An important part of your collegiate experience includes involvement in student activities outside the classroom. Membership and leadership in our student organizations are vital methods of enhancing your educational training and personal growth. Whether you are a new student just beginning to find out what interests you, a veteran student leader, or a faculty/staff member who is advising a student group, this handbook is made especially for you. The Student Organization Handbook is designed to give student leaders and advisors the information they need to function as a healthy and effective organization.
Please take the time to read and utilize this handbook throughout the year. Covered items include the following:
• The rights and responsibilities of student organizations
• The process for starting a new organization
• Suggestions to help your group function more effectively
• Information regarding the role of the advisor
• Resources available to your organization
• Policies and guidelines for student organizations
Any person enrolled as a student and currently registered in a credit course at COTC or Ohio State Newark may create a student organization. A student organization is defined as an association of students created for any educational or social purpose. That would include academic, social, recreational, political, or other special interest groups. Groups or clubs shall include, but are not limited to, interest groups, student governing bodies, college or department groups, honoraries, and student media groups. Organizations cannot discriminate on the basis of age, race, gender, religion, or sexuality. Doing so is a violation of the Newark campus equal rights policy.
The Office of Student Life reserves the right to refuse recognition of any organization’s registration, if deemed necessary. Due to the size of the campus, groups or organizations with similar purposes - for example, two scrapbooking clubs - will not be approved. The first group to complete registration paperwork will have first priority.
The Office of Student Life is available to answer any questions or assist in dealing with issues that may arise. Feel free to stop by Warner Center 226 or call 366-9188.
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