//Duke, Strobel named to All-SoCon Faculty and Staff Team

Duke, Strobel named to All-SoCon Faculty and Staff Team

Associate Athletics Director of Facilities and Game Operations Todd Duke, and Marian Strobel, the William Montgomery Burnett Professor in History, have been named to the All-Southern Conference (SoCon) Faculty and Staff Team.

Duke and Strobel join representatives selected from each of the 10-member schools in the league.

Todd Duke, Furman Athletics

While selections at the individual SoCon schools were left up to each institution’s discretion, the recipients all share the common characteristics of demonstrated service to the institution and contributions to campus life and the local community.

Duke, a member of the Furman community since 1997 and the 2018-2019 Heller Service Corp Staff Member of the Year, has direct oversight and management responsibilities for all scheduled events involving Timmons Arena and other athletic facilities, a role rendered even more challenging with the pandemic.

Surprised by the nomination from his friends in the athletic department, Duke says he’s “more comfortable behind the curtain.”

Indeed, Duke’s work is largely behind the scenes, ensuring student athletes, faculty, staff and other students have a safe experience while attending events on campus.

“It really is just the process of applying the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) guidelines that get everyone six feet apart, sanitizing and setting up plexiglass, and moving things around to minimize contact tracing for the athletes, creating an environment where the limited number of people that we can have at a game can feel safe and enjoy it,” Duke says.

Before becoming a member of the Furman athletic department in