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Student Clubs

Student clubs aims to make you succeed in your career but we also want you to be happy. We aim to supply you, the student with serious advice on Student Worries such as on LifeStyle including stress and health, on Travel including where to go at low prices and a purely motivational section where you can be Inspired.

Clubs are a great way to get involved with otherstudents ,society who have similar interest and expand your social circle. studentsmart.in oversees a variety of student-oriented clubs to meet all sorts of needs.

Want to get involved in an existing club? A list of all ratified clubs is available below or through your institutes

Interested in starting your own club?
Contact studentclubs@studentsmart.in, Student Services, to get your copy of the club handbook. It contains all the information you need to know, and acts as a valuable resource for all clubs on campus.

Starting A New Student Group
Brandeis has over 200 clubs and student organizations. Clubs can be formed for many reasons. Clubs exist to engage in sports or performance activities, to advocate for causes, and to educate the community, among other reasons. There are three types of student organizations:

Recognized Club
A recognized club must be accredited by the Student Union Senate. To be recognized, a club must obtain the signatures of ten prospective members. Recognized clubs have the following privileges:


*	To be listed on the Club Center web site and to have a web site of their own at http://www.studentsmart.in/studentclub/
*	To have a Union mailbox and to use Union resources, including duplications, paint room and art supplies, and the Union fax machine.
*	To use the Union Club Resource Center.
*	To use the University name and seal in conjunction with club activities.
*	To use university facilities, including classrooms, meeting spaces, and performance spaces.

Chartered Club
A chartered club must be approved by the Student Union Senate. To be chartered, a club must obtain the signatures of fifteen propsective members and 135 supporters (totaling 150 signatures). Chartered clubs may not duplicate the purpose of any already-chartered club. Chartered clubs may not discriminate in their membership. Chartered clubs are entitled to all of the privileges of recognized clubs, in addition to the following:

To request money from the Union Finance Board.

Secured Club
Secured clubs are specifically mentioned in the Student Union Constitution. They are a special class of club that cannot be dechartered and that receives a fixed amount of the Student Activities Fee each semester. Secured clubs often have special privileges related to their function. For example, WBRS 100.1FM has the privilege of operating under a radio broadcast license held by the Board of Trustees of Brandeis University. Secured clubs can only be created and removed by a constitutional amendment, and are generally derived from existing chartered clubs.

Creating Your Club
Here are the steps you can follow to start your own club:

Make sure that there is not already another club on campus with a similar purpose to yours. Go to myBrandeis Club Center to find other clubs.

Draft a constitution for your club. The constitution should include:

1.	Club Name
2.	Club Purpose
3.	Titles and Roles of Club Officers
4.	Definition of a Member
5.	Methods of Selecting Club Officers
6.	Nature of Club Meetings
7.	Method of Adopting the Constitution
8.	Constitutional Amendment Procedures
9.	Statement of Non-Exclusivity
10.	Statement defining the club as Recognized or Chartered.
Note	The Statement of Non-Exclusivity must include, but is not limited to, the following statement: "Your Club is open to all members of the Brandeis Community. Your Club does not discriminate against members on the basis of sex, race, religion, sexual orientation, class, age, nationality, or physical ability." Clubs seeking recognition do not need to have a Statement of Non-Exclusivity.

Once you have your Club Constitution completed, you may begin collecting signatures. Forms are available in the Student Union Office. In order to get a club chartered, you must have 15 member signatures and 135 additional supporter signatures. In order to get a club recognized, you must have 10 member signatures (no supporter signatures are required for recognition).

Once you have gotten all your signatures, bring them and the cosntitution to the Student Union office (Shapiro Campus Ctr. room 301) during office hours to have them read and signed by a senator. This senator will become your "senate buddy" and will assist you in your presentation to the Senate.

In order to get the club on the Senate agenda for a given week, a copy of the Constitution, Membership Form, and Supporter Form must be in the Executive Senator's mailbox by 5:00pm on the Wednesday before the Senate meeting you wish to attend. An electronic copy of the club constitution must also be emailed to the Executive Senator by that same time.

The Executive Senator will tell you if you make it onto the agenda. Three representatives from your club must attend the next Senate meeting to present your club and answer any questions Senators might have. Senate meetings take place every Sunday at 7:00pm