How to Start a Club
Two options:
Not Seeking Funding
Get listed on the Nazareth Clubs and Organizations webpage to help students find you! If you don't plan to seek Undergraduate Association funding, you only need a staff/faculty advisor, a mission statement, and a constitution. Apply for club recognition »
Seeking Undergraduate Association Funding
- Refer to the “Organizational Chartering” section of the Undergraduate Association Constitution on this page.
- Hold two interest meetings.
- Post a minimum of 15 signs advertising your meetings.
- Have at least 10 people in attendance at each meeting in addition to officers. Please record attendance on a separate sheet as well as in the minutes.
- Take minutes for each interest meeting.
- UA organizations must be open to all undergraduate students.
- Obtain 50 signatures from Undergraduate Association members (full-time, fee-paying, undergraduate students). These students do not have to want to be a part of the club, just support its creation. A petition form is available for download on this page.
- Submit required documents to the VP of Executive Operations by the appropriate deadline. A list of deadlines is available here.
- Senate proposal form, including additional information sheet
- Organization’s constitution (see “Constitution Template” as reference)
- 50-signature petition
- Attendance sheets from interest meetings
- Minutes from interest meetings
- Copy of flyer/poster used to advertise your interest meetings
- What's next: Once all of your documents are received by the VP of Executive Operations, your organization representative(s) will be asked to present the proposal at a Senate meeting.
- Upon achieving UA club recognition, you'll get information regarding officer and club responsibilities and budget from the Executive Board. All officers must be trained by an Executive Board member.