The Duck Store’s Board of Directors is made up of students, faculty and staff who always have the student experience at the forefront of their minds. Their guidance and ideas are part of how we keep our mission at the center of everything we do. In 2005, the Board of Directors expressed an interest in…

Early in 2012, several team members at The Duck Store began talking about how we, as an organization, could make a lasting contribution to University of Oregon students with children. The obvious answer was to look to the Moss Street Children’s Center, a childcare program of the Erb Memorial Union. In 1969, a group of…

The Duck Store is strongly committed to a teamwork environment that offers respect and support to all its members. It is no wonder that we are pleased to carry Oregon Ducks apparel made by Alta Gracia, the only apparel brand of it’s kind. Alta Gracia is founded on a commitment of solario digno—a wage with…

Longtime Duck Store General Manager, Jim Williams, worked from a core philosophy that he called Managing from the Heart, the idea that a business can be run by focusing on people side of things, rather than the operations side. Jim saw his job as General Manager as an opportunity to build human potential, to encourage…

Because The Duck Store’s mission is to serve the needs of the University of Oregon, we are committed to providing employment to students who need to work in order to afford their education and living expenses. In 2012, we paid more than $1,000,000 in wages to UO students. In our effort to make it easier…

The Duck Store regularly works with local public schools and libraries to support literacy and other educational endeavors for children and adults. One extraordinary group is the Eugene School District 4J’s Life Skills Network. Located at Sheldon High School, this network of educators prepares students with developmental disabilities to enter an adult world where they…