Below is a summary of notes and announcements from the October 2022 Advisors' Circle meeting:
- Discussion
- New Student Organization Policy
- Should be in place in time for registration in April, be on the lookout for more information to be announced in the coming months
- Impacts of Covid on organization particpation
- Do hybrid or online events help?
- Impressed with the dedication of students, seems like they feel a need to be together in-person with each other
- Now is the time of year when they are getting stressed and needing to choose on where they spend their time and energy
- Pool of candidates for officer applications is getting smaller and smaller since the beginning of Covid
- Since Covid restrictions are lifted, they have so many options of what to do, they are still figuring out how to manage their options
- Advisor Support Resources
- CSI is looking into creating a communications channel for organization advisors in OrgCentral so that you can continue to connect and communicate outside of our monthly meetings. More infromation to come.
- OrgCentral Settings: Members
- By default, people who register for a group need to be validated manually by group officers to be considered as a member.
- How to validate new members
- How to validate new members automatically
- How to prevent people from joining your group
- Dashboard > Settings > Basics > Basic Settings > Close Membership - select Yes
- Checkout more resources about Group Members from our OrgCentral vendor's help center.
- By default, people who register for a group need to be validated manually by group officers to be considered as a member.
- Cat Trax for student organizations
- Cat Trax is a new engagement program that gives students points and prizes for getting involved in student organizations. Learn more about how your organization can leverage this program for recruitment and marketing.
- New Student Organization Policy
- Student Well-being Support - We're just past the mid-point of the semester. Students may be feeling overwhelmed. If you are concerned about any of your students well-being, please consider some of the following resources:
- My Student Support Program mobile app - students will receive:
- 24/7 real-time, confidential mental health support services for everything from an immediate crisis to everyday concerns, via phone and online/app chat.
- Counseling from trained, master's-level, multilingual clinicians. Counselors who speak Spanish, Mandarin, Cantonese, French and English are available 24/7. Other languages by appointment, depending on availability.
- On-demand support — whenever, wherever — as many times as they need it, with no appointment necessary.
- Free access to LIFT, a fitness app.
- Student of Concern reporting - https://www.k-state.edu/report/
- Any referrals made will be responded to during business hours by the Office of Student Life
- If you need to speak to the Manhattan campus Dean on Call after hours, please call (785) 532-6432 for consultation
- If you have an on-campus emergency that requires immediate action, please call 911.
- You may also contact the K-State Manhattan campus police at (785) 532-6412
- My Student Support Program mobile app - students will receive:
- Announcements
- Kelli's Last Day
- The Center for Student Involvement Executive Director, Kelli Farris, has accepted a new role and will be leaving Kansas State University. Her last day was October 21.
- Annual Student Org Awards nominations will open in November and close in early Spring semester
- Advisor of the Year
- Commitment to Inclusion and Belonging
- Student Leader of the Year
- Event of the Year
- Student Organization of the Year
- Next Student Leader Network meeting is Tuesday, November 29 (after Fall Break)
- Guest speaker: Chris Bowman, Director of K-State's Morrison Family Center for Student Well-Being, will lead a a discussion on mental self-care going into finals.
- Next Advisors' Circle meeting is Thursday, December 1
- Kelli's Last Day