Sophomore Year
Baldwin Scholars live together on West Campus. Participants may choose their own roommates or pair with another Scholar.
Baldwin Scholars attend a weekly meeting to discuss issues and projects. Below is a project example...
Mind the Gap
The Baldwin Scholars held an event in September 2006 about the “Sex and Scandal at Duke” article that appeared last summer in Rolling Stone magazine. We were concerned about the way that undergraduate women were portrayed and how incoming first-year women perceived the message. Approximately 40 first-year women attended the event, which started with a panel discussion with 8 diverse Baldwin Scholars and then proceeded into small group discussions. The “Mind the Gap” project was born in one of those discussions.
The idea was to create a wristband that would remind the wearer of the gap between values and behaviors, a gap that was portrayed clearly in the Rolling Stone article.
The pledge reads in part, “This wristband serves as a tangible reminder of your personal commitment to be honest to yourself. By wearing it, you are taking ownership of your actions and helping to increase respect on campus. You are helping to bridge the gap between self-awareness and action.” Nearly 1000 wristbands were distributed in November on the Plaza.
This project was funded by the Baldwin Scholars, Campus Culture Initiative, Women’s Center, Panhellenic Association, and the Freeman Center for Jewish Life.