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Student Organization Registration Policy

1. In order to exercise the privileges accorded to registered student organizations, a group must be registered with the Office of Student Activities.

2. Registration shall be valid from the date of registration until the end of the fourth week of the succeeding fall semester. Student organizations must register each year.

3.Registered student organizations must have an advisor(s) who is affiliated with the university. The Office of Student Activities shall appoint one or more advisors among persons affiliated with the University for each organization that receives funds directly from the University or from an allocation by the Undergraduate Student Government, or for such organizations as the Office of Student Activities deems desirable.

4. To be registered, a student organization must file a form furnished by the Office of Student Activities, including the following information:

  1. the name of the organization
  2. the names and titles of the officers
  3. an updated constitution (unless already on file) which:
    1. provides a description of the purpose(s) of the organization
    2. provides that officers have a 2.0 cumulative GPA at the time of their election or appointment
    3. provides that only students registered with Michigan Technological University are officers or voting members
    4. provides that no discrimination on the basis of ethnic group, creed, gender, religion, weight, height, age, handicap, marital status, or national origin shall exist within the organization.
5. The Office of Student Activities requests the names and student numbers of members to help the office keep an accurate record of student activities.

6. If the required information is not submitted to the Office of Student Activities, the group will be denied registration.

7. The Office of Student Activities must be notified in writing of any changes made in the original required information presented to the Office of Student Activities within four weeks after an organization has instituted a change.

8. For informational and publicity purposes, registered student organizations may submit to the coordinator of activities scheduling:

  1. notification of dates, times, and locations of regularly scheduled meetings
  2. Notification of dates, time, and locations of regular and special activities
9. A student organization may have its registration suspended by the Director of Student Activities if:

  1. The organization is found guilty of submitting falsified required information
  2. The organization if found guilty of violating an ordinance or written policy of Michigan Technological University
  3. The organization if found guilty of failing to discharge its financial obligations to the University.

Last Revised: November 2003 - http://www.admin.mtu.edu/dos/index.htm
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