Faculty/Staff
Supporting Our Graduating Students
Commencement is an important milestone in our CSU Pueblo students' academic and life journeys. To celebrate and emphasis this important step, faculty and staff play an important role in the setup, facilitation, and clean up of each 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 Monday, February 27
- Assigned shifts dates and times communicated by the end of March
- Trainings occur in April from shift leads
- Commencement shifts: Expected to work Saturday, May 13th. If unable, times from Monday, May 8th through Friday, May 12th are available.
Potential Shifts
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Monday, May 8
5pm-8pm: Clerical, Call Center, and/or Setup - Leads TBD -
Tuesday, May 9
5pm-8pm: Clerical, Call Center, and/or Setup - Leads TBD -
Thursday, May 11
5pm-8pm: Clerical, Call Center, and/or Setup - Leads TBD -
Friday, May 12
4pm-11pm: Nursing Pinning Ceremony - Leads Kylie McGill & Lynnette Leachman
5pm-8pm: Clerical, Call Center, and/or Setup - Leads TBD
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Saturday, May 13
Saturday, May 12: Various shift as related to assigned tasks. Leads listed below.
Commencement Day Assignments & Leads
- Alumni Tent/After Parties - Derek Lopez & Alexis Romero Steward
- Audio/Visual - Adam Pocius, David Bartolo, & Keelan Bailey
- Bookstore - Chris Smith & Cindy Hall
- Catering & Water - Bonnie Fruland & Dr. Lucie Menjivar
- Clean-up - Joseph Yevara & Carl Rodriguez
- Commencement - Gena Alfonso
- Facilities - Brent Lorenz
- Faculty Staging - Dr. Caprioglio & Lisa Chavez
- Graduate Check-in - TiaraMarie Banham & TBD
- Graduate Staging - Lisa Martin & Trisha Pocius
- Graduate Ushers - Chris Fendrich & Molly Becker
- Guest Ticketing - Dax Charles & Garret Jones
- Guest Services - Jen Martin-White & Jennifer Quintana
- Guest Ushers - Abby Davidson & Penny Grinstead
- Parking - Laurie Kilpatrick & Veronica Trujillo
- 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 11th for size preference.
If students or faculty have additional questions, they can send their questions here:
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.
