Your RSO sponsor is the individual that has university authority to assume financial responsibility, risk accountability, and has final authority over the organization. If you are within an academic department, chances are this person is either the department head or a college dean. If your organization is in a department outside of a college, chances are this person is the director of the office your organization works with most closely. If you need additional assistance in identifying this person, your advisor may know, or you can email studentinvolvement@ksu.edu [2] for futher assistance.

If your RSO sponsor doesn't recall getting an email to approve the organization's registration, email studentinvolvement@ksu.edu [2] to have the email notification re-sent. You might also encourage the RSO sponsor to check their spam & junk folders. The email would come from CampusGroups with the subject line "WORKFLOW APPROVAL..." 

The checklists will only be assigned to the individuals listed as the President and Advisor of an organization on the re-registration form.

The checklists are assigned to individuals manually by a SPI staff member after a group’s initial registration or re-registration form has been submitted. This may take 1-2 business days to appear in OrgCentral. The president and advisor will receive an email from a CSI staff member when the checklist assignment has been made.

An advisor is a member of the university faculty or staff, on at least 0.5 FTE, who acts as the primary liaison between the university and the recognized student organization. Learn more here [3].

• Sponsored RSOs will have an advisor assigned to the organization by their sponsoring department.  
• Affiliated RSOs are responsible for seeking out a University faculty/staff member to serve as an Advisor. A great place to start is within your own personal network. Ask your friends, members, and alumni to help out. Tell your professors, mentors, and academic advisors about your organization and ask them to share your information with anyone they know who might be interested. When chatting with a potential new Advisor, discuss your expectations of the Advisor, such as how often you’d like them to attend meetings and events, and what areas you need their support in.

All NEW organizations are required to have an Advisor at the time of registration.

RETURNING Sponsored RSOs are required to have an Advisor at the time of registration.

RETURNING Affiliated RSOs are allowed to enjoy the benefits of recognition without an advisor for the first several weeks of the semester. This is meant to give returning organizations more time to recruit advisors when campus is back in full-swing. All organizations must have an advisor who meets the requirements and has completed the required trainings by October 1, 2023 to remain in active status as a recognized student organization.

If your group does not appear on the All Groups page in OrgCentral or via the search, please contact SPI at studentinvolvement@ksu.edu [2]

Only individuals listed as Officers of a group have access to the re-registration form. If you do not see the “Re-Registration button”, then it is likely that you are not currently listed as an Officer of your group. Please contact the Center for Student Involvement via email (studentinvolvement@k-state.edu [1]) and provide Your Full Name along with the Full Organization Name of the group you are trying to re-register, as well as a short description of the issue you need help with (i.e. I need access to re-register my student organization). A SPI staff member will activate your access or respond with additional information.

One easy way to tell if you are a member vs. an officer of a group is to visit your organization’s Group in OrgCentral and pay attention to the information displayed. When Officers visit their Group in OrgCentral, they are taken to The Dashboard, which is an administrative view of your management features. If you are not directly taken to The Dashboard, then you are not listed as an Officer of your group.

If you need to complete the re-registration process for your organization, but you are not currently listed as an Officer of you group, please contact Student Programs and Involvement via email (studentinvolvement@k-state.edu [1]) and provide Your Full Name along with the Full Organization Name of the group you are trying to re-register, as well as a short description of the issue you need help with (i.e. I need access to re-register my student organization). A CSI staff member will activate your access or respond with additional information.  

If your organization advisor is a current K-State faculty/staff member, you may want to check the spelling of their name as all currently employees should have accounts created in the system. If you continue to have issues, email studentinvolvement@ksu.edu [2] and we can check further.