WORKING@DUKE n NEWS YOU CAN USE n Volume 7, Issue 5 n October/November 2012

Bonnie’s
Battle
with
Cancer
INSIDE

Get A Free Will

Take A Duke Course

Honoring Veterans

Special Health Care Report:

An Employee’s Cancer Fight, Open Enrollment for Health Benefits, New Tobacco Use Surcharge
 Editor’s
Note
LEANORA MINAI Contents
Bonnie’s Battle with Cancer Cover:

W
job losses.
hen Bonnie McManus scheduled
her first mammogram in 2009,
news headlines featured frightening
updates about the economy and

“I worried about what life would be like if I

lost health insurance,” she told Working@Duke.
Bonnie’s Battle
with Cancer
Bonnie McManus was treated for
breast cancer and is among 61,267
individuals covered by Duke’s health
insurance plans. “I can’t tell you
At the time, cancer wasn’t top of mind. Until
she got the news a few weeks later. how many times over the past three
“I kept thinking, ‘I’m healthy. I eat organic years I’ve said ‘thank God I have
food. How can I have cancer?’ ” Bonnie said. insurance,’ ” said McManus, 42.
In this month’s issue of Working@Duke, “I would be bankrupt without it.”
Senior Writer Marsha Green takes readers through
Bonnie McManus’ journey with invasive breast
cancer. She underwent five surgeries, lost her hair Open Enrollment
and managed treatment costs with the financial
help of Duke’s medical insurance plan. One for Health Benefits
medication – an injection alone – cost $4,000, Duke is expanding its dental
but Bonnie paid less than $100. insurance program and maintaining
“Your perspective on health care costs its comprehensive health insurance
changes when you see the true cost,” she told
Working@Duke. “… I don't know what I would do package with no changes in co-
without health insurance.” payments and deductibles and only
Bonnie’s remarkable story [page 6] is modest premium increases.
especially poignant as Duke staff and faculty
prepare to participate in Open Enrollment for
health benefits Oct. 22 through Nov. 2. Help Quitting
As part of this issue’s special health care
report, we explain changes in store for health
Tobacco
benefits in 2013 [page 9] and provide smoking Duke offers free tobacco
cessation resources for employees facing the new cessation services at no
$10 tobacco use surcharge [page 10.] charge with Duke’s employee
This is your annual opportunity to evaluate wellness program.
your needs and personal situation and sign up
for Duke health benefits or make changes to
coverage. You can also sign up or re-enroll in
health and dependent care reimbursement
accounts.
Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for
administration, said that in addition to health
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benefits, Duke is continuing to offer health and
wellness promotion services to help staff and
faculty connect with exercise, nutrition and
12 Take a Duke course at 80 percent off
preventive medical resources.
“We are increasingly trying to facilitate
a culture of health,” he said.
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Briefly Employee annual giving
campaign runs through Nov. 16
Doing Good in the Neighborhood, the
annual employee giving campaign, begins
Duke Forward: Partnering for the Future Oct. 8 and will run through Nov. 16.
On Sept. 29, Duke University announced the public launch of Duke Forward, a new Donations can be directed during this
comprehensive fundraising campaign that will extend through June 30, 2017. campaign and year-round to any of six areas:
“Our campaign aims to capitalize on the Partnering With Our Schools, Supporting Our
special history and culture Duke has developed Young People, Supporting our Neighborhoods,
to train the leaders our future requires: bold Partnering for a Healthier Durham,
thinkers and problem-solvers who are Community Care Fund
adaptable to rapid change and engaged with or United Way of the
the complex issues facing society,” said Greater Triangle.
President Richard H. Brodhead. “By focusing Duke law
our investment and expansion in three areas – professor
enriching the Duke experience, activating Jane Wettach
Duke’s power for the world, and sustaining said she sees
Duke’s momentum – we can give our talented donating to
students, faculty, and medical practitioners “Doing
opportunities to advance ideas, make new Good”
connections, and move the world forward.” as a
Provost Peter Lange spearheaded an academic planning effort including deans, faculty leaders and natural
other administrators that identified campaign priorities. Some are familiar: financial aid, faculty support, extension
the medical center, athletics and annual giving. But he called the campaign – targeting as it does such of her
interdisciplinary initiatives as innovation and entrepreneurship, the arts, energy, global health, and the local volunteer efforts. “I love Durham, and
environment – “strategically based and thematically based.” He said the themes reflect “the highest I like the partnership between Duke and
needs and priorities we have, and also the most exciting and promising work we can do.” Durham,” Wettach said. “I think it’s a good
Duke staff and faculty are invited to share their stories and photos about Duke’s trajectory. What thing for both, and I want to support it.”
innovations have you been a part of? How has Duke changed, and how have its core values stayed the For more information about the
same? Find Duke Forward on Facebook, or use the hashtag #DukeForward on Twitter or Instagram. campaign, visit doinggood.duke.edu.
To learn more about the campaign, visit dukeforward.duke.edu.

