Please see the below Provost memo of today on the liability of student organization Advisors. This memo is in response to the UT-AAUP newsletter of October 3, 2021 disclosing the liability of the faculty Advisors to student organizations.
In accordance with the Provost’s memo, faculty Advisors will become faculty Mentors. In addition, there is a Mentor Luncheon on Thursday, October 21, 2021 from 12:oo – 1:30p.m. in the Student Union, Room 2592.
Don Wedding
UT-AAUP
Update on Student Organization Advisors
PO
Provost Office
Tue 10/19/2021 3:42 PM
To:
Dear Faculty and Academic Affairs Staff,
In response to concerns brought to our office’s attention regarding the Student Organization Policy and the Advisor Acknowledgement, we wanted to share with you that the Office of Student Involvement and Leadership (“OSIL”) will be taking a different approach to student organization advisors on campus.
Moving forward, OSIL will serve as the Advisors of record for all student organizations. Staff and Faculty members’ acknowledgement will no longer be needed in InvoNet, and any necessary revisions will be made to the Student Organization and Student Organization Advisor Policies (with a 30-day comment period) to reflect this change.
Additionally, given the invaluable benefit of having UToledo Staff and Faculty working with our student organizations, Staff and Faculty are invited to remain on board as Mentors to the student organization. As Mentors you will be able to continue with your involvement in the success of our student organizations by helping to coordinate events and connecting UToledo students to members of the community.
There will be further discussion about this transition, as well as other information related to student organizations, in a Mentor Luncheon on October 21, 2021 from 12-1:30 PM in Student Union Room 2592.
Thank you for all you do for our students!
Regards,
Karen S. Bjorkman, Ph.D.
Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs
Distinguished University Professor