Organizing an Engineering Student Group
Whether your interest is social, professional or service-oriented, organizing a student group can be an enjoyable and rewarding part of your educational experience. This document has been compiled to help student leaders organize and as a reference guide for student organization resources. If you have questions, comments or corrections to this guide, please email the Engineering Webmaster.
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Policies |
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All student organizations at NC State are governed by the university's Policies, Regulations and Rules. The Student Organization Resource Center (SOURCE) has set-up a site that extracts the links to those policies that pertain specifically to student organizations. The regulatory body for student organizations in the College of Engineering is the Engineers'Council (E-Council). Policies concerning Engineering Student Origanizations (ESO) can be found in the E-Council's by-laws, specifically, Section 10. |
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| To achieve official status, a student organization in the College of Engineering is required to have a formal document (a constitution) that describes how it will conduct business. The constitution must be submitted to the SOURCE along with an organization information sheet. The Student Organization Resource Center has a sample constitution online that you can use as a model. | |||
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Finding an Advisor |
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While SOURCE does not require that a student organization have an advisor, the E-Council does. Your advisor may be a member of the faculty, staff or administration and must be in the College of Engineering. If your organization is strongly associated with a department, you can ask the departmental administration to suggest someone. Even better is if you can find an advisor who is personally interested in the aims of your organization. |
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Registering Your Organization |
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To register with SOURCE, you must:
To register with E-Council, you must:
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