Stay fit this fall and winter with wellness programs Is your computer healthy?
Duke faculty and staff have two easy ways to infuse fun and accountability As part of National Cyber Security Awareness Month in
into their health and wellness efforts this fall. October, Duke’s IT Security Office is kicking off a campaign to
LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee wellness program, will host its annual remind Duke faculty, staff and
5K Pumpkin Fun Run on Oct. 13 at the Al Buehler Cross Country students to make sure their
Trail by the Washington Duke Inn. This year’s family- computers stay healthy.
friendly event is at 10 a.m. Participation is free, October is also the
but a voluntary donation of $2 per beginning of flu season, and
participant helps raise funds for the there are important parallels
Duke Pediatric Blood and Marrow between protecting your
Transplantation program. The program own health and protecting
provides care and support to children your computer.
suffering from cancer, genetic defects or This year’s campaign includes “health
blood disorders. Sign up for the race and checks” for Duke computers at various campus locations, a
find more information at hr.duke.edu/pumpkinrun. panel on data security for international travelers and Learn IT@
Employees can also fight holiday season weight gain through “Maintain Lunch sessions on password management and mobile device
Don’t Gain,” an eight week, self-directed program that sends weekly emails with security. Staff and faculty also can enter a contest to win an iPad.
tips and strategies for adopting or maintaining healthy behaviors. The program “Remembering to keep your anti-virus software up-to-date
runs Nov. 12 to Jan. 4. Sign up at hr.duke.edu/maintain. and your computer or smartphone patched is a lot like
“With the weather getting colder and the holiday season around the corner, remembering to wash your hands,” said Richard Biever, the
it’s important for us to offer ways to help Duke employees stay healthy,” said Julie university’s chief information security officer. “Once you get
Joyner, manager for LIVE FOR LIFE. “Our fall race and Maintain Don’t Gain offer fun into the habit, it becomes routine and your data stays safe.”
ways to remain accountable for your wellness and set goals to better your health.” To learn more, visit the IT security office website,
security.duke.edu.

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 Get a free will
with Duke’s
Supplemental
Life Insurance
Getting Started

Call Hyatt Legal Plans at (800) 821-6400 and identify
yourself as a MetLife Supplemental Life Insurance
customer. You’ll receive a list of local attorneys and
reference numbers to use for reimbursement. If you are
using a participating attorney, there is no charge for the
Benning Wang, center, with husband Ting-Jia Fan, and son, Andre, 4, and daughter,
Amber, 1. attorney’s time.

If you are using an attorney outside of the network, you
must call to obtain authorization and fee reimbursement

B
enning Wang said goodnight to her two young children in claim forms. You must pay the attorney and then submit
Mandarin, the language of her native Taiwan. As she quietly the receipt to MetLife along with the reference numbers
closed the bedroom door, she wondered who would keep the and fee reimbursement claim forms.
children’s Taiwanese heritage in mind if she and her
husband died. Learn more at hr.duke.edu/supplemental.
Wang hoped the children would be raised by their grandparents
in Taiwan, but there was nothing in writing.
“We knew we should see a lawyer and write a will,” said Wang, a licensing analyst in
Duke’s Office of Licensing and Ventures. “But we had no experience with lawyers in the U.S.
and no idea of how much it might cost. There were just so many hurdles.”
Wang is eligible for free will preparation because she is enrolled in Duke’s supplemental Did You Know?
life insurance program. Duke’s program through MetLife uses the Hyatt Legal Plans network Retirement accounts,
of participating attorneys who prepare at no charge simple wills, living wills and powers of
attorney for a single employee or an employee and his or her spouse, domestic partner or life insurance and other
same sex partner. assets for which you
Employees who use an attorney outside the network can request reimbursement name a beneficiary are
up to $275 for an individual or up to $320 for the employee and spouse or partner.
Wang purchased Duke’s supplemental life insurance for herself and husband, Ting-Jia not covered by a will.
Fan, when she started work at Duke a year ago. “Life insurance was one way to protect our Be sure to periodically
children,” Wang said. “But we knew it wasn’t enough.” review beneficiaries and
When Wang learned about the free will service, she called Hyatt Legal Plans and
received a list of 14 attorneys near her Chapel Hill home. update as necessary.
Wang and her husband picked an attorney and will meet with the attorney after her
husband returns from a trip to Taiwan. “My goal is to take a completed will to my parents
when I visit Taiwan later this year,” she said.
BY MARSHA A. GREEN

