\documentclass[xcolor=dvipsnames]{beamer}
+% set up the file to create notes in the output PDFs
+\usepackage{pgfpages}
+\setbeameroption{show notes on second screen} % for pdfpc -n right
+% \setbeameroption{show notes} % place notes on the second slide
+% \setbeameroption{show only notes} % for making printouts
+
\renewcommand{\rmdefault}{ugm}
\usepackage[garamond]{mathdesign}
% \usepackage{dcolumn}
% \usepackage{booktabs}
+% replace footnotes with symbols instead of numbers
+\renewcommand*{\thefootnote}{\fnsymbol{footnote}}
+\usepackage{perpage}
+\MakePerPage{footnote}
+
%% BEAMER THEME STUFF
\usetheme[pageofpages=/,% String used between the current page and the
% total page count.