Talking mOre College Smack

 
Duke University is located in Durham, North Carolina. The university was founded by Methodists and Quakers in the present-day town of Trinity in 1838. The school moved to Durham in 1892. In 1924, tobacco industrialist James Buchanan Duke established The Duke Endowment, prompting the institution to change its name in honor of his deceased father, Washington Duke.
The University is organized into two undergraduate and eight graduate schools. The undergraduate student body comes from all 50 U.S. states and 106 countries. In its 2009 edition, U.S. News & World Report ranked the university's undergraduate program eighth among national universities, while the medical, law, and business schools were ranked among the top 11 in the country.
Duke's research expenditures are among the largest 20 in the U.S. and its athletic program is one of the nation's elite. The Athletic teams compete in the ACC and have won nine national championships, including three by the men's basketball team.
Besides academics, research, and athletics, Duke is also well known for its sizable campus and Gothic architecture, especially Duke Chapel.
Duke started as Brown's Schoolhouse.
In 1924, Washington Duke's son, James B. Duke, established The Duke Endowment with a $40 million trust fund.
Engineering became a separate school in 1939. Duke hosted and competed in the only Rose Bowl ever played outside California. For extended info on Duke please refer here http://ezinearticles.com

This University is off the Hook amazing!~ As we where walking around, I truly was in awww..... over the architecture and the grounds themselves.  I wondered to myself, do these fine young Men and Women truly know what an honor it is to attend such a prestigious school? My husband made the comment, that he would have to think, you always would  respect and honor this school and never want to let it down...not only for yourself, but for the reputation and fact that you had the honor to attend it. Tuition and fees for Duke University cost $37,630 per year. Room and board adds $10,180 to the bill. You will also need to pay for books and personal expenses, and this will cost an estimated $2,940. The total cost per academic year at Duke is $50,750. Holy Cow! 
First I will take you on the Garden tour....

Now for some architecture and the Chapel.  I would imagine many of wedding pictures have taken place here.

This is the housing section for the students.

Jack sure looks cool here!~ However, not looking good for the future....

Alex would not let me get any pictures of him...that is typical...in fact he was annoyed at times we where here....he felt we where talking college too soon.  I told him we where just here to see it is all.  Poor kid felt pressure already!~
Linking up to a few great parties as always! Thanks to all you lovely hosts for having me.
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http://alwaysnesting.blogspot.com (Whoo hoo party) this is a big whoo hoo if you know someone who has gone here!
http://fadedcharmcottage.blogspot.com (White Wednesday) Couple white shots in here as well:) 
Love my weekly participation with Jenny Matlock This week the letter T
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