Spring 2008

TEAM PRESENTS HLP's RESEARCH SERVICE-LEARNING INITIATIVE IN PUBLIC POLICY CURRICULUM AT NATIONAL CONFERENCE
This spring, a public policy faculty member, an RSL student, and two leadership staff members presented the signature pedagogy at the Teaching and Learning Conference of the American Political Science Association in San Jose, California. Focusing on the HLP's efforts to integrate RSL into core public policy courses, the presenters made the case that RSL plays an important role in fostering civic engagement among undergraduates. Their goal was to give workshop participants a framework for integrating RSL into public policy and political science courses. Read More.

HLP Awards the First Leadership and Arts Policy Grants
Rising seniors Laura Mixter, from Chevy Chase, MD, and Julia Kraus, from Hillsborough, NC, have been awarded the Leadership and Arts Policy Grant to help fund their Public Policy Internships this summer. Read More.

HLP To Partner With Student Affairs on Leadership Initiative
Programs are teaming up to launch ULead, a student leadership initiative that lends perspective to the opportunities and challenges of campus leadership among undergraduates. Read More.

HLP Alumni Group Announces Spring Events
The DC Hart Leadership Program Alumni and Supporters is kicking off with several get-togethers this spring! If you are interested in learning more, click the following link to view a list of Spring events for the DC metro area. Read More.

The Hart Fellows Program Announces New Fellows
Three students have been named 2008-2009 Hart Fellows. All three Hart Fellows will begin their programs in July 2008 and return in late spring 2009. Read More.

The Service Opportunities in Leadership Program Announces New Interns
Sixteen students have been selected for Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL) internships. They will travel to countries across four continents—Africa, Asia, North America, and South America. Read More.

Students Win Goldman, Davis Awards
Adam Nathan T'10 won a Goldman Sachs Global Leaders award, one of 16 granted annually to U.S. college sophomores with exceptional academic and leadership ability. Read More.

Studying Social Change Up Close
Documenting and Engaging Movements of Social Change (DEMOSC) debuted this spring as an unusual undergraduate component of the Program on History, Public Policy and Social Change—a program that aims to examine social revolutions in the 20th century, including the civil rights movement in the United States, the end of apartheid in South Africa, and the struggle for democracy in Eastern Europe. Read More.

Putting Student Entrepreneurship to Work for the Community
With more students drawn in by the appeal of entrepreneurship, the Hart Leadership Program wants to match their enthusiasm. The HLP recently unveiled its expanded Entrepreneurial Leadership Initiative (ELI) to be implemented by Spring 2009. Read More.

Leadership and Arts Policy Internship Grant Announced
The Hart Leadership Program is happy to announce the Leadership and Arts Policy Internship (LAPI) Grant, a $4,000 award that supports innovative Public Policy internships that explore leadership and arts policy. Read More.

Halfway There -- an update on the Hart Fellows' research experience
In the past six months, Seyward Darby has worked with journalists in Prague, Cassie Phillips has taken part in Cambodian festivals and traditions, and Brian Wright has spent days on islands and fishing boats in the Philippines. But it's not all fun and games for the Hart Fellows, who, now midway through their fellowships, are getting their research service-learning (RSL) projects off the ground. Dispersed around the globe, the three 2007 graduates are working to complete and present their projects to their community partners before they come home this summer, all the while enjoying opportunities to travel and learn more about the world. Read More.

Fall 2007

New Book Highlights SOL Program
In a new book titled Educating for Democracy: Preparing Undergraduates for Responsible Political Engagement, the Hart Leadership Program's Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL) course is featured as an exemplary program that helps college students become interested in political participation. Read More.

Christopher Gergen Joins HLP Faculty
Christopher Gergen has joined the HLP faculty as the new ELI director, nearly twenty years after graduating from Duke as an HLP student himself. After leaving Duke and becoming a successful entrepreneur, founding companies, and writing a book, he returned in Fall 2007 to pass on his knowledge and experience by teaching the Enterprising Leadership course. After coming full circle through the HLP and embracing the spirit of ELI, Gergen has plans for where he would like to see the program go under his leadership. Read More.

HLP Turns 20!
The Hart Leadership Program celebrated its 20th anniversary Nov. 9-10 with a weekend filled with presentations by students, alumni, and faculty. The event brought together twenty years of HLP participants, from founders like Bruce Payne and Joel Fleishman to current Duke students taking HLP courses and summer programs. Read More.

