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Duke University Retirees Outreach was founded in 1997 to provide volunteer opportunities to Duke retirees and their partners and operated until 2021. DURO members developed volunteer programs like the Backpack Program and the Lakewood Garden project at Lakewood Elementary School. The collection, spanning 1997 to 2021, consists of administrative and financial records, correspondence, and materials related to projects and events.

Contains the records of the Office of Career Development and Continuing Education at Duke University, established in 1972 to assist undergraduates and non-degree students in preparing for careers. The Office worked closely with the Placement Services Office, the Counseling Center, and the academic deans of Trinity College of Arts and Sciences. Also contains the records of the Directions for Educated Women Committee (formerly known as the Educated WomanPower Committee), established in 1966. The student and faculty Directions for Educated Women Committee organized programs to introduce career options and role models of successful career women to female undergraduates. Types of materials include correspondence, course evaluations, brochures, newsletters, clippings, reports, handbooks, fliers, and short writings. Major subjects include Duke University, career guidance, Office of Continuing Education, Office of Career Development and Continuing Education, community service, internships, and women college students. Materials range in date from 1965-1975. English.

Contains the records of the Office of Continuing Studies, established in 1969 as the Office of Continuing Education at Duke University. The Office provides year-round training, short courses, certificate programs, and credit courses for students and non-students wishing to further their education or prepare for standardized tests. In 1992, the Office of Continuing Education merged with the Summer Session office to create the Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. Types of materials include student records, subject files, correspondence, progress reports, program proposals, newsletters, annual reports, minutes, flyers, pamphlets, clippings, grant applications, directories, and course schedules. Major subjects include Duke University, career guidance, Office of Continuing Education, Center for Career Development and Continuing Education, and Office of Continuing Education and Summer Session. Contains rectricted materials. English.

The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute (OLLI) at Duke is a non-degree-granting program for adults. Collection includes administrative records, publications, catalogs, photographs, oral histories, and other material related to OLLI at Duke and its history.