The Events Management Office (EMO) of college relations is staffed by event professionals dedicated to working with Smith faculty, staff, students and external organizations planning events on the Smith campus. Assistance can include coordinating, scheduling, reserving space and providing event consultation. By offering tiered levels of service, the EMO can help individuals and organizations produce quality events. In addition, the EMO creates campus event guidelines and collaborates on the creation of policies that relate to events on campus.

Smith College events professionals are dedicated to planning, coordinating, scheduling, reserving space and providing event consultation for events held at the college.

Staff

• Peg Pitzer, Director (ext. 2163), ppitzer@smith.edu
• Steve Campbell, Assistant Director (ext. 2407), scampbel@smith.edu
• Addie MacDonald, Conference Center Manager (ext. 6977), amacdona@smith.edu
• Kathy San Antonio, Events and Scheduling Systems Administrator (ext. 2162), ksananto@smith.edu or events@smith.edu
• Karen Brunette, Summer Programs Administrator (ext. 2892), kbrunett@smith.edu
• Ken Molnar, Event Database Administrator (ext. 3098), kmolnar@smith.edu
• Piper Foreso, Events Coordinator (ext. 2179), pforeso@smith.edu

Reserving a Space

The EMO coordinates all space scheduled on campus in conjunction with the R25 space schedulers, manages the R25 scheduling program and online calendar, and is responsible for forwarding online space requests to the appropriate scheduler. In addition to available halls, performance spaces and our Conference Center, you may also browse our catalog of reservable classroom space.

Summer Programs

The EMO coordinates all residential and non-residential summer programs held on the Smith campus between the last Monday in May and the third Sunday in August.

External Clients

The EMO schedules space and assists in coordinating events for external organizations requesting an event on the Smith campus.

Services for Events

Requests for delivery of equipment, setup, custodial and other physical plant services, public safety, technical needs, signage and publicity are submitted via the Event Service Request form (ESR) and are reviewed and processed by staff in this office.