4 Working@Duke go For more information, visit the Duke Human Resources website hr.duke.edu/supplemental
online
 Carnessa Ottelin, program manager in the Health System’s Compliance Office, gets ready to
step on a Triangle Transit bus. Ottelin uses her free GoPass to travel from Raleigh to Duke.
Renew your
GoPass to ride regional buses
Popular transit program now in its second year
C
arnessa Ottelin is one of about 7,000 Duke community
members who use GoPass, a public bus pass, to ride
regional and local bus lines at no charge.
She’s used her pass since last fall, riding Triangle Transit
buses from home in Raleigh to bus stops by Duke Clinic or Duke
Hospital. Leaving the driving to someone else lets her relax and catch
up on reading. She averages a book a week reading on the bus, moving
through the Hunger Games trilogy and the latest Lee Child book.
“I present about compliance at New Employee Orientation every
other week, and I want new employees to know what a tremendous
and generous Duke benefit the GoPass is to be offered for free,” said
Ottelin, program manager in the Health System’s Compliance Office.
“It’s a wonderful way to save money, and it’s a great stress reliever.
There’s a strong community of amazing people who ride the bus.”
Employees who are eligible for a GoPass and users who have
not yet renewed their pass should stop by a Duke Parking and
Transportation Services office to receive a new pass. The GoPass,
which launched in July 2011, includes an expiration date on the
back of the pass. It’s valid for one year.
GoPass allows for unlimited rides at no charge on DATA,
Triangle Transit and Capital Area Transit. The pass is available to
Duke staff and faculty whose offices are on East, West, Central
and Medical Center campuses; the American Tobacco Campus;
or within one-half mile of the East, West, Central or Medical
campuses. All undergraduate, graduate and professional school
students are eligible.
go Learn more about the GoPass at parking.duke.edu/gopass
online
Brian Williams, Duke’s transportation demand management
coordinator, said finding buses to ride is easy. Routes served by
GoPass can be tracked online in real-time at live.gotriangle.org
or download a free app for iPhone, Android or BlackBerry
mobile devices.
“While we had a great first year of interest in GoPass, I hope
even more students and employees will join the program to help
save money and put time back in their day,” Williams said. “Instead
of getting stuck behind the wheel, using a GoPass gives students,
faculty and staff freedom to enjoy their daily commute.”
BY BRYAN ROTH
Get A GoPass
If you used your GoPass at least once before July 15, 2012,
a new pass should have been mailed to your campus
mailbox. If you want a GoPass or have one but never used
it, visit a Parking and Transportation Services office:
2010 Campus Drive (near the corner of Campus Drive
and Anderson Street). Open Tuesday, Wednesday and
Thursday, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.
4290 Duke Clinic (near the Medical Center Bookstore,
on the same level as the Duke Clinics Food Court).
Open Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 3 p.m.
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 Bonnie’s
Battle with
Cancer
Bonnie McManus, above, was treated for breast cancer. She kept this journal to document medical details and emotions after her diagnosis in 2009.

Special Report: An Employee’s Cancer Fight, Open Enrollment

for Health Benefits, New Tobacco Use Surcharge

B
onnie McManus waited as the pharmacist checked the diagnosed with cancer in 2009 and has worked at Duke for 12 years.
price of her medication on a computer. “I would be bankrupt without it.”
$4,000. Each year, Open Enrollment for Duke
“Ma’am,” the health benefits provides staff and faculty an

“
pharmacist told McManus. “I’ve opportunity to assess personal situations,
never seen a medication that costs
It is truly scary to realize evaluate needs and enroll in or make
$4,000 before.” how vulnerable you would be changes to benefits. This year, Open
For McManus, a senior without health insurance – good health Enrollment is Oct. 22 through Nov. 2.
coordinator for the Spanish Service- McManus is among 61,267 staff,
Learning program at Duke, the insurance.” faculty, dependents and retirees covered
drug, Neulasta, was part of a — Bonnie McManus , Duke employee by Duke’s health insurance plans, a
rigorous treatment regimen to fight benefit that Duke spent $219 million
her breast cancer, a disease that can to provide in 2011. That same year, the
cost more than $100,000 to treat. average Duke employee paid just $832 in out-of-pocket pharmacy
Instead of $4,000, McManus paid a modest co-pay of less than and medical expenses, in addition to his or her premium.
$100 per injection. Over her course of treatment, McManus Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration, said the
injected Neulasta six times. financial security offered through health insurance is the hallmark
“I can’t tell you how many times over the past three years I’ve of Duke’s overall benefits package.
said ‘thank God I have insurance,’ ” said McManus, 42, who was

