Constructing Your College Experience
Coming & Going
Registration and Orientation
All participants must check into the Residence Hall on Duke’s East Campus between 2:00pm and 5:00pm registration day. Participants will NOT be able to check in prior to 2:00pm. Parents/guardians are invited to visit with staff members and to ask any last minute questions. Please note that there are no structured activities during the check-in period, but residential staff will be in the residence hall to help students get settled in their rooms and encourage campers to begin getting to know one another in an informal setting.
Prior to dinner, students will meet with their Living Group Counselor. After dinner, campers will participate in a camp-wide orientation session, addressing schedules, expectations, rules, and activities to build the camp community.
ARRIVAL
If driving – All participants arriving by car must plan to complete check-in at the residence hall on Sunday by 5:00 pm.
SHUTTLES WILL BE PROVIDED TO AND FROM THE RALEIGH-DURHAM INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AND THE DURHAM AMTRACK STATION ON A LIMITED BASIS.
If flying – Please make arrangements to arrive at the Raleigh-Durham International Airport on the appropriate Sunday between the hours of 1:00pm and 4:00 pm. Transportation will not be available before 1:00pm or after 4:00pm. If a camper arrives before 1:00pm, s/he will have to wait until 1:00pm to be transported to campus. Please accurately record your flight information on the transportation form you receive from our office. If the airline changes your flight schedule, please notify us immediately.
If your child is flying, it is necessary to check with the airlines whether or not your child will be considered an "unaccompanied minor." Each airline has different age classifications. If your child is classified as an "unaccompanied minor" it is imperative that you give this information to the Duke Youth Programs Office at 919/684-6259 or email youth@duke.edu. Failure to do so will result in a fee of $30 one way.
"UNACCOMPANIED MINORS":
Airlines require the name, address and telephone number of the person(s) who will meet the student who is traveling as an unaccompanied minor. We cannot provide that information to you at this time. A staff member of the Youth Programs will contact you 2 or 3 days before the departure date to notify you of the name(s) of the staff members (wearing identifying Duke Youth Program staff T-shirts) who will meet your child at the arrival gate. You then must give this information to the airline with which your child will be traveling. Please ensure that Duke Youth Programs has the correct contact information where you can be reached during those 2-3 days before the camp begins.
FOR CAMPERS NOT CONSIDERED "UNACCOMPANIED MINORS":
A staff member, who can be identified by their staff T-shirts, will meet participants at the baggage claim area.
If arriving by train – Students traveling by train should plan to arrive the Durham Amtrak Station on the appropriate Sunday between the hours of 1:00pm and 4:00 pm.
If you are delayed – On arrival day, if your flight is delayed, or you are delayed in your journey by car and will not arrive by the requested time, please call 919-684-6259. If you reach an answering machine at that number, please leave a message; messages will be checked regularly.
DEPARTURE
Participants must check out of the residence hall Friday morning. Participants who are flying home must schedule flight departures from the Raleigh-Durham International Airport between 8:00am and noon. Shuttles will transport participants to the airport during this timeframe only.
"Unaccompanied minors" will have a staff member escort them to the departure gate.