The Campus Activities & Involvement Center has a number of ways to keep advisors up-to-date with student organization information. Here are some examples of resources that are available:
Additional Information Meetings
Advisor Recesses
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Student organization Advisor Recesses are held periodically during the academic year to give advisors an opportunity to meet one another, swap ideas, troubleshoot with other advisors, and make announcements. Additionally, the Campus Activities & Involvement Center makes announcements regarding events and deadlines that effect student organizations for the semester.
In the fall, the Advisor Recess covers the re-registration process, goes through the most current Student Organization Handbook and other fall events such as the Student Organization Leadership Conference (SOLC).
In the spring, we may cover topics such as SGA operational budget
information and deadlines, the Student Organization Leadership Awards
and nomination process, and other important spring events.
If you are an advisor and would like CAIC to schedule an Advisor Recess on a certain topic please contact us at activities@uncw.edu.
Advisor Listserv
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Advisors wishing to stay up-to-date and informed throughout the semester should be members of the advisor listserv. Emails are rarely sent more than weekly and sometimes not even that often. Listserv emails remind advisors of registration deadlines for upcoming student organization events such as the Involvement Carnival or Spring Activities Fair. Emails are also sent to remind advisors to nominate their group for the Making a Difference Award and then again to notify advisors of the winner. To be added to or taken off the listserv please email: activities@uncw.edu.
Advisors Frequently Asked Questions
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Although our 180+ student organizations cover a wide spectrum of focus areas, we have found that the challenges met by the advisors of these organizations tend to have many things in common - motivating members, balancing responsibilities between the advisor and the students, navigating learning outcomes, and so on. So, as a way of simplying the art of finding answers to these often difficult questions, we have posted them in an FAQ format to help ease the process. After reading through these Q&A's, if you should have any additional questions, please contact the Campus Activities & Involvement Center directly at 910-962-3553, activities@uncw.edu, AOL IM: uncwCAIC, or visit us in the Fisher Student Center Room 2029.
To visit our Frequently Asked Questions page created specifically with our advisors in mind - click HERE.
Additional Information Meetings
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Should a topic of interest arise, let us know and we will be happy to put together a presentation and hold a meeting for advisors interested in the subject.
In the past we've held meetings with guest speakers who addressed conflict management and leadership styles. We've also hosted webinars on topics such as liability & tort law, copyright information, and risk management. In January of 2008 we hosted an Organization Advisor Refresher audio conference which focused on that mid-year fall off and member motivation, team goal setting and budget management, and how to plan for the much needed transition of student officers. In the spring of 2009 we hosted a webinar on planning student leadership retreats. As with all of our programs and services we are open to suggestions and ideas from advisors if there is another subject in which there is interest.
