Know Your Handbook
Bulletin boards assigned to JSOM orgs must be refreshed every this many days — or risk losing their board.
What is 30 days?
The primary spokesperson for the organization: sets the agenda, runs meetings, and builds the strategic plan with the advisor.
What is the President?
This co-ed professional business fraternity dominates JSOM networking events and goes by a five-character Greek abbreviation.
What is AKPsi (Alpha Kappa Psi)?
The first move after a club meeting with a guest speaker; open the app, send a personalized connection request within the hour.
What is LinkedIn?
The official UTD hand sign thrown in every club group photo; context? optional.
What is the Whoosh?
The maximum amount JSOM's Student Development and Leadership Programs office will fund per event.
What is $250?
This officer steps in to run the show whenever the president is unavailable and co-signs the organization's bank account.
What is the Vice President?
The university hub where student orgs go for official UTD recognition, separate from JSOM affiliation.
What is SOC (Student Organization Center)?
The destination for any member whose resume looks like an unformatted Word document from 2009.
What is the CMC (Career Management Center)?
The six-wheeled campus robots that cut off students at JSOM's sliding doors and became a campus-wide inside joke.
What are Starship Robots?
Funding requests must be submitted this many business days before the event date, weekends don't count.
What is 10 business days?
Meeting minutes, mass emails, member database maintenance — all in a day's work for this officer.
What is the Secretary?
Empowering Latino professionals in accounting, finance, and business, this national org has a strong JSOM chapter.
What is ALPFA?
For liability reasons, this faculty or staff role must be physically present at every JSOM org meeting and event.
What is a Responsible University Official (RUO)?
JSOM student orgs are strongly encouraged to submit all events to this university-wide digital calendar.
What is the Comet Calendar?
The exact location on the bulletin board where the required information sheet must be placed.
What is the lower left?
Tracks every deposit, debit, and refund, and prepares the budget alongside the VP.
What is the Treasurer?
This Pan-Asian business leadership org has a name that implies one direction: upward.
What is ASCEND?
Your club's flyers cannot go on walls, windows, doors, or pillars; only here.
What is a designated bulletin board (or official announcement space)?
CE hours from student org activities must be logged in this platform within 3 months of the event.
What is Engage UTD?
This twice-yearly compliance form keeps your org in good standing and feeds critical data for AACSB accreditation reporting.
What is the JSOM Student Org Audit Form?
This officer maintains the talent release list, plans industry visits, and keeps alumni in the loop on org developments.
What is the Alumni/Industry Relations Officer?
JSOM student org data is reported annually to this prestigious accreditation body; the real reason audit forms exist.
What is AACSB?
Before publishing anything with UTD or JSOM branding on social media, the faculty advisor must consult this specific person at JSOM.
What is JSOM's Marketing Manager?
Campus lore says rubbing the bronze bust of this UTD founder in the library before finals brings good luck.
Who is Cecil Green?