SAO BULLETIN BOARD - Issue XII
April 6, 2011
(Next Issue April 20, 2011)
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*~* If you would like to add information to future SAO bulletins, then please go to the GetInvolved Site and fill out and turn in a SAO Bulletin Request Form found in the SAO - General Documents, to SCHL250. The information must be targeted at all student organizations. Please do not send general callout information for the bulletin as those will be denied. ~*~
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Announcements…
1. SAO Bulletin Distribution
2. Purdue Japan Disaster Relief
3. April 7 ~ SAO Awards Nominations for Student Organizations and Leaders
4. April 7 ~ Purdue Leaders Forum
5. April 12 ~ Free STD Testing
6. April 15 ~ GetInvolved Booklet
7. April 10-17 ~ Grand Alternative Events
8. April 20 – Potential 2012 Presidential Candidate Speech: Herman Cain
9. April 29 ~ Add Event to Mortar Board Calendar 2011-2012
10. LGBTQ Studies Survey
11. May 6, 2011 – May 8, 2011 ~ Project Move Out
12. Annual Student Leader’s Retreat
13. Scholarship Applications
14. Posting Policy
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Announcements
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1. SAO Bulletin Distribution
SAO Bulletins for this semester will be distributed on Wednesdays. If you are not the president, the new president must update the election report on GetInvolved:
- April 20th
- May 4th
If you would like to send an announcement out through the SAO Bulletin, please contact Elizabeth Canela at ecanela@purdue.edu. Announcements will be accepted until the Tuesday prior to the distribution date at 5 p.m.
2. Purdue Japan Disaster Relief
Purdue Japan Disaster Relief
The Japan Student Association and Purdue Student Government are coordinating a campus-wide fundraising effort to support the disaster relief effort in Japan. Japan Student Association will be taking the lead with this campus wide effort. An account has been established for the Purdue Japan Disaster Relief. The proceeds will go to the Red Cross - Japan Relief fund. All donations from individuals at Purdue and from fundraising events will be deposited into this account. Identifying one agency for donations and setting up one account with the Business Office for Student Organizations streamlines the process and makes it easier to mobilize many student organizations with much less paperwork and in much less time.
The goal will be to engage as many student organizations as we can to make it easy for students, faculty and staff to give. We also want to encourage student organizations to create their own fundraisers for the Purdue Japan Disaster Relief effort. Here is how you can be a part of this major initiative.
- Student organization may donate immediately up to $100 from their account to the relief effort. Fill out a Check Request Form and transfer $100 to “Purdue Japan Disaster Relief.” Have your treasurer and president sign the form and turn it into BOSO.
- Create your own fundraiser. Once you have an idea for a fundraiser, fill out an Event Planning Form for the event. In the upper left hand corner in the “charity box” write “Purdue Japan Disaster Relief.” When the event is done, deposit all money into the Purdue Japan Disaster Relief account.
- Direct all donations from students, faculty and staff to the PSG office, Stewart room G6 or the collection tables
- Japan Student Association will need volunteers to staff the collection tables (dates, times, places TBD) and at events where donations will be collected
The Japan Student Association will be coordinating collection sites across campus very soon. In the meantime, anyone wishing to donate may bring donations to the Student Activities & Organizations office or the Purdue Student Government office. Any student or student organization wishing to staff a table at one of the collection sites should email, call or stop by the SAO office.
Detailed information on all Purdue Japan Relief Fund activities, collection sites, and news will be posted on Purdue's website and the GetInvolved site. Please consider engaging your organization in the important fundraising effort and show the students from and the people of Japan.
3. April 7 ~ SAO Awards Nominations for Student Organizations and Leaders
The Student Activities and Organizations Area of the Office of the Dean of Students is excited to present a number of awards at the banquet held each spring semester. Two individual awards and five organizational awards will be awarded at this year’s Student Leaders Banquet on Thursday, April 21, 2011. A committee of students, advisors, and Office of the Dean of Students staff members will select the winners of this year’s awards.
Organization Awards
- Co-Sponsorship of the Year Award
- Community Engagement and Involvement Award
- Outstanding Program Award
- Boilermaker Pride Award
- Excellence Award
Individual Awards
- Emerging Leader Award
- Advisor of the Year Award
Awards are available to student leaders, advisors, and registered student organizations. All students, student organization advisors, faculty, and staff are invited to nominate individuals and organizations that are deserving of the recognition. For more information or to submit nominations for any of the awards, visit the SAO page on www.getinvolved.purdue.edu and click forms. Please note that deadline for each award is Thursday April 7, 2011.
4. April 7 ~ Purdue Leaders Forum
Purdue Leaders Forum is offering its last chance at a "free education" for the semester! Come and join Purdue Leaders Forum for the April forum titled Transitioning Leaders: Building a Strong Organization on April 7th at 6:45 pm in RAWLS 1806. The forum will include speakers from several organizations across campus and a discussion where you can learn from other leaders how be successful in your new position or how to successfully pass the torch to the next leader. Whether you are transitioning into a new position or not, Purdue Leaders Forum is a sure way to gain some interpersonal skills, network with leaders across campus, and learn how to be a more effective leader. We hope to see you there.
