DES NEWSLETTER

The Division of Enrollment Services Newsletter
Southern Methodist University
An Electronic Newsletter of
Undergraduate Admission, Financial Aid, Student Financial Services, and the University Registrar

Volume III, Issue V        May 2004

   

STAR ACHIEVEMENTS


May Graduation
 1957 candidates

CONGRATULATIONS
 Claudia Pulte, Greg's wife, was named Employee of the Year for the Central University Libraries.  Claudia works in Inter-Library Loan and has been a member of the Library staff for 10 years.

Sunsharae (Smith) Thierry - on her marriage.

STAFF LEAVING
Norm Lieber - Registrar's Office

Jennifer Russell - Undergraduate Admission

STAFF MOVING
Melissa (Ferrell) Guerra - moved to Student Accounts

Jean Porter - moved to Enrollment

TITLE CHANGE
 Susan Evans - Associate Director of Enrollment Services/Director of Student Records

ANNIVERSARIES
Sherry Reinwald - 21 Yrs!

Mary Beard - 7 years

Sunsharae Thierry - 6 years

Kelly McMillan - 4 years

Cindy Detgen - 2 years

Lindsey Jackson - 1 year

BIRTHDAYS
June Williams - June 5

Sylvia Wiseman - June 9

Carol Morris - June 9

Pat Woods - June 11

John Hall - June 18

Susan Evans - June 23

Maggie Limmel - June 26

Susan Earp - June 27

Stephanie Nonnemacher - June 30

If you are not on the list and should be, this is produced from the Employee Roster on the V drive.  Let Kathy know if there is an error.

HIP HIP Hurray!

Congratulations
Jo Ann Tupper!

 Jo Ann reports that even though the rainy weather last weekend cut the Relay for Life short, her team collected the most money -- $6,000.  This was $1,200 more than last year’s winners.   

Thank you to everyone who supported Jo Ann and Team MASH!

VIPs - Very Important Ponies 

 

Some of our VIPs this month are:
Joe Papari, Cheryl Moore, Nancy Peterson, Dagmar Mueller, Alison Odom and the IP Team - Early last summer a group of DES and ITS staff began work on a project to get e-mail addresses to admitted students.  I'm glad to tell you that due to the hard work and great team play in ITS and DES, we are getting new admitted students access to their e-mail and ACCESS.SMU at the point of admission.  Thanks for making this happen.  This has been an important project.   Great Job! -- John Hall

Those People In Red - Andrew Snow, Alumni Association, had nothing but complements about the Senior Class Gift Dedication on May 14th.  He said that "Those people in Red could not have been nicer or more helpful."  He said, "they even fed me pizza as I set up for the Dedication Ceremony."

DES Celebrates

At the May Division of Enrollment Services Meeting, some of the staff shared their Hispanic culture with the group in a celebration of Cinco de Mayo.  Although many Texans celebrate Cinco de May as Mexican Independence Day, Josh Ruiz explained that the May date was when Mexico split from France.  True Mexican Independence Day is September 16th, when Mexico defeated Spain and became an independent country.

Organized by Anna Gomez, staff from central and south America wore clothing representing various areas and shared their ancestry.

Angie Flores, Josh Ruiz, Irma Herrera, Daniel Herrera, Laura Del Rio, Monica Gomez, Mark Gomez, Monica Cordero, Jorge Guerra, Luz Roque, Rod Del Rio and Anna Gomez (not shown) share various regional costumes.

The program included music from Mexico, Irma Herrera shared the history of Hispanic student recruitment at SMU, Josh Ruiz prepared a Power-point presentation showing accomplishments of Hispanics in the arts, sciences, industry, and culture --  and, of course, there was much food and fellowship.

 

 

Texas BUC$
goes on the Road

After the success of the North Texas Regional Drive In Conference held at SMU in March, Pat Woods and Chris Salone of Student Financial Services are helping plan area regional meeting for Texas BUC$ in San Antonio, Texas May 26th and 27th and in Houston, Texas June 14th and 15th. The two-day event is geared towards discussions of collection methods, professional development and new methods of payment receipt. The regional event continues to be a great recruitment opportunity and networking tool for smaller colleges and universities that are unable to attend the annual Texas BUC$ State Conference each year. 

 

DON'T FORGET
  June DES Meeting
 June 2
 Blanton Meeting Rooms

Division Highlights
Important Dates
Summer Pymt Due Date - May 20
Summer AARO - June 2
Classes begin - Combined Summer Term and 1st Summer Session - June 2
Last Day to Enroll - 1st session - June3
Last Day to Enroll - Combined Term - June7
Last Day of Class - 1st Session - July 2
Holiday - July 5
Classes Begin  - 2nd Session -July 6
Last Day of Class - Aug 6

Cinco de Mayo

 

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Quotation of the Month

"If you talk with a particular purpose, people listen to you, but if you just recite, it's not as meaningful."
Itzhak Perlman

 

SMU Trivia

When did SMU establish its first academic requirements?

Answer: 
1918
It was said that entrance requirements to SMU were loose but the curriculum was stiff.  The graduation requirements established in 1918 remained with few exceptions until 1940.  The heaviest requirement was English.  There was a language requirement of two years in high school and two years at SMU.  Each graduate had to have a course in the Bible.  Mathematics, lab course in two sciences, and two physical education course all cam e to be required by 1921. -- from "From the High on the Hilltop" by Marshall Terry

 

Summer Recruitment Activities

Six Saturdays this summer, the Admission staff will be hosting information session on campus at 10am and campus tours at 11am.  Schedule for the summer is

June 19
June 26
July 10
July 17
July 24
July 31
August 7
August 14
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