Event Planner Extraordinaire
Took place at the boathouse
What is the Team Retreat
This calendaring system would win out amongst the Provost's Office crowd, much to the chagrin of other offices on campus.
What is Zoom?
Good luck coordinating these 4 people for a meeting.
Who are the Vice Provosts?
This food is most likely to get you passive-aggressively shamed for its lingering odor after microwaving.
What is fish?
When someone in Ballou inevitably mutters "something smells weird" it can usually be attributed to this non-human source.
Who are the mice?
Temperatures vary!
What is Women's Leadership Meetings or Cabot
When on a Zoom call, this is the sound you hear right after you say, “Can everyone hear me?”
What is "You're on mute."?
It is frequently asked that one coordinates no more than 4 of these in a meeting but no less than 2.
Who are the deans?
Is guaranteed to feed you like an Italian Nonna if you have a meeting in their office.
Who is Colleen?
The "fancy" restroom we make sure we send our guests and candidates to.
What is the 3rd floor bathroom?
Possibly the hardest space to book on the Somerville/Medford campus, yet we all want it.
What is the Lantern Room?
Has the simplest expense reports but asks the most amount of questions about how to fill it out.
Who is Melissa?
It’s the most common meeting length when you’re not sure how long something will take.
What is 30 minutes?
Ordering from here often requires "dressing on side"
What is Life Alive?
The most frequent thing to break down in Ballou Hall.
What is the elevator?
The only event in memory that required the ordering of special glasses.
What is the Solar Eclipse Watch Party?
Guaranteed to ask to see the tallies for our event RSVPs.
Who is Colleen?
This is the universally dreaded time for meetings to be added to your calendar at the last minute.
What is Friday afternoons?
It's best to order sandwiches from here!
What is Dave's Fresh Pasta?
The friendly faces that greet us every morning as we enter Ballou Hall.
Who are Sam, Ryan, Peterson?
Hotong Cafe, The Sink, The Tower Cafe, Kindlevan Café
What are coffee options close to Ballou
Always wants to be a cohost.
Who is Augusta?
This is what you say when your manager asks for a last-minute meeting with a VIP who's out of office.
What is "I'll see what I can do" (while silently screaming)?
These "better not be stale."
What are the pastries?
Long before the Coolidge Room became the place in Ballou where all the big meetings take place, it served this function for the university.
What is the building's chapel?