Duke in Pictures: Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award

Barbara Dotson, a nursing instructor at the Watts School of Nursing, greets student Harrison Hines Friday at the presentation of the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Award, one of the university's top awards for community service. 

Dotson received the employee award for her efforts at the Watts School, which is part of Durham Regional Hospital, as well as her role as faculty adviser at the Community Service Club, fund-raising work for Duke's Robert Tisch Brain Tumor Center and efforts promoting prostate cancer screenings and other public health initiatives in the community.

Provost Peter Lange presented Dotson with the awards at the ceremony in Duke's Rare Book Room in front of an audience that included more than a dozen of Dotson's colleagues from the Watts School.

Hines, who will graduate this week, received the student Sullivan Award at an earlier ceremony.  He was cited for wanting "to build a career around helping others."

One of Hines' accomplishments was to help start CruCares, a student volunteer networking organization aimed at engaging students in regular service in Durham. Through his efforts, Duke students partnered with organizations such as Duke Medical Center, Durham County jail, and Urban Ministries of Durham.

The New York Southern Society established the Algernon Sydney Sullivan Awards in 1925 in memory of Sullivan, a Southerner who became a prominent lawyer, businessman and philanthropist in New York in the late 19th century. The award seeks to perpetuate the excellence of character and humanitarian service of Sullivan.

Photo by Megan Morr.