Take a look at the pictures and video from this great event!

Friday Dinner

Saturday Symposium Photos

Saturday Symposium Video

Saturday Party

HLP Launches Interactive History
The Hart Leadership Program is proud to announce the launch of a new webspace dedicated to documenting, celebrating and preserving the vivid traditions and the stories of the program. Unveiled at the HLP 20th Anniversary in November, the Interactive History presents detailed chapters and timelines—including pictures and narrations—about the people, courses, projects, programs, and stories that make the Hart Leadership Program such a unique and special learning environment.  An integrated wiki feature serves as a complementary component to the website, and provides a forum for students, faculty, alumni, staff, and friends to change and augment the timeline information and to post their own stories, links, and photographs to further enhance the history and the spirit of the program. Timeline.

2007 Hart Fellow featured on CNN program
Cassie Phillips will document her work in Cambodia through blogs and video diaries for CNN International's new initiative, “Be the Change.” Viewers and online readers will be able to keep track of her year-long experience at the NGO Homeland, where she works with orphaned and vulnerable children. She was one of six volunteers around the world chosen to participate in the program, and CNN International will air her videos regularly during news shows worldwide. Read more.

General Zinni to join faculty and teach HLP course
Gen. Anthony Zinni, USMC (Ret.) will join the faculty of the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy for the spring semester as the Sanford Distinguished Lecturer in Residence and will teach a new course in the Hart Leadership Program, called Leading in a New World. The former commander-in-chief of Central Command will lead a class to examine the trends that have reshaped our world and the ways in which visionary leaders and organizations – across all sectors – have effectively responded to such change. Read more.

HLP class forges partnership with Durham leaders
Professor Chris Gergen's PPS 144: Enterprising Leadership class met with Durham leaders last month to devise entrepreneurial plans to help the community. Leaders held a discussion about issues of high school dropouts, mental health, and Latino affairs that fueled a mutual excitement among the leaders and students to take the next step in developing solutions. Students will spend the rest of the semester devising project proposals addressing a specific community issue. Read more.

Public Policy course to incorporate research service-learning
Based on research service-learning successes in the past, the HLP is establishing a RSL pathway in the public policy curriculum. Projects that look at the relationships between social service providers and recipients in the Durham community will be introduced into the curriculum for PUBPOL 114. This semester, students are engaging in service activities to investigate the issues in Durham 's historic Cleveland-Holloway neighborhood. Read more.

Summer 2007

HLP to offer co-taught course on military leadership applications
This fall, the Hart Leadership Program (HLP) will be offering a new course entitled “Principles and Practices of High-Impact Leadership: The Application of Military Leadership to the Civilian World of Work.” The course will examine the theory and practice of military leadership and explore how its principles and practices might be applied in the civilian workforce. Co-teaching the new course will be Colonel Joe LeBoeuf and Lieutenant Colonel Mark Tribus, both of the U.S. Army. Read more.

HLP students receive prestigious senior awards
Two Hart Leadership Program (HLP) participants recently received the 2007 Terry Sanford Leadership Award. Trisha Bailey and Elle Pishny, who both graduated from Duke in May, were awarded the Sanford honor for their outstanding achievements in campus leadership. Read more.

Spring 2007

HLP director speaks at Korean leadership conference
Taking the Hart Leadership Program’s message and mission to the international scene, HLP Director Alma Blount attended the Sookmyung Global Leadership Institute (SMGLI) Global Leadership Conference in May 2007. Read more.

Three Hart Fellows placed in Czech Republic, Cambodia, Philippines
The Hart Fellows Program has placed its three fellows for the upcoming year. The fellows will begin their research, leadership, and service programs with organizations abroad in July 2007 and return in late spring 2008. During their experience, they will send letters home, which will be available online at the homepage for the Hart Fellows Program. Read more.

Hart Fellows and SOL Interns Selected!
Three outstanding graduating seniors have been selected as the 2007-08 Hart Fellows, and thirteen current undergraduates have been selected as the 2007 SOL Summer Interns. Read more.

Social entrepreneurship leader, teacher Gergen signs on to teach with HLP
The Hart Leadership Program is pleased to announce that entrepreneur and leadership consultant Christopher Gergen will be joining the HLP family for the fall 2007 semester. As a visiting lecturer, Gergen will teach HLP's core social entrepreneurship class, Public Policy 144 “Enterprising Leadership.” Read more.

