Privileges, Procedures, and Guidelines

• Recognized.  A student organization that has been recognized and goes through annual Re-recognition by the TCU Judiciary. Recognized organizations are granted all privileges. (this category includes Club Sports who go through the Club Sports Department for recognition and Re-recognition.
• Pending/Temporary. A student organization that has completed the New Student Organization application and has entered the process of applying for recognition. Pending/temporary organizations are granted all privileges except TCU funding.
• Department Sponsored. A student organization approved and advised by a University department and not TCU recognized. Department sponsored organizations must prove department sponsorship and have a faculty/staff advisor. Department Sponsored organization are granted all privileges except TCU funding.
• Graduate Student Organizations. GSAS Graduate Student organizations are subject to all rules and regulations of the Graduate Student Council, GSC, and are not affiliated with the TCU student organization process. GSAS student organizations are granted all privileges except TCU funding.

• Use of the Tufts University Name, along with organization websites and social media
• Approval to register as a student organization on JumboLife
• Listed on University Lists of Student Organizations
• Participation in Annual Student Organizations Fair
• Access to Post Events on the Student Organization Calendar
• Access to Space Reservation System and Ability to Reserve Space and Host Events
• Access to Services from University Departments
• Option to Apply for TCU Treasury Funding (TCU Recognized Student Organizations Only)

• Must comply with regulatory and procedural guidelines contained on this Office for Campus Life website, the Student Code of Conduct, as well as the TCU Judiciary, Senate and Treasury rules and regulations for student organizations
• All recognized and department sponsored student organizations must be open and accessible to all full-time undergraduate students including those on an approved Study Abroad program or those on an approved remote semester of study. Note:  students on a Leave of Absence are not members of the TCU, Tufts Community Union, and therefore not eligible for student organization involvement and services.
• Members must comply with the rules and regulations of their student organization and adhere to the organization's current approved constitution. Constitutions must be posted on organization JumboLife pages and constitutional changes must be approved by the TCUJ. Organization operations and decisions are subject to the current academic year. Decisions cannot be made for future years or that bind future leadership, unless approved by the TCUJ.
• Officers of student organizations must be in good standing in matters of discipline and academics. Students on any level of disciplinary or academic probation are not allowed to hold officer or executive positions in a student organization. A minimum GPA of 2.0 is required. Students on leave are not eligible to serve as an organization officer or participate as an active member
• Register with the Office for Campus Life each year and adhere to the TCU Judiciary annual re-recognition guidelines.
• Attend annual mandatory student organization meetings and trainings.
• Agree not to obstruct or interfere with any regularly sponsored or official function of the University. Violations could lead to disciplinary action against the organization and the students involved
• Organization officers and members have a responsibility to report an instances of hazing. This can be done through EthicsPoint, where one can anonymously report student organization hazing, or by contacting the Office of Community Standards directly. When registering a student organization, officers must – and do – sign off on the University Anti-Hazing Policy.

The status of all recognized and department sponsored student organizations is kept by the Office for Campus Life, not including the statuses of fraternities and sororities, which are published by the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life. Student Organizations found on the List of Organizations in JumboLife are in good standing. Organizations status outside of good standing are noted here, below. This information is updated regularly to reflect organizations’ disciplinary histories and current statuses. Please consult the Student Conduct Resolution Procedure for the definitions of particular sanctions and statuses.

FY25 Current Status:
Students for Justice in Palestine, Currently Suspended

• Recognized student organizations are approved to operate from the first day of classes to the last day of classes each academic year. Operations outside of that timeframe must be approved.
• All student organization events must go through the event registration and approval process.
• TCU Senate funding is not an event approval process. All funding approvals are subject to final event approvals through the event approval process. Should an event that was granted funding through regular budgeting or the supplemental funding process not be approved, the organization may come back to ALBO regarding alternate use of the approved funds.
• Events and programs will not be approved until the first day of classes each academic year. Student Organization events are not allowed during Undergraduate Orientation unless approved through the Undergraduate Orientation Office as a part of Undergraduate Orientation programming
• Events and programs will not be approved following the last day of classes each semester. Events will not be approved during reading days or final exam periods
• The final dates to make requests for space reservations each semester are early December and mid-April, dates TBD.
• The final dates to post JumboLife event requests each semester are late November and mid-April, dates TBD.
• Student organizations do not have event privileges during the summer months or semester break.  Budget and finance processing for student organizations also ends on the final day of classes in the spring semester and will not resume again until the first day of classes in the fall semester. Deadlines for budget forms may be noted earlier by the TCU Treasury and the Campus Life Financial Office.

The Committee on Student Life (CSL) oversees recognition of all student organizations and empowers the TCU Judiciary (TCUJ) to make recognition decisions based specific guidelines approved by the CSL. If it is alleged a student organization violated university policy, the allegation will be resolved via the Student Conduct Resolution Procedure, a process described in detail in the Student Code of Conduct.  If it is alleged that a student organization failed to follow standards for continued recognition or violated the TCU Constitution or Bylaws in a way that is not a violation of university policy, the complaint will be resolved by the TCU Judiciary. The TCU Judiciary only hears cases of TCU recognized undergraduate student organizations. GSAS student organizations would be subject to a similar process however constitutional or procedural violations would be directed to the GSC, Graduate Student Council.

Recognized Student Organizations are governed through the TCU (Tufts Community Union) Constitution, TCU Senate bylaws, as well as the TCUJ (Judiciary) bylaws and the guidelines of the CSL (Committee on Student Life). All student organizations must adhere to the Student Code of Conduct.