Thursday, January 14, 2021

Re: MACRAO Leadership Update

Hello to everyone from Carroll! 

We're still in very early planning stages, but we're also looking at back-to-back outdoor ceremonies in our football stadium -- one on Saturday 5/15 for the Class of 2021, and then a postponed in-person ceremony on Sunday 5/16 for the Class of 2020. We did a virtual conferral ceremony for 2020, but we're also offering a postponed in-person ceremony... we'll ask for RSVPs and are expecting maybe only 1/3 to show, possibly fewer?? I'm anticipating we'll have ticketing and social distancing requirements in the stadium, and we won't really have a back-up plan for inclement weather since normally that would be to move indoors to our gym, which is the biggest indoor venue in town. Hopefully no wind storms like yesterday! The two days in a row will be exhausting but will hopefully allow us to be most efficient on rental/set-up costs. Not sure how much faculty/staff participation we'll get in general and especially on day 2. We're also not sure what our Baccalaureate Mass will look like... possibly outside or possibly a graduates-only Mass with distancing in the Cathedral. That is still very much up in the air.

On a different but somewhat related note... is anyone offering certified electronic diplomas or looking into it? If so, which vendor are you researching/using? We just had a demo with Paradigm yesterday and everything looks pretty slick, but I was hoping for some user feedback from other registrars!

Best,
Cassie

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Cassie E. Hall
Registrar
Carroll College

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On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 2:02 PM Campeau, Tony <tcampeau@montana.edu> wrote:

We held a virtual ceremony this fall (for both last spring and this fall graduates).  We are just now beginning our planning for spring.  We are looking at two outdoor ceremonies in the stadium.  The normal is two ceremonies in the field house.  That said we are trying to look at all options.

 

 

Sincerely,

Tony

 

Tony Campeau

Montana State University

406.994.2604

 

From: MACRAO Listserv <MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU> On Behalf Of Dellwo, Sarah
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 2:05 PM
To: MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU
Subject: Re: MACRAO Leadership Update

 

We heard from our students that they wanted some kind of in person option versus any kind of virtual option. The leading option right now is a parade where they receive their diploma in their car. We are trying to be flexible with our options depending on the health requirements at the time. We are also launching a t-shirt design contest to commemorate the year and will be giving each grad a special t-shirt.

 

Sarah Dellwo | Executive Director of Enrollment

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From: MACRAO Listserv <MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU> On Behalf Of Helen Horn
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 1:55 PM
To: MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU
Subject: Re: MACRAO Leadership Update

 

Blackfeet Community College was able to hold our graduation outdoors.  We have a small graduating class compared to others.  We allowed only graduates in a drive through graduation.  Drive through and pick up their diplomas.  Then they were only allowed two guest vehicles, we had the guests parked in a different parking lot and we had two jumbotrons' set up for everyone to watch.

 

On Tue, Jan 12, 2021 at 12:57 PM Mangold, Maria <Maria.Mangold@mso.umt.edu> wrote:

We're hustling to formulate contingency plans for commencement.  What are other campuses doing?  Is anyone doing a virtual-only ceremony or is everyone planning some sort of in-person attendance?

 

President Bodnar has given us the directive to have some portion of face-to-face interaction (prioritizing student attendance over guests, pending county/state health dept. recommendations that will be in place on Saturday, May 1st).

 

Let's share info!  It's a heavy lift as we'll be inviting graduates from spring 2020, summer 2020, fall 2020, AND spring 2021. 

 

Best regards,

Maria

 

MARIA H. MANGOLD, M.Ed.

UNIVERSITY REGISTRAR

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U N I V E R S I T Y  O F  M O N T A N A

 

From: MACRAO Listserv <MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU> On Behalf Of Gresswell, Kandi
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 10:27 AM
To: MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU
Subject: Re: MACRAO Leadership Update

 

Go Team, go!!

 

You ladies will do great 😊

 

Kandi

 

From: MACRAO Listserv <MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU> On Behalf Of Eggum, Heather A
Sent: Tuesday, January 12, 2021 9:58 AM
To: MACRAO@LISTSERV.GFCMSU.EDU
Subject: MACRAO Leadership Update

 

Hello,

 

I am reaching out to inform our MACRAO team that Kyle Pratt is no longer employed at Rocky Mountain College and will no longer be able to serve as MACRAO president.  Vice-President, Ashley Irion, and I will work together to fulfill Kyle's duties until we are able to have our next election.  Feel free to contact Ashley, myself, or the MACRAO listserv if you need anything.  We will begin working on the spring meeting soon so be thinking about ideas and potential dates.

 

Thanks!

 

Heather Eggum

Associate Registrar

Registrar's Office

Montana State University Billings

1500 University Dr.

Billings, MT 59101

(P) 406-657-1784

(F) 406-657-2302

 

 


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