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 In any given year, most plan participants stay healthy, he said. chemotherapy’s side effects by cutting her long, brown hair. Tears
But each year, some face medical treatments that can create devastating streamed down her face as her husband shaved her head to prevent
financial hardships without insurance. Last year, for example, her hair from falling out in clumps.
9 percent of plan participants accounted for just over $100 million “You lose your hair, and it feels weird,” she said. “You lose your
in health costs, slightly less than half of Duke’s total health costs. eyebrows, and you feel like an alien.”
“If an employee or a covered loved one has a catastrophic health
problem, they are not going to lose their home or be financially Predisposed to Cancer
devastated if they are on Duke’s insurance,” Cavanaugh said. During chemotherapy treatments, McManus received genetic
“That’s something we’re very proud of.” testing to analyze her DNA for genetic mutations that increase the
risk of breast and ovarian cancer. The test on McManus was positive
‘Like a ton of bricks’ for the “BRCA2” mutation.
Bonnie McManus was answering emails in her office at Smith “I’m predisposed to cancer,” she said. “It was not what I
Warehouse when the phone rang. She recognized the number of wanted to hear.”
Dr. Sora Yoon, who biopsied McManus’ breast after her first-ever
mammogram revealed a suspicious shadow.
“I know you are at work,” Yoon said. “Do you want me to
call you back at home?”
McManus begged her not to wait. “I need to know now,”
McManus said.
The news wasn’t good. McManus had invasive breast cancer.
She needed surgery and chemotherapy. She hung up and sobbed.
“It hit me like a ton of bricks,” McManus said. “It was surreal
to me that the rest of the world could keep going on normally while
my life had just been turned upside down.”
That night, after sharing the news with her husband, 12-year-
old son and two teenage stepdaughters, McManus made the first of
many entries in a small, hardback journal she kept tucked in her
purse throughout the ordeal. “This is what I know,” she wrote in
tight, controlled script on Aug. 9, 2009. “I have Invasive Ductal
Adenocarcinoma.”

First Class Treatment

Because McManus was under 40 when she was
diagnosed, she was referred directly to Dr. Kim Blackwell, a
Duke oncologist who specializes in treating breast cancer in
young women.
“My first consultation to plan out my chemotherapy and
surgery treatment options cost $800, but I didn’t know that Bonnie McManus tried to capture costs of cancer
until later,” care in her journal entry, above, but eventually gave
McManus said. up. At left, another journal entry by McManus.
“I just paid the
Duke Select $35
specialist outpatient Duke’s health care team helped McManus sort through
co-pay. I wanted to treatment options, from letting the cancer run its course to
get rid of the cancer.” removing her breasts and ovaries to reduce the chance of cancer
McManus had returning. Because of the genetic mutation, McManus chose
outpatient lumpectomy surgery to remove her ovaries, as well as a mastectomy and
surgery to remove the reconstructive surgery.
tumor and immediately Insurance sheltered McManus from the true cost of her
began 18 weeks of multiple surgeries and treatments, but she still paid attention to
chemotherapy to kill bills. Her surgeries cost nearly $50,000, but she said, “all I had
any remaining cancer to pay for each surgery was a co-pay of a few hundred dollars.”
cells. On the advice of In her journal, she tried to capture the total cost of the cancer
Dr. Blackwell, treatment, but she wrote, “Lost count of how expensive this disease
McManus prepared for has been…Ugh.”
Bonnie McManus cried when her hair was shaved to
>> continued on page 8
prevent it from falling out in clumps during
chemotherapy.

