2. Fast Facts Duke University is a private research university located in Durham, North Carolina, United States. Students: 13,662 Colors: Duke blue and white Nickname: Blue Devils

3. Fast Facts How far away?? 2,837 miles (by car 1 day, 21 hours) The class of 2012, 96% of admitted students ranked in the top 10% of their high school class. Medical, law, public affairs, nursing and business are the top majors.

4. Duke is also well known for its sizable campus and Collegiate Gothic architecture, especially the Duke Chapel.

5. East Campus, is the freshman campus. Duke requires its students to live on campus for the first three years of undergraduate life FINANCIAL DATA Undergraduate Tuition and Fees: $39,075 Room and Board………………... $11,170 TOTAL..................... $50,245 Campus And Cost

6. THE DUKE LEMUR CENTER, the only university-based facility in the world devoted to the study of primates, is home to the world’s largest colony of endangered primates, including more than 200 lemurs. The center has led a program to reintroduce black and white ruffed lemurs to Madagascar.

7. Sports THE BLUE DEVILS compete 26 NCAA Division 1 varsity sports. Duke's men's basketball team consistently is ranked among the nation's elite and won the national championship in 1991, 1992 and 2001.

8. TENT VILLAGE Because tickets to all varsity sports are free to students, they line up for hours before each game, often spending the night on the sidewalk. The total number of participating tents is capped at 100 (each tent can have up to 12 occupants). The men's basketball coach, Mike Krzyzewski, is known to buy pizza on occasion for the inhabitants of the tent village.

9. FAMOUS FOLK Richard Nixon, 37th President of the United States graduated with a law degree in 1937. Another alumna, Melinda Gates, is the co-founder of the $31.9 billion Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the nation's wealthiest charitable foundation.

10. Lovejoy’s SISTER’s Favorites 1.Really good soda - cheerwine and sundrop :) 2. the BEST fried chicken = Bojangles 3. Pullen Park: train rides and a carousel 4. Kitty hawk (first flight by Wright brothers) 5.Cool lighthouses 6. Wilmington Beach - really fun beach town, lots to do (Dawson's creek was filmed there!)

11. Duke Joke TWO STUDENTS MISS A FINAL EXAM Introductory Chemistry was taught at Duke University for many years by professor Bonk. One year, two guys took the class and did pretty well on all the quizzes and mid-terms--so much so that going into the final, they each had a solid A. These two friends were so confident going into the final that the weekend before finals week, despite the Chemistry final being on Monday, they decided to go to the University of Virginia to party with some friends. They did this and had a great time. However, with their hangovers and tiredness, they overslept all day Sunday and didn't make it back to Duke until early Monday morning. Rather than taking the final then, they found professor Bonk after the final and explained to him how they missed the final. They told him they went up to the University of Virginia for the weekend and had planned to come back in time to study, but they had a flat tire on the way back and didn't have a spare. They couldn't fix it for a long time and were late getting back to campus. Bonk thought this over and agreed that they could take the final the following day. The two guys, elated and relieved, studied that night and went in the next day at the time that Bonk had told them. He placed them in separate rooms and handed each of them a test booklet. He told them to begin. They looked at the first problem which was something simple about ionic and covalent bonds; it was worth 5 points. "Cool," they thought, "this is going to be an easy final". They then turned the page. They were unprepared, however, for what they saw on it. The question contained only two words: (95 points) Which tire?