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STUDENT ACTIVITIES & ORGANIZATIONS STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS There are over 25 different registered student organizations at Fontbonne University. It is the mission of the clubs and organizations to provide the opportunity for leadership, diversity, and an avenue for programming activities and professional development.

Fontbonne University reserves the right to register groups of Fontbonne students who wish to create formal organizations.

Registration of a student organization by Fontbonne University is an acknowledgment that the organization has complied with registration procedures. The University will grant all rights and privileges accorded every registered organization. Registration of a student organization implies that the University approves the organization’s constitution and bylaws. Registration does not indicate or imply that the University endorses the views expressed at meetings. The individuals involved are solely responsible for any view held or expressed. Fontbonne’s policy is to encourage free discussion of moral issues as part of the educational process. Organized advocacy of a position contrary to the University’s Core Documents (mission, vision, values, and Catholic Identity) is not endorsed or funded by the University.

Only student organizations that maintain good standing as officially registered Fontbonne University student organizations by adhering to all required policies and procedures will be authorized to use University facilities or services, or be permitted to identify themselves directly or indirectly with the University name or credit. The University reserves the right to review the activities of student organizations and to ensure compliance with University policies. All student organizations are directly responsible to the Director of Leadership Education and Student Activities in collaboration with the Vice President for Student Affairs.

Registration of Student Organizations Registered groups, like registered students, will be held accountable to the standards and norms of conduct and civility which help constitute the Fontbonne University community. Registering a group says to those who belong to it that their contribution is viewed as part of the overall educational mission of the institution and that the students must continue to strive to be faithful to that mission. Rightly understood, however, registration of a student organization does not itself imply an institution’s endorsement of particular stands that the group may take.

I. All student organizations seeking eligibility for University benefits are required to be registered by the Department of Leadership Education and Student Activities (registration forms are available in the office and on-line).

II. Registration and eligibility for University benefits shall neither be withheld nor denied on the basis of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, physical impairment, national and/or ethnic origin or age.

III. The registering student organizations must ensure that the purpose of the organization is consistent with Fontbonne University’s Core Documents.

IV. The administration of the University reserves the right to review such decisions, offer guidance and even intervene when necessary, if the educational values and mission of the University appear to be undermined. Fontbonne seeks to encourage the exercise of responsible freedom; student representatives should be allowed the greatest possible discretion in making these judgments.

V. Disputes, challenges and exceptions to the above registration policies should be directed to the Vice President for Student Affairs or designee.

VI. Registration of student organizations in no way implies that the University endorses positions or points of view espoused privately or publicly by the organization.

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