Student Life

               A Department of Students Affairs

Clubs and Organizations

Organizing a Club

Don't see the organization you are looking for on our list? Why not start your own?!?

      Here's what you need to do:

• Hold an interest meeting on campus. This will help you to see if other students are interested in starting the same club that you want to start. The Office of Student Life can help you find a place to hold your interest meetings and you can announce them free of charge in the Alabamian.

• Talk to faculty and staff and see if anyone would be willing to serve as a campus advisor for your new organization.

• Once you have established interest and found a campus advisor, you should get the following documents in order:

            1. A comprehensive statement of purpose.

            2. A list of the types of activities you plan to host as an organization.

            3. A Constitution and By-Laws

            4. The name of your campus advisor

• You should turn in the above documents to the Director of Student Life in Farmer Hall.

• The Director of Student Life will then set up a meeting of the Campus Life Advisory Committee. Usually this committee meets once a semester, so you may have to wait for the next meeting to occur.

• The Campus Life Advisory Committee will decide if your new organization has sufficiently supplied the documents needed and will then forward your request to the Vice President of Student Affairs for approval by the President.

• Once your organization has been approved, you will be notified accordingly.

• Once approved, your organization will be authorized to organize and operate for one year. At the end of the first year, your organization must submit a full and detailed written and oral report of its function and operations to the Campus Life Advisory Committee.

• Following a second year of successful operation on campus and the completion of a second written report, your organization will be fully recognized and registered.

If you are unsure of how to construct a Constitution for your new organization, you can click HERE for a sample organization constitution. This is just for you to use as a model for your own. You will need to make adjustments where applicable.