Organizations

Student Organizations

A CU Club is defined as a group of students that are dedicated to particular interests and/or hobbies with a designated purpose. A CU Organization is defined as a group of students that is directly tied to a department on campus and must be sponsored or advised by a department member. Recognition allows organizations to apply for funding, advertise their programs on campus, reserve rooms on campus, and participate in orientations. 

Student Services sponsors both clubs and organizations through a charter process. The following is how a student club and/or organization can start the process:

• A club and/or organization requires at least five currently, active CU students
  • Two of these members must hold an executive position (President and Secretary)
• A Carolina University Employee Sponsor/Advisor
  • This Sponsor/Advisor cannot be a graduate student/assistant
• One person in the club and/or organization must fill out a Carolina University Club/Organization Charter

Once the form is received by the Student Services Department, a meeting will be created with the members and sponsor/advisor to discuss the application. If accepted, Carolina University Charters are granted for an entire academic year. Each club and/or organization must reapply for a charter at the beginning of the academic year thereafter to remain active. The form must be turned in to the Campus Life Office within 30 days of the start of the Semester. If a club and/or organization fails to reapply, the club/organization will be inactive for the academic year.

Until the club and/or organization has been approved, the student(s) may not advertise or begin any kind of programming. This means that until you receive a confirmation, a club/organization can not post any flyers on campus; this includes electronic flyers on social media. All flyers will need to be approved by the Office of Campus Life before being put out to the public.

A club/organization that is posting flyers on campus and/or social media without proper approval will be at risk of immediate cancellation of the marketed event and suspension of the organization.