{"id":342,"date":"2022-05-20T01:43:51","date_gmt":"2022-05-20T05:43:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/?p=342"},"modified":"2025-05-31T14:32:14","modified_gmt":"2025-05-31T14:32:14","slug":"commencement-as-a-one-man-band","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/2022\/05\/20\/commencement-as-a-one-man-band\/","title":{"rendered":"Commencement as A One-Man Band"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Duke held its commencement a couple weeks ago, and I&#8217;m still recovering from the frenzy leading up to and during that weekend. It&#8217;s a hectic but fun experience for a one-person communications shop. Here are some of the things I did in the week or so before and after the weekend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Helping to plan logistics for the Duke Graduate School&#8217;s PhD Hooding Ceremonies<\/li><li>Developing the <a href=\"https:\/\/gradschool.duke.edu\/hooding\">event website<\/a> for the ceremonies<\/li><li>Designing the <a href=\"https:\/\/gradschool.duke.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/2022%20May%20Hooding%20Ceremony%20Program.pdf\">digital<\/a> and printed event programs<\/li><li>Making <a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/edit?mid=1oaeBYu_qtd_N1B-LjlnlwZDquar4Bsh4&amp;usp=sharing\">maps<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/gradschool.duke.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/documents\/duke-chapel-diagram-flow-chart.pdf\">event-flow diagrams<\/a> for attendees<\/li><li>Scripting the dean&#8217;s remarks for the ceremonies<\/li><li>Developing a <a href=\"https:\/\/celebrate.gradschool.duke.edu\/\">congratulations website<\/a> for all the graduates<\/li><li>Developing event promotion for a book-signing event for an alumna receiving an award that weekend<\/li><li>Taking pictures of said <a href=\"https:\/\/dukegradschool.smugmug.com\/Event-Photos\/Tomiko-Brown-Nagin-book-signing-2022-05-06\/\">book-signing event<\/a><\/li><li>Taking <a href=\"https:\/\/dukegradschool.smugmug.com\/Event-Photos\/2022-05-06-Dinner-for-Tomiko-Brown-Nagin\/\">pictures of dinner<\/a> to honor the alumna<\/li><li>Taking 2,000+ pictures of two <a href=\"https:\/\/dukegradschool.smugmug.com\/Event-Photos\/2022-05-07-PhD-Hooding-Ceremonies\/\">hooding ceremonies<\/a>, including getting photos of every one of the 245 participating PhD graduates who received their hoods<\/li><li>Editing said 2,000+ pictures and getting the individual hooding shots to the graduates<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"501\" width=\"750\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"344\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSC_2311-X3-1024x684.jpg?resize=750%2C501\" alt=\"senior associate dean speaking\" class=\"wp-image-344\"\/><figcaption>Senior Associate Dean Jacqueline Looney speaks. Distinguished Alumni Award dinner for Tomiko Brown-Nagin. 2022-05-06<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" height=\"501\" width=\"750\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" data-id=\"347\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/i-rJwxXFz-X3-1024x684.jpg?resize=750%2C501\" alt=\"senior associate dean hugging graduate\" class=\"wp-image-347\"\/><figcaption>Senior Associate Dean Jacqueline Looney hugs PhD graduate Edgar Virg\u00fcez before the 2022 PhD Hooding Ceremony. 2022-05-07<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A quick look at a hectic but fun stretch where I did a bit of everything<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":689,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,10,16,17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-342","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-design","category-photography","category-web","category-writing","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/i-WNz3DN2-X3.jpg?fit=1600%2C1068&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=342"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":905,"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/342\/revisions\/905"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/689"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=342"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=342"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/johnzhu.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=342"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}