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Student Applications
We invite rising high-school juniors and seniors from across the nation and from any denominational tradition to apply for two weeks of learning, service, worship, and fellowship in intentional Christian community on Duke's campus.
Student applications will be available beginning November 1, 2009. Applications must be completed electronically, but you will need to mail in hard copies of your essays and letters of recommendation. Please note that a $25 application fee is required; the application fee may be paid by online by credit card or by check, cash, or cashier’s check payable to “Duke Youth Academy.” The application deadline is March 5, 2010. Admission decisions will be mailed by April 9, 2010.
Financial Aid Application
Every accepted student receives a full-tuition scholarship from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. Room and board fees for the two-week program are $900, but full and partial need-based financial aid is available. Please download and complete the application below to apply for financial aid for the 2010 academy.
2010 Staff Applications and Information
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Each year, the DYA invites gifted and passionate college and seminary students, pastors and youth pastors to journey with 50 high-school students through the Duke Youth Academy this summer. During January and February of 2010, we will hire approximately 25 adults to serve as the 2010 Duke Youth Academy staff, including a handful of Residential Advisors and a dozen Mentors. Job descriptions and applications are available below. For more information, please contact duyouth@div.duke.edu.
Mentor Job Description
Artist-in-Residence Job Description
Residential Advisor Job Description
Staff applications for the 2010 program are due in January 15, 2010. Hiring decisions will be made by the end of February.
Staff dates for 2010 are June 18-July 3, with a two-day mandatory staff training taking place in Durham May 21-22.
Ministry Fellowship Applications for Youth Workers
Duke Divinity School is pleased to announce the fifth year of its fellowship program for youth workers. Begun in 2006, the program invites four to six youth workers to walk alongside the Duke Youth Academy to learn from the academy’s model of youth ministry. Fellows will have opportunities to learn from internationally acclaimed Divinity School faculty, to reflect together on the implications of DYA practices for their own youth ministries, and to continue discerning their own calling to ministry with youth. In addition, fellows will be invited to experience the transformative power of intentional Christian community with the students and staff of the DYA.
In 2010, Ministry Fellows will participate in Week 1 (June 20-26, 2010) of the Youth Academy. A second session during Week 2 (June 26-July 3) may become available at a later date. The application deadline for Ministry Fellowships is April 1, 2010; decisions will be mailed no later than May 1, 2010. For more information, please contact duyouth@div.duke.edu.