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 Making Daily Progress
McManus returned to work in 2010,
nearly a year after the diagnosis. Within
a few months, she had picked up her
X-ACTO knife and reclaimed her hobby
of making cards, wall art and other paper-
based art. “I knew I was feeling better when
I wanted to do art again,” she said.
Today, McManus has no evidence of
tumors in her body but continues to take
medicine to keep cancer at bay and treat
long-term effects of cancer treatment. The
medications, therapy and other related
medical issues add up to several hundred
dollars a month in out-of-pocket expenses.
“Springtime,” a paper-based artwork, at right, was created
Jennifer Salamh and her daughter, Paisley, three weeks after Paisley’s birth. Photo courtesy of Jennifer Salamh.
8 Working@Duke
“I’m still actively living with the
diagnosis every day,” McManus said. “The
good news is that I’m making progress.
Some days, I even forget for a few hours
that I’ve had cancer.”
What she doesn’t forget is how friends
and Duke co-workers rose to the occasion,
providing weekly meals for six months and
donating their vacation time to her to keep
her paycheck coming and benefits intact.
“It is truly scary to realize how
vulnerable you would be without health
insurance – good health insurance,” she
said. “I cannot fathom what happens to
people who do not have it.”
BY MARSHA A. GREEN
by Bonnie McManus after she regained her health.
Off To A Good start
The most common reason for a woman covered by Duke
health insurance to be hospitalized is a happy one: the birth of
a baby.
In 2011, Duke covered nearly 800 deliveries at an average
cost of $6,866 per delivery.
For Jennifer Salamh, the cost of childbirth was not a worry
as she cradled her newborn daughter in her arms. She knew the
two-night hospital stay would only cost $450, the standard co-
payment for in-network hospitalization with Duke Select
insurance.
“But what really floored me was when I added up all the
costs of my outpatient prenatal care,” said Salamh, a prospect
management coordinator for University Development. “It
came to over $12,000, and all I ever paid was a $45 co-pay.”
Salamh said she is grateful for the high quality care she
received at Duke throughout her pregnancy.
“I’ve chosen to give birth at Duke three times because they
provide such incredible care,” she said. “I wouldn’t dream of
going anywhere else.”
Learn more about the future of health care during
“Working@Duke LIVE,” a new interview talk show. Tune
in online at today.duke.edu/working at noon on Nov. 8
with Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president of administration.
 Health Benefits Open
Enrollment Begins Oct. 22
Changes include new dental option, modest premium increases and tobacco use fee

F
or 2013, Duke is expanding its dental insurance program and
maintaining its comprehensive health insurance package with
no changes in co-payments and deductibles and only modest
premium increases.
From Oct. 22 through Nov. 2, staff and faculty can sign up for
or make changes to Duke health benefits during Open Enrollment.
Employees can also sign up or re-enroll in Duke’s reimbursement
accounts for health or dependent care expenses. Contributions to
these accounts are deducted pre-tax from pay.
Depending on an employee’s medical plan, premiums in 2013
will increase between $1 to $10 per month for individual coverage
and $11 to $43 per month for family coverage. There will be no
increases in co-pays or deductibles for inpatient or outpatient visits
or prescriptions. Vision premiums
“By moving to a plan with a
remain the same. For the dental

“
defined network of dentists, we can
program, Duke is offering a new
We are offer the same excellent coverage at
Preferred Provider Option (PPO)
a lower cost,” said Lois Ann Green,
with lower premiums than the
current Plan A. Premiums will
committed to assistant vice president of Human
Resources - Benefits.
increase for Plan A; there’s no providing as competitive A list of providers is available
change to Plan B premiums.
Kyle Cavanaugh, vice a benefit as we can, while at ameritas-dental.prismisp.com.
president for administration, said constantly monitoring
the cost to provide health benefits Tobacco Use Surcharge
to 61,267 employees, retirees and costs and planning for the Starting in January 2013, Duke
family members has increased changing landscape of will charge employees who smoke or
about $20 million per year since use tobacco $10 per month. This
2010. Duke expects to pay about health care reform.” does not apply to dependents.
$240 million for 2012 health — Kyle Cavanaugh, vice president for administration Duke will remove the surcharge
benefits. if an employe successfully completes
“We are committed to a tobacco cessation program. LIVE
providing as competitive a benefit as we can, while constantly FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee wellness program, offers free smoking
monitoring costs and planning for the changing landscape of health cessation options. [Story on page 10].
care reform,” Cavanaugh said. “We are self-insured, which means we Tobacco use is the leading cause of preventable death in North
cover the cost of our own insurance, and our excellent relationships Carolina and is linked to many cancers and health conditions.
with our Duke providers allow us to monitor costs closely. Things “Tobacco use pushes up our health costs, and the surcharge is one way
look stable for 2013, but we expect more changes in the coming years to recognize this and create an added incentive for employees to seek
as health care reform continues to unfold.” support now to quit,” Green said.
Changes for 2013 include:
Federally Mandated Changes
New Dental Program For 2013, the maximum contribution for a health care
Starting Jan. 1, 2013, Duke will expand its dental insurance reimbursement account will be lowered to $2,500, based on national
by adding a Preferred Provider Option (PPO) to the traditional health care reform legislation. Another federally mandated change for
Plan A and Plan B options. The PPO plan offers similar coverage to 2013 is the inclusion with Open Enrollment materials of a “Summary
Plan A at a lower monthly premium for employees who use dentists of Benefits and Coverage.” This document uses a federally required
within a nationwide network. template to explain health plan benefits to consumers.
The PPO plan includes no deductible, a higher maximum BY MARSHA A. GREEN
annual benefit than Plan A and Plan B, lower negotiated procedure
rates and lower monthly premiums.

