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Student Applications
Applications for the 2008 Duke Youth Academy are now available. 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. Every student receives a full-tuition scholarship from the Lilly Endowment, Inc. Room and board fees for the two-week program are $700, but need-based financial aid is available.
Student applications (with recommendation letters and essay) for the summer of 2008 will be due February 15, 2008. Admissions decisions will be mailed by March 30, 2008.
2008 Staff Applications and Information
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 2008, we will hire approximately 30 adults to serve as the 2008 Duke Youth Academy staff, including a handful of Residential Advisors and Artists-in-Residence and more than a dozen Mentors. Job descriptions and applications are available below. For more information, please contact duyouth@div.duke.edu.
Staff applications for the 2008 program are due in January 2008. Hiring decisions will be made by the end of February.
Staff dates for 2008 are July 11-26, with staff training taking place in Durham May 16-17.
New Staff Application
Returning Staff Application
Mentor Job Description
Artist-in-Residence Job Description
Residential Advisor Job Description
Ministry Fellowship Applications for Youth Workers
Duke Divinity School is pleased to announce the third 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 for two weeks in July 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.
Successful applicants should currently serve in a youth ministry setting in a church, hold a bachelors degree but no formal theological training, and have no more than two years of full-time or five years of part-time youth ministry experience. 2008 program dates are July 13-26. Applications are due January 30, 2008; decisions will be mailed no later than March 1. For more information, please contact duyouth@div.duke.edu.
Fellowship Application
Fellowship Announcement
Fellowship Description