The New York Southern Society established the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards in 1925 in memory of Sullivan, a Southerner who became a prominent lawyer, businessman and philanthropist in New York in the late 19th century. The award seeks to perpetuate the excellence of character and humanitarian service of Sullivan by recognizing and honoring such qualities in others.

Duke's Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award committee encourages members of the Duke community to nominate worthy candidates. For more information or to nominate a candidate, contact Sam Miglarese (for faculty/staff nominations) at sam.miglarese@duke.edu or Zoila Airall (for student nominations) at zoila.airall@duke.edu.

A worker using a heat gun set off a sprinkler head Saturday morning on the sixth floor of the West Edens Link dormitory. Emergency vehicles responded to the incident, which caused minor water damage to nearby rooms and to several rooms on lower floors.

"Mostly we just had to dry out some carpets," said John Duncan, facility manager for the West Campus area that includes the WEL. "Damage to student items was to some books, papers and the clothes that students had left on the floor.

"We brought in a company that specializes in this kind of clean-up, and they quickly got the water out of the building and set up dehumidifiers and fans. Everything was pretty much under control by the time the students returned from winter break."

Duncan said one room located a floor below the incident will require sheetrock repair.

Fuqua, Seoul agreement

The Fuqua School of Business and Seoul National University's College of Business Administration have signed a letter of intent for a four-part alliance that expands Duke's footprint in Asia and Seoul National's footprint in North America. This is a key step in accomplishing their strategic goals of becoming truly global schools of business, officials at both institutions said.

Final approval of the agreement is expected within two months upon formal acceptance by both universities' faculties, administrations and boards of trustees.

Under the Memorandum of Understanding signed by Fuqua Dean Douglas T. Breeden and Seoul National Dean Dong-Sung Cho, Fuqua's two-year-old Cross Continent MBA program will be expanded from two home campuses, one in Durham and one in Europe, to a third in Asia. Beginning with the Cross Continent class starting in August 2003, up to 35 Asian students will have their home base in Seoul. These students will attend four one-week residential classroom sessions in Seoul, and two each at Duke's Durham campus and at the Fuqua School of Business Europe in Frankfurt, Germany. Starting in 2004, it is anticipated that the entire Cross Continent class of about 200 students will attend class in Seoul in addition to the other two campuses, giving a globally integrated education on all three continents. Faculty from both universities will teach in the program.

The second part of the alliance details the two schools' creating a dual-degree daytime MBA program for up to four of Seoul National's top students to study at Duke for three semesters in addition to attending two semesters at Seoul National. They will receive MBA degrees from both business schools.

Officials said the schools also will jointly teach customized and open-enrollment non-degree executive education courses at Seoul National and Duke. Duke Corporate Education Inc., along with Duke University, will work with Seoul National to develop and deliver these programs to Asian-based firms.

The final element of the Memorandum of Understanding provides an opportunity for up to two Ph. D. students to visit the other school for a year and to take doctoral courses from the host faculty.

More information is available at http://www.dukenews.duke.edu.

Four gifts for Divinity

Four gifts totaling $3.1 million that will help fund construction of a new addition to Duke Divinity School were announced Jan. 2 by Duke President Nannerl O. Keohane.

"We are most grateful to these friends of the university, whose generosity will do so much to advance the Divinity School's mission," Keohane said. "The Divinity School is dedicated to creating a learned clergy, and this new addition will help accomplish that, as well as all the other goals of the school."

Duke Divinity Dean L. Gregory Jones said construction of the $22 million, 47,000-square-foot addition is scheduled to start this month. Duke trustees gave final approval for the project on Dec. 6.

The gifts, made to the Campaign for Duke, the university's $2 billion fund-raising effort, include:

* $1 million from William W. and Irene L. McCutchen of Westport, Conn. Mrs. McCutchen is a member of the Divinity School's board of visitors and the building advisory committee. The McCutchens are 1962 Duke graduates.

* $1 million from HCA Foundation, of Nashville, Tenn., to honor Jack O. Bovender Jr., chairman and chief executive officer of HCA Inc., the nation's leading provider of health care services. Bovender chairs the school's Campaign for Duke committee and is an emeritus member of the board of visitors. He is a 1967 graduate of Duke.

* $600,000 from J. Rex Fuqua, of Telluride, Colo., who is president and chief executive officer of Realan Capital Corp. He is a university trustee.

* $500,000 from the Mary G. Stange Charitable Trust in Detroit. The trust has been a major supporter of the Divinity School and the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, an interdisciplinary program established in 2000 that is based in the Divinity School.

The Divinity School addition will include the 315-seat Goodson Chapel; offices for the Duke Institute on Care at the End of Life, admissions and student services, Duke Chapel music staff and the Divinity School chaplain; classrooms, seminar rooms and a lecture hall seating 177; a Cokesbury book store; a preaching and worship lab, a prayer room and a sacristy.

Duke IT e-Learning programs

The Duke Information Technology training program, through the Department of Continuing Education, will hold IT certification training for MCSE, MCSA, CCNA and A+CompTIA via e-Learning as well as traditional in-class training.

The e-Learning program offers training through diverse delivery methods such as live classes over the Internet.

For more information, go to the Web at www.techtraining.duke.edu or attend a free information session at 7 p.m. Jan. 28 in the Erwin Square Mill Building, Bay C, Room 103D. To register, call 1-866-248-6265.

Smoking study

Is your New Year's resolution to quit smoking? Cigarette smokers between the ages of 18-65 are needed to participate in a research study using cigarettes without nicotine, and can earn up to $300 for 10 brief afternoon visits.

For more information, call 681-2595.

Mood study

The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Medicine is recruiting healthy men and women ages 18-70 to participate in a mood study. The study takes approximately 3 1/2 hours and pays participants $70. Free parking is provided.

For more information, call 684-8667 or email sualab@mc.duke.edu.

Obituary

Sharon Bair, assistant director of alumni affairs and director of finance and alumni benefits for alumni affairs, died at her home Dec. 22. She was 58.

A native of Shelburne Falls, Mass., Bair came to work to Duke in 1966 and continued working here for 36 years.

Bair is survived by two sons, Matthew of Chapel Hill and William of Greensboro, and two grandchildren.

Memorial donations may be made to the Duke Alumni Affairs Office, 614 Chapel Drive, Durham 27708. sam.miglarese@duke.edu