Hey everyone!
I hope you all enjoyed the extended weekend and are excited that we are one day away from the next weekend.
In case you're in need of some FREE Friday moves, click here to learn about the Temple v. Villanova Pep Rally hosted by Alumni Relations and Temple University Alumni Association.
This week's bulletin is lengthy, but filled with imperative details. So take your time and read thoroughly.
Thank you to everyone who came to Student Org Basics on September 5th. It was great meeting you all and we finished 30 minutes earlier than I planned for! :)
If you missed Student Org Basics, your organization will lose their privileges on campus until Student Org Basics has been completed. Feel free to contact me with any questions or concerns about what that all entails. If you filled out an application for a new org and attended Student Org Basics, you are not considered active until your process is complete and you have been deemed active by me.
For those who did attend, below is a recap of Student Org Basics:
- Please ensure that you review Temple University's discrimination policy because discrimination WILL NOT BE TOLERATED.
- If your org wishes to travel domestically, a waiver needs to be filled out and submitted 14 days in advance. International travel is 60 days.
- Minors on campus - people under 18 - require a registration form which is on the Student Activities website and must be submitted 60 days in advance.
- Review Temple's trademark policy as you design material for your organization. You will be held responsible. Refer to this sheet that has some quick info on what is allowed and what is not.
- Annual Org Re-registration will occur May 1-18, 2018 as PRIORITY registration. If you register after that time period, registration will be reviewed weekly on a rolling basis. Space for reservations will not be guaranteed to you as it will be on a first come first served basis. If an org does not re-register by the first day of class, they will have to register as a NEW ORGANIZATION.
- All reservations questions should be directed to Alicia Ferguson at aliciaf@temple.edu
- Aramark is now our catering partner. If you have an event or meeting and plan to have food and it is under $250, pizza, a potluck or bagged lunch, an exception form MUST BE filled out. It will get automatically approved, but the form is still required. If you have an event with food and no exception form filled out, even if it follows the exception rule, your event will get shut down. If food is going to be donated to your organization, an exception form MUST BE filled out.
- For all questions regarding TSG Allocations, email the committee at tsgabc@temple.edu
STARS Changes:
- Orgs will only have to attend FOUR workshops to complete all 2 STAR requirements
- Having multiple people at one workshop WILL NOT count as having attended more than 1 workshop.
- Inclusive Leadership & Transitional Leadership WILL NOT COUNT for 2 STAR requirements.
- Inclusive Leadership is a 3 STAR requirement and Transitional Leadership is a 4 STAR requirement.
- All orgs are Student Awards eligible regardless of STARS status.
- For 4 STAR requirements, the SWOT meeting & Measuring Your Org's Success is now ONE meeting that can be planned with me AT ANY TIME DURING THE YEAR!
- General body members DO NOT have to attend workshops as a means to earn 4 STARS, but I would love to see them there too!
- If your org earns 4 STARS, they are eligible for a Student Activities website feature INSTEAD of an ad in the newspaper.
- Library DVD requests and Inclusion summaries are no longer being accepted in place of a workshop. *Graduate organizations may contact me for adjustments and alternatives, IF needed.*
Please make sure your STARS Coordinator is updated in Owl Connect because I am in the process of adding them to the STARS Tracker. Remember, the STARS Coordinator is not required to be the only one attending workshops. They just have to track the progress.
This year, the STARS Tracker is self reporting; however, when your org feels they have completed each STARS level, email me to verify so that you can cash in the rewards and I can update it in our system.
On September 12, 2017 at 5pm in 200B, I will be going through STEP BY STEP how to track your STARS this year. STARS Coordinators and one additional E-Board member are welcome to attend.
