"...it has always been people who for 30 years, have made Duke the place where I want to be." Read more...

— Caroline Lattimore
Associate Dean
Trinity College of Arts & Sciences
Duke University

"My dad started working in the Duke machine shop in 1942...I've been around the university all my life." Read more...

— Ken Nichols
Senior General Maintenance Mechanic
Facilities Management
Duke University

"Being a part of a health system that promotes pride...is one of the many reasons I chose to work at Duke Raleigh Hospital." Read more...

— Maria Tucker
Program Manager
Diabetes Treatment Center
Duke Raleigh Hospital

"You can always better yourself and your situation at Duke. There's always a door waiting to be opened." Read more...

— Dorothy Dunkins
Recycler
Facilities Management
Duke University

"There is just something unique about Duke that has kept me here — this has been a fruitful place." Read more...

— Edward Suarez
Associate Professor, Medical Psychiatry
Vice-Chair, Institutional Review Board
School of Medicine

"This is a place where you can always find your niche because it's so big. I'm just glad I've been a part of this system." Read more...

— Julia Alliger
Nurse Clinician
Inpatient Care Facility
Duke HomeCare and Hospice

"Professional support was one of the biggest incentives for me to remain at Duke. Without it, many of my dreams never would have materialized." Read more...

-- Avinash Maheshwary
Triangle Universities Libraries Network South Asia Librarian
International & Area Studies, Duke University Libraries

"I'm always excited when I put the uniform on and come to work. Every time I go up in the helicopter I have a big smile on my face and I think, 'I did it.' ... I couldn't see myself doing anything else." Read more...

-- Dee Harman
Clinical Nurse II
Duke Life Flight

"Duke is a place where you can take advantage of everything offered, but you can also improve upon it, and you're encouraged to do that." Read more...

-- Delbert Wigfall, M.D.
Associate Dean for Medical Education & Associate Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
Duke University School of Medicine

"Duke is really committed to making this a great hospital ... when people ask me where I work, I'm proud to say that I work for Duke." Read more...

-- Jim Best
Materials Resource Technician
Materials Management, Duke Raleigh Hospital

"This is the fourth hospital I've worked at in the U.S. I also worked at hospitals in Saudi Arabia and the Philippines, but Duke has been the best in terms of professional development." Read more...

-- Nancy Navarra
CCRN, Clinical Nurse IV
Neonatal Unit, Duke University Hospital

"When I came to Durham and walked into the Chapel, I thought, how is something like this in Durham?" Read more...

-- Oscar Dantzler
Utility Worker
University Housekeeping, Duke University

"I've been at Duke literally over half my life. It's all I've ever known. This is home. I can't imagine working anywhere else." Read more...

-- Susan Schwab
Clinical Trials Assistant II
American College of Surgeons Oncology Group, Duke Clinical Research Institute

"So much has happened. I've grown up at Duke ... It's impossible to be in the midst of this magnificent place and not be affected by its ethos." Read more...

-- Sheila Williams
Director, Student Financial Aid
Duke Divinity School

"The only reason I haven't retired is I'm still excited about doing research, writing papers and introducing research to young people. The excitement of new discoveries in research keeps me going, and Duke's support of that allows me to do what I love." Read more...

-- Gordon Klintworth, M.D., Ph.D
Professor of Pathology and Joseph A.C. Wadsworth Research Professor of Ophthalmology
Duke University School of Medicine

"I spend all this time with students because it is essential for learning and because the students at Duke are such a pleasure to work with." Read more...

-- David Needham
Professor of Mechanical Engineering and Material Science, Professor of Biomedical Engineering
Pratt School of Engineering