Start a New Student Club or Organization
Congratulations on taking the first step toward making your college experience even more rewarding by creating a new student organization at Central Piedmont. Here's how you get started:
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Submit an application for new student organization recognition. Student Life staff will review and be in touch with you regarding next steps.
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Read the Student Organization EXPLORE Handbook (PDF) for more detailed information regarding new student organizations.
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Recruit ten charter members who are currently enrolled college-credit-seeking students at Central Piedmont (refer to step 3), and at least one full time faculty or staff advisor. Advisors must complete an advisor agreement, also found in step 3.
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Submit the following student organization documents to Jennifer Conway in Student Life:
-constitution and by-laws for your proposed student organization (sample constitution PDF).
-new student organization charter roster. Include names, student ID numbers, and signatures of 10 charter members attached
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Once you've done steps 1-3 and submitted all your documents, the Student Government Association (SGA) will schedule a time for you to present your new student organization proposal. Attendance is mandatory and will be confirmed and scheduled with the SGA public information officer.
SGA schedules those presentations on an as-needed basis. Student Life staff will be in touch with you about the date of your presentation and review once they receive your application.
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After SGA approves your organization, you are required to attend student organization and advisor training. Upcoming sessions will be posted on the student life calendar.
Guidelines and Forms for Existing Student Organizations
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Handbook
Please refer to the EQUIP Handbook (PDF) for information regarding guidelines, college policies and procedures, and detailed instructions for managing your student club or organization. Not sure what you need? Email clubs@cpcc.edu.
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Annual Registration Forms
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Financial Forms
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Fundraising and Donation Requests Forms
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Service-Learning Forms
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Sponsored Activities Forms
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Student Government Association (SGA) Forms
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Travel Forms
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Student Clubs and Organizations Orientation
We encourage all student clubs and organizations to attend an in-person orientation offered at each Central Piedmont campus at the beginning of each semester. These videos will allow you to recap and review information discussed at orientations.
- Introduction and General Information on Student Clubs video
- Starting a New Student Organization video
- Student Organization Finances video
- Fundraising for Student Organizations video
- Student Government Association video
- Travel and Student Organizations video
- Service-Learning and Student Organizations video
- Student Organizations and Event Planning video
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Resources
Becoming a good leader and a successful student organization is a process — one that never ends. Central Piedmont Student Life offers resources and tools to help student leaders, both individually and as a group, develop your leadership skills. Contact the student life coordinator at your campus for ideas and available resources or tools for team building activities.