The Hart Leadership Program turns 20!
This year, the Hart Leadership Program is proud to announce its 20th Anniversary. Through its various programs, HLP has offered Duke students unique opportunities in leadership, service, research, and entrepreneurship. Join us in Durham Nov. 9-10, 2007 to honor twenty years of growth and change. Read more.

Event reunites women leaders, honors HLP professor
Former and current students of Betsy Alden's “Women as Leaders” class gathered for an alumnae reunion on March 3. Participants engaged in reflections on lessons learned in Alden’s course and how they have applied those lessons in other venues. Alumnae also discussed new horizons for women leaders, both at Duke and beyond. Read more.

Report Highlights Benefits, Growth of Research Service-Learning at Duke
A January report on the Scholarship with a Civic Mission (SCM) initiative reveals that research service-learning (RSL) at Duke is on the rise. As of May 2006, more than a fifth of graduating seniors had participated in an RSL gateway course or a related service course or project; in its third year, SCM also had won the support of 14 academic departments and 72 community partners. Read more.

Tony Brown to Become President of Robertson Scholars Program
After 13 years with the Hart Leadership Program, Tony Brown, professor of the practice of public policy, is moving in a new direction. In July 2007, Brown will take the helm of the Robertson Scholars Program, a joint initiative between Duke and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Brown will oversee an elite group of merit scholars who, with access to resources at both Duke and UNC, engage in academic, service and community pursuits. Read more.

Fall 2006

Senior Sally Ong Refuses to be Complacent
Senior Sally Ong, a Hart Leadership Program participant, recently was awarded the North Carolina Campus Compact Community Impact Student Award. A proponent of service-learning and international health outreach, Ong is being recognized for her innovative work in Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL), the Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI) and other programs. Read more.

HLP Expands Research Service Learning (RSL) Opportunities in Public Policy Curriculum
The Hart Leadership Program has long been at the forefront of the research service-learning (RSL) push at Duke, and its endeavors in the public policy studies department will guarantee that HLP remains a leading innovator of the RSL practice. HLP currently is working to establish a RSL pathway in the public policy curriculum. As a first phase in the pathway’s development, a new course project engages an enthusiastic handful of undergraduate students in PPS 114 with the Latino Community Credit Union (LCCU), a Durham partner organization that helps build financial awareness among the Latino immigrant population. Read more.

Turning Points through SOL
Duke junior Kate Guthrie never thought she would spend a summer in the South Bronx, much less find academic stimulation and career motivation there. But she did, thanks to her work with sub-Saharan African immigrants at the Women’s Housing and Economic Development Organization, a community partner she engaged with through Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL).

An intensive, 12-month academic and research service-learning endeavor run by the Hart Leadership Program, SOL attracts some of Duke University’s brightest and most motivated students, engaging them in a summer of community service book-ended by two semesters of study that instill leadership and social awareness values. Read more about Kate Guthrie and other SOL students.

Washington Post reporter discusses life, work of Colin Powell
Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Karen DeYoung spoke at the Sanford Institute of Public Policy Oct. 17, promoting and discussing her new biography of General Colin Powell. The book, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell,” is the most in-depth look at the former secretary of state’s life. In writing her book, DeYoung, a Washington Post reporter, obtained six personal interviews with Powell.

At the Duke speech, DeYoung discussed Powell’s thoughts on the war in Iraq and the conflicts he encountered with other administration officials in the lead-up to the United States’ 2003 invasion.

“[Powell] was repeatedly humiliated, his advice was ignored and he knew he was the odd man out in the Bush administration,” DeYoung said.
She also criticized the Bush administration for moving too quickly too war, noting that it asked “all the wrong questions” about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction—which turned out not to exist. DeYoung concluded her talk by discussing Powell’s legacy.

“Over the long term, I think he’s likely to be remembered as the man who on several occasions had the opportunity to change the course of history and decided not to,” DeYoung said.

DeYoung’s appearance was sponsored by the Hart LeadershipProgram and the Regulator Bookshop. Read more about it at www.dukechronicle.com, key word “DeYoung.”

