April 2, 2015

Officer Transition Training

On April 13 from 4-5pm in SC 213, the Office of Student Life will hold a training for newly elected or soon-to-be leaving presidents and officers. Important information about the upcoming renewal process, scheduling changes and will go through a checklist of important things to remember to make the transition as seamless as possible for your organization. This will be a great time to ask any questions you have about what it takes to run an effective RSO on campus as well.

For more information and to RSVP, click here

President’s Leadership Fellows

This spring, the most prestigious student leadership organization here at UCA will select it’s second class. The President’s Leadership Fellows will be limited to the 35 most proven and seasoned students leaders on campus. These leaders will be the student representatives of the President’s office, sharing their personal collegiate experience at select institution events and be provided the opportunity to get to know the community and business leadership of Conway. Benefits include a monthly breakfast with President Tom Courtway to share opinions and feedback about what it means to be a UCA student, invitations  UCA’s most exclusive campus, community and alumni events, opportunities to sharpen networking, communication and personal branding skills and visits with leaders of the Conway business community.

The President and his senior staff will serve as the selection committee with final round interviews conducted in the Board of Trustees meeting hall by the PLF Advisory Team. Selections will be based on demonstrated leadership ability, academic achievement, diversity of college experience and interpersonal communication skills.

Please encourage your officers and organization members to apply and not miss out on this great opportunity! Applications close tonight!

Click here to apply, or log in to OrgSync and look for the PLF application on the homepage!

Final Mandatory SAFA Agreement Trainings

If your organization failed to attend the Mandatory SAFA Funding agreement training or did not complete the post event form please contact Corey Parks, Vice President of Finance at ucasga.vpfinace@gmail.com. Failure to complete both of these will result in the deferment of your funds for Fall 2015 SAFA. The last two meetings will be 4/7 and 4/9 during x-period in the SGA Office (Student Center 208) for those who did not attend one of the other three meetings. This meeting will be led by the Vice President of Finance Corey Parks. In order for your funds to be released you must attend one of these meetings and then complete the post event form that will be emailed to you on OrgSync.

Fall 2015 RSO Renewals Begin

Starting on April 20, Admins and Officers of all OrgSync pages will see an orange box on their organization’s page requesting that they renew. This renewal MUST be received no later than 15 days after the start of the Fall 2015 semester. Organization’s who fail to complete their renewals on time will lose their RSO privileges until a renewal is received. We are opening the renewal process up at the end of this month to allow organizations to renew before summer begins, though the process will be open all summer as well. Further details will be discussed at the upcoming Officer Transition Training and will be emailed out at a later time.

Financial Aid Cost of Attendance Survey

Please take 30 seconds to fill out this quick, four-question survey for the Office of Financial Aid to assist in better understanding the cost of attendance for UCA students.