Grad Banquet Checklist 2008
Plan and implement fundraising ideas.
More money = more wine, nicer decorations, better location, decreased ticket price for grads
Establish Sub-committees (VERY IMPORTANT!)
Choose a date (tent. April 3rd, 2008)
Establish a budget and stick to it (VERY IMPORTANT!)
Determine and book location
Consider all costs involved!
On-campus? Contact Bob Hale
Obtain a list of graduates from Mary Murphy
Decide on guest speaker (Contact him/her early!)
Design, print and send out invitations
Faculty (past & present)
Graduates
Guest speaker
Community dietitians (members of IDI selection committee)
Other students
Design, print and sell tickets
Decreased ticket price for grads?
2007- Grads $10, Everyone else $15
Decide on decorations
Talk to Corey Bradbury
Helium pump (for balloons) in basement of SUB
Foodservice
Buffet vs. served?
Menu items
On-campus? Contact Helen Mattie
Design and print program
Who speaks when?
Wine
On campus? Contact Chris McSween (must also arrange for CP’s)
Remember bottle openers on night of banquet so that the bottles from HNU 145 can be opened
Gift for Grads
2007- each grad received an etched wine glass and copy of slideshow dvd
Slideshow
Master of Ceremonies (MC)
Home-economic Rings
Plan ‘ceremony’ separate from banquet- PLEASE!
Other ???
Grad Banquet: Sub-Committees 2008
Committee
Chair
Fundraising
Responsibilities
-Establish a budget with the help of nutrition
society presidents
-Oversee ALL committees
-Assist in decision making
-Attend to concerns and questions from faculty and
graduates
-Set fundraising Goal! (Last year’s banquet cost over
$1000!!!)
-Plan, organize, and implement fundraising ideas
-Recruit grads to assist in fundraising efforts
Invitations
-Design, print, and send out invitations
-Obtain a list of graduates from Mary
Murphy…relay grad list to Ticket and Program
committees
Tickets
-Design, print, and sell tickets
-Ensure ALL Grads and ALL faculty have an
opportunity to purchase a ticket
-Keep a list of who have and have not purchased
their tickets
-Recruit grads to assist in the selling of tickets
-Determine a guest speaker (make sure to ask for
their bio for the night of the banquet!)
-Recruit MC for the evening
-Design and print evening program
-Recruit grads to ‘Toast the Faculty,’ ‘Present the
Class Photo,’ and ‘Perform Grace’
Program
Decorations
-Decide what decorations to have
-Look after purchasing/borrowing decorations
-Responsible for set-up and take-down of
decorations on day of banquet
Food/Alcohol
-Decide upon and book location
-Choose menu/wine
Gift
-Look after getting gifts for grads and a gift for the
guest speaker
Slideshow
-Responsible for making up a slideshow that
includes pictures of all graduates
-Ensure that all required equipment is present and
working on night of banquet
Home-economic Rings
-Facilitate the ordering of Home-Ec Rings
-Contact Camerons to determine costs etc…relay
info to grads
-Plan and implement mini ‘ring ceremony’ for ring
recipients
Committee Members
Kendra Read