CONGRATULATIONS
Jennifer
Lopez, on the arrival of baby Isabella Maria
STAFF LEAVING
Joe Muro,
Registrar's Office
Dewayne Espinosa, Student Financial Services
Brandon Green, Records
NEW STAFF
Greg Pulte, Document Processing Specialist
Sharla-Rhea Powell - Financial Aid Counselor
PROMOTIONS
MOVING
Refund
Process - relocated to the SFS Student Loan/Recovery Team - Deveron Ellison
Team Lead
ANNIVERSARIES
Charles Harper - 44 Yrs!
Joe Papari - 22 yrs
Catherne Hadnot - 14 yrs
Jennifer Russell -5 yrs
Anna Gomez - 5 yrs
Mark Gomez - 1 year
BIRTHDAYS
Kathy Rowe - Dec. 3
Catherine Hdnot - Dec. 8
Kelly McMillan - Dec. 18
Laura Del Rio - Dec. 19
Cheryl Moore - Dec. 20
Shannon Grandberry - Dec. 26
Sondra Pena - Dec. 27
Rod Jackson - Dec. 31
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.
VIPs -
Very Important Ponies Some
of our VIPs this month are: Lillie
Rose
Chris,
Marilyn P., Stephanie, and Damon - when the spring invoices were printed, a
problem was discovered. Chris Salone, Marilyn Prokup, Stephanie
Nonnemacker, and Damon Wilkins came to my aid. Many thanks to those who
helped re-do invoices. Kelly
McMillan - I wanted to let you know that Ms. Kelly McMillan went out of her
way to help me yesterday and today. About 10 minutes after the student
records office closed yesterday, I ran into Perkins and really needed a
transcript by mid-day today. By chance, Ms. McMillan was walking out of
the office and I told her my situation. She was more than willing to help
me out. Today, when I went by to pick up my transcript, she had my
transcript ready. I really appreciate the personal attention she showed
me.
Holiday
activities BIG success!
Thank you to everyone who participated
in the clothing and food drive for Dallas Life Foundations. Kelly McMillan
sent this note - "You will be happy to know that the Dallas Life Foundation
picked up our donations today and they were ecstatic!! Mark Brandon was
the DLF representative and he was close to tears as we loaded his van. We
also had $120 to give to them. He said that we are all welcome to come by
and visit. I want to
say a very sincere thank you to everyone who donated stuff and to the folks who
were nice enough to help us load the van. It felt really good to be able
to help folks out."
First to Dr. Tom Tunks
for the turkey and "fixin's" and to the Executive Directors for giving
us the opportunity to come together for lunch. To Martha Starke for
ordering the food and to everyone who brought a dish. To Arlene Manthey
and Jim Caswell, our friends from Student Affairs, who shared their talents with
us. To our guests -- Provost Ross Murfin, Associate Provost Ellen
Jackofsky, Arlene Zalkovsky, Carolyn Jeter, Linda May, and Deidra Rucker, Chief Aaron
Graves. To the "Crew"
-- Marilyn Roubal, Kelly McMillan, Chris Salone, and Stephanie Nonnemacher who
came up with ideas and rolled up their sleeves to put it all
together. Thank you,
y'all! 
Have a wonderful holiday!
NO
DES
Meeting in January
Division Highlights
Important Dates and Things:
UG Payment Due Date - Dec. 16
Grad
DELL, DC, Arts, SEAS, FTMBA Payment Due Date - Jan. 9
Law Payment
Due Date - Jan. 16
EMBA, PMBA Pmt Due Date - Jan. 24
Admission Tour
Schedule
Jan.
14-20 - 11am
Tour, 1pm Information Session, 2pm tour of Residence Halls
Jan. 21 -
resume regular schedule, 11am Tour, 1pm Information Session, 2pm tour of
Residence Halls, 3pm alternate tour of campus.
Holiday Moments
(click on photo for more of
the fun.)
Blanton
Building
A roof over our heads and
steps to our door.
Quotation of the Month
When you
do common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of
the world.
George Washington Carver
SMU Trivia
Who
was Dorothy Amman?
Why is she significance to SMU?
What is done each year
in her honor?
Answer:
Dorothy
Amman was secretary to Robert Stuart Hyer, first President of Southern Methodist
University.
Ms. Amman was credited with suggesting the name
"Mustangs" for our mascot. She reportedly remarked while
watching the football team practice in the Main Quad, "They look like a
herd of wild Mustangs."
The day before commencement in May, the Division
of Student Affairs presents the Dorothy Amman Awards to students who have given
significant service to the University and contributed to student life during
their tenure at SMU.
STAFF DEVELOPMENT