HLP hosts Iraq war forum with Duke Political Union
A forum of five experts and veterans of the war in Iraq met with students September 13 to discuss their personal experiences and opinions on the war. “Voices from Battlefield Iraq,” was sponsored by the student-run group Duke Political Union, with the co-sponsorship of the Hart Leadership Program. The four panelists for the event included: Patrick Campbell, an Air Force medic and national reservist; Chuck Hodges, an Army lieutenant colonel; Abdul Sattar Jawad, a former professor from the University of Baghdad and current Duke professor; Kimberly Olson, an Air Force colonel and author of the book Iraq and Back: Inside the War to Win the Peace; and Father Matthew Clark, a military chaplain.

The panelists engaged in dialogue with the students and offered a variety of perspectives on the policies employed in Iraq and the future of the conflict. Read coverage in The Chronicle, Duke’s student newspaper, at www.dukechronicle.com, keyword “Iraq forum.”

Booher takes on senior writer role at Duke Magazine
Bridget Booher, former assistant director of the Hart Leadership Program, joined Duke Magazine as senior writer in August 2006. In her new position, Booher is responsible for writing substantive feature articles, working with freelance writers, and providing overall editorial direction for the magazine. Booher has written for Duke Magazine in years past. Her previous work includes “The Silent Epidemic: Sexual Assault on Campus” (March-April 2005); “Jousting with History: A Knight Unseated,” a perspective on the life and work of former Duke President Douglas Knight (January-February 2004); and “Mathematics, Logic, and Lady Luck: A Poker Prodigy” (May-June 2005). Booher graduated from Duke in 1982 and obtained her AM degree at the university in 1992.

ELI, SOL interns return from intense, rewarding summer projects
Twenty-two Duke students have returned from participating in summer internships through the Hart Leadership Program. Twelve students conducted independent projects through the Service Opportunities through Leadership (SOL) program, and 10 worked through the Enterprising Leadership Initiative (ELI). From New York City to Boston, Durham to Chile, the students undertook a variety of tasks with diverse host organizations. Several worked in research and marketing for non-profit organizations, while others helped expand small, private businesses or worked in health and education outreach around the world.

The 2006 SOL students were seniors Priscilla Eunkyung Bank, Trisha Bailey, Jessica Ballou, Alissa Dolan, Kelvin Low, Sarah Schnee, and Michelle Sowemimo; juniors Sarah Gordon, Kate Guthrie, Kristin High, and Hannah Kaye; and sophomore Oindri Mitra.

The 2006 ELI interns were seniors Lissett Babaian, Taylor Jacobson, Shian Ling Keng, Elle Pishny, Anna Raven-Hansen, and Emily Znamierowski; juniors Brint Markle and Hasnain Zaidi; and sophomores Howie Liu and Colin Tierney. For more information, visit the SOL and ELI pages of the Hart Leadership Program website.

Summer 2006

Annual report: Historical reflections, future plans
The 2005-2006 academic year marked a period of transition for the Hart Leadership Program. We reflected on the history and evolution of our program, re-established ties to our alumni, and bid a fond farewell to our founding director. And we created a strategic plan for our future role in the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, at Duke University, and as part of a leadership studies network at the national level. Read more.

Hart Leadership Approaches Milestone
As we prepare to celebrate our 20th anniversary next year, we are looking closely at the course of our future within the Terry Sanford Institute of Public Policy, across Duke, and within national leadership education circles. Through a series on online surveys this spring, we learned that the majority of former participants are eager to deepen their involvement with the Hart Leadership Program and with Duke. Click here to learn more.

2006-07 Hart Fellows Begin Field Placements
The 2006-2007 Hart Fellows have begun their 10-month international placements working with local non-governmental organizations. Nicholas Shungu is working in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, with Save Lives Ethiopia on the organization’s programming and outreach for children and others affected by HIV/AIDS. Yazan Kopty is working in Battambang, Cambodia, with Homeland, which works to improve the standard of living and well-being of vulnerable children and families. Nick and Yazan both graduated from Duke in May. Read more.

ELI in the World
The HLP's Enterprising Leadership Initiative, directed by Tony Brown, is overseeing the work of 10 ELI interns and two ELI Fellows. The opportunity allows Duke undergraduates and recent graduates to work with entrepreneurial social and business organizations. ELI complements the Hart Leadership Program's emphasis on integrating academic coursework, experiential learning, and close mentoring. Click here to meet the ELI interns. Click here to meet the ELI Fellows.