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Quit Tobacco With
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roat,
habit that hurts your health and esophagus,
your wallet.” bladder, kid
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health care costs and leads to 15 YEARS
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faculty and staff who use tobacco disease is that
heart disease
or smoke will be asked to pay a of non-smoker
of a non-sm moker
$10 monthly surcharge. [See
story on page 9.] Duke will
remove the charge if an employee
successfully completes a tobacco Sources:
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cessation program.
Duke offers a range of free As soon as smokers put a cigarette down, their body starts to repair. While it only takes 48 hours for senses to enhance,
it takes as long as 15 years to regain healthy aspects of non-smokers.
tobacco cessation services through
LIVE FOR LIFE, Duke’s employee wellness program. They include prescription
tobacco-cessation drugs with no co-pay and one-on-one consultations to design
individualized quit plans at no charge.
Diane Dunder, LIVE FOR LIFE’s smoking cessation specialist, said one-on-one
sessions are ideal because they create personalized timelines for quitting and offer an Get Help Quitting
in-depth look at methods to quit. Because most smokers try to quit more than once, Free consultations are available each week
personal consultations involve reviewing quitting attempts to determine what at Duke Clinic, Duke Cancer Center and Duke
worked and what didn’t for each person, she said.
Raleigh and Durham Regional hospitals.
“Having a quit plan creates the most informed attempt to quit for people,”
Times vary and can be scheduled by calling
Dunder said. “Often, this is the biggest health change for most people and it’s hard.”
(919) 684-3136, option 1.
BY BRYAN ROTH

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 Our Near and Far
Vacation Getaways
Duke employees share photos from energizing vacations

D
og sledding
in Alaska.
Kayaking in
Puerto Rico.
Catching rays on a North
Carolina beach.
These moments were
captured in photographs
submitted this summer by 170
employees as part of a
campaign inviting Duke staff
and faculty to submit their
best vacation photo and share
how Duke’s paid time off
benefit helped them recharge.
The winning entry from a
random drawing: an iPhone
snapshot of feet in the sand in
Cancun, Mexico, submitted
by Adem Gusa, assistant
 Adem Gusa of Duke’s Facilities Management Department
director of planning for the submitted this winning photo of his and his wife’s feet while they
Facilities Management relaxed on the beach in Cancun, Mexico.
Department.
“It was a truly relaxing five-
day excursion,” wrote Gusa as 
part of his entry. “We enjoyed Catherine Bodine, clinical research
specialist for the Duke Clinical Research Institute, dog
every minute of the sights, sleds in Alaska with husband, Mark Kinsella.
sounds, food and weather.”
Gusa won a free mini-
vacation – a night at the
Washington Duke Inn in
Durham with dinner and  Abi Riak, programs and operations manager for the
breakfast for two, which Gusa Divinity School’s Center for Reconciliation, kayaks
in Puerto Rico. “Being out on the ocean is one of
plans to enjoy with his wife. the best ways for me to forget about everything
“Our 13th wedding that is not urgent or important,” she said.
anniversary is in October, and
with two young children, we
welcome any opportunity to
unwind, relax and reconnect,”
he said. 
BY MARSHA A. GREEN Courtney Packard Orning, a
public relations specialist at
the Social Science Research
Institute, keeps this photo
See the Photos of her children at North
The 170 photos are on Flickr. You can see them Topsail Beach, N.C., as a
all at j.mp/Dukevacationpics. Read captions for reminder of how
rejuvenated she feels
each photo by clicking the “show info” button
when returning from
at the top right of the screen.
vacation.

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 Take a Duke course at
80 percent off regular tuition

Erin Arnold, center, in a Duke undergraduate class. She’ll take one or two classes each semester with the Employee Special Tuition Rate program.

