OFFICE OF STUDENT ORIENTATION, LEADERSHIP, AND ENGAGEMENT

As we navigate through uncharted waters this academic year, the Office of Student Orientation, Leadership, and Engagement is looking for innovative ways to provide support and leadership advancement to our student organization leaders.

With this in mind, we invite all of our registered student organizations to participate in our all-new Student Organization Leadership Advancement Retreat (S.O.L.A.R.). With topics covering the “nitty-gritty” of student organizations such as fundraising and recruitment all the way to leadership transitions and the development of personal and organizational goals, S.O.L.A.R. will provide you with all the tools required for success as a student organization.

We ask that your student organization sends representatives to participate in S.O.L.A.R. S.O.L.A.R. will be held throughout the week of September 23 to September 27th 2024. We are allowing for students to represent multiple student organizations. We are also allowing for students to leave the session early (if need be for work or other reasons) as long as they have another student organization representative to replace them.

Organizations will be required to send at least 1 representative to each workshop that we will be having as part of SOLAR week. Please refer to the workshop times and dates below:

Crafting your digital Presence: Mon., September 23, 2024 | 3:20 - 4:20 p.m. | WHT 103
Raising Funds: Tues., September 24, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | STC 236
ILS Gaining a Global Perspective: Weds., September 25, 2024 | 3:20 - 4:20 p.m. | STC 236
Hazing: Thurs., September 26, 2024 | 2 - 3 p.m. | STC 236
Organizational Sustainability: Friday, September 27, 2024 | 12:30 - 1:30 p.m. | STC 236

As a reminder, every student organization is required to send a representative (preferably an officer) to each sessions.

As highlighted in Page 9 of The Leader, student organizations are required to send a predetermined amount of representatives to S.O.L.A.R. This was also mentioned during our office’s Student Organization Council meeting.

Student Organization Leadership Advancement Retreat (S.O.L.A.R.)

At the beginning at every academic year, SOLE holds a retreat specifically for student organization leaders. Organization members are required to send a pre-determined number of officers to the retreat to review TAMIU policies, procedures and to strengthen their leadership capacity.

Student organizations that fail to send representatives to S.O.L.A.R. may be subject to sanctions as detailed in The Leade rthat may result in disciplinary action including up to the removal of status as a Registered Student Organization on campus.