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Joseph Honored with Samuel DuBois Cook Society Award
12/15/2021 10:34:00 AM | Women's Lacrosse
DURHAM – Duke women's lacrosse senior Alexis Joseph was honored with the Samuel DuBois Cook Society Undergraduate Student Award, the Duke society announced.
Off the field, Joseph is highly involved in the community and is co-president of Duke's United Black Athletes Chapter.
"I am honored and very grateful to receive this award," Joseph said. "I am grateful to those who have come before me that put in so much work and effort to ensure we could succeed as they did. I have always been passionate about partnering with communities to fight for people's voices to be heard and their needs to be answered. Partnering with the Durham, Duke and Philadelphia communities has been the best experience and has taught me so much. It means a lot to be a part of something that is dedicated to helping those around you and pushing the boundaries."
United Black Athletes (UBA)'s mission is to provide a space for black student-athletes to heal, uplift and encourage one another through challenges faced in athletics, academics and campus life, as well as generate a family-oriented support system on the foundation of common experience. UBA envisions a unified body that commits to serving the Duke and Durham communities through open and honest dialogue and service, using athletics as a vehicle to encourage a healthy lifestyle, social justice, hope and unity.
Founded in 1997, the Samuel DuBois Cook Society was established in the spring of that year to honor Dr. Cook, a retired Duke University professor who was the first African-American professor to hold a regular faculty appointment at a predominantly white college or university in the South. The society recognizes the years of service that Dr. Cook has offered to Duke University, to the cause of African-American advancement, and to the betterment of relations between people of all backgrounds.
The mission of the Cook Society is to recognize, celebrate and affirm the presence of African-American students, faculty and staff at Duke University. Members of the society commit themselves to the objectives to which Dr. Cook dedicated his professional life:
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Off the field, Joseph is highly involved in the community and is co-president of Duke's United Black Athletes Chapter.
"I am honored and very grateful to receive this award," Joseph said. "I am grateful to those who have come before me that put in so much work and effort to ensure we could succeed as they did. I have always been passionate about partnering with communities to fight for people's voices to be heard and their needs to be answered. Partnering with the Durham, Duke and Philadelphia communities has been the best experience and has taught me so much. It means a lot to be a part of something that is dedicated to helping those around you and pushing the boundaries."
United Black Athletes (UBA)'s mission is to provide a space for black student-athletes to heal, uplift and encourage one another through challenges faced in athletics, academics and campus life, as well as generate a family-oriented support system on the foundation of common experience. UBA envisions a unified body that commits to serving the Duke and Durham communities through open and honest dialogue and service, using athletics as a vehicle to encourage a healthy lifestyle, social justice, hope and unity.
Founded in 1997, the Samuel DuBois Cook Society was established in the spring of that year to honor Dr. Cook, a retired Duke University professor who was the first African-American professor to hold a regular faculty appointment at a predominantly white college or university in the South. The society recognizes the years of service that Dr. Cook has offered to Duke University, to the cause of African-American advancement, and to the betterment of relations between people of all backgrounds.
The mission of the Cook Society is to recognize, celebrate and affirm the presence of African-American students, faculty and staff at Duke University. Members of the society commit themselves to the objectives to which Dr. Cook dedicated his professional life:
- Nurture a sense of community and belonging for African Americans
- Translate the promise and potential of African Americans at Duke into fulfillment and actuality
- Foster positive and constructive interpersonal and intergroup relations within both Duke University's and Durham's Black communities
- Cultivate positive relations between African Americans and other ethnic, racial, and national groups on the basis of an enlightened appreciation and knowledge of our historic interdependence
For more information on Duke women's lacrosse, follow the Blue Devils on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram by searching "DukeWLAX.
#GoDuke
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