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250 Gratitude!

Our Facilities Operations group and our Special Events Support group played a huge role in Rutgers
250 events. Providing set-up, clean-up, electric service and utlities service, just to name a few items
needed for the many 250th anniversary events. November was a particularly busy month as it was the
culmination of the anniversary yearlong celebration. Here are some emails to Maruxa McDonald, Special
Events Support, from the Rutgers 250 offices:

Maruxa, Maruxa, Maruxa, Dear Maruxa,

How can we begin to thank you and your team Let me also add my thanks! Everything went beau-
for the awesome professional services everyone tifully and it would not have happened this way
provided leading up to and on Rutgers 250th An- without your help, guidance and attention to de-
niversary. Everything ran smoothly in large part tails! In addition, as always, you were a pleasure to
due to you and your team covering the myriad of work with, as were the members of your team!
details involved to pull off A Day of Revolutionary
Thinking activities, Old Queens ceremonies, Dein- Thank you for everything and a special thank
er Park celebration (including beautification of the you to everyone at Facilities for the shovel that
park), cupcake distribution set-up, Winants recep- goes to the archives with the other Rutgers 250
tion, assisting with the vidoe straming, hiring/man- materials. Now we just need to figure out which
aging external vendors, signage, rentals, and AV chair President Obama used and we will add this to
requirements...just to name a few. There were so the archival materials.
many moving parts and the 250 office was able to
work effortlessly on the anniversary knowing that Thanks again!
your team has us covered.
Matt
Please extend a hearty KUDOS to ALL involved.
It was such a pleasure to work with everyone and Matthew J. Weismantel
we look forward to calling on Facilities on future Senior Director--University Communications and
projects. Marketing/Rutgers 250

April P. Coage
Assistant Director
Rutgers 250 Office

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