Latinx History at Duke University

As you search for information, you may run across the names of other student groups and campus offices that worked with them. Here's a quick glossary of the student groups and campus offices you're likely to encounter most often.

Anytime you come across other groups, offices, acronyms, projects, committees, etc. and need quick information about what they are and what they do, search on their name in the Chronicle! Or, if you're looking for a student group that was active before 1942, check The Front Line.

Student Government Organizations:

• Women's Student Government Association (1918-1967) and Men's Student Government Association (1930s-1968)
• Associated Students of Duke University (1967-1993)
• Duke Student Government (1993-present)
  • Within both ASDU and DSG, the Student Organization Finance Committee (SOFC) handles the distribution of funding to recognized student groups.
• Graduate and Professional Student Council (1981-present, but the records of the earlier Graduate Student Association, founded in 1968, are included in GPSC's records)

Campus Offices:

• Center for Multicultural Affairs: The CMA has changed its name a couple of times in its history. Depending on what time period you're in, you might see it referred to as the Office of Black Affairs (1970s), the Office of Minority Affairs (1980s), or the Office of Intercultural Affairs.
• Office of Student Activities and Facilities: This office was part of Student Affairs and helped student groups with chartering, receiving and spending their funding, and other organizational matters. It's now known as University Center Activities and Events (UCAE).