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Duke Campus Club Newsletter
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Annual Luncheon and Guest Day
Monday, October 28 11:30 am - 2:00 pm
PARIZADE RESTAURANT
2200 West Main St., Erwin Square
Speaker: Judy Woodruff
Co-Anchor and Managing Editor
PBS NewsHour
Tickets are still available. We are currently at about 86% capacity of the 150 luncheon seats available.
Tickets are $25.00. Send check payable to Campus Club with names of guests to Helen Compton, 2215 West Club Blvd, Durham 27705. Reservations accepted on first come, first served basis through October 21
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CENTENNIAL CORNER: LEGACY GIFTS
In honor of our Centennial year, the Campus Club Board has voted unanimously to give from the Campus Club budget a legacy gift of $3,000 each to the Duke Gardens, where so many of us volunteer, and to the Duke Library, already a partner with Campus Club for the student study breaks. The goal of the legacy gifts, besides contributing to worthy causes, is to give maximum exposure on campus to Campus Club as a part of the Campus Club Centennial.
The Gardens will use the $3,000 we donate as seed money for the renovation of the wisteria pergola at the top of the  Terrace Gardens. The wisteria has become embedded in the steel support structure, not blooming well for three years (see picture attached). The project will entail cutting back the wisteria, sandblasting the pergola and repainting it, and then retraining the wisteria onto the pergola. Bill LeFevre, director of the Gardens, will approach Campus Club members who are also donors to the Gardens to see if they would like to contribute individually to the project to make it entirely a Campus Club undertaking. A plaque on the pergola will indicate that the project is donated in honor of the Campus Club Centennial.
The Duke Library will use the $3,000 we donate to create an additional student art wall in the main part of Perkins library just before the walkway between Perkins and Bostock on the main floor. There is already one student art exhibit wall; this new one will be an additional wall with a plaque indicating our sponsorship. The money will be used for frames, wiring, and other items needed for mounting exhibits. The wall will not only be used for student art, but can also be used for other Duke-related exhibits.
The Board believes that these will both be lasting legacies, additionally giving Campus Club positive exposure within the Duke community.
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 Wine and Dine
Did you know that North Carolina has grown wine for about 400 years? Sir Walter Raleigh and his crew discovered the Mother vine, the oldest known cultivated grapevine in the New World. Now centuries later we can taste the fruits of the vines that have descended from this early discovery. Tour the Vineyards of Swan Creek in the Yadkin River Valley with other Campus Club members on Friday, November 22, 2013.
We'll have lunch and learn about the wine industry of North Carolina as it is today. Let's keep the story alive - join us on the bus for fun, fellowship and relaxation. It will be fun, educational, and the cost is $85 per person. Please send your check to Sarah Woodard, 2009 Woodrow Street, Durham, NC 27705 as soon as possible to secure your seat on the bus!
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Last Chance for Nasher Tour
There are only 6 spots available for Doris Duke's Shangri La: Architecture, Landscape, and Islamic Art exhibit tour at the Nasher Museum of Art at Duke University on Wednesday, November 13 at 10:30 am. The tour on Tuesday, November 12 has 1 spot available. The docent lead lecture and tour is 75 minutes long, ending with an optional lunch at the museum restaurant. The tour is free. Please contact Renuka Soll as soon as possible if you would like to attend at renukes@gmail.comor 969-1454.
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PROSPECTIVE GOURMET GROUP SEEKS INTERESTED MEMBERS
Enjoy cooking and entertaining in your home? Is socializing in the homes of others fun for you? If you like trying new recipes and getting to know others in a small group setting, then a gourmet group may be perfect for you! Campus Club is kicking off a new Gourmet Group. What fun to be a part of a Gourmet Group starting in the Centennial year! If you're interested in connecting with others over food and friendship, contact Interest Group Co-Chair Joy Dunlap at joyfulmkt@aol.com.
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10-10-10-10 Garden Time
October 10 at 10 a.m., the Garden Tours group will visit the private gardens of Montrose in Hillsborough. The admission price is $10. Don't know much about Montrose? This historic garden, which now holds a spot on the National Register of Historic Places, has been featured in Southern Living and the New York Times, and is accessible only by appointment.
