Registration Guidelines for Graduate Student Organizations (GSOs)
For a list of ACTIVE and INACTIVE GSOs please click here.
New Graduate Student Organizations or INACTIVE (for more than 1 academic year)
To establish a new organization submit the following documents to the GSA Office before the second Senate meeting of the academic year:
• A letter of intent explaining how your GSO is different from similar GSOs and how it will contribute to the UMBC community
• A signed statement (on letter head) from a faculty/staff member agreeing to serve as an advisor
• A student organization registration form
• An organization constitution:
- Sample Constitution
- Guidelines for Creating a Constitution
• A proposed budget
The executive committee for the organization must be composed of only graduate students
A representative from the organization must attend the next GSA Senate Meeting to present your request for a new organization: Senate Meeting Schedule.
Upon approval, GSA will require one representative from your organization to attend all senate meetings. An absence from more than 2 meetings may result in the loss of future fundings.
A co-sponsorship form must be submitted 3 weeks prior to each event when requesting GSA funds.
ACTIVE Graduate Student Organizations or INACTIVE (for 1 academic year or less)
To remain official and active submit the following document to the GSA Office before the second Senate meeting of the academic year:
• An updated student organization registration form
• An updated budget
A representative must be present at the GSA Senate Meetings. An absence from more than two meetings may result in the loss of future funding.
A co-sponsorship form must be submitted 3 weeks prior to each event when requesting GSA funds.