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Family Weekend 2017 –Schedule of Events Thursday, October 19 5:00pm – 7:00pm Registration and Questions Families that did not register online are invited to register in person if they prefer. Registration will also be offered Friday, October 20 from 9:00am – 5:00am and Saturday, October 21 from 9:00am – 1:00pm. If you did not receive tickets in the mail, you will need to stop by the Schaefer Mall to receive them. Please stop by to pick-up a Family Weekend Brochure, with registration questions, or to partake in complimentary beverages. Schaefer Mall (top floor), Bryan Center, West Campus Friday, October 20 9:00am – 5:00pm Registration, Questions, and Hospitality Families that did not register online are invited to register in person if they prefer. Registration will also be offered from 9:00am – 1:00pm on Saturday. If you did not receive tickets in the mail, you will need to stop by the Schaefer Mall to receive them. Please stop by to pick-up a Family Weekend Brochure, with registration questions, or to partake in complimentary beverages. Schaefer Mall (top floor), Bryan Center, West Campus All Weekend Instahunt - Duke Gardens Welcome, Duke students, parents, family and friends! For old friends and newcomers alike, we made an Instagram scavenger hunt to introduce you to some beautiful parts of this unique and photogenic botanic garden. Check out the basics below, then use this PDF for the scavenger hunt itself. Need assistance? Garden Ambassadors throughout the Gardens will be happy to help you. How to enter: read the clues and tag your entries #mydukegardens on Instagram. If you don't have Instagram or your account is private, you can also use the hashtag on Twitter or Facebook. We look forward to seeing your #mydukegardens adventures! Duke Gardens, Central Campus 10:00am – 5:00pm The Medici’s Painter: Carlo Dolci and 17th-Century Florence The Nasher Museum is proud to present The Medici’s Painter: Carlo Dolci and 17th-Century Florence, the first exhibition in the United States devoted to the luminous and meticulously rendered paintings of Italian artist Carlo Dolci (1616– 1687). A favorite among the powerful Medici family, Dolci was the most important painter in 17th-century Florence. Don’t miss the second and final venue for this special ticketed exhibition! Nasher Museum of Art, 2001 Campus Drive, Central Campus 10:30am – 11:15am Family Welcome Address Join leadership from the Division of Student Affairs as they officially kick off Family Weekend 2017! Learn about many of the exciting co-curricular developments and upcoming plans for the current and upcoming academic years. Event 1, Penn Pavilion, West Campus 11:00am - 12:00pm University Libraries Tour See the newly renovated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, including the Biddle Rare Book Room and the Gothic Reading Room, and learn more about The Edge: The Ruppert Commons for Research, Technology, and Collaboration, a unique collaborative space for interdisciplinary, data-driven, team- based research. Main Entrance of Perkins Library, West Campus 1 Family Weekend 2017 –Schedule of Events Fraternity and Sorority Life Information Session Is your student interested in fraternity or sorority life at Duke? Were you involved in 11:00am – 12:00pm Greek life as a student and are you interested in learning more about current Greek trends? If so, come meet with Fraternity & Sorority Life staff and student leaders for a presentation on our Greek Community. Event 2, Penn Pavilion, West Campus 11:30am – 12:30pm Talking about the Hard Stuff Raising children does not stop at 18. In fact, adolescent and young adults want older adults to talk to them in a real way about sexual decision-making, choices around alcohol, and more. This workshop is designed to equip you with knowledge on how to talk to your adult student about the hard stuff. Room 148/149, Student Wellness Center, West Campus Opportunities for Global Education In this session, student panelists and professional staff from the Global Education Office will share tips and advice for building an international study abroad or domestic study away program into the undergraduate experience. Session topics include: covering the costs, using your financial aid, transferring course credits, 11:30am – 1:00pm choosing a program, and deciding when to go. Presentation and Duke student panel followed by information on Duke Kunshan University. There will also be information tables manned by Global Education Office staff that can answer your study abroad/study away questions, located in the Presidents Gallery. Reynolds Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus 11:30am -12:30pm Duke Alumni Association: Leveraging the Forever Duke Network Join the Alumni Association to learn how students can connect with the Duke alumni family through campus programming and networking opportunities. This session will also feature an introduction to the new Alumni Network – an online service allowing