Reception duties: answer phone calls, take messages, answer questions from students and other relevant parties, direct students to proper advisor, schedule appointments for Directors and faculty, distribute forms, keep track of the office hours of faculty to assist students, assist student workers as needed, prepare and receive faxes, and answer email inquiries. Special hooding and departmental reception duties: set up and decorate rooms for homecoming and other departmental receptions, coordinate production of department reception/event posters and artworks, type reception programs and initiations, organize food items, hostess reception, supervise student help.