{"id":3880,"date":"2017-10-27T08:48:30","date_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:48:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/?p=3880"},"modified":"2017-10-27T08:48:30","modified_gmt":"2017-10-27T15:48:30","slug":"call-for-volunteers-ubc-fall-congregation-macebearers-faculty-marshals-student-marshals-and-student-ushers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/lfsgrads\/post-3880","title":{"rendered":"Call for Volunteers &#8211; UBC Fall Congregation &#8211; Macebearers, Faculty Marshals, Student Marshals and Student Ushers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Dear Colleagues,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Thank you for your continued support of UBC graduation. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Official invitations to our fall ceremonies have now been sent and grad is just around the corner &#8211; November 22 -24. <a href=\"http:\/\/graduation.ubc.ca\/schedule-fall-2017\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">See here for the complete schedule<\/a>. We can\u2019t wait to mark this special moment for our students and to welcome their families to campus to celebrate. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">This Fall, we have expanded our <b><a href=\"http:\/\/graduation.ubc.ca\/volunteer\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online Graduation Volunteer Registration system<\/a><\/b> to include all of our volunteer roles: Macebearer, Faculty Marshal, Student Marshal and Student Usher.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">In the past volunteers have communicated interest to participate in different ways: \u00a0directly to University Marshal, Professor Nancy Hermiston, to Senior Student Marshal, Professor Iain Taylor, to Ceremonies and perhaps through the main graduation reservation system. However, with the growth of ceremonies as well as volunteer functions, <b>we kindly request that all volunteers please register on the<\/b><b> <a href=\"http:\/\/graduation.ubc.ca\/register-here\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">graduation volunteer sign up page<\/a><\/b>. Here you will find very detailed instructions for each of the four key roles needed for graduation to succeed.<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Please forward this email to anyone you think would like to participate as a volunteer this year &#8211; the more the merrier. Training is provided.<\/span><\/b><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">We will do our best to accommodate all requests but please understand that no role is confirmed until a volunteer has received an official confirmation from the Ceremonies Office via email. <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">With great thanks,<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">Melissa<\/span><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Calibri;\"><b>Melissa Picher Kelly<\/b> ,<\/span> B.A.<\/p>\n<p>Academic Events Manager | Ceremonies &amp; Events Office<\/p>\n<p>The University of British Columbia | Vancouver Campus | Musqueam Traditional Territory<\/p>\n<p>2029 West Mall, Ponderosa B | Vancouver, BC\u00a0 | Canada V6T 1Z2<\/p>\n<p>T 604 822 5414 | F 604 822 9060 | M 604 649 0102 | E <a target=\"_blank\">Melissa.picherkelly@ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ceremonies.ubc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.ceremonies.ubc.ca<\/a>\u00a0 | <a href=\"http:\/\/www.graduation.ubc.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.graduation.ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dear Colleagues,\u00a0 Thank you for your continued support of UBC graduation. \u00a0 Official invitations to our fall ceremonies have now been sent and grad is just around the corner &#8211; November 22 -24. 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