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• What is your organization's mission and purpose?
• How will your organization serve a campus need that is not already being served by another organization?
• Do other organizations like yours currently exist on campus? What makes yours different?
• Will your group be sustainable beyond your time at ̨ÍåÂãÁÄÖ±²¥?
• Are other students interested in your organization? At least seven total proposed members are required, including two officers and advisor. (For Sports Clubs, the minimum is 15; religious and spiritual clubs is 10)
• Will your organization be open to any interested student? Only new organizations that are open to all students will be considered for approval.
• Can ̨ÍåÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ provide the resources your student organization needs to function? Is there already support from a department, institute, or other unit?
• Have you identified existing campus partnerships or resources and connected with them about your application?  Some examples below:

Please note that student organizations must abide by a number of policies and procedures and organizations may not be approved due to the nature of the organization or the risk involved with participating.

• You can access a list of all questions on the application here if you would like to begin preparing your answers before the application formally opens. 
• Applications will not be reviewed until each quarter's deadline. Exceptions cannot be made for groups seeking to access campus privileges immediately.
• Until approval is received, use of the ̨ÍåÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ name, event planning and fundraising are not permitted. Doing so could jeopardize your application. Recruiting students to get involved with your proposed group's efforts to gather interest is acceptable.
• Your application must be completed and submitted by the deadline in order to be fully approved as an organization. Late submissions will be considered in the following quarter.
• Approved organizations will be officially registered once they:
  • find a faculty or staff advisor and submit an advisor acknowledgement form
  • complete their constitution for approval by Student Organizations & Activities staff
  • complete all orientation modules in Canvas
• Your name should not include ̨ÍåÂãÁÄÖ±²¥, NU, or Wildcat unless approved in writing by an administrative authority.
• Your idea should support the educational mission of the University and meet its policies and procedures. You should have an already committed group of students who are interested in supporting your activity for a sustainable period of time.
• 80% membership should be undergraduate students if the group plans to seek funds from ASG.
• Organization proposals with fundraising as a #1 priority will not be approved.
• Please email Hayley Kretchmer with any questions.

1. Have a unique sport concept not offered by the Athletic/Recreation department
2. Set up a meeting with the Sport Club Office (Cait Carney, caitlin.carney@northwestern.edu) to talk about clubs concept and feasibility.
3. Start work on Clubs proposal-Gather a list (roster) of interested full-time ̨ÍåÂãÁÄÖ±²¥ students. (Minimum 15: Names and addresses). Hold a campus meeting to determine student body interest and fill out a Sport Club Application.
4. Start a rough outline of a club constitution.
5. Write letter to Athletic/Recreation Department about the clubs purpose and philosophy, type of club you envision (include facility needs).

1. Proposals for religious & spiritual organizations enter through the same process as other organizations through the ASG committee review and recommendation process.
2. Recommendations for approval are forwarded to the office of Religious & Spiritual Life for official and final approval.
3. For any questions about existing groups on campus, anyone considering starting a religious or spiritual group, or anyone seeking to learn more about the committee's decision communication, please contact D'ana Downing in the Religious and Spiritual Life office to set up a time to discuss the topic further.

• Executive MBA new groups: emba@kellogg.northwestern.edu bridget.samuels@kellogg.northwestern.edu 
• Kellogg MBA new roups: w-metter@kellogg.northwestern.edu
• TGS new groups: lauren-ashley.buchanan@northwestern.edu
• Feinberg new groups: ssanguino@northwestern.edu
• Pritzker new groups: e-perez@law.northwestern.edu