Concordia College

Start a New Organization

If you’ve looked at our more than 90 student organizations and haven’t found one that has caught your attention – start your own!  Starting a new student organization normally takes at least one month and includes the following six steps:

• Step 1: Complete the Intent to Start an Organization Form and turn in to Nathalie Rinehardt, Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Service.  Your intent form will ask you to have: a Mission Statement, 4 Concordia student members, and a Faculty/Staff adviser.

• Step 2: After submitting your Intent form, you have 30 days to write and submit a Constitution for your organization. A good constitution contains the basics of how your org will function. See our sample constitution. While you are in the process of writing your constitution, your org will have the following privileges:

• The right to reserve Concordia facilities for the purpose of holding initial organizational meetings.

• The right to publicize group meetings.

• The right to invite membership.

• Step 3: Once your constitution is received, members of the Student Leadership and Service staff will review your new org materials to ensure they comply with all student org policies. You will be contacted if any changes to your constitution are needed.

• Step 4: If your new org materials are approved by the Student Leadership and Service staff, they will then be sent to the Student Involvement Council for final approval. You and other members of your org will be invited to a Student Involvement Council meeting to discuss your new org’s mission, goals, and ideas for increasing involvement on campus.

• Step 5: Upon approval by the Student Involvement Council, you will then need to officially register your student org with Student Leadership and Service.

• Step 6: The final step is for the new org leader(s) to meet with the Student Involvement Council Commissioner to review the student organization handbook which includes all student org policies.

Nathalie Rinehardt, Assistant Director of Student Leadership and Service
nrinehar@cord.edu
218.299.3640

Peace Eneh, SGA Student Involvement Council Commissioner
sgasic@cord.edu
218.299.4507