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News For February 2017

Hart Fellows Program featured on Duke Today

The Hart Fellows Program recently made headlines on Duke Today, the official source for all news, headlines, and events from Duke University. The Office of Global Affairs, in collaboration with the Hart Leadership Program, created an interactive map site, featuring the stories of eight Hart Fellows and their work around the world. Duke Global Affairs seeks to advance internalization on campus,…

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Ambassador James Joseph gives speech on hope and democracy

Ambassador James A. Joseph, Emeritus Professor of the Practice of Public Policy and former Leader-in-Residence in the Hart Leadership Program, recently gave a speech to the Longboat Key Democratic Club in Longboat Key, Florida. His speech spoke to the challenges and opportunities facing democracy and the Democratic Party in our current political era. Towards the beginning…

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Stories from the Past: Two former students look back

Craig Cohen ('96) and Matt Reisman ('00) were both a part of the Hart Leadership Program when they were undergraduates at Duke. Now, as HLP prepares to celebrate its 30th anniversary, we asked these two alums to look back and tell us a story—in their own words—from their experiences that has stayed with them all these…

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Mitch Hart named a Distinguished Graduate by U.S. Naval Academy

Mitch Hart, who endowed the Hart Leadership Program thirty years ago, was recently named one of five recipients of the 2017 Distinguished Graduate Award by the Naval Academy Alumni Association. They included the following bio in the award announcement: Milledge A. "Mitch" Hart III graduated from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1956. He is the…

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