This nationally known garden got its start in the 19th century at the hands and hearts of William Graham, North Carolina governor, senator, and secretary of the Navy, and his wife, Susan, along with Thomas Paxton, who was the landscape gardener for the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Now Nancy Goodwin and her husband, Craufurd, a Duke professor, own the 61-acre garden area of woodlands, specimen trees planted by the Grahams, rock gardens, and several 19th century outbuildings. As a preservation project of the Garden Conservancy, Montrose has been selected as one of less than 20 of America's select gardens currently in that unique program designed to preserve gardens with historical and horticultural significance.
Want to visit this garden and be a part of Garden Tours? Contact Malissa Kilpatrick at russandmalissa@gmail.com
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A Note from the Membership VP
Our Centennial Year of celebration is a great time for all of us to entice our friends, colleagues, and new acquaintances to join Campus Club. Our full calendar of activities is even more special than usual. Whether it is our fall luncheon with Judy Woodruff as our special speaker, the tour of North Carolina wineries, or the Gala at the Washington Duke in the spring we have many ways to show off our club. Our wonderful Campus Club community continues to remain strong and vibrant because of its creative and thoughtful members. Let's gather even more into our fold.
I hope to see you at many events this year.
Jo Ann Lutz, VP Membership
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FOOTBALL TAILGATE PARTY
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 9
LAST CHANCE FOR TICKETS!!
Join us for our 3rd annual Tailgating Party at Blue Devil Alley as we cheer Duke to victory against arch-rival NC State. Cost includes game ticket, buffet lunch, drinks and cookies. Adults: $40. Season Ticket Holders: $20. Children under 12: $15. RSVP by October 27 to Karen Childers, (919) 309-7939 or
kwchilders@nc.rr.com.
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Join the "Almost Bowling" Interest Group for Fun and Exercise
You'll score fun, friends and exercise with this new Interest Group. Never bowled? It's easy. No pressure - just good times and lots of laughs. Group will meet for 2 hours each month with a date and time determined by the members. Refreshments and trash talking to follow each outing. Contact Karen Childers at kwchilders@nc.rr.com or (919) 309-7939 for more information or to sign up.
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October After Hours Interest Group Hosts New and Prospective Member Event
New and prospective members are invited to the "After Hours" Interest Group for happy hour at Parizade in their Club Room on Monday, October 14, 5 pm-7 pm.
Enjoy passed hors d'oeuvres and a cash bar while chatting with old friends and meeting new acquaintances. This is an opportunity in an informal setting to learn more about all Campus Club activities related to our Centennial Year of celebration as well as the annual trip and Interest Group activities.
If you know a "Dookie" this seems to be a fit for, please invite them to attend.
RSVP no later than noon Saturday, October 12 to Jean Carden jeancarden27@gmail.com.
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Campus Club Honorees,
February, 1964
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We thank the following members who have generously made contributions to the Campus Club Centennial:
Anne Alexander, Carol Baldwin, Julia Bambach, Sue Behringer, Ann Berger, Caelia Bingham, Jenny Blazing, Delaina Buehler, Karen Childers, Harriet Childs, Macey Colvin, Helen Compton, Bronwyn de Figueiredo, Kathy Doherty, Joy Dunlap, Molly Eldridge, Rebecca Elvin, Nita (Mariana) Eyster, Mary-Owens Fitzgerald, Margaret J. Pepper Fluke, Pela Gereffi, Ann Gravatt, Judith Hammerschmidt, Judith Hinton, Deborah Jakubs, Stagg Madry, Ellie Mayer, Mavis Mayer, Margaret McKeon, Jean Oline, Connie O'Neil, Judith Rembert, Kathleen Rennie, Carol Shepard, Nancy Shepherd, Judith Snyderman, Renuka Soll, Barbara (Bo) Strohbehn, Kristine Sullivan, Phyllis Thomas, and Josefina Tiryakian.
If any members wish to make contributions and want to remain anonymous, please indicate your preference when sending a check to treasurer, Ann Gravatt.
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Dues Reminder
Please send your check for 2013-14 dues or your contribution to the Centennial Fund to our treasurer, Ann Gravatt, at 3608 Dover Road, Durham, NC 27707. Dues are $25 per member. Add $5 for a participating spouse/partner.
Questions? Email Ann at ann.gravatt@juno.com.
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