Oversees and manages the University Events team in designing, planning, executing, and staffing an annual set of over 150 special events to include: on and off-campus admission events, commencement, convocations, Board of Visitors' meetings and events, presidential meetings and events, ceremonial events and anniversaries, welcome week and getting started week events, freshman dessert series, family weekend, homecoming, holiday events, advancement/fund-raising events, major faculty events, majorathletics events, faculty/staff appreciation events, dedications, groundbreakings, and other events, as assigned. Develop, plan and implement an annual plan of special events to include: commencement, convocations, Board of Visitors' meetings and dinners, Presidential meetings, entertaining and dinners, president's events during convocations, Welcome Week, President's Dessert Series, Family Weekend, Homecoming, holiday events, Advancement/fund-raising, faculty/staff appreciation events, dedications and ground breaking, in conjunction with the Executive Director and the Office of the President and other departments/offices as needed.