5. April 12 ~ Free STD (Chlamydia and Gonorrhea Testing)
It is easy and doesn’t hurt. Get yourself talking and get tested with the Free Rapid HIV test. Please call to set up an appointment! Results are received in 20 minutes. For more information, contact the Student Wellness Office at (765) 494-9355.
6. April 15 ~ GetInvolved Booklet
We are working on the Get Involved booklet for next year! Please take time now, look at your mission/about statement on your profile page, and update it needed. This site is used by all incoming freshman students, it is your first impression…make it a good one! Information needs to be updated by 4/15/11 and sent to Cheryl Brantley (brantley@purdue.edu).
7. April 10-17: Grand Alternative Events
Dozens of Purdue University student organizations and departments are teaming up to provide substance-free activities for Purdue students during the annual Grand Prix celebration.
Grand Alternative 2011 will feature nearly 40 events, including fitness sports competitions, musical performances, inflatables, moonlight pancakes, lectures, cookouts, organized recreational sporting events, cultural events and dozens of other activities.
Events began Sunday (April 10) and will continue through April 17. The 2011 Grand Prix Kart race is scheduled for Saturday April 23). Plan to have a fun and safe Grand Prix and Grand Alternative Week!
8. April 20 ~ Potential 2012 Presidential Candidate Speech: Herman Cain
Purdue Alumnus & Potential 2012 Presidential Candidate Herman Cain will be addressing students and community on April 20, 2011 at 8PM in Class of 1950 Lecture Hall. Will speak about: From Purdue to Politics, A Rags to Story About an American Black Conservative.
9. April 29 ~ Add Event to Mortar Board Calendar 2011 - 2012
Have you ever wondered how organizations have their events listed in the Mortar Board calendar? Wouldn’t it be nice to have your organizations events listed as well? Your organization can have all of its events listed in the Mortar Board calendar carried by students all over the university. Submit individual events via an online form at www.purdue.edu/mortarboard by clicking on the calendar event listing request link. Don’t delay, all submissions must be made by 5pm on Friday, April 29th, 2011.
10. LGBTQ Studies Survey
The Purdue Queer Student Union is conducting a survey to see how much interest there is at Purdue in LGBTQ-focused classes or an LGBTQ minor or major. All students, staff, faculty and alumni are welcome to take this survey. Please feel free to circulate this to other lists.
Please go to http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/JJNPFBJ to take the survey!
It will take less than a minute!
Dr. Evelyn Blackwood
Department of Anthropology
700 W. State Street
Purdue University
West Lafayette, IN 47907
(765) 496-1728
http://web.ics.purdue.edu/~blackwoo
11. May 6, 2011 – May 8, 2011 ~ Project Move Out
Project Move Out is a program that allows students to donate items that they might normally throw away at the end of the year. As you move out of your residence hall, please donate items you no longer want, such as food, clothes, shoes, furniture, books, dishes, linens, cleaning supplies, electronics, laundry soap, winter coats, or luggage. These items are given to clients from local non-profit agencies. Help reduce the trash placed in the dumpster and at the same time help families in need in the community. Donated items may be delivered to the Purdue Armory (University Street between 3rd and 4th Streets) on Friday, May 6th and Saturday, May 7th between 10:00 am and 4:00 pm, and on Sunday, May 8th between 8:00 am and 12:00 pm.
12. Annual Student Leaders Retreat
Place: Camp Tecumseh, Brookston, Indiana
Fee: $20 registration fee (paid after being accepted)
Registration: GetInvolved on the Student Leaders Retreat (SLR) page
The program will include valuable leadership/organization skills, workshops, networking sessions, a keynote, organization meetings, a town meeting for sharing information and programs, and a panel of campus administrators to give updates and answer questions. It is our hope that this event will give you the tools you need to build coalitions with your student leader colleagues, and build a better community at Purdue. Participants will also participate in the Boiler Up Community Action Day providing participants an opportunity to bond with incoming freshman and provide service to the community.
The retreat will be most beneficial to student officers who are involved in undergraduate student organizations that plan campus-wide programs, provide diversity education programs, govern a large segment of the student population, or produce a campus publication.
If you have any questions, please contact Carol Ben-Davies at 494.1231 or sao@purdue.edu or visit the SAO office in SCHL250.
Look out for the Application on GetInvolved Soon!
13. Scholarship Applications
Various scholarship applications are now available in either SCHL 250 or SCHL 207. If you have any questions regarding their purpose or requirements, please contact by email sao@purdue.edu or either office at 494-1231 or 494-1239.
14. Posting Policy
Publicizing your organization’s event is important to its success. Be sure to follow the University’s posting guidelines (http://bit.ly/9HVvl5) when advertising an event. Some forms of publicizing an event include: outdoor postings, public bulletin boards, PurduE-Board, Boiler TV, sheet signs, Stewart Center display cases and The Exponent.
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