Apply for SOL 2024!

The Hart Leadership Program is accepting applications for Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL). Open to all Duke undergraduates in their first, second, or third years, SOL is an intensive twelve-month leadership development sequence that combines academic study, community engagement, research service-learning, and leadership training. SOL participants take a gateway course in the spring semester, complete […]

Map with a headshot of Khilan Walker inside a location marker pinned to New York City

2023 Patman Political Engagement Project (PEP) Fellow and 2022 Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL) Fellow Khilan Walker is featured in Duke Today’s summer writing initiative, “Duke Diary Dispatches.” Khilan will be sharing a series of blog posts this summer as he completes his PEP internship in partnership with Sanctuary for Families in New York City, […]

Every semester the Hart Leadership Program offers an array of award-winning, thought-provoking leadership courses. Click on each slide below to see the course descriptions for our Fall 2023 classes, and enroll now on DukeHub!

Headshots of the 2023 SOL fellows

The Hart Leadership Program is excited to announce our 2023 Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL) Fellows’ immersive summer experiences. As part of the SOL process, students work with community partner organizations either as interns or deeply embedded community-based researchers. The 2023 SOL cohort is learning about direct community engagement through hands-on experience working with organizations […]

Headshots of the 2023 PEP fellows

The Hart Leadership Program is excited to announce our Patman Political Engagement Project (PEP) fellows’ summer work. As part of the PEP experience, PEP fellows receive a summer stipend to conduct politically-engaged thesis research or internships. The 2023 PEP Fellows are putting their minds to work on a diverse array of political themes. Elizabeth Berenguer […]

Image from above of 2023 HLP graduation event: people mingle at tables with flowers on them

The Hart Leadership Program held a commencement breakfast celebrating graduating seniors from three of our core programs: Service Opportunities in Leadership (SOL), the Patman Political Engagement Project (PEP), and the Hart Fellowship. In the grand Hart tradition of building community through shared meals, graduating seniors, their family, and Hart faculty and staff enjoyed breakfast burritos, […]