NEWS

Duke-UNC bus to resume service Monday (Aug. 19) for 2002-2003

The Robertson Scholars Program of Duke University and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will resume its free express bus service between the two campuses Monday (Aug. 19), beginning its second year of service. All members of both campus communities may use the bus.

Buses will run between Duke’s West Campus bus stop at the Duke Chapel and UNC’s Morehead Planetarium parking lot. Hours will be 7:30 a.m. to 11 p.m. weekdays and noon to 5:30 p.m. on Saturdays and Sundays. The trip takes fewer than 30 minutes.

"We are very excited to be able to continue providing this service for faculty, staff and students at Duke and UNC," said Dr. Eric Mlyn, director of the Robertson Scholars Program. "Some members of both campus communities have told me that they thought the express bus was only for Robertson Scholars. To the contrary, we hope that everybody with a Duke or UNC I.D. will use this free service to take a class, use a library, attend a cultural event or simply visit a friend."

Weekdays, a bus will leave each campus on the hour and the half hour from 7:30 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. Evenings and weekends, one bus will travel back and forth between the two. For a complete bus schedule, please visit http://www.robertsonscholars.org/bus.shtml.

The Robertson Scholars Program was launched two years ago through a $24 million gift to the two universities by New York investment manager Julian H. Robertson Jr. and his wife, Josie Robertson. The program provides merit-based scholarships for approximately 30 students each year, half at Duke and half at UNC, and seeks to build ties between the two campuses. Scholars take classes at both universities.

For more information, contact Mlyn at 843-7506 or mlyn@unc.edu.

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Contact: Dr. Eric Mlyn, 843-7506 or mlyn@unc.edu