Staff Directory

Administration

Bruce

Bruce Cunningham
Phone: 919-684-9007
Fax: 919-684-4500
bruce.cunningham@duke.edu

Bruce Cunningham
Assistant Vice Provost and University Registrar

Responsibilities:  Overall management of the office and is involved campus wide on projects involving student records and registration, data privacy, and informing and interpreting academic policy, as it relates to student records and registration.

Bio:  Bruce has been part of Duke since August 1996, and has been in the Registrar profession since 1983. He is originally from the Niagara Falls area and has a PhD in Urban Services, with a concentration in Higher Education Administration, from Old Dominion University. He and his wife, Carol, live in Durham and enjoy taking full advantage of the many opportunities Durham has to offer.

Bill

Bill Burig
Phone: 919-684-9028
Fax: 919-684-4500
abbj@duke.edu

Bill Burig
Associate University Registrar

Responsibilities: Manages the day-to-day operation of the office; reporting; grade submission; web site management; class rank.

Bio:  Bill has been at Duke since 1993 and spent his first eleven years coordinating student housing assignments in the Division of Student Affairs. In 2004 he assumed the Associate University Registrar position where he manages the day-to-day operations of the office, and also oversees the reporting and grade submission processes. Bill is originally from New Wilmington, PA, and graduated from Westminster College (PA) with a BA in Sociology. Bill earned a MEd from the University of Georgia. Bill and his wife, Barbara, live in Durham. Together they have two grown children, Amy (1986) and Jonathan (1989), and a rambunctious yellow Labrador Retriever named Maddie.

Sharon

Sharon Campen
Phone: 919-684-3146
Fax: 919-684-4500
sharon.campen@duke.edu

Sharon Campen
Assistant to the University Registrar

Responsibilities: Provides support to the University Registrar; departmental budgeting/payroll and recordkeeping.

Bio:  Sharon Campen has worked in the OUR since 2011, first as a temp working with transcripts and then as an employee assigned to the course catalog. She earned her BA in Speech Communication from UNC-CH. Sharon also attended Wake Tech, earning certificates in Culinary Technology and Pastry Arts. Sharon is a Durham County Master Gardener Volunteer for the Durham County Extension Office. She spends her volunteer hours explaining that deer will eat anything in the garden, if hungry or thirsty enough.

Communications and Compliance

Sarah

Sarah Kibler
Phone: 919-681-5833
Fax: 919-684-4500
sarah.kibler@duke.edu          

Sarah Kibler
Assistant University Registrar

Responsibilities: Editor of the University Bulletins, serves as the ImageNow office liaison, oversees the course catalog, manages social media, and reviews athletic eligibility. 

Bio: Sarah joined the office in April 2011.  Sarah has a BA in Art History from Texas Christian University and a background in events planning.  She and her husband, Josh, are from Lexington, VA, and will rarely be seen around town without their “golden shepherd” puppy, Henry.

Andrea

Andrea Martin
Phone: 919-681-5832
Fax: 919-684-4500
andrea.s.martin@duke.edu

Andrea Martin
Publications Coordinator

Responsibilities: Assists with all University Bulletins, responsible for the course catalog, processes grade entry, maintains website and social media sites.

Bio: Andrea Martin earned a BA in journalism and mass communication from UNC-Chapel Hill in 2002 and worked in the newspaper industry for 10 years as a copy editor and page designer. She originally is from Huntington, W.V., but now calls North Carolina home. She and her husband, Jeremy, live in Mebane, and have a son, Noah (2011).

Records

Harry

Harry Nelson
Phone: 919-684-5655
Fax: 919-684-4500
harry.nelson@duke.edu

Harry Nelson
Assistant University Registrar

Responsibilities: Transfer credit, graduation, academic plans, grade roster creation and post processes, honors & awards, and transcript/enrollment verifications.

Bio: Harry is the Assistant University Registrar for Records. He joined the Office of the University Registrar in May 2000, during the implementation of PeopleSoft and maintains an open door policy. Harry completed his BA in History with a minor in Education at Duke University in December 2012. Harry is a Long Island, NY, native enjoying the milder N.C. weather. He is also an avid softball player/coach.

Deborah

Deborah Blackley
Phone: 919-684-9029
Fax: 919-684-4500
deborah.blackley@duke.edu

Deborah Blackley
Staff Specialist

Responsibilities: Processes transfer credit, study abroad credit, prematriculation credit,  International Placement scores; transfer student records; graduation processes.

Bio: Deborah has been a part of our office since September 1998, but has worked at Duke since September 1991.  When not at work she is at home, or out and about, with her 9 year old son Andrew who is her entire world.

Jean

Jean Ross
Phone: 919-684-9032
Fax: 919-684-4500
jean.ross@duke.edu

Jean Ross
Staff Specialist

Responsibilities: Processes student transcripts, enrollment and degree verifications, and greets everyone that visits the office.

