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Student Organization & Advisor Agreement

We are in the process of updating documents for advisors to use in discussing expectations in the relationship with their student organization. In the meantime, all advisors should initial and sign the RSO advisor agreement document and make sure your student organization emails to joseph.lattal@northwestern.edu if the advisor is new to the group or as part of annual requirements in the spring term. In the meantime, see below for information about requirements and the typical cycle of an organization.

Annual Requirements

There are relatively few requirements for an RSO to maintain good standing with SOA and recognized status. The two central items are:

More information about RSO annual requirements is here.

Common Annual Events

While leadership transition (via election or appointment) and signature events vary for different groups based on their needs, there is a general blueprint of activity for most RSOs.