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VOLUME 17, NUMBER 13
OCTOBER 9,1970
DURHAM, NORTH CAROLINA
At Luncheon September 18
Upgrade Program Graduates 6
MOVING UP TO BETTER JOBS—These six ladies were the first graduates ot
Duke's Clerical Upgrade Program. From left are Mrs. Peggy Brandon, Mrs. Glorida
Bass, Mrs. Helen Ruffin, Mrs. Carolyn Rogers, Mrs. Myrtle Washington, and Miss
Marian Armstrong, (photo by Dave Hooks)
Hospitalization Benefits Increased
Beginning ^November .1, full-time em
ployes who participate in Duke's hospital
insurance plan will receive additional sur
gical and medical coverage without an in
crease in cost.
The changes, announced September 24
by University Director of Personnel
William R. Linke, effectively increase sur
gical benefits by one-third and in-hospital
medical coverage by two-thirds.
The increases include an entirely new
schedule of payments for professional
surgrcal fees plus better coverage for anes
thesia fees.
Payments for in-hospital visits of
physicians, intensive care, prolonged bed
side care by physicians, and in-hospital
consultation services were all increased by
two-thirds.
If any employe has questions about
the new coverage, he should contact the
Medical Center Personnel Office, exten
sion 3424.
United Fund to Begin
The 1970 United Fund campaign is
scheduled to get underway at the Medical
Center next week.
The goal for employe contributions
this year is $81,500, about $3,000 more
than was actually collected in last year's
drive at the University.
Employes will be contacted personally
by a United Fund representative in each
department.
To four Medical Center employes and
two who work on the University campus,
September 18 was a very special day.
At a luncheon that day the six women
received certificates signifying completion
of a six-week clerical upgrade program
which qualified them as clerk-typists.
The ladies, who have total of 35 years'
service to Duke, were the first to take
training under Duke's Affirmative Action
Plan, a program aimed at upgrading as
many employes as possible throughout
the University.
The clerical program consists of classes
in typing, office practices, business En
glish, and machine transcription. All six
spent 20 hours a week at their regular job
and 20 hours taking the courses at the
Duke Training and Development Center
on Erwin Road.
Two of the women were working in
dietetics at the Hospital, one was a ward
clerk, and the fourth worked in messen
ger service. The two University employes
both had positions with the Duke Dining
Halls.
Since completion of the program, one,
of the ladies has been promoted to a sec
retarial job and the others are in the pro
cess of interviewing for clerical positions
within the University.
The women were chosen from a group
of 15 applicants on the basis of their
supervisor's evaluation of interest in their
work, initiative, motivation, desire to
move ahead, and job performance. All are
high school graduates—two having earned
their diploma equivalent from the Train
ing Center's popular high school comple
tion program.
Two of the six were refen^ed to the
clerical upgrade selection committee by
the Medical Center's Paths for Employe
Progress (PEP) Program directed by
Howard Lee and aimed at providing em
ployes an opportunity to advance them
selves through education.
(continued on page four)