Let’s Get This Centennial Started

4/1/24 DukEngineer Magazine

Echoing the date of Duke University’s founding in 1924, Duke began a year-long 100th birthday party with an extraordinary kickoff event on January 9, 2024

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a disco ball and strung lights hang over a crowded dance floor
Let’s Get This Centennial Started

Echoing the date of Duke University’s founding in 1924, Duke began a year-long 100th birthday party with an extraordinary kickoff event on January 9, 2024.

The centennial brings about a historic opportunity to recognize Duke’s extraordinary past, highlight the impact of the present and look toward the potential of Duke’s future. “Our Centennial is a gift to us: our chance to pause and contemplate our past, to appreciate the present, and to plan for our future,” noted Duke University President Vincent Price, addressing a packed Cameron Indoor Stadium at the kickoff event.

The year’s festivities and events will celebrate athletics, research and innovation, Duke history, and more.

To learn more about events in Durham and beyond, visit 100.duke.edu.

a disco ball and strung lights hang over a crowded dance floor
The Duke community enjoyed a post-kickoff party called “Winter Chill.”
Lots of arms raised into the air pointing to the sky are silhouetted by a bright blue Duke 100 screen.
More than 100 student performers from campus groups including Dhamaka (pictured), On Tap, Nakisai, Street Med, Duke Chinese Dance, and Devils en Pointe entertained the crowd.
A man and a woman hug with lots of people and balloons in the background.
Duke alumni Ken Jeong ’90 and Lisa Borders ’79 were notable among the kickoff event’s speakers.
A man stands in the middle of a basketball court lit by a spotlight.
Mike Krzyzewski, known to all as Coach K, spoke of Duke’s future directions.
A group of people play in a life-sized snow globe.
The Duke community enjoyed a post-kickoff party called “Winter Chill.”
A man stands with a microphone in dim blue lights on a basketball court with huge screens around him.
Duke University President Vince Price addresses the community.

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