The academic center was designed to meet the needs of the school's goal of increasing the school's 74 tenure-track faculty members to 100 faculty members. The building, which opened last fall, is the first phase of a five-year plan for facilities expansion. The next phase will be construction of a student center designed to be the hub of campus life at Fuqua. The public is invited to attend the dedication. Disabled and the church Bringing people with disabilities into the life of the church is the focus of a May 4-6 conference under the direction of a Duke Divinity School professor.
Scholarships are available.
The N.C. Council on Developmental Disabilities has underwritten the conference. Webb-Mitchell received the 1999 Duke Humanitarian Service Award for his work as an advocate for and minister to people with disabilities. For many years he has been actively involved in L'Arche communities, an international ministry for people with disabilities who live in religious communities with non-disabled people. Technological developments in RTP Southeast Interactive Technology Funds and Upside Events will bring hundreds of the nation's top information technology executives to the Research Triangle Park area as they hold the fifth annual Upside Southeast Technology Conference, May 8-10, at the Bryan Center at Duke. Conference producer Southeast Interactive Technology Funds is teaming with Upside Events to bring this prestigious technology forum to venture capitalists, technology companies, senior information technology executives and educators interested in the region.