Scavenger Hunt Photos Showcase Campus

With photos showcasing famous landmarks all over campus, you showed us how you appreciate Duke as part of Duke Appreciation in May.

Over the past month, employees solved riddles and fanned out across Duke to snap a picture of themselves at various locations, from Duke Gardens to the Nasher Museum of Art and the Washington Duke Inn.

Grace Carnes, a staff specialist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, wound up as the contest's grand prize winner, correctly guessing all 10 locations and offering a laugh with each of her submitted images. As winner, Carnes will receive a night's stay for two and breakfast at the Washington Duke Inn, $100 credit at the University Store and a 60-minute massage at Duke Integrative Medicine.

"It was the perfect opportunity to do something fun with my coworkers outside the office.  Since I work downtown, it also gave me the opportunity to see more of Duke's main campus," said Carnes, noting visits to places like the Washington Duke allowed her to meet other members of the Duke community. "I loved meeting new people from different departments across campus and enjoyed getting to know about a lot of neat things happening around Duke, from construction projects to upcoming art exhibitions."

Slideshow of photos from the scavenger hunt.

Among her submissions, Carnes posed with other employees, contorted her body by a sign for Nasher's upcoming exhibit, "The Human Position", and wrapped a Working@Duke editorial team member in toilet paper. She explained her bathroom-centric inspiration came from a story on Duke Today about Duke's switch to two-ply toilet paper.

"Bryan Roth's article regarding that particular facilities upgrade cracked me up with its abundance of toilet paper-related puns," she said. "Honoring his work by wrapping him in two-ply was certainly the highlight of the hunt for me.  I'm sure he felt flush with pride."

Along with Carnes, three other contest participants were randomly selected to receive a $100 credit at the University Store and a one-year "Sponsor" level membership at the Nasher Museum of Art. Those winners are:

• Jill Cordell, director of financial aid, School of Nursing
• Jackie Gottlieb, web development project manager, School of Nursing
• Angela Stephens, senior program coordinator, Patient Safety at Private Diagnostic Clinic

Stephens said she decided to take part in the scavenger hunt because she liked the challenge of solving riddles and traveling around campus. She said she liked visiting the Scientist and Nature statue on Science Drive because she had never stopped to look at it before. She also visited the Duke Athletics' Hall of Fame for the first time.

I didn't even know it existed," Stephens said. "It has some excellent memorabilia like trophies and team items."

To see the full collection of submitting photos from the scavenger hunt, visit the Working@Duke Flickr page. A selected group of shots can also be found on the Working@Duke Facebook page.