B
efore she finished her undergraduate degree, Erin Arnold left The deadline for applications for the spring semester is
the University of Pittsburgh to attend nursing school. She Dec. 1, 2012.
doesn’t regret it, but for 10 years, she’s wanted to tie up a The special tuition rate is independent from the Employee
loose end and earn a bachelor’s degree. Tuition Assistance Program through Duke Human Resources.
“I want to finish what I started,” said Arnold, a clinical research However, employees with at least two years of continuous service can
coordinator at the Duke Clinical Research Institute. apply for tuition reimbursement of up to $5,200 a year through
Arnold is continuing her education through a the tuition assistance program if they meet all other
new program that provides a more than 80 eligibility requirements.
percent discount on select Duke How To Apply Employees who complete a for-credit course
undergraduate courses. Offered through To take a course for through the continuing studies program
Duke Continuing Studies, the Special academic credit at Duke, you must receive a Duke transcript to apply for a
Duke Employee Tuition Rate Program apply for admission into the Duke transfer of credit if they apply later for a
enables employees working at least Continuing Studies program with a letter of bachelor’s degree program at Duke or
recommendation, official college and university
20 hours per week to take an another higher education institution.
transcripts and receive an offer of admission.
undergraduate course for academic Auditors receive a Duke transcript with
The application fee is $35.
credit for $975; the normal rate is details of audited coursework.
$5,287. Employees can audit a class Once accepted, complete the Employee Special Arnold, the clinical research
for $100 instead of $514. Tuition Rate form for the employee discount. coordinator, will chip away at the
The discount applies only to The Continuing Studies application deadline remaining year’s worth of classes needed
undergraduate classes from Trinity College for Spring semester is Dec. 1, 2012. The to complete a Bachelor of Science degree in
of Arts and Sciences, Duke Marine Lab and Employee Special Tuition Rate psychology. She is now taking “Philosophy of
Sanford School of Public Policy. Courses at the form must be received by the Mind” and plans to take one or two classes
Jan. 1, 2013.
Pratt School of Engineering and graduate-level each semester. Eventually, she’ll apply to transfer the
classes are not part of the program. credit hours for the bachelor’s degree.
“Duke is known far and wide for the quality of its education, “When I saw the discount offer, I figured I’d be crazy to pass it
and these reduced rates make that education far more accessible for up,” Arnold said. “I wanted to seize the opportunity that was being
employees,” said Paula Gilbert, associate dean and director of Duke offered to me.”
Continuing Studies and Summer Session. BY MARSHA A. GREEN

12 Working@Duke go For more information, visit learnmore.duke.edu and select

online Academic Studies, then Duke Employee Tuition Rates.
 Honoring veterans
for their service
REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY PLANNED TO CELEBRATE VETERANS DAY

T
his photo During
was taken wartime, Duke’s
on D-Day Women’s College
– June 6, increased
1944 – on the Duke admissions, allowing
Chapel steps as students like Marie
members of Duke’s Foote and Muriel
Navy College Training Theodorsen to
Program read a headline become the first
about the Invasion of two women to earn
Normandy from the engineering degrees
Durham Morning from Duke. Other
Herald newspaper. programs – including Economics, Medicine, and
Like other college D-Day News, 1944. Photo courtesy of Duke University Archives. Divinity – experienced a jump in female enrollment as well.
campuses across the country, Duke felt the impact of World War II. The College Organization for General Service, created by
“Over 16 million soldiers served in the U.S. Army, while women students at Duke, contributed to the war effort through
millions more men and women did their part by laboring at home,” activities like preparing bandages, organizing fundraisers for charity
said Adriane Lentz-Smith, associate professor in the Department of and attending social events for soldiers. Duke also hosted a division
History. “Duke students, like all Americans in the World War II of the American Women’s Volunteer Services, which held events and
years, sat poised on the brink of dramatic change.” fundraising activities for the Red Cross and war bond campaigns.
As the draft began in 1940, thousands of Duke students, In 1941, Duke activated a Naval Reserves Officers Training
employees and alumni produced scholarly output and grew a culture Corps that produced student soldiers, including many who were part
of social volunteerism on and around campus. Student ranks grew of Duke’s Navy V-12 unit. Nearly 4,000 student soldiers made their
with an influx of women and soldiers who planned to aid the way through these programs during World War II.
country’s efforts by furthering their education. Duke administrator Paul Gross also spearheaded an effort by the
Many students gained military training by joining faculty and Department of Chemistry to create a “frangible bullet” that would
staff in divisions like the Duke Naval Reserves Officer Training break up upon impact, enabling American soldiers to perform
Corps and the 65th General Hospital Unit. University relationships shooting drills on actual aircraft. Other research projects at Duke
with the U.S. government pushed for engineering studies and during wartime included ways to control venereal disease and
advanced experimental research in chemistry, medicine and other studying effects of vitamin B deprivation.
disciplines. — COMPILED BY BRYAN ROTH WITH UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES

Celebrate Veterans Day at Duke

Duke Human Resources will sponsor a remembrance ceremony by the Duke Chapel. This year’s event will take place Monday, Nov. 12.
For details, please check today.duke.edu/working as Veterans Day approaches.

