This page contains information on both how to reregister your organization, and how to start a new organization. The Student Organizations Manual has helpful information on registering, including a generic constitution outline and a sample constitution.

If you would like to start a new organization, you should consult the Student Organizations Manual and In short, here's what you need to do:

1. Pick up a packet from the Student Activities Office (MUB 112).
2. Find 10 interested people to be members of your new organization.
3. Find a full-time employee of the university willing to be the organization's advisor (This can be a staff or faculty member).
4. Draft a constitution.
5. Drop off the draft at the Student Activites Office and schedule an appointment.
6. Meet with Director of Student Activities.
7. Revise constitution based on feedback.
8. Complete organization registration form.
9. Complete membership list form.
10. Drop off forms and revised constitution, and (if necessary) meet with the director again.
11. Recieve good news!

Sometime within that process, you may be asked to register your organization into the Student Organizations Database. Go here: New Organization Registration.
Most of the time the process is not lengthy, but it may still take some time. Please plan accordingly.

All organizations must reregister by the fourth Friday of each academic year. To
re-register your organization, log in to the and do the following:

• Review and update your organization's information (name, email, description, etc). Even if you make no changes, click "Reregister/Update Information" so the system knows you looked at it.
• Update your organization's membership list. Your organization must have officers, at least 10 student members total, and one advisor. Be sure to give some members (usually your officers and advisor) priviledges to edit the organization info and membership list by checking the "Can Edit" box next to their names. Also note that any members whose position is not blank or "Pledge," and any members who can edit, are publically visible in the organization database!
• If there are no red boxes at the top then you're done (unless you need to resubmit a constitution, but you will need to submit that to the Student Activities Office).
• The consequences of not properly reregistering are undesirable! The policy will be strictly enforced.

All organizations must submit an updated constitution to Student Activities once every five years. If it has been five years for your organization, update your constitution and bring it to Student Activities for approval in MUB 112. Student Activities will contact your organization if they do not have a current constitution on file.

For any questions about anything student organization related talk to

• Jen O'Connell
  Director of Student Activities
  jaoconne@mtu.edu
  906-487-1963
  MUB 112