Faculty/Staff
Supporting Our Graduating Students
Commencement is an important milestone in our CSU Pueblo students' academic and life journeys. To celebrate this important step, faculty and staff play an important role in the setup, facilitation, and clean up of the commencement ceremony.
The Commencement Staffing Committee is working hard to create job duties and tasks that align with the availability of faculty and staff. For questions related to faculty participation, please contact Lisa Chavez at lisa.chavez@csupueblo.edu. For questions related to staff participation, please contact Emily McElwain at emily.mcelwain@csupueblo.edu or Gwen Young at gwen.young@csupueblo.edu.
Parking for Commencement:
The parking plan is currently being established. Once known, this page will be updated.Staff Participation
Staff Availability: Staff duties will be assigned based on availability. Please submit your availability on the Commencement Availability form. Staff in Facilities will be assigned by Brent Lorenz based on trades associated with tasks. Any Facilities staff not assigned by Brent will be asked to complete this form.
Staff Requirement: Only full-time staff are required to participate in Commencement activities outside normal working hours. Part-time or temp staff will be expected to adjust their hours the week following Commencement to account for campus being closed one day.
General Timeline for Staff Assignments:
- Availability form due Friday, March 1
- Assigned shifts dates and times communicated by the first week in April
- Trainings occur in April from shift leads
- Commencement shifts: Expected to work Saturday, May 11th. If unable, times from Monday, May 6th through Friday, May 10th are available.
Potential Shifts
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Monday, May 6
5pm-8pm: Clerical, Call Center, and/or Setup - Leads Olivia Mikaelian & Brooklyn Micheli -
Tuesday, May 7
5pm-8pm: Clerical, Call Center, and/or Setup - Leads Olivia Mikaelian & Brooklyn Micheli -
Thursday, May 9
5pm-8pm: Clerical, Call Center, and/or Setup - Leads Olivia Mikaelian & Brooklyn Micheli -
Friday, May 10
4pm-11pm: Nursing Pinning Ceremony - Leads Kylie McGill & Lynnette Leachman
5pm-8pm: Clerical, Call Center, and/or Setup - Leads Olivia Mikaelian & Brooklyn Micheli
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Saturday, May 11
Saturday: Various shift as related to assigned tasks. Leads listed below.
Commencement Day Assignments & Leads
- After Parties - Alexandra Hansen & Dra. Lucie Menjivar
- Alumni Tent - Daniel Minich
- Audio/Visual - Adam Pocius & Keelan Bailey
- Bookstore - Cindy Hall
- Clean-up - Joseph Yevara & Carl Rodriguez
- Commencement - Gena Alfonso
- Facilities - Brent Lorenz
- Faculty Staging - Dr. Caprioglio & Lisa Chavez
- Graduate Check-in & Staging - Carol Larson & Penny Grinstead
- Graduate Ushers - Chris Fendrich & Molly Becker
- Guest Ticketing - Mariah Forland
- Guest Services - Jen Martin-White & Abby Gade
- Guest Ushers - Sherece Alaniz & Sandie Bandimere
- Parking - Todd Whittemore & Monica Lemmon
- Staffing - Emily McElwain & Gwen Young
Faculty Participation
PLEASE SIGN UP HERE for the faculty headcount for each ceremony. All University employees participating in Commencement will receive a commemorative shirt – you will be asked for sizing information on the link provided and we ask that you RSVP by Monday April 1st for size preference.
If students or faculty have additional questions, they can send their questions here:
csup_commencement@csupueblo.edu
Question Hotline (text preferred): 719-283-1269
Thank you for everything you do to get our students to this rewarding moment!
Information sent to students
This page will be updated as communication is released.
