四色AV SGA Bylaws, Article XI, Section 04. Recognized Student Organization (RSO) Scholarships
- In an endeavor to support the University of Louisiana Monroe鈥檚 Recognized Student
Organizations, the Student Government Association allocates four thousand dollars
($4,000) per semester in the form of scholarships.
- Each scholarship will have a maximum amount of five hundred dollars ($500). An RSO
may apply for an amount below the maximum allotment.
- Eight (8) scholarships may be awarded per semester; three in September, October, February,
and March, and two in November and April.
- Scholarships may 鈥渞oll over鈥 if they are not used.听
- Recognized Student Organizations must complete and submit a scholarship application
form via Wingspan. Upon submission of the form, the RSO will receive a guideline sheet
outlining what their representative鈥檚 presentation of why they are deserving of the
scholarship should include. Two RSOs shall be chosen to present per Student Government
Association meeting on a first-come-first-serve basis. Each RSO who is submitting
for a scholarship must have a tax ID number at the time of application. RSOs may not
use the 四色AV tax ID number as their own.
- Should an applying RSO receive a scholarship in the fall semester, they must wait
until the first meeting in the month of March to re-apply. However, if the RSO is
not chosen to receive a scholarship, they are permitted to re-apply in the same semester.听
- An RSO may only receive one (1) scholarship per semester.听
SGA RSO Scholarship Request
How to obtