On September 21, 2006, Provost Lange addressed the Academic Council regarding the development of the Strategic Plan and living up to the ambition held within it. President Broadhead remarked,
" ...coming on to this campus, having read Building on Excellence, I had an astonishing experience, which is to see that what differentiated Duke was not the goals that were in the strategic plan, but the fact that it actually does something about those goals."


Peter Lange
Duke University Provost

Provost Lange's address to the Academic Council (Word Doc)

 

"In order for us to realize our passion for change, there must be a strong and widespread movement to tackle the inequalities and barriers. For medical schools and health systems, their roles are to change the environment, culture and attitudes of the workplace, of their workforce, and to increase diversity of its employees, trainees and faculty and, most importantly, of its leaders. To be successful, it is imperative that commitment must be made at the highest level. Diversity happens when institutional leaders support diversity."

Victor Dzau
Chancellor for health affairs at Duke University and president and CEO of Duke University Health System

Victor Dzau's Keynote Address (Word doc) at the Association of Black Cardiologists 30th Anniversary on November 6 2004

 

"No university in today's environment can rightfully count itself among the great learning institutions, without fully engaging the breadth of creativity and varied perspectives of all of its employees."

Benjamin D. Reese, Jr.
Vice President, Institutional Equity

Benjamin Reese's Full Statement (Word Doc)

 

 

" I realized early in my career that partnerships between businesses and Durham Tech would enable our college to help people and our community by increasing economic development and creating good jobs. I am proud that together with Duke and our many partners throughout the Triangle, we have succeeded."

Dr. Phail Wynn
Vice President for Durham and Regional Affairs

Phail Wynn's Full Editorial, "Duke, Durham Tech have a shared vision for workers" (The Herald Sun, 5 May 2006)