Duke University - Trinity College of Arts & Sciences

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Trinity College of Arts & Sciences and Women's College Alumni

Who We Are

Duke has more than 67,000 active undergraduate alumni, who make up about 52 percent of the total university active alumni of more than 130,000.

Trinity College graduates total about 60,000; alumni of the Woman's College (which was a separate, coordinate college from 1930 to 1972) total about 7,000.

Notable alumni include: novelist Anne Tyler (The Accidental Tourist) WC'61; Dr. Paul E. Farmer T'82, co-founder, Partners in Health; and Melinda French Gates T'86 B'87, co-founder of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.

The Duke Alumni Association organizes Reunion Weekends for every class once every five years, maintains an online directory of alumni, organizes alumni volunteers to conduct undergraduate admissions interviews, and publishes news and special events of interest to alumni.

    • Ann Pelham and alumni

Duke Alumni Association President Ann Pelham '74 with fellow Dukies during  a picnic at Alumni House.

The Power of Words

DukeReads

DukeReads is an online book club that lets alumni and friends discuss a range of books -- contemporary, classic, fiction, and nonfiction -- from the comfort of a computer.

Seven titles, offered over seven months, are selected by Duke bibliophiles. The first book of the reading semester is the title chosen for the incoming class by Duke's Summer Reading Program. DukeReads is sponsored by the Duke Alumni Association and Duke University Libraries, with the assistance of a community of partners

Duke Magazine

Duke Magazine is published six times a year and mailed to nearly 100,000 alumni and university supporters. Duke seniors receive it gratis during their last year on campus and for two years after that; graduate and professional-school alumni receive it for one year after their graduations. Parents of Duke students and other friends of the university can receive the magazine by paying the $20 subscription fee ($35 outside the U.S.)

The magazine's editorial policy is to be "compelling in its content, striking in its visual impression" and to "provide a sense of the intellectual dynamism that characterizes the Duke community."