Advisor Handbook
The handbook reminds advisors that they should do this instead of running meetings, planning events, or making decisions on behalf of students.
What is empower students to lead?
Every RSO must use this platform to submit and receive approval for campus events.
What is Involve@State?
If a student asks what RSSI stands for, an advisor should know these three identity communities represented by the acronym.
What are Religious, Spiritual, and Secular Identities?
This commitment focuses on creating welcoming spaces where students feel seen, valued, and at home.
What is Belong?
If you need to identify the Associate Vice President of Inclusive Access and Belonging in RSSI's reporting structure, you're looking for this person.
Who is Kim Steed-Page?
Advisors are expected to provide additional guidance when events are expected to exceed this number of attendees.
What is 200 attendees?
Major events such as concerts, dances, or parties must be submitted at least this many business days before the event.
What is 20 business days?
A guiding life philosophy, which may be based on a particular religious tradition, spiritual orientation, secular perspective, or some combination of these. The foundational outlook you have on life that helps you make sense of the world around you.
What is a Worldview?
This commitment emphasizes participation in organizations, programs, causes, and communities beyond the classroom.
What is Engage?
This Student Affairs leader sits at the top of the RSSI reporting line and serves as Vice President for Student Affairs.
Who is Jim Hintz?
Even though advisors may provide guidance, these individuals are ultimately responsible for the organization's decisions and outcomes.
Who are the student members and officers of the organization?
An event is considered a major event if it is expected to attract at least this many attendees.
What is 300 people?
According to sociologists' framework, this concept can be understood through three dimensions: belief (what is true), behavior or practice (what one does), and belonging (the social or communal dimension).
What is Religion?
This commitment supports students' physical, mental, social, and existential well-being.
What is Thrive?
This Student Affairs office provides reporting and referral resources when a student needs support or when there is a concern about a student's well-being.
What is the Office of Student Support and Accountability (Referrals and Reporting)?
Every advisor should review and be familiar with this governing document for their RSO.
What is the organization's constitution?
Advisors should know that this Involve@State section allows officers to view account balances and on-campus account numbers.
What is the Finance section?
According to Eboo Patel, this concept combines "inter," the relationships between people who orient around religion differently, and "faith," an individual's relationship with a religious or philosophical tradition.
What is Interfaith?
This commitment helps students find purpose, develop leadership skills, and gain real-world experience.
What is Lead?
This Student Affairs center prepares students for lifelong civic and social responsibility through volunteerism and community-engaged learning.
What is the Center for Community Engaged Learning?
Advisors are required to approve any RSO purchase at or above this dollar amount.
What is $500?
On the Involve@State roster page, these five positions cannot be changed through the standard roster editing function.
Who are the President, Vice President, Treasurer, Secretary, and Adviser?
In the work of Diana Eck and the Pluralism Project, this concept is described as more than tolerance. It involves actively seeking understanding across lines of difference while maintaining one's own commitments.
What is Pluralism?
According to the MSU Student Affairs Framework, this commitment is described as the foundation upon which everything else is built.
What is Belong?
According to Student Affairs, approximately this many students attend Michigan State University.
What is 52,089 students?