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President's Training 2024-2025
The Student Organization Database has a variety of tools to help you manage your student organization. What of these is NOT an available tool?
Request to Join Link
The current balance of your organization's account
A website for your club
A way for you to send emails to all members on your roster
I should work with my treasurer to contact Campus Organizations and Accounting for all of the following EXCEPT:
How to reserve vehicles for a trip
Cash boxes/bags and the credit card payment Clover Flex machine
Purchasing Cards
Treasurer Training
All of the following are services provided by Environmental Health and Safety EXCEPT:
Disposal of hazardous wastes and chemicals
General safety for events and activities
Tent and temporary structure inspections
Trash barrels (cans) for rent
Your organization would like to send a mass email to all students for an event in 4 weeks. When should you start the mass email process?
10 days before the event.
Right away! Start the process no later than 14 days before the event, but the forms can be filled out weeks in advance.
Fill out the forms the day you want the email sent.
A week before. No need to rush.
Your organization is facing the mid-year blues, and you decide you want to host a small social event for your members to re-energize. What are local options to consider in the Memorial Union?
Doing an art project in the Workspace
Going bowling in CyBowl & Billiards
Checking out a free show in the Maintenance Shop
Any of the above
My student organization has access to all of the following Memorial Union marketing and event resources EXCEPT:
Reserving MU display tables and booth
CyRide bus advertisements
Reserving green space on campus
Checking out signboards
You suspect that an email you recently received may be a phishing scam. Which of the following is NOT something suspicious?
It is from President Wintersteen welcoming you to a new semester at ISU.
The sender is asking for your phone number, but the email they are using looks different than normal.
You know the sender is from ISU, but the sender's email is not an @iastate.edu address.
The sender has requested that you purchase gift cards for them and promised they will reimburse you later.
Something came up and you need to cancel your small meeting room in the Memorial Union. How much notice do you need to give the Event Management Office of your room cancellation to avoid a fee?
24 hours.
10 business days.
3+ business days.
No notice. It is just a small meeting room.
My student organization needs to fundraise. What are some fundraising opportunities?
Sponsor a give back night through a local business.
Help with concessions on game days.
Request sponsorship support from local or national organizations and businesses.
All of the above.
You are wondering about a process for your student organization. Where should you go first to find the answer?
The Student Organization Resources Canvas
Nowhere, it's probably not very important that you find the correct answer anyway
Email President Wintersteen directly
You want to travel on behalf of your student organization for university business. Your trip is over one month away. What should you do?
Submit travel information through the Student Organization Travel Authorization (SOTA) system.
Wait until the day before to turn in your travel itinerary.
Pre-pay for all trip expenses prior to contacting Risk Management.
Don't communicate any details. Just simply travel to the event and turn in the mileage when you return.
Your club is planning on going on a retreat out of town in a little over a month. You have decided it would be best to take a 15-passenger van. Luckily, you already took the van training. Nonetheless, you still need to communicate with the university about your trip. Which office's website do you turn to?
Risk Management
Campus Organization Accounting
Environmental Health and Safety
Memorial Union Event Management Office
Which of the following are officially trademarked by Iowa State University and require approval from Trademark and Licensing?
Any of the university's family of logos, wordmarks, and other "indicia"
The zodiac sign
Only the "I-State" logo
The Lake Laverne swans
You are publicizing an event that occurs in three weeks. How can Student Engagement help you with publicity?
Banners, tabling, and sign boards.
They can’t – groups need to publicize events all on their own.
Flyer distribution and mass emails.
Creating and printing flyers for the event.
After reserving a classroom through Room Scheduling, what rules apply to Student Organization Classroom Use?
No amplified sound may be used.
Technology may be used, however do not unhook any installed equipment for your equipment to be used.
If food is present, the group must follow all university policies, remove all trash (including pizza boxes), wiping down surfaces, and put a new liner in the trash bin.
All of the above
What service is NOT provided by Facilities, Planning and Management?
Temporary power and locates for underground lines
Trash bags, gloves, trash/recycling receptacles
Tables and chairs to use outside
Barricades and traffic cones
The Student Organization Marketplace allows student organizations to do all of the following EXCEPT?
Sell student organization merchandise.
Collect membership dues.
Receive non-charitable donations.
Sell event registrations.
Which of the following are ways to facilitate a smooth officer transition?
Create transition documents
Have new officers interview outgoing officers
Introduce new officers to key departments and campus partners
All of the above
You want to hold a bake sale outside of Parks Library. What two things do you need to do right away?
Notify group members and just show up.
Complete an Event Authorization Online Request and provide the ISU Food Sale & Service Agreement to Risk Management.
Contact Student Government and the College of Agriculture.
Contact The Daily and the Ames Tribune.
You want to host an event, but you don't have a budget. What campus entity does NOT provide funding to student organizations?
Student Government
Event Funding Board
Campus Organization Accounting
In order to drive a university 15-passenger van, drivers must:
Complete a Motor Vehicle Record Check.
Complete a Student Organization Travel Authorization (SOTA) request.
Complete Large Passenger Van Training.
All of the above.
It's time for your org's annual Food Festival. You remember reading something about the Safe Food 101 Training. What do you do next?
Nothing, as I took the training last year.
As the president, only I need to take the training as long as I share the information with the rest of my group.
Cook food for 100 people in my apartment.
Sign myself up through the Food Safe Canvas and encourage all other members who will be handling food to sign up online, as well.
You were just elected president of your organization. What are your responsibilities as a liaison between the university and your organization?
Keep your distance from university administrators; they are too busy.
Delegate everything to your organization members as the main contacts and only hold them accountable for issues that arise.
Check your email regularly, relay information to new officers/organization members, follow all university policies and procedures, and ask questions when you do not understand.
Assume that your advisor will take care of everything.
Who can update your student organization information through the Student Organization Database?
Only the President of the organization
President, Treasurer, and Advisor can. They can also grant permissions to any other officer.
Student Engagement admin
Anyone listed on the organization roster
Which of the following is true regarding free speech on campus?
No one is allowed to speak on campus
Free speech can only occur in a specific area
ISU embraces public discourse and free speech. Expressive activities can occur in numerous places on campus. Small events (< 50 people) happen on a first-come first served basis. Certain larger events require prior notice and or approval. Some restrictions apply.
None of the above
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