Club Sports Advisor Responsibilities
The University places upon student groups a maximum of responsibility for managing their own affairs. This responsibility does not include fiscal affairs. The university must accept final responsibility for all actions of the student group. The advisor serves as the university representative.
Every group must have at least one official advisor who is a full-time faculty or staff member at FAU. All organizations must select their own advisor unless otherwise stated in the group’s constitution.
The advisor is the chief connecting link between the university and the organization. The advisor will assist the officers, who are primarily responsible, for seeing that all university regulations and policies are followed. Serving as an advisor is considered to be within the role and scope of the university, advisors have the same liability protection as when performing other official duties for the university.
Specific roles of the advisors are as follows:
- Help to enrich the co-curricular experience of the members
- Meet regularly with the officers of the group to discuss goals, needs and programs
- Be familiar with university policies and regulations and with the Constitution of the group
- Attend as many meetings and special events as possible
- Must attend alcohol and ticketing workshops with the officers of the group, when needed, as well as attend all late night events concerning ticketing or alcohol
- Act as the budgetary advisor and signature authority of the group’s university account
- Encourage and help the group to carry on an active and significant program, and support the broad educational purpose of the university
- Act as a resource to minimize university red tape
- Provide continuity for the group
Responsibilities may change due to policy changes in Club Sports Handbook, Office of Student Involvement and Leadership or the University.
