Requirements for RSO Advisors

All Recognized Student Organizations (RSOs) must have at least one faculty/staff advisor. Advisors will be asked to consent to the role and responsibilities before the organization is approved. Student Involvement, Leadership, and Transitions verify eligibility for advisors. RSOs and potential advisors should review the following requirements prior to committing to an advisor role:

• Recognized Student Organizations must have a full-time Faculty/Staff Advisor. An advisor must be a full-time faculty or staff member at Emory University. The person in this role must be actively present to serve in this capacity. Individuals on sabbatical or leave of absence are ineligible during their time away. Advisors cannot be graduate or professional students. Post-Docs are permitted for this role. Advisors will be asked to consent to the role and responsibilities before the organization is approved. 
• Advisors must be a full-time faculty or staff member at Emory University. Advisors cannot be graduate or professional students. However, post-docs are permitted for this role.
• Advisors must be actively present to serve in this capacity. Individuals on sabbatical or leave of absence are ineligible during their time away.
• A student organization can have more than one advisor (for example, a community member may serve as a secondary advisor as long as the primary advisor is an approved Emory faculty or staff).
• The advisor role has no term limit, but each advisor must confirm their role during the annual re-registration process.
• Advisors may not sign contracts or agreements on behalf of the University for their student organizations. 
• Advisors do not have voting rights in the student organization.  
• Advisors may be removed from their role by the internal processes established in the specific student organization’s constitution or other governing documents.  
• Faculty and staff may be Faculty/Staff Advisors for more than one organization; however, they should consider their balance by taking on these additional responsibilities and whether this will impact their ability to provide good advising to their organizations.