Student Affairs
Duke Student Affairs is engaged in all aspects of students’ lives and collaborates with students, faculty, staff, alumni, parents, and many others to deliver key services and support to students and all whom the group serves. Student Affairs provides programs and services that support the growth of Duke students, enhance their intellectual, social, cultural, and physical development, and complement Duke’s academic excellence by providing educational opportunities beyond the classroom.
Graduate and Professional Student Council
The Graduate and Professional Student Council (GPSC) is the umbrella student government organization for Duke’s nine graduate and professional schools.
Center for Multicultural Affairs
The Center for Multicultural Affairs (CMA) empowers students and their organizations to create a vibrant and inclusive multicultural student community. Through its programs and services, CMA promotes community engagement, multicultural education, and leadership development.
Duke International Student Center
The mission of the Duke International Student Center (DISC) is to provide educational services and advocacy to the international population at Duke, as well as outreach to the Durham community. DISC offers extensive services, programming, and training.
The John Hope Franklin Center
The John Hope Franklin Center strives to incubate new ideas, facilitate student engagement with international topics, and bring the work of Duke University to the greater community.
Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture
The Mary Lou Williams Center for Black Culture strives to promote racial understanding, build community, and foster an appreciation for and increased knowledge of Black people, history, and culture, as well as awareness of the vast contributions of people of the African diaspora.
Women’s Center
The Duke University Women’s Center promotes a campus that supports, celebrates, engages, and collaborates with women and femmes, student groups, and stakeholders to build a Duke culture that centers on gender equity, intersectionality, and social justice.
Jewish Life at Duke
As a department within the Division of Student Affairs, Jewish Life at Duke is the home for Jewish life on campus. The Freeman Center for Jewish Life houses this group and the accredited Rubenstein-Silvers Hillel.
Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity
The Center for Sexual and Gender Diversity strives to create an inclusive climate for students, staff, faculty, and alumnx with marginalized sexual orientations, romantic orientations, gender identities, and gender expressions through education, advocacy, support, mentoring, academic engagement, and providing space.
Muslim Life at Duke
Muslim Life at Duke is committed to enriching the lives of Muslim students and the whole campus through events and activities that cater to the spiritual, social, and intellectual needs of Duke students.
Duke Affinity Groups
Duke Students can join these alumni affinity groups to connect with alumni and fellow students.
Ask a Blue Devil
With a community of more than 185,000, Ask A Blue Devil will connect you with the best Duke alum who can help you with advice and introductions.
DuWell
DuWell helps students focus on their individual wellness by looking at the integration of many areas of their life through areas of wellness promotion and risk mitigation.
Religious Life Groups
In partnership with the Division of Student Affairs, Duke Chapel convenes, supports, and advocates for all of the officially recognized religious life groups on campus that serve students.
Duke Reach
DukeReach works with departments and groups across campus and in the community to direct students, faculty, staff, parents, and others to the resources available to help a student in need.