SHINING BRIGHT

2019 Holiday Happenings at Duke University

By Duke University

December 17^th, 2019

THE MARVEL OF THIS NIGHT

The annual Christmas Eve service at Duke Chapel will be featured nationally on CBS on December 24th. Dean Luke Powery, the choirs and organists of Duke Chapel, a chamber orchestra, and a host of Duke students, faculty, staff, and friends will lead an hour-long program filled with readings, choral music and Christmas carols.

HOLIDAY MAGIC ON STAGE

Devils en Pointe, Duke's student-run ballet company, celebrated the holiday season by performing excerpts from 'The Nutcracker' in Reynolds Industries Theater.

Students with Devils En Pointe, Duke's premiere classical and contemporary ballet company, rehearses for the Nutcracker at Reynolds Industries Theater.

Duke Children’s RADIOTHON

Mix 101.5 hosted the 25th annual two-day radiothon to raise funds and support on behalf of Duke Children's Hospital. Duke Men's Basketball Coach Mike Krzyzewski, a longtime hospital supporter, took photos with patients and urged radio listeners to contribute. Community members and Duke employees volunteered at the event, which ended up raising $604,606 for Duke Children's Hospital.

Coach K urges radio listeners to contribute to the annual radiothon for Duke Children's Hospital.

Duke Hospital patient Samantha, age 6, colors a thank you canvas for donors as her mom looks on.

Samantha, age 6, poses with a poster she colored. She received care at Duke Children's for her inoperable brain tumor.

Kristyn Moss, an operating room nurse at Duke Raleigh Hospital, answers donors calls during the radiothon.

Latkapalooza

Duke's Jewish Student Union hosted a Hanukkah party at Devil's Krafthouse including seasonal favorites like dreidel games, latkes and jelly donuts.

MINI HORSES STUDY BREAK

Duke students took a break from preparing for exams to meet miniature horses in front of Lilly Library. Stampede of Love, a Triangle-based nonprofit, brought the therapy horses to campus to help students relax a bit before finals.