Bio: When Jean is away from Duke, she is an avid movie buff and enjoys travelling and shopping.

Registration

Misty

Misty Lenhart
Phone: 919-684-9075
Fax: 919-684-4500
misty.lenhart@duke.edu      

Misty Lenhart
Assistant University Registrar

Responsibilities: Oversees the registration processes for eight schools within the university and manages the schools’ academic calendars within the student records system.

Bio: Misty is the Assistant Registrar for Registration and has been working in higher education since 2004. She started her journey working for a small college in NW Ohio where she held positions as Assistant Registrar and Program Coordinator for the college’s accounting, business, and office management degree programs. She has been working in the Office of the University Registrar at Duke since December, 2009, and has embraced the challenges of working for a sizeable university. She has earned an MA in Educational Leadership in 2008 and an MBA in 2010. Misty and her husband Matt enjoy traveling and listening to live music in their free time.

Emily

Emily Roberts
Phone: 919-684-9030
Fax: 919-684-4500
emily.m.roberts@duke.edu

Emily Roberts
Staff Specialist

Responsibilities: Student returns, attritions, dean’s permissions, cross-list changes, program and plan changes, as well as assisting with social media.

Bio: Emily Roberts has been a part of our office since February 2012. Emily has a BS in Communication & Broadcasting from East Carolina University with a background in student services. She and her husband Brian are die-hard Duke fans who rarely miss a football or basketball game.

Dawn

Dawn Schaefer
Phone: 919-684-4225
Fax: 919-684-4500
dawn.schaefer@duke.edu

Dawn Schaefer
Office Manager

Responsibilities:  Serves as the Office Manager and School Certifying Official for Veterans Benefits in the Office of the University Registrar and has been a part of the team since July 2006; submitting certification of enrollment to the Veterans Administration for students using their VA education benefits at Duke (and all the document gathering and record keeping that goes along with the process), assisting with the various registration processes, as well as office manager duties such as scheduling, maintaining inventory, purchasing, and supervising our work-study students.

Bio:Dawn spent numerous years in church administration prior to coming to Duke, first in a large Baptist church, and then a smaller non-denominational one. Dawn is from Maryland, and her husband Vern is from Wisconsin. They met in Butner, North Carolina in 1980, married, and settled in as transplants from the North. Together they have two adult children, Adam and Lydia, and two furry children, Theodore (a retriever mix dog) and Sassy (a calico cat).

Mark

Mark Taylor
Phone: 919-668-0483
Fax: 919-684-4500
taylorm@duke.edu

Mark Taylor
Staff Specialist

Responsibilities: Interinstitutional, Robertson Scholar, and joint German PhD records. He also processes and posts Advanced Placement scores

Bio:  Mark joined the Office of the University Registrar in 2004. He started at the front desk, worked in the records area with transcripts and degree/enrollment verifications. Mark received a BA degree in Sociology from Lenoir-Rhyne University in 1997. Mark happily commutes to Duke from his home in Wake County.

Reporting

Daryl

Daryl Junk
Phone: 919-668-1205
Fax: 919-684-4500     
daryl.junk@duke.edu           

Daryl Junk
Information Services Specialist

Responsibilities: His current responsibilities include National Student Clearinghouse runs, academic calendar setup, quality control, statistics, various standardized reporting, and running queries and writing SAS programs to provide ad hoc reports for departments all over Duke.

Bio: Daryl is the Information Services Specialist in the Office of the University Registrar where he has worked since October 2001. Prior to arriving in our office he completed updates and reports from the legacy database for both the Registrar’s Office and the Bursar’s Office as a member of Management Information Services Office. He has an AB in Mathematics from Illinois Wesleyan University. His wife, Cheryl, works for UNC-CH, and, thankfully, isn’t a basketball fanatic. Daryl can be found on YouTube dancing with the Cane Creek Cloggers.

Scheduling

Jim

Jim Salerno
Phone: 919-681-5831
Fax: 919-684-4500
jim.salerno@duke.edu         

Jim Salerno
Assistant University Registrar

Responsibilities: Curriculum Management where he oversees the course catalog and academic scheduling

Bio: Jim  has been with Duke University as of January 1, 2000, where he found employment in the Registrar’s office.  Since coming to Duke, Jim also taken advantage of the Employee Tuition Assistance program by receiving a Master’s degree in Liberal Studies in 2009.  He is married with one daughter and six grandchildren, and has been a resident of Durham, NC since 1995.

Caitlin

Caitlin Swartz
Phone: 919-684-9033
Fax: 919-684-4500
caitlin.swartz@duke.edu

Caitlin Swartz
Staff Specialist

Responsibilities: Her responsibilities include the course catalog and course/classroom scheduling.

Bio: Caitlin joined the Office of the University Registrar in the summer of 2012. She earned her BA from Tulane University where she double-majored in Political Science and History. Caitlin has previously worked at other academic institutions, including a couple of ACC rivals.  She is a Durham native and an avid runner.