PimaCommunityCollege
Student Organization
Application
Organization Formation
A Student Organization (hereafter referred to as club or clubs) may be formed at any Pima Community College campus with
signatures of at least ten (10) currently enrolled PCC students who wish to operate within the college structure for an expressed
purpose. A Student Life Coordinator may make an exception to reduce the minimum member requirement. Club registration
and/or renewal is necessary before the services and facilities of the college campus are available to the club. A club must not
represent, nor imply, in its contracts with the college community or public that it speaks for or in the name of the college or
campus.
Categories
All clubs are overseen by their respective Student Life Office on each campus. A club is made up of Pima Community College
students who share a common interest that falls into one of the approved categories for organization formation, and whose
primary activity and/or service is for the College. A club may be formed under the following categories:
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Recreation
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Cultural
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Honorary/Service
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Pre-Professional
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Special Interest
Initial Registration
Students may seek to register a new club at any time by submitting a completed Student Organization Application and a copy of
its constitution and bylaws to the respective Student Life Office. The petition to register as a club also must include:
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Name of the club
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Name and contact information of the student wishing to register the club
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Name and contact information of the staff/faculty advisor
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Name, Student ID numbers and contact information of at least 10 Pima Community College student members. (Students
must be enrolled in at least 1 credit at Pima Community College.) A Student Life Coordinator may make an exception to
reduce the minimum member requirement.
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Copy of the Proposed Goals, Objectives, and Activities Form (To be completed and updated each semester)
The recognition process consists of review and approval by the Student Life Coordinator and the Dean of Students and/or
designee. The Student Life Coordinator will notify the club’s advisor in writing of campus recognition when the review process has
been completed. The decision of the Dean of Students and/or designee is final.
Yearly Renewal/Updated Registration
Existing or returning organizations are required to submit: Yearly Renewal registrations are at the beginning of each academic
year and updated registrations each Spring semester, and this requires the same processes as the initial registration. The
deadlines for each are: September 15 and February 15, unless otherwise provided by your Student Life Coordinator.
Club Advisor
Each club must have an advisor who will assist it in establishing its goals and objectives, and in developing its programs and
activities. The advisor will initiate requests for expenditures and college services, and will monitor the club's accounts. The primary
advisor must be a full-time faculty or administrative appointment or full-time regular staff member of Pima Community College.
Membership
Club membership shall be limited to currently enrolled Pima Community College students. To be eligible, a student must be
enrolled in at least 1 credit at Pima Community College. At least one member of the club must attend regularly scheduled
Student Advisory Board meetings.
In accordance with Pima Community College policy, the club must comply with all applicable federal and state laws and regulations
prohibiting discrimination, club membership shall be extended, without regard to sex, race, age, religious beliefs, sexual orientation
and disability.
Conduct
Clubs, their members and guests are subject to local, state and federal laws, as well as Pima Community College’s regulations and
its Student Code of Conduct. Violations will be handled in accordance with the Student Discipline Code and Due Process
Procedures set forth in the Student Code of Conduct. The Student Code of Conduct is available at
http://www.pima.edu/currentstudents/code-of-conduct/.
Social Media
All social media postings need to be appropriate, Student Life and Public Information reserves the right to remove postings that are
inappropriate. All handles must be provided to the Student Life Office when an account is created. In addition, Student Life and
club advisor need to be added as an “admin” of each account. When the club becomes inactive, the Student Life Coordinator has
the right to deactivate the account. Provide passwords to Student Life at http://bit.ly/SocialMediaPCC
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Evaluation
At the end of each year, every student organization will be required to submit an "End of Year Report" that will include a summary
of what new ideas were initiated, what worked and what did not, suggestions for the upcoming year, and the next year's contacts. A
suggested outline will be provided by the Student Life Office mid-Spring Semester. Evaluation available at
http://bit.ly/ClubEval