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Cornell University Office of the Dean of Students

Student Activities Office

Student Organizations

New student group registration Welcome to the SAO Student Group Registration Site. By completing these forms, you will be able to have your group registered as a student organization at Cornell University. Among the advantages of registering your group are venue space, advising, web space, and possible funding.

There are several parts of the form. This form must all be completed in one sitting. You will be able to update this form electronically later (see: Update Organization.) Please note all required fields and data must be entered for the form to be submitted. In addition, once you submit the requisite information, your group still needs to be approved by a member of the Student Activities Office. Any questions regarding this form should be directed towards the Student Activities Office, in the Dean of Students office (521 Willard Straight Hall) Unless otherwise marked, all fields must be entered.

Note that ALL fields are required. Therefore, do not leave ANY fields empty. If the question doesn't apply, enter 'n/a'.

Part 1 - Organization and Officer Information Fields marked with a * are made available to the public on-line.

Was this organization registered in the last 2 academic years?	Yes No
* If Yes, Name of Organization: (If your group is changing its name, enter the new name in the "If No" text box)
*If No, Name of Organization: (If your name begins with 'Cornell,' or 'The,' put the Cornell/The at the end to allow people to find your organization more easily. For example: Concert Commission, Cornell)
Is this organization University or Independent?: Not sure if your organization is Independent or University? Read this (displays in new window)	University Independent
Is this organization a sports club?:	Yes No
* Campus address of organization: (Please be sure this is a campus address. If no member has an on-campus address, check with your advisor to get permission to use their campus address)
* Campus phone number of organization:
* Email address of organization: (Please indicate someones email address who is willing to accept emails on behalf of the organization)
* Website of organization: optional, i.e. http://www.rso.cornell.edu/abc (please include http://)

Name of person completing this form:
Email address of person completing this form:
Title (within organization) of person completing this form:

* President/Chairperson's first name:
* President/Chairperson's last name:
President/Chairperson's address:
President/Chairperson's City, State:
President/Chairperson's zip code:
President/Chairperson's phone number:
* President/Chairperson's email: (Please use your preferred email)
* President/Chairperson's Cornell NetID:	@cornell.edu

* Second Officer's first name:
* Second Officer's last name:
Second Officer's address:
Second Officer's City, State:
Second Officer's zip code:
Second Officer's phone number:
* Second Officer's email: (Please use preferred email)
* Second Officer's Cornell NetID:	@cornell.edu
Second Officer's title:

* Treasurers first name:
* Treasurers last name:
Treasurers address:
Treasurers City, State:
Treasurers zip code:
Treasurers phone number:
* Treasurers email: (Please use preferred email)
* Treasurers Cornell NetID:	@cornell.edu

FOURTH OFFICER IS REQUIRED FOR UNDERGRADUATE ORGANIZATIONS, OPTIONAL FOR GRADUATE ORGANIZATIONS.
* Fourth Officer's first name:
* Fourth Officer's last name:
* Fourth Officer's title:
* Fourth Officer's email: (Please use preferred email)
* Fourth Officer's Cornell NetID:	@cornell.edu

Advisor Information Note that the advisor must be a full-time employee (faculty, staff, administrator) at Cornell University's Ithaca campus, and must not be away (on leave, sabatical, etc.) for any part of the academic year.
* Advisors first name:
* Advisors last name:
Advisors title at Cornell:
Advisors campus address:
Advisors phone number:
* Advisors email: (Please use preferred email)
* Advisors Cornell NetID:	@cornell.edu
Is your advisor faculty or administration/staff?:	Faculty Administrator/Staff
What department or office is you advisor affiliated with?:

All groups must submit a constitution to complete registration. If you do not have it available now, you can submit it later by updating your organization. Until your constitution is submitted, your registration will be on hold. Please submit it as a Microsoft Word (doc) file or PDF file. File must be under 2 MB.

Select location of constitution:

This password will be used to gain access to your organization's information so that you may make changes & updates. It is also used to submit the "Agreement for Contracted Independent Organizations" form on-line (Independent Organizations only). If you forget your password, the organization's president may get it from Roxanne Edsall-Beebe, 521 Willard Straight Hall.

Password:
Password repeat:
Password Reminder:

For more information about Student Organizations, contact the Student Activities Office at (607) 255-4169, or email activities@cornell.edu.

* Organizations purpose: Briefly describe the purpose of your organization. This information will be listed on-line, so you may wish to include some of your previous events here.
Past activities: Please list your activities from the previous academic year (please be brief):
* Meeting time: The Student Activities Office often receives calls regarding when and/or where organizations meet. This field is optional, but may be useful when looking to recruit new members. Please include any details which may be helpful to those wishing to get more information about your organization:
Please list any events you are planning for this year (i.e. speakers, performances, concerts, etc.). Please include as much detail as possible, including name(s) of artists, dates, location, etc. This information will not be listed on the SAO website.
Is the organization incorporated?: i.e. is your organization part of a larger, national group?	Yes No
If incorporated, what larger organization are you affiliated with?:

* Funding Source: Please check all that apply - HOWEVER, please note that organizations may receive funding by EITHER SAFC or GPSAFC, but not both.	SAFC GPSAFC GPSA By-Line Funded SA By-Line Funded Alumni Funded Fundraising CU Department
* Total Membership:
Of the total membership, how many members are: (please do not inlude percentages) Be sure to include something in each of these fields, even if it is a zero. If any of these fields are left blank, you will receive an error upon submitting this form.
Undergraduate:
Graduate:
Faculty:
Staff:
Alumni:
Non-Cornell:
* Organization Categories: Please select up to five (5) categories.	Agriculture Architecture Art Planning Arts and Sciences Cultural Engineering Graduate Student Honorary Hotel Human Ecology ILR International JGSM Law Music Political or Social Action Public Service Publications Recreational Religious Special Interest Sport Club Theatre Vet School

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