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 PERQS
employee discounts

Just Tires Timely tire

discount
5280 N. Roxboro Road
Durham
(919) 479-0700
justtires.com

The Duke employee discount program
also offers other auto-related savings at
car dealerships and car washes and for
service and repair and AAA memberships.
Visit hr.duke.edu/discounts to
learn more.
M
emorial Day was fast approaching, and Laura Isaiah dreaded driving
her Suzuki Forenza from Raleigh to South Carolina with old tires.
She had checked four tire shop websites to compare prices but was
struggling to make up her mind when she received an email from
PERQS, Duke’s employee discount program. The notice advertised a 15 percent
discount at Durham tire retailer, Just Tires.
“I opened up the email and saw that Just Tires was offering a discount and said,
‘wow, what a blessing,’ ” said Isaiah, an administrative assistant at the Duke Eye Center.
Isaiah said the decision to go with Just Tires was easy because she bought her last
set of tires from the company before she worked at Duke. “I didn’t have the discount
then,” she said. “So I jumped

“
at it this time.”
The discount saved Isaiah The vacation and
nearly $30 on two new tires.
Just Tires also offers customers healthcare benefits I get
free rotation and balancing service because I work at Duke are awesome.
every 3,000 to 5,000 miles with
the purchase of two or more tires.
But the PERQS discount is like icing
Isaiah, who has worked at on the cake.”
Duke for nearly three years, said — Laura Isaiah
she closely follows discounts
Duke Eye Center administrative assistant
offered through PERQS emails
and has used other discounts to
save on floor finishing, shoes and local eateries such as Biscuitville.
“The vacation and healthcare benefits I get because I work at Duke are awesome,”
she said. “But the PERQS discount is like icing on the cake.”
BY MARSHA A. GREEN

14 Working@Duke go For a full list of PERQS discounts, visit hr.duke.edu/discounts

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Sustainable uke
YOUR SOURCE FOR GREEN N E W S AT D U K E

Celebrate All Things Food In October

Duke hosts events leading up to Oct. 24 national ‘Food Day’

W
hile Durham is known As part of the Food Day
for its locally-themed celebration, the Duke Campus Farm
food scene, Duke will hold its first Beet Festival from
students, staff and 4 to 7 p.m. Oct. 20. Open to all Duke
faculty can go hyperlocal right on community members, the event will
Duke’s campus. feature music, lawn games and food
This October, Duke community like beet salad, beet gnocchi and beet
members can take part in a celebration chocolate cake.
of food all month as part of ongoing Students and employees can also
activities leading up to Food Day show off their love for food through
on Oct. 24, a nationwide celebration Sustainable Duke’s Food Day photo
to highlight health, nutrition and competition. To participate, students,
people’s connection to food they eat. faculty and staff can submit a photo
Duke will host its own community and caption beginning Oct. 1 on the
dinner on West Campus to celebrate Sustainable Duke Facebook page and
that day. Amelia Chen, a Duke undergraduate student, won last year’s Sustainable explain what food means to them.
“Every day, we make choices Duke photo contest with this photo of her younger brother preparing From Oct. 15 to 19, voting will take
about what we eat and October’s Food Chinese food. place to see which picture can
Day celebrations highlight a search for accumulate the most “likes.” One
options that are more sustainable,” said Casey Roe, outreach winner will receive free registration to a Duke Campus Farm
coordinator for Sustainable Duke. “Events focused around food workshop and other prizes.
are a fun way to bring together the Duke community, while “We are celebrating sustainable, local and healthy food choices,
promoting local, organic and healthy food options.” but everyone has their own personal story to tell about food,” said
Events, which will be hosted by student organizations and Roe, the sustainability outreach coordinator. “We want to hear from
Sustainable Duke, include contests, a beet festival and more. the members of the Duke community what food means to you.”
To get a sense for how Duke is committed to healthy and
BY BRYAN ROTH
sustainable food, students and employees need only start at the
Duke Campus Farm, where each week, at least 10 volunteers help
care for a variety of produce. This fall, carrots, beets, salad greens
and more will go straight from the farm into Duke’s dining halls.
“Spending time at the farm is a wonderful way to connect with
the earth in a very fundamental way,” said Jennifer Masat, a clinical
nurse in Duke’s Neurodiagnostics Lab who volunteers at the Duke
Campus Farm. “It helps people realize where their food is coming
from, and they can see where it goes. I’m all about organic and local
food, so the farm is the best of both worlds.”
Masat is excited for October’s Food Day events because they Find Food Day Events In October
will provide a chance for Duke community members to learn more Special events will be held throughout
about Duke’s efforts to promote healthy eating choices. In addition October to celebrate Food Day. See what’s
to being used in Duke’s dining halls, produce from the Duke
Campus Farm was also sold for the first time this summer at the going on by checking the calendar at
Duke Farmers Market. sustainability.duke.edu.

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