Tuition, Fees, Housing

Tuition and fees for the 2012 Summer Institute will be $1045 ($895 for tuition and $150 for meals).

Lunch and dinner will be served buffet style each day at Duke’s Great Hall, Tuesday-Friday.  Monday dinner, as well as Saturday’s lunch, is also included in the meal plan.  Breakfast is not included in the meal plan, but a hot breakfast buffet will be available to Millennium Hotel guests each morning for a cost of $7.95 per day. Additional options for casual breakfast dining will be included in your participant packet.

All Summer Institute participants are responsible for making their own lodging arrangements. We have arranged for a special rate at the Millennium Hotel, a full-service hotel located 1.25 miles from the Duke Divinity School. Participants in the Duke Summer Institute will be eligible for the rate of $63 (plus tax) per night for a single room (1 king bed) or a shared room (2 queen beds). To make a reservation, call 1-800-633-5379 or book online at Duke Summer Institute by Monday, April 30, 2012.  If you make a reservation by phone, be sure to mention that you are a participant in the Duke Summer Institute.  The Millennium Hotel offers:

  • Complimentary in-room high speed internet access
  • A hot breakfast buffet for a special rate of $7.95 per day
  • Several complimentary meeting spaces for informal or prearranged evening conversations and meetings among Summer Institute participants
  • Exercise room
  • Indoor pool
  • Complimentary shuttle service to and from Duke Divinity School
  • Free parking at the hotel
  • Airport shuttle (for an additional charge of $35 per person each way)
  • Luggage storage for those departing after noon on June 2

If you would like to share a room with two queen beds (reducing your housing costs to $31.50 per night per person plus tax) but do not have a roommate, please contact us at reconciliation@div.duke.edu.  We will gladly put you in touch with other participants who are seeking a roommate.

Other nearby hotels include:

Travel

Air Transportation

The nearest airport is the Raleigh-Durham International Airport (RDU), a 20-minute drive to Duke University. Many area hotels offer shuttle service to and from the hotel. There is now Super Shuttle Service from RDU airport to Duke University and the surrounding area. You can make a reservation online prior to your arrival to Duke (provided you have a credit card). There will also be taxi cabs waiting outside each terminal of the airport.

Rail Transportation

The Durham Train Station offers Amtrak service to and from Charlotte, Raleigh, Washington DC, and New York City and points in between. Make reservations in advance online or by phone.

Ground Transportation

Directions to Duke University

“The Institute offered me the most important continuing education experience I have had in my 15 years of ministry.  The combination of outstanding lectures from experienced leaders, the conversations I had with a very diverse group of individuals, and the extraordinary worship all challenged me and renewed my determination and hope in the work of reconciliation and justice in my own community.  I thank God for the experience.” — Rev. Chip Edens, Pastor, Christ Church, Charlotte N.C.