students to search and contact Duke’s 167,000+ alumni worldwide. Open to all family members and students (undergraduate, graduate, professional). Event 1, Penn Pavilion, West Campus 1:00pm – 2:00pm Career Development and Post-Graduation Planning Discussion Meet members of the Career Center and learn about how they work with Duke students as they develop their career plans. This session will also explain what role family and friends can play in assisting students with career development. Event 1, Penn Pavilion, West Campus 1:00pm – 2:00pm Duke Gardens Tour Volunteer docents will conduct a special, guided walking tour of the premier 55-acre public garden and provide information about its history, the Duke family, and current projects. Doris Duke Center, Duke Gardens, Central Campus 1:30pm – 2:30pm Wellness @ Duke Join the student wellness directors for an look into Wellness at Duke. DukeReach (case management), DuWell (health promotion and education), Counseling & Psychological Services, and Student Health directors will host a brief overview and then take your questions about the Duke philosophy and approach. Room 148/149, Student Wellness Center, West Campus 2:00pm – 3:00pm Student for a Day Lecture #1: Tomorrow 3.0: The Sharing Economy The Sharing Economy is actually the nexus of two very different value propositions. The first is the extremely inefficient use of “stuff” in the current system. The second is the ability of software to connect with mobile platforms, especially smart phones, in ways that give entrepreneurs the chance to sell reductions in transactions costs. Right now, we own stuff – I do, you do, the people across the street who can't get their car in the garage...we own a ton of stuff. The self-storage industry in the U.S. 2 Family Weekend 2017 –Schedule of Events has nearly 50,000 facilities, with more than 15 billion cubic feet of space cluttered with…stuff. But people don't fundamentally want stuff. What they want is the stream of services that stuff provides over time. So, if people own stuff – clothes, tools, cars, houses – rather than rent, it is because owning secures services more reliably and at lower transactions than renting. But this “preference” for owning is not real. It could change quickly, if entrepreneurs could figure out a way to sell reductions in transactions costs. If I have a car and a few minutes, and you need a ride, there is a mutually beneficial deal we could work out. But the transactions costs (the “3 TRs”: triangulation, transaction, and trust) are expensive to work out. The value in underused apartments, cars, tools, and a thousand other items is at this point latent. The problem for regulation is that "sharing" presents problems of defining ownership, and in ensuring that spaces and goods are available. An enormous problem caused by AirBnB, for example, is the conversion of long-term rental units to short term units. Iceland, France, and several cities in the U.S. – particularly New York and San Francisco – have wrestled with this problem, in many cases deciding to outlaw or sharply restrict the use of AirBnB. Professor of Political Science, Public Policy, and Economics, Michael C. Munger serves as the Director of Undergraduate Studies for Political Science and also as Director of Duke’s Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Certificate Program. The Griffith Film Theater, Bryan Center, West Campus 3:00pm – 4:00pm Health Coaching 101: Join members of the DuWell team and Counseling & Psychological Services (CAPS) to explore the benefits of the health coaching process. This session will create a space for parents/families to briefly examine their personal well-being and encourage dialogue with their students about how health coaching could benefit them while at Duke. Room 148/149, Student Wellness Center, West Campus 3:15pm – 4:15pm Student for a Day Lecture #2: Behavioral Finance Much of economic theory is based on the concept of "rational man," the "homo economicus" who can be relied upon to weigh up his or her options without bias, and make objective, self-interested decisions. However, as Chicago Professor Richard Thaler points out, "It is important to keep in mind that rationality is an assumption in economics, not a demonstrated fact." In this session, we will explore various ways in which people demonstrate systematically biased judgment, and how such biases can lead to dramatic errors in our financial decision-making. Professor Emma Rasiel, Professor of the Practice of Economics, was selected as one of four “great college professors” by Newsweek magazine in August 2009. She has earned degrees from Oxford University (bachelor’s degree in mathematics), the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania (MBA), and Duke University (a Ph.D. in finance). A one-time Executive Director for Goldman-Sachs, Dr. Rasiel now serves as the Academic Director for the Duke in New York: Financial Markets and Institutions program and Academic Director for the Duke in London: Finance program.