New Organization FAQs

Interest Group – any organization that is petitioning for the status of a Recognized Student Organization.

Recognized Student Organization (RSO) - any organization who has completed all requirements with the Office for Student Engagement and has at least 10 members and has received an official notice from the Office for Student Engagement that your organization is an approved RSO.

What can Interest Groups do?

• Can hold interest meetings
• Can table to recruit members (Interest Tabling)
• Can submit Registration of Activities (ROA) for interest meetings and interest tabling

What Interest Groups can NOT do? 

• Cannot host social events
• Cannot receive grants (Organizational Grant and/or Travel Grants) from the Student
  Government Association
• Cannot participate in Large Campus Events (e.g. Homecoming Week, Mocktails, etc.)
• Cannot hold Fundraiser Events

During the duration of your group being a Student Interest Group, one of the Professional Staff members in the Office for Student Engagement will serve as your faculty advisor until you have completed the Student Organization Recognition Packet. 

You can connect with your professors or other staff members to see who would be interested in serving as a RSO Advisor for your organization or see if they can help you find an RSO advisor.

Ten students are required to start a new organization. If you don’t have 10 members, we will provide you with resources on how to recruit and retain potential members.

Once the organization is established, you will be officially a Recognized Student Organization for Fall 2021 - Summer 2022. Organization members are encouraged to attend the S.O.L.E. conference over the summer and must complete the recognition packet each school year.