In Memory of Gretchen Voight

Gretchen's Memorial Service Program

Gretchen's Accomplishments

一般

  • 创造新学术 仪式标志
  • 新的毕业典礼礼 for students to be phased in beginning May 2009
  • 重新设计新的法警 长袍
  • 新系统开发 distributing and collecting Marshals’ robes before and after 仪式
  • 恢复新大锏
  • 更好的沟通 between 注册商’s Office and Diploma Ceremony Coordinators
  • 创建新横幅 支架和基座
  • Selected dressier 仪式 attire for staff and volunteers
  • 泰特横幅上使用的 stage and first balcony at 仪式 held in McFarlin Auditorium
  • 发展的一个新的和 more efficient process for producing Commencement programs which includes proofing candidate lists prior to being sent to designer
  • 更好的沟通 仪式 staff including revised instructions and “cheat sheets”
  • 修改说明书 for CPPO, Police, McFarlin Auditorium staff to clear up inaccuracies 为了更容易读懂

打开召开

  • 重新设计程序
  • 新的在线教师回复 system used to track 仪式 attendance
  • Water bottles handed out to students in procession line-up
  • New custom SMU lantern will be incorporated into 打开召开 in August 2008
  • 新增32个国家 flags representing international students to Flag Alley
  • 递给他们的水瓶 students while they wait for procession to begin
  • 优等生兄弟会代表团 leads processional symbolizing academic excellence
  • Bullhorns beckon students from residence halls to 仪式
  • Party on the Quad attracts SMU staff to cheer for new students during processional; we lure SMU community to the Quad with popsicles, chilled water, and giveaways
  • 唱诗班在 仪式
  • Howard Lantern介绍 在仪式上
  • 学生 walk through giant balloon columns, greeted by the Mustang band and receive a small, fun giveaway as they recess to a welcome picnic hosted by the 总统
  • 总统野餐举行 following the 仪式 beginning in August 2008

12月毕业

  • 12月搬迁 Graduation from three 仪式 in McFarlin Auditorium to one 仪式 in Moody Coliseum
  • 重新设计的网站是 非常友好的
  • 重新设计程序
  • 创建一个在线 faculty RSVP system to track dinner/仪式 attendance
  • 包括教师和 faculty dinner prior to 仪式
  • 15-piece brass band added; fanfares announce various groups processing into Coliseum as well as used during diploma cover presentations
  • 特殊合唱选择 performed during the 仪式
  • 体育馆装饰 节日主题
  • 把健身房变成 sanctuary by covering athletic posters with piping and drapery
  • Winter slideshow of SMU on Jumbotron as guests arrive
  • Ceremony simulcast on large 大堂监控器
  • Photo-op created by mustang 雕像
  • Expansion of communication with students including enhancement of instructions for Commencement to include better information in a readable design, more email 提醒
  • Memento given to students who attend December graduation
  • Re-design of new procession passes to look more professional

开学典礼

  • 重新设计程序
  • 新的在线教师回复 system used to track 仪式 attendance
  • 气球柱装饰 the front steps of McFarlin
  • 学生’ award certificates distributed during 仪式 instead of through the individual schools 接下来的一周
  • 领章给每个人 student who attends 开学典礼 instead of Honors cord
  • 唱诗班在 仪式 

学士学位

  • Visible signage outside of McFarlin
  • Earlier time for guests to enter McFarlin to reduce wait-time 礼堂外
  • Giddy-Up shuttles transport guests at 学士学位
  • Design and creation of new custom SMU lantern for 学士学位 仪式 resembling Dallas Hall
  • Addition of trumpet fanfares during the Rotunda Recessional
  • Re-design of new guest tickets to look more professional
  • Safer exit plan developed for guests after the 仪式 to prevent the lobby and front steps of McFarlin from becoming jammed 

可能毕业典礼

  • 重新设计的网站是 非常友好的
  • 重新设计程序
  • 创建一个在线 faculty RSVP system to track breakfast/仪式 attendance
  • Expansion of communication with students including enhancement of instructions for Commencement to include better information in a readable design, more email 提醒
  • Addition of the 50th Class Reunion Chair on the Platform Party with a speaking role
  • 增加毕业典礼 仪式播音员
  • 穆迪的转变 Lobby including blue draping to disguise athletic posters and ticket booth, addition of state flags and plants for color and decoration
  • Addition of a large monitor to simulcast the 仪式 in the Moody Lobby
  • 可见的标志 candidate line-up and faculty breakfast
  • Shuttle bus now transports Platform Party from Moody to the 总统’s Luncheon
  • Giddy-Up shuttles transport 毕业典礼嘉宾
  • Mementos given to students 参加毕业典礼的人
  • Re-design of new procession passes to look more professional
  • 新学生入场
  • 毕业典礼的幻灯片 appears on the Moody Jumbotron prior to Commencement which includes photos from the 50th reunion class, campus shots, and a candidate seating guide for the audience
  • 增加的联播 the 仪式 on the Moody Jumbotron
  • 加强紧急情况 preparedness plan including “crow’s nest” observers, and police and public affairs participation in training staff
  • 新系统的客人 safely exit Moody Coliseum at the end of Commencement while retaining the dimming of lights during “Varsity;” script added to the text and new protocol created
  • 毕业典礼验讫 午餐重新启动
  • 旗手得到一个 framed photo taken with their banners along with a note from their 迪安
  • 教务委员会主席 receives a framed photo with the mace along with a note from the 教务长
  • 额外的座位 available for the elderly and disabled in Moody