From: Student Life Date: September 20, 2024 Subject: SLO Weekly Roundup - September 20, 2024
September 16 - 20, 2024
In This Week's Edition:
Senate Club Funding: Deadline Approaching
SLO Club Trainings: Next Week
Conferences, Hackathons & Case Competitions Funding Application is Live!
NEW Requirement for Events Collecting Revenue
Student-Organized Travel
Action Required: Anti-Hazing Agreement
Belonging, Innovation, and Impact Grant
Drop-In Advising
Senate Club Funding Deadline Approaching
The Fall 2024 Senate Club Funding Application deadline is approaching on Sunday, September 22 at 11:59 pm. Apply Here.
As a reminder, the Senate's overall criteria for club eligibility to receive funding are as follows:
Officers of the club have completed Student Life Officer Training
Transparency around club dues
Funding requests must meet the following criteria on a per-line-item basis:
<$25/person
No speaker fees, swag, treks, retreats, conferences, and C-F(x)'s.
Operational expenses must be clearly laid out and essential to the club's function
Fall 2024 Funding Timeline:
Sunday, September 22 at 11:59 pm: Application Closes
Wednesday, October 2: Funding Decisions Announced
Find more information and guidelines for receiving funding here. Please reach out to Mike Sanchez if you have any questions!
SLO Club Trainings Next Week
All MIT Sloan clubs are required to go through the SLO training series to be eligible for Senate club funding. If your club missed the training sessions this past spring, please plan to have at least one officer attend the training sessions below. These sessions are also open to those who are interested in getting a refresher on how to get things done as a club officer at MIT Sloan.
Inclusive Leadership & Sloan Club Management Basics: Wednesday, September 25, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm | RSVP Here
Club Finances & Event Planning Training Session: Thursday, September 26, 11:45 am - 12:45 pm | RSVP Here
Conferences, Hackathons & Case Competitions - Planning Kick-Off: Friday, September 27, 10:00 am - 11:00 am | RSVP Here
Conferences, Hackathons, and Case Competitions
Funding Application is Now Live!
Application Deadline: Thursday, October 3 | 6:00 pm Pitch Session: Friday, October 10 | 11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Eligible events may be awarded up to $12,000 in funding from the Sloan Student Life Office. Funding will be awarded based on the assessment of the application as well as your pitch given at the Pitch Session.
Please see the Conference Funding page on the Student Life Website for all information about the funding application - including the application form, budget template, and sample assessment rubric.
If you have any questions about the funding application, please reach out to the Student Life team.
NEW Requirement for Events Collecting Revenue
With the recent change to using Stripe for SloanGroups payments, all events collecting revenue via SloanGroups must indicate the appropriate GL code in the event settings. Here is how:
Scroll down to section 8, labeled "Advanced Settings"
Click on "Cost Center Code"
Change GL code to "Event Ticket Sales"
Student-Organized Travel
Organizing a trip with your student organization gives you the opportunity to test your leadership skills, gain an in-depth look at a particular industry or geography, and build contacts and a community that will help you in the future.
The following process must be followed for any student-organized travel - including treks, retreats, or visits to more than one company (even locally):
Step 2: a brief meeting with Delya Hasanova for domestic travel or Paul Buckley for international travel
Please visit our Trek Planning page for a detailed overview of all the policies and procedures to consider.
Action Required: Anti-Hazing Agreement
Every year, student groups are required to certify to the Institute that they are compliant with Massachusetts law and MIT policy regarding hazing.
If not yet completed, one president or co-president from your group will need to acknowledge the agreement in SloanGroups before club leaders have access to their group in the platform. The agreement will automatically pop-up when trying to enter SloanGroups.
The Office of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion would like to invite the student community to learn more about the Belonging Innovation and Impact Grant program (BI2G, or BIIG). The BI2G offers financial support for initiatives that strengthen the goals of MIT’s strategic plan related to belonging. To be eligible, MIT Sloan students and student organizations must:
submit an application detailing their proposed initiative/learning opportunity aimed at enhancing the sense of belonging at MIT Sloan/MIT;
execute and/or create the program, event, or learning experience;
provide a deliverable that shares the key learnings with the MIT Sloan community.
Learn more about the program here. If you have any questions, please contact sloandei@mit.edu.
Student Leader Drop-In Advising
Stop by E52-118 in the Student Life Office suite (E52-101) on Thursdays from 11am - 1pm for drop-in advising for Sloan student organization leaders. We can help you plan and execute your club activities, discuss club finances, marketing strategies, and more.
Can't make drop-in advising, but have questions? Feel free to make an appointment with any of us using this link!
