jazz Ensemble.