Student Life & Development Advisors
Each student organization is assigned to an SLD Advisor. They will help you:
- clarify your program goals and objectives
- plan your event and establish timelines for major programs
- publicize your events
- with ideas to enhance recruitment and retention of members
- with budget advice and assist you in applying for A.S.I. grants
- with advice on how to deal with bureaucracy
- with leadership and organizational skills
- with problem solving
- with referrals and resources
Faculty/Staff Advisors
Faculty/Staff advisor responsibilities are mutually negotiated between advisors and students, and may include, but are not limited to, the following:
- Assisting students to develop strategies and goals that provide for member ownership, feedback and involvement.
- Being aware of the student group's constitution, by-laws and policies.
- Assisting the student organization in program development and planning.
- Being available to meet regularly, as mutually determined, with student organization officers or members at regularly scheduled meetings.
- Being available to attend, as mutually determined, planned programs and events sponsored by the student organization.
- Assisting in planning membership recruitment strategies.
- Encouraging the officers and individual members to preserve the continuity of the group by keeping records to document the group's history and providing transition activities for new officers.
