INFORMATION FOR INCOMING FELLOWS

Welcome to the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center! We look forward to working with you through your two years of study.

This is an exciting and very busy time for you, and our goal is to help you transition successfully into graduate school and your program.

Your Next Steps

Rotary Peace Fellowship program

Get a checklist for what you need to do after acceptance to begin your fellowship program.

Resources

The Graduate School

International Student and Scholar Services

UNC Global Grads

UNC Graduate Student Center

UNC Writing Center

UNC Learning Center

UNC Odum Institute for Research in Social Sciences short courses

Campus Health Services

Campus Recreation

Information Technology Services

The Daily Tar Heel

CENTERS AND LISTSERVS OF INTEREST

Center for Middle East and Islamic Studies

African Studies Center

Institute for the Study of the Americas

Consortium in Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Carolina Asia Center

Institute for the Arts & Humanities

Parr Center for Ethics

UNC Research, Innovation and Global Solutions: email globalsolutions@sph.unc.edu to sign up for weekly newsletter (contains jobs and internships as well as articles of interest)

The Graduate School

International House

International Patient Center

Office of Information Technology

Recreation & Physical Education

CENTERS AND LISTSERVS OF INTEREST

Concilium on Southern Africa

Observatory on Europe

Asian/Pacific Studies Institute

DevLab: https://lists.duke.edu/sympa/subscribe/devlab

Global Health Institute: https://duke.us6.list-manage.com/subscribe/post?u=2812f47a71&id=e18ee9a095

Franklin Humanities Institute

Kenan Institute for Ethics

Robertson Express Bus (free express service between Duke & UNC)

Duke Bus System

Chapel Hill Transit

Go Triangle (regional bus service linking Durham, Raleigh and Chapel Hill)

Megabus (cheap bus service to D.C., New York & beyond)

Amtrak (train from Durham or Raleigh to all over the U.S.)

Zipcar and Enterprise Car Share (hourly car rental with student discounts)

(In addition to websites like Apartments.com)

Sabbatical Homes – Academic community resource for listings of houses and apartments for rent.

Please Note – The Rotary Center cannot vouch for any of these companies or locations. We are just providing them as resources. Be sure to do your due diligence by vetting the properties thoroughly and asking for recommendations.

Chapel Hill/Carrboro

Websites to search for houses/apartments/rooms to rent:

Baity Hill (UNC Graduate and Family Apartments)

List of Off-Campus Apartment Communities

UNC Chapel Hill Subleases, Roommates, Off Campus Housing & Apartments (Facebook Group)

Apartment complexes where other Fellows have lived:

Collins Crossing

University Lake

Durham

Websites to search for houses/apartments/rooms to rent:

Duke University – Off Campus Housing

Duke Community Housing

Rotary International

Rotary District 7710 or on Facebook

Durham Rotary Club

Cary MacGregor Rotary Club

Roxboro Rotary Club

Cary Rotary Club

Southwest Durham Rotary Club

Rotary Club of Raleigh

We, the Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center, welcome students of every nationality, religion, race, gender identity, sexual orientation and physical ability. We pledge to create a community that is welcoming to all, grounded in mutual respect and understanding, with the goal of advancing knowledge and the practice of peace building. We are a center comprised of three equal partners whose collective purpose is the pursuit of knowledge, practice and service through the diversity of ideas, actions and people. The Duke-UNC Rotary Peace Center stands unified behind our core values. We welcome you to our community and are encouraged by what we, together, can build.