Fall RSO Checklist

This is an overview of important items registered student organizations and advisors and need to complete, review, and establish during the fall semester.

• Re-register your organization for the upcoming academic year. 

• Update Engage roster with organization's members.

• Review and update the organization's constitution and bylaws.

• Mark important dates on the calendar (Student Involvement Fair,  GO! OWU, responsible host training, supplemental funding and spring budget deadlines, last day for registered events). 

• Connect with your advisor and establish expectations for the upcoming fall semester.

• Prepare and register for the spring Student Involvement Fair: Thursday, August 28 from 6pm - 8pm on the JAYwalk (rain location Benes Room). Registration opens August 1 on Engage - spots are limited to 60 organizations.

• Register President and Treasurer for GO! OWU on Saturday, September 27. Each registered student organization must attend. Registration opens August 20 on Engage. 

• Review your organization's fall 2025 budget submission. 

• Register upcoming events on Engage. 

• Establish fall meeting times and locations. 

• Review the goals, events, and plans for the organization. 

• Be familiar with the Student Involvement Office location and staff. 

• Review the Student Organization Resource Hub.

• Review procedures and policies for student organizations

• Prepare a spring 2026 budget

• Prepare for the transition of officers

• Meet 1:1 with the new president and any other officers

• Schedule a time for the outgoing and incoming executive boards to meet

• Consider scheduling the first executive board and/or general body meeting for the following semester

• Schedule time to review institutional processes related to tasks such as accounting, purchasing, reserving space, ordering food, etc.

• Give new officers access to any systems or documents located online (e.g. Engage, Google Drive)