What are the benefits of becoming recognized?
A recognized student organization has the privilege of using on campus facilities, accounting services, raising funds, applying for Student Activities Fee funding, sponsoring speakers and public performances, distributing literature, and calling upon the assistance of staff in CCAL for program planning.
Who may represent a student organization in relations with the College?
Only the members submitted to CCAL as authorized officers or representatives may speak for and represent the organization in official relations with the College. Only these members are permitted to make purchases, room reservations, schedule outdoor events such as rallies, reserve a booth (table) or banner space, and conduct other business for the organization.
May an organization use the name of the College?
Only the members submitted to CCAL as authorized officers or representatives may speak for and represent the organization in official relations with the College. Only these members are permitted to make purchases, room reservations, schedule outdoor events such as rallies, reserve a booth (table) or banner space, and conduct other business for the organization.
May an organization use the name of the College?
Only an organization that is officially recognized by the SGA may use the name of the College as part of its name. However, sponsored groups that want to use other trademarks or service marks must receive written permission from the sponsoring department.
A student, group, or organization that is not recognized by the College may not use the name of Middlebury College or an abbreviation of the name of the College as part of its name.
Do we have to have an adviser?
Yes, all student organizations are required to have a faculty or staff adviser. Organizations without an adviser are not be able to access funding through the SGA Finance Committee. An adviser helps provide continuity and serves as a signatory on official forms when other authorized representatives are not available. An adviser can also assist in designing and evaluating club goals and activities. Many organizations look to the adviser to provide technical or scholarly expertise in a given area; others barely know their adviser’s name. The level of involvement of the adviser is often reflective of how strong the communications links are between organization and adviser. Make an effort to inform your adviser when meetings are scheduled and events are planned. Also realize that faculty and staff members have many competing demands on their limited time so they are not always going to be available in the evenings and on weekends. If your adviser is not generally available to attend evening meetings, approach her or him with the idea of a separate weekly meeting with the officers of your organization or with just you.
An adviser helps provide continuity and serves as a signatory on official forms when other authorized representatives are not available. An adviser can also assist in designing and evaluating club goals and activities. Many organizations look to the adviser to provide technical or scholarly expertise in a given area; others barely know their adviser’s name. The level of involvement of the adviser is often reflective of how strong the communications links are between organization and adviser. Make an effort to inform your adviser when meetings are scheduled and events are planned. Also realize that faculty and staff members have many competing demands on their limited time so they are not always going to be available in the evenings and on weekends. If your adviser is not generally available to attend evening meetings, approach her or him with the idea of a separate weekly meeting with the officers of your organization or with just you. Will a single sex organization be recognized by the College?
No. Middlebury College takes the position that an inclusive, open community is fundamental to its mission as a residential institution of higher learning committed to the liberal arts tradition. Middlebury College does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, place of birth, service in the armed forces of the United States, or against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in any of its programs or activities.
Middlebury College takes the position that an inclusive, open community is fundamental to its mission as a residential institution of higher learning committed to the liberal arts tradition. Middlebury College does not discriminate against any individual on the basis of race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, marital status, place of birth, service in the armed forces of the United States, or against qualified individuals with disabilities on the basis of disability in any of its programs or activities. The College reaffirms its support of the decision by the Board of Trustees on January 13, 1990, concerning single-sex student social organizations:
"Any social organization which discriminates on the basis of gender or whose practices have the consequence of exclusion on the basis of gender is antithetical to the mission of the College and not appropriate as a model for society at large. Ties with any national organization whose rules or practices are at odds with this belief should not be maintained."
Middlebury seeks students who are "prepared to become leaders in society." The College "expects its graduates to be thoughtful, ethical leaders able to meet the challenges of informed citizenship." In the world our graduates will inherit, and in which we expect them to be leaders, discriminatory organizations will have no place. We, therefore, fail in preparing our graduates fully to assume the responsibilities of leadership if we suggest that membership in such organizations by our students is consonant with our stated mission.