NEW STAFF
Taylor Young - Admission Administrative Coordinator
PROMOTED
Cindy Ruiz -
Assistant Director of Student Financial Operations
STAFF LEAVING
NEW NAME
ANNIVERSARIES
Mary Beard - 8
years
Sunsharae Thierry -
7 years
Kelly McMillan -
5years
Jerrod Harrell - 1
year
David Bell - 1 year
Mary Compian - 1
year
Karen Sammon - 1
year
BIRTHDAYS
Jerrod Harrell - June
7
Sylvia Wiseman -
June 9
Susan Evans - June 23
Maggie Lemmel - June
26
Susan Earp - June 27
Stephanie Nonnemacher
- June 30
If you are not on the list and should be, let Kathy know..
Supreme Marshal Murfin VIPs -
Very Important Ponies Some
of our VIPs this month are:
Marcia Miller - The
purpose of this letter is to commend your staff and in particular Ms. Marcia
Miller. Ms. Miller has been exemplary in the assistance she has given our
family. Her "can do" and "get it done" attitude is to be commended.
There have been difficult tasks in getting loans to cover our daughter's
education, due to some unfortunate financial events in our lives. Ms.
Miller went the "extra mile" in getting all of this done. What is most
applauded is Ms. Miller's most pleasant professional attitude. I can not
say enough in praise of Ms. Miller.
Parent of a May
Graduate.
Bryan Chamness and Eric
Macy - Many thanks to Bryan and Eric, DBA's in ITS. They are always
there when we need them -- rain, shine, snow or hail, or hundreds of Law
students trying to enroll at the very same moment. Second year Law
students are assigned a 9pm enrollment appointment time, and believe me they are
all ready to hit "Enter" at 9pm. The same is true of first year Law
students. All those hits at the same time did crash the system the other
night, but thanks to the quick reaction of Bryan, the problem was quickly
corrected. Bryan and Eric now have been monitoring the system in the
evening when we anticipate unusual peak activity. And we have had another
system crash, but no one knew it because it was back up within seconds.
ITS and DES make a good team in providing quality services to the SMU community.
Thanks. John
Hall
BUSINESS ETIQUETTE
This is the next in a series of articles by etiquette and protocol consultant Linda
Tyler Rollins. Ms. Rollins is a graduate of The Protocol School of
Washington and founder of Rollins Rules Etiquette and Protocol Consulting.
Ms. Rollins was associated with the University of North Texas Athletic
Department for twenty years before moving into consulting full time.
Ms. Rollins is available to present workshops and can be contacted through her
website at www.rollinsrules.com.
Pony
Protocol
Tools of the Trade
Don’t you just love getting dressed for a corporate social event, spending time
choosing fashionable tie or accessory, and the first obligation upon arrival is
to slap on a sticky nametag that says “Hello”? So be it. The nametag is a tool,
and there is no way to turn it into a fashion statement.
Make the best of it. We truly need these little rascals. We are bombarded with
so much information on a daily basis, it’s a miracle we recall our own names,
much less a room full of brand new names and faces.
The nametag is worn on the right. Wearing it there connects with your line of
vision while you are shaking hands. The left side is traditionally reserved for
pins and corsages or uniform name badges, which may be sewn above the pocket.
If you are writing your own nametag, this is not the time to practice scribbling
your autograph. Print your name clearly and legibly to make sure the tag is a
tool, not a hieroglyphic puzzle.
Another tool is your business card. Business cards are an integral part of the
first and lasting impression you make. Be sure to carry a supply with you at all
times. Here are a few key tips:
·
Keep your cards in a holder.
·
Cards should be crisp and clean.
· Make
sure your cards contain current information.
·
Avoid scratched out repairs and liquid paper.
·
Cards are to be “presented” in that they should be handed to the person with the
information facing the recipient for easy reading.
·
Cards are to be received face up, read and put away.
·
Refrain from writing on a card in front of the person who gave it to you.
Make use of the tools at hand to represent yourself and your department in a
polished and professional manner.
Remember, you can’t play the game if you don’t know the rules.
Important Dates
May
20, Payment
Due Date
May
23,
Payment Due Date - 1054 LAW
May
23, Begin
Cancellations
May
31,
Student Financials May Month End/Year End
June
20,
Payment Due Date
June
24,
Payment Due Date - 1054 HART
June
30, SF
June Month End
Quotation of the Month If
you judge people, you have not time to love them.
SMU Trivia
Question
Answer Orientation Dates for 2005 May 24 - student starting in Summer FY AARO Transfer AARO August Advising and Registration Supreme Marshal Murfin,
At the Marshal's luncheon before the May Commencement Ceremony, Chief Marshal
Brad Carter conferred a special honor on outgoing Provost Ross Murfin. In
the presentation, Carter stated, "An
appointment of Honorary Marshal, which we are about to confer, is determined by
a different process. As commencement ceremony leaders, we gaze out over the SMU
campus in search of people who, through a lifetime of sustained accomplishment,
represent our collective ideals of the perfect commencement marshal. If we
could choose our Honorary Marshals, whom would we choose? Who most represents
those habits of mind and those values we most want to instill at this
University? If we could be called brother or sister by any man or
woman in the world, whom would we choose to be a member of our Commencement
family?
"What I
am suggesting is that we are about something far more important today than
honoring Provost Murfin. What we do in honoring this unique individual is to
define, through him, our ideals as a academic ceremonies team and as an
institution that values the abilities to lead our students, that values patience
and leadership - in short, all that is best about a Commencement Marshal.
This
is a glorious day, a defining moment. Not because we put our mark on this
great academic leader, but because he puts his mark on us.
"Registrar Hall, with your permission, we will now proceed to the conferring of
SUPREME MARSHAL,
honoris causas.
By the authority vested in me by the wide
community of commencement marshals and workers of Southern
Jenny DeMasi
- has been appointed to be a member of the SWASFAA Awards Committee that will
develop a new Professional Development Scholarship for financial aid
colleagues in Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.
Consuela Mitchell
- Financial Aid Advisor
Cindy (Detgen) Luetzow
- congratulations on your wedding!
by Linda Tyler Rollins
DON'T FORGET
June 1 Division Meeting
8:30am Blanton Meeting
Rooms
Mother Theresa
Who served
the most years as Provost of SMU?
Hemphill
Hosford served 10 years as SMU Provost. Ross Murfin with nine years of
service in that office is the second longest serving Provost.
July 6-7
July 8-9
July 11-12 (Honors)
July 13-14
July 15-16 (Honors)
July 20-21
July 25-26
July 27-28
July 29-30
Aug 1-2
July 5
July 18-19
Aug
3
Aug 14
honoris
causas
STAFF DEVELOPMENT