Student Organization Officers Guide

Student Organization Advisors

 

All Registered Student Organizations must have an active and responsive Faculty/Staff Student Organization Advisor. Student Organization Advisors must be current full-time faculty or administrators at Tennessee Tech throughout their advising term. Adjunct faculty, clerical staff, graduate assistants, and visiting faculty are not eligible to serve as Faculty Advisors.

Advisors are an important part of every student organization. Generally, a faculty/staff advisor serves as an on-campus resource to students in the organization. Additionally, advisors help with student growth and development, provide consistency and communicate goals to future members, and assist in program content and purpose.

The role of an advisor may vary depending on the organization's needs. The scope of an organization's activities, the effectiveness of its officers, the time commitments of the advisor and other factors determine the nature of an advisor's involvement with the group. Advisors should never consider themselves as only a requirement for registration.

Advisor responsibilities and resources are available on the Student Organization Advisors page.