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The Student Resilience And Well-Being Project
A five-year initiative to assess and promote the conditions that help college students flourish. Learn how four campuses in the Carolinas worked together to study college student resilience.
Guidelines for The Duke Endowment Conference Center & Meeting Spaces
Primary use of The Duke Endowment’s Conference Facilities includes meetings held by Endowment staff and grantee events initiated by the Endowment. Occasionally, eligible grantees may be permitted to use the Conference Facilities for events not related to the Endowment’s work.
Guidelines for the Benjamin N. Duke Conference Room
Oriented to capture natural light and overlooking the courtyard, the Benjamin N. Duke Conference Room is a perfect meeting space for small groups and committee meetings.
Maximum Capacity: 8
Guidelines for the Semans Conference Center
Named after James B. Duke's great niece and Endowment Trustee of 55 years, The Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Conference Center is a state-of-the-art, highly versatile space for mid- to large-size groups of almost any configuration.
Maximum Capacity: 144
Guidelines for the Washington Duke Conference Room
Perfect for mid-sized gatherings, the Washington Duke Conference Room is in the heart of our new building.
Maximum Capacity: 18
Guidelines for the Heritage Conference Room
Adjacent to The Duke Endowment lobby, the Heritage Conference Room provides guests easy access to building services and a perfect meeting space for smaller groups.
Maximum Capacity: 10
Getting to Know Our Artwork
Our headquarters is designed be a more than just a location from which to conduct our work. From the outset, the building was intentionally constructed as a welcoming resource for grantees and as a symbol of Mr. Duke's legacy for the Carolinas. In that spirit, we are proud to display artwork that inspires the same sense of connection to our region and the place that our founder called "home."
Our Landscaping
Our simple and elegant landscaping reflects the ideals of our founder, featuring native plants, a "green" roof, courtyard reflecting pool and a cascading fountain at the building entrance.
Our Building
Based in Charlotte and established in 1924 by James B. Duke, The Duke Endowment is a private foundation that strengthens communities in North Carolina and South Carolina.
Going Gold: Our LEED Certification
Our new headquarters in Charlotte has been awarded LEED Gold certification. The building features high-efficiency components, locally-sourced materials, recycled content and a vegetative roof.
Aging in Place in the Carolinas
This white paper develops a demographic profile of the elderly population in the Carolinas and presents the results of a literature search which identified both promising initiatives and programmatic gaps where new and innovative efforts are needed to foster and facilitate successful aging in place for seniors.
Evaluation of The Duke Endowment Campus Sustainability Initiative
This evaluation was commissioned as a way for the Endowment to catalog the achievements of the Campus Sustainability Initiative, including measurable outcomes and qualitative results and impacts.
