Spring RSO Checklist

This is an overview of important items registered student organizations and advisors and need to complete, review, and establish during the spring semester.

• Update Engage roster with organization's members

• Review and update the organization's constitution and bylaws

• Mark important dates on the calendar (Student Involvement Fair, OWU Summit, supplemental funding and fall budget deadlines, Golden Bishop Awards last day for registered events)

• Connect with your advisor and establish expectations for the upcoming spring.

• Prepare and register for the spring Student Involvement Fair: Thursday, February 6 in Milligan Hub. Registration opens January 8 on Engage - spots are limited to 50 organizations.

• Ensure at least 2 members are registered for the OWU Summit on February 18. Each student organization must have 2 members attend. Registration opens January 15 on Engage. 

• Review your organization's spring 2025  budget submission 

• Register upcoming events on Engage

• Establish spring meeting times and locations 

• Review the goals, events, and spring plans for the organization

• Be familiar with Student Involvement Office location and staff

• Review the resources provided by the SIO

• Review procedures and policies for student organizations

• Apply for a Golden Bishop Award. Applications open on February 5

• Prepare a fall 2025 budget

• Prepare for the transition of officers

  • Meet 1:1 with the new president and any other officers

  • Schedule a time for the outgoing and incoming executive boards to meet

  • Consider scheduling the first executive board and/or general body meeting for the following semester

  • Schedule time to review institutional processes related to tasks such as accounting, purchasing, reserving space, ordering food, etc.

  • Give new officers access to any systems or documents located online (e.g. Engage, Google Drive)