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| 10-04-2004 | Previous edition: 10-01-2004 |
        
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Printer-friendly version Dean's office takes action after deactivation deadlineBy Liz BowerCampus Editor The Office of the Dean of Students has deactivated 53 student organizations. There are two reasons for an organization’s deactivation: if an election report and officers list has not been submitted or if its constitution has not been updated, said Pablo Malavenda, associate dean of students. Numerous reminders and a final warning were sent on Wednesday to organizations that were at risk. After the deadline at 4 p.m. Friday, 135 organizations had been in contact with the office and will remain active. If a student organization was having trouble submitting the paperwork members contacted the dean’s office and received an extension. Malavenda said of the 53 organizations that are deactivated that some of them will be reactivated. The staff at the Office of the Dean of Students did not anticipate the amount of traffic it had coming in and out of its office on Thursday and Friday. "The students stepped up and took care of the business that needed to be taken care of and the staff put in even more of an extra effort," Malavenda said. In 2001 the University added a non-discrimination policy to University regulations and the members of the Office of the Dean of Students realized they did not require student organizations to update their constitutions accordingly. During the 2003-2004 school year organizations received a notice that they had to update their constitutions by April. The office extended the deadline to the summer and then at an assembly on Sept. 20 the organizations were given two more weeks to submit the necessary documents. Malvenda said, "We are thrilled we are not in a position that we have to deactivate 188 organizations." Printer-friendly version |
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