URI Memorial Union,
Room 201
50 Lower College Road
Kingston, RI 02881
Phone: 401-874-2261
Fax: 401-874-4427
Student Senate
Start a Group
So, you want to start a group... Great! To create a Student Senate recognized organization, you must follow these steps below:
- Forming: Gather students interested in joining your group. You will need at a minimum 10 members in your group to be considered for recognition by the Student Senate. All applications for recognition must include ALL of the member's names, email addresses and phone numbers to be considered valid.
- Paperwork:
- Application for Recognition - tells us who you are and what you're about.
- Model Constitution - provides guidelines and procedures for running an organization.
- List of Members - tells us who the members of your group are and provides us with contact information for these members.
- Meet with SOARC: There are weekly meetings of the Student Organization Advisory Review Committee. Sign up in the Student Senate office, Room 201 in the Memorial Union. During your meeting, you will be asked questions about your group such as planned group activities, when and where your group meets, etc. Following consideration and vote by the committee, your application and the committee's recommendation will be sent as a bill to the full Senate body for consideration. This bill must sit on the floor for one week before it can be voted on by the Senate. The SOARC Chair will inform you of the date your group will be voted on by the full Senate.
- Student Senate Approval: The Senate meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 pm on the 3rd floor in the Senate Chambers of the Memorial Union. The night your organization is being considered, you should bring as many interested members of your group as possible. They should be available to answer any questions that may arise during debate.
Need More Information? Please contact:
Katherine Holland, Student Organization Advisory Review Committee (SOARC) Chairperson at uri.soarc@gmail.com
