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NEW STAFF
Caryn Weghorst
- Admission Counselor
Michael Gomez - Admission Counselor
STAFF LEAVING
Jim Bryan
- Admission
ANNIVERSARIES
Ron Moss - 12 years!
Mary Ann Plante -9 years
Sylvia Wiseman - 7 years
Rod Jackson - 7 years
Marilyn Prokup - 5 years
Rod Del Rio - 5 years
Stephanie Nonnemacher - 4 years
Josh Ruiz - 4 years
Stephen Forrest - 3 years
Priya Kongara - 2 years
BIRTHDAYS
Anna Gomez - April 2
Jill Sangl - April 4
Rose Johnson - April 29
Lorinda Lamb - April 29
FINANCIAL AID PUTS UP SOME GREAT STATITISTICS
For the 2004/2005 Academic Year, SMU Financial Aid made it possible for thousands of students to attend SMU. Here are the highlights of the aid year.
- Over $38 million in Stafford Loans processed for 3800 undergraduate, graduate, and professional students.
- Over $17 million in PLUS loans for 770 undergraduate students.
- Over $13 million in Private and Alternative Loans for 840 graduate and undergraduate students.
- Approximately $11.7 million in unrestricted University merit aid and $16 million in need based aid for approximately 1600 undergraduate students.
-Almost 1000 undergraduate students qualified for $2.7 million in Pell Grants.
- Approximately $6 million in TEG and Texas Grant funds to approximately 1400 undergraduate students .
VIPs -
Very Important Ponies Some
of our VIPs this month are:
Barbara Waters - I am
writing to let you know that one of the members of your staff, Barbara Waters,
has been very helpful to me in the area of financial aid. She is quick to
return phone class and e-mails. This Spring she offered to be part of our
new student orientation at the Theology School, and her presentation was a
wonderful addition! She has been an integral part of the financial aid
team with DES and Perkins School of Theology. I wanted to make sure that
you were aware of her solid work with the Theology School (both students and
staff).
Tracy Anne Allred
Epi Ramirez - Thanks
- your students are lucky to have someone like you watching out for their best
interests.
Kelly McMillan - My
name is Mark C. and I am a May 2004 graduate of SMU. My current employer
had made several unsuccessful attempts to track down my enrollment/graduation
verification. Today, I had the pleasure of dealing with Kelly McMillan, an
Assistant Registrar, in your office. Kelly responded to my request with
promptness and politeness. Her positive attitude immediately removed my
frustration. She explained what likely led to the problems my employer had
in tracking down the documents, she e-mail/faxed the necessary papers
immediately upon notification and she gave me a firm deadline for completing my
request. I work in an industry fueled by client service, and Kelly did an
excellent job in serving me today. I simply cannot say enough great things
about the way she dealt with my situation this morning. Please be sure to
thank her again for me. I can only hope that Kelly is teaching seminars to
others about how to give great service.
BUSINESS ETIQUETTE
Ms. Rollins is available to present workshops and can be contacted through her
website at www.rollinsrules.com.
Pony
Protocol
Almost the Last
Word in Business Casual
Let’s
revisit my first column regarding the term etiquette in order to
explore Business Casual Fridays. If we agree that etiquette is based on
the rules and conventions of society, then we can conclude that acceptable
corporate dress evolves with the changing times. Business casual is now a part
of corporate culture. One purpose of the business
casual trend is to help improve morale by offering employees a wardrobe break, a
perk. The problem with any new idea is the time and effort involved to work out
the details. What appears to be a good benefit for the staff can easily turn
into a distracting, if not detrimental dilemma for everyone.
Listed below are a few specific etiquette tips for those who
have taken business casual to an extreme, I-just-rolled-out-of-bed, look:
NO:
YES:
Dress for the workplace, not a patio party. What message do you send with your
wardrobe? Sloppy? Lazy? Careless? Clueless?
If jeans are permitted during business casual day, they must have a waistband at
the waist, fit properly, be clean and still be in one piece. If celebrities are
the authority for your dress code, you may be selecting inappropriate models.
Student workers take note: You are being paid for your services, and an
essential element for accepting a job is also accepting the rules of the
corporate environment. Some of the trendy campus attire is not appropriate in
the office.
Supervisors: Set a standard and be willing to enforce it. Keep it simple. Nobody
wants to waste time being “The Clothing Cop”. Set standards which reflect the
region and the corporate culture. When in doubt, err on the professional side of
dressing.
There is no last word in business casual. Times change. Fashions change.
However, good judgment and professionalism do not change. And
that’s my last word...today.
Important Dates March 21 Monthly
Statement Due Date March 21 Scholar Day March 23 Enrollment
Appoints available March 25 Good Friday
Holiday April 4 Enrollment opens
for Summer and Fall continuing students March 31 March Month End
Commencement Weekend is
Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14.
Quotation of the Month
Though we travel the world over to find the beautiful, we must carry it with us
or we will not find it.
SMU Trivia
Question
Answer Orientation Dates for 2005 May 24 - student starting in Summer FY AARO Transfer AARO August Advising and Registration
by Linda Tyler Rollins
Jeans
Athletic shoes
T-shirts
Tank
tops
Sweatshirts
Sandals
Tight
skirts
Short
skirts
Revealing necklines
Clean
Pressed
Polished
Conservative
DON'T FORGET
April 6 Division Meeting
8:30am Blanton Meeting
Rooms
Ralph Waldo Emerson
When was the first AAARO program?
1967 is the first summer with recorded attendance a Advanced
Academic Advising, Registration, and Orientation.
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
STAFF DEVELOPMENT