Recognition Opens April 1st

Student Programs and Involvement will be opening student organization recognition for the 2025 - 2026 academic year on April 1st. You are required to re-recognize your student organization annually, so regardless of your current recognition status, you will need to submit our recognition form. The priority deadline for recognition is Friday, May 9th.

We recommend a few steps before you submit your re-recognition form that will help you have a smooth experience:

• Ensure your President and Advisor are ready to complete the required checklists
  • The President and Advisor will be assigned a checklist covering required trainings that must be completed to be recognized.
• Ensure your consitution is up-to-date and is compliant with University policies.
  • A constitution review is done during the recognition process and will prevent your organization from being recognized if it is not compliant.
• Make sure your department head/dean/director is aware they will need to approve your group if you are a sponsored organization!
  • This is the first step in the sponsored organization process, if they don't approve your group, we cannot move forward with the process until they do!

To help student leaders make sure they are all set for recogntion, Student Programs and Involvement will be hosting two recognition workshops. We will be providing support on common struggles such as constitution requirements and membership requirements; as well as providing a general overview of the process. This would be great to attend if you have questions regarding the process!

• The first workshop will be hosted on March 27th from 4:00 - 5:00 PM in the SPI Conference Room (114, K-State Student Union) and via Zoom.
• The second workshop will be hosted on April 3rd from 5:00 - 6:00 PM in the SPI Conference Room (114, K-State Student Union) and via Zoom.

For your reference, here is the process for recognition that we will follow:

• Organization submits (re-)recognition form on OrgCentral.
  • Sponsored group department head/dean/director's are emailed automatically asking for approval.
• SPI manually assigns checklists to the people listed as President and Advisor on the submission form.
  • A manual check will be done weekly to catch who has finished their checklists. If you finish your checklist and do not notice an update in the process within a week, please reach out.
• Following completion of both checklists, SPI manually reviews each organization's constitution to ensure compliance with university policies.
  • If your group needs to update your constitution, SPI will email you the list of updates needed.
• Once a constitution has been submitted that is compliant, your organization will be approved!