Special Events and Protocol provides a full range of services including:

Event Management and Consultation

• Conceptualize and design events
• Develop proposals, budgets and timelines
• Coordinate event logistics
• Create programming
• Identify audiences and develop marketing strategies
• Recommend vendors and on-campus event venues
• Advise on event-related university policies and procedures
• Support ceremonies of campus-wide significance such as groundbreakings, dedications, important anniversaries and commemorations

Protocol Expertise

• Advise on academic, social and business protocol and forms of address
• Address international and cultural questions involving dignitaries and VIPs
• Alert campus departments of dignitary/VIP visitors to campus
• Coordinate the UCLA Medal nomination process
• Liaison to the UC Regents Office and the Chancellor's Office on event-related matters

Printed Materials Review

• Review and advise on event-related printed material copy and design including invitations, save-the-date cards, programs, and commemorative language on plaques and awards
• Review all printed materials for External Affairs events involving the Chancellor, Chancellor's spouse, and the Executive Vice Chancellor