Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL) is a nationally-recognized, intensive twelve-month leadership program for Duke undergraduates that combines academic study, community-based research, critical reflection, and mentoring. SOL is a research service-learning (RSL) program that includes a preparation (gateway) course in the spring; a collaborartively designed research project with a community partner in the summer; and a follow-up (capstone) seminar in the fall.

SOL is carefully designed so that students receive intensive support from faculty and program staff every step of the way. Our program is shaped by creative energy of our students. From the beginning, SOLsters have been actively engaged in evaluating and augmenting our program design from year to year. Click here to learn more about the SOL experience.

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  Lindsay Bayham

  A crumpled sheet of notebook paper hits me in the back with a soft thud. I pause, my hand suspended mid-sentence on the chalkboard. Behind me, the usual chorus of shouts and yells quiets for a few seconds…

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