Forward into Fall
The Hart Leadership Program is gearing up for a productive fall semester. We are offering nine academic leadership courses, further refining our Service Opportunities in Leadership program, tracking the evolving research experiences of the Hart and ELI Fellows, and participating in a variety of campus programs and initiatives:

• With Durham's Regulator Bookshop, we are co-sponsoring a talk and book signing by Washington Post journalist Karen DeYoung, whose new biography, Soldier: The Life of Colin Powell, will be published this fall by Knopf. The October event takes place in the Sanford Institute's Fleishman Commons.

• On Friday, October 27, we will present our annual Parents' Weekend panel discussion, "Getting Engaged: Student Projects at Home and Abroad," in the Sanford Institute's Fleishman Commons.

• We will co-sponsor several student-organized events, including the Duke Political Union's September panel discussion about the ongoing war in Iraq. We are also supporting the November campus visit of Eboo Patel, founder and director of the Interfaith Youth Core.

Visit this section of our site for additional details on these and other events as they are confirmed.

HLP co-sponsors seminar on "The Impact of Immigration on North Carolina"
The Hart Leadership Program co-sponsored the Third Reconstruction Institute’s annual seminar June 8-10 in Durham, North Carolina. The seminar examined the impact of immigration on North Carolina and the contributions of immigrants to the North Carolina economy. The Third Reconstruction Institute is an initiative of the North Carolina Industrial Areas Foundation Network. Read more.

Spring 2006

Long-time Duke faculty member Bruce Payne joins Ruben Museum
HLP founding director Bruce Payne concluded his 35-year Duke University teaching career to accept the position of executive director of the Shelley and Donald Rubin Foundation in New York City at the end of the spring semester. In his new position, Payne works closely with the Rubin Museum of Art, which is principally focused on the art of the Himalayas. Read more.

HLP students win Terry Sanford Leadership Award
Graduating seniors Hirsh Sandesara, Marcia Eisenstein and Nazaneen Homaifar were awarded the Terry Sanford Leadership Award through the Sanford Institute of Public Policy. All three have ties to the Hart Leadership Program. Sandesara, who was nominated by HLP director Alma Blount, is a two-time participant in the HLP's Service Opportunities in Leadership program. Eisenstein launched the successful College Connection program through HLP faculty member Tony Brown's Enterprising Leadership Incubator. And Homaifar was offered a prestigious post-graduate Hart Fellowship, which she declined in order to accept a Fulbright Award.

New book explores poor workers, impact of high-quality impact of high-quality child care in India
Together We Do Good Work by Duke graduate Sara Gomez '00 focuses on an innovative, grass roots child care program in Gujarat, India, where she worked as a Hart Fellow in 2000-2001. Together We Do Good Work combines narrative text and documentary photographs and is a collaboration between the Hart Leadership Program and the Center for Documentary Studies' Lewis Hine Documentary Initiative. For more information about the book, contact Doug McClary at (919) 613-7350.

ELI alum wins Samuel Cook DuBois Society Undergraduate Award, pens op-ed
Marcia Eisenstein, a former student in Tony Brown's "Enterprising Leadership" course, was recently named as a winner of the prestigious award given to honor undergraduate, graduate and/or professional students who have "brought focus to the educational benefit and social value of an inclusive 'Beloved Community.' " Eisenstein was recognized for the ELI project she launched called College Connection, a pilot program for college-bound public high school students in Durham. Eisenstein used her College Connection experience to write an op-ed about the implications of economic disparity in the college applications process. The op-ed, "Helping the poor connect to college," appeared Thursday, March 2, 2006 in the Durham Herald-Sun.

HLP Joins Harvard Initiative
The Hart Leadership Program has been invited to participate in a five-year study, the National Forum on Excellence in Higher Education. The study is being coordinated by Professor Richard Light of Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and Graduate School of Education. Duke joins 14 other colleges and universities, including Harvard, MIT, Georgetown, Middlebury and Wellesley. The themes of the Duke study will be developing a strong culture for undergraduate research, and creating an excellent environment for civic and political participation. Read More.

HLP Leader in Residence Named to Katrina Recovery Effort
Hart Leadership Program Leader in Residence James A. Joseph was selected Chair of the Louisiana Disaster Recovery Foundation in early November. Joseph, a Louisiana native and professor of the practice of public policy studies at Duke, will work with the private foundation to allocate money donated to various state charitable organizations. Read more.

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