<p>RE Student Marshall, and also addressing JHS’s earlier question, from an old CC post referencing graduation June 08:</p>
<p>Student Marshals, described by the university as “appointed by the President of the University in recognition of their excellent scholarship and leadership. Appointment as a Student Marshal is the highest honor conferred by the University upon undergraduate students.” This year there were 39. Curiously, 18 of the SM were selected PBK this year, 11 last year (as juniors) and 10 were not even PBK. </p>
<p>kkk, the cynic would say that the only advantage of being a Student Marshall is that you don’t need to rent a commencement/convocation robe - the U will lend you one. And it is a different color…and you get to march in separately.</p>
<p>Downsides are that you must show up for, and march in, the commencement your junior year - a long boring morning if you’re not graduating, and you will be last to get your diploma when you do graduate. But you get to march in and out first, so you get to refreshments sooner? </p>
<p>In theory, SM should look good on your resume, but since no one outside UofC knows what it is ( 
), it may not matter much.</p>