Charter Application Instructions for a New or Renewing
• New Organizations: To start a new organization, a student representative must submit an intent to charter
form and meet with a member of the Lowry Center and Student Activities Office to discuss their idea for the
new organization, review the chartering process, and discuss what is required for a charter as it is written. A
draft of the charter is welcomed and can be reviewed during this meeting for feedback but the intent to
charter form is required to be on file for the meeting. The actual charter application is due on the Friday of
the 4
th
week of either the Fall or Spring semester by noon (12 pm). Once a final draft is submitted to Lowry
Center and Student Activities, the charter will be shared with the Campus Council Charter Committee for
review. Until the charter is approved officially by Campus Council, the potential student organization is not
permitted to act as an organization outside of having one (1) interest meeting. The approval of a new
organization can take between one (1) and two (2) full semesters. Failure to submit this document by the
deadline will result in the inactivation of the Organization until the next submission period.
• Renewing Organizations: This document is due on Friday at noon of the 7
th
week of the Spring Semester.
• Supplemental Information: Supplemental information includes but is not limited to: constitution, by-
laws, affiliations, meeting procedures, selectivity process, and process for dues to be waived.
Supplemental information should be merged with your charter in the submitted .pdf file. To learn how to
merge .pdf files, please use Google.
• Failure to complete the application, meet the deadlines, address changes from Charter Committee, or
failure to follow instructions found within this document will result in rejection of the application.
Renewing organizations will be moved to inactive status resulting in them not being able to function as
an organization for at least one (1) semester.
• Submission Directions: This document must be typed using this form. This document shall be submitted to
the Lowry Center and Student Activities digitally with the name of the .pdf file being the full organization
name followed by the year submitted and then “charter” without spaces (i.e. campuscouncil2019charter.pdf).
The email should be sent to studentactivities@wooster.edu with the subject of the email being “Charter
Application” followed by the organization’s name. Please Carbon Copy (CC) the officers and advisor of the
organization on the email. Any issues using the form or submitting it need to be directed to the Lowry Center
and Student Activities immediately and prior to the submission deadline.
• Additional information on how to write or update your organization’s charter will be available in the
Student Organization Handbook (to be ready by Fall 2019).