Student Organizations

Overview

University of Rochester is home to more than 275 undergraduate student organizations including club sports teams, fraternities and sororities, performing arts ensembles, academic and professional societies, cultural/identity-based and community engagement organizations.

For a complete list of undergraduate student organizations, visit  CCC

• Undergraduate College Student Organization Details
  • Undergraduate student organizations are divided into three group types: College Student Organizations, Fraternity & Sorority Life, and Residential Life Groups.
  • Each group type has a specific process for forming new organizations and evaluating existing ones.
  • All three group types must re-register on CCC each fall in order to remain in good standing.
  • All student organizations must be listed on CCC.
  • All student organizations must follow the University’s Event Registration policies, student organization policies, and attend annual leadership training's that review policies and procedures.
  • Each group type assigns advisors and has a handbook with additional guidelines specific to the group type.

  For further information regarding funding, advising, and other guidelines for organizations in the College Student Organization group type, please reference the College Student Organization Handbook.

Resources

Student organizations may have access to the following resources based on their group type, activity tag, mission category, funding, or open/closed membership. For more information on Advisory Boards, please reference the Additional Group Types page .

• • Available Resources

    Available Resources

    Resources	College Student Organizations	Fraternity & Sorority Life	Residential Life Groups	Advisory Boards
    Use of UR or University of Rochester Name and Logo	✓	✓	✓	✓
    CCC	✓	✓	✓	✓
    Use of the term Student Organization	✓	✓	✓
    Resources for Accessibility (i.e. Interpreters)	✓	✓	✓	✓
    Room Reservations and Info Tables	✓ (receive priority)	✓ (receive priority)	✓	Through department request
    Marketing/Advertising Opportunities (Banners, Chalkboard, and Digital Signage	✓	✓	✓	Through department request ( Chalkboard not available)
    Expression Wall	✓	✓	✓	Through department request
    Ticket Program	✓	✓
    Awards for Student Organizations	✓	Only eligible for Rocky’s Student Life Awards and Boar’s Head Award	Only eligible for Rocky’s Student Life Awards and Boar’s Head Award
    Storage	✓	Only available to the 3 FSA Governing bodies
    Crowdfunding	✓	✓	Through department	Through department
    Shops @WilCo	✓	✓
    Reduced rate for Event Support services	✓	✓
    Activities Fair	✓	Only available to the 3 FSA Governing bodies	Eligible for shared table	Eligible for shared table
    Graphic Arts Service	✓	Available for Programs that have received supplemental funding and are open to campus
    Financial account with SOFO	✓	Only available to the 3 FSA Governing bodies
    Supplemental Funding	✓	Available for Programs that are open to campus
    Itemized Budget and flat funding	Organizations with open membership
    SA Vans	✓	✓
    Event Supplies & Equipment	✓	✓
    Student Organization Printing	✓	✓

• Affiliate Details
  • Affiliates can come and go more easily as there are no minimum membership numbers
  • Affiliates do not have officer positions, only a chair/lead. This position should be a part of the parent organization executive board and the position should be listed in the parent organization constitution also indicating how the chair/lead is determined.
  • Affiliates are not eligible for student organization awards
  • Affiliates are not eligible for a budget or banking account separate from their parent organization
  • Affiliates do not have to complete their own SOAR. Activity reflection forms must be submitted through parent organization.
  • Affiliates do not have to register each year since they do not have their own CCC site
  • Affiliates are not eligible for a table at the Activities Fair
  • Information on affiliates must be on the parent organization CCC website
  • Affiliates are only eligible to come up for supplemental funding through parent organization request
  • Affiliates do not have their own Virtual EMS contact. Reservation and promotional opportunities requests are managed by parent organization
  • Parent organization must be listed on all affiliate publicity (an affiliate of parent organization or parent organization logo)
  • If a parent organization receives an itemized budget, the affiliate must be open to all (i.e. affiliates cannot have closed memberships with auditions, etc.)

For additional group types for CCC, please refer to the Additional Group Types page.