Mission
The Office of College Events serves as a valuable resource, partnering with faculty and staff to plan Dean approved events, conferences and lecture series. The office provides guidance regarding approved vendors, venues, and virtual platforms and provides pre-event timeline creation, logistics management and support, and post-event surveys.
With over 50 years of combined event planning and management experience, our team serves as a valuable resource and partner to staff and faculty, providing professional event management through every stage.
- Pre-event Planning
- Logistics and Event Preparation
- Event Day Execution
- Post Event Debriefs and Survey Administration
Preparing for your event
- Students
- Faculty
- Staff
- Alumni
- Donors
- Partners
- Internal and External Stakeholders
- Pre-event planning
- Venue and space selection
- Guest and/or meeting rooms reservations
- Caterer and menu selection
- Audio/Visual needs
- Registration
- Post event surveys
- Funding
- Strategic planning initiatives of the college
- Date and time
- Audience
- Intent
- Type of event
- Reservations for guest and/or meeting rooms
- Menu selections
- Agendas
- Catering options
- Meeting room setup
- Venue and space selection
- Registration Fleet transportation
- Miscellaneous items such as signage, décor, entertainment, staffing, post-event surveys, and giveaways
Please submit requests for technology-related items to IST’s Office of Information Technology; for pre- and post-event services to IST’s Office of Facilities; and for event marketing, promotional items, and photography to IST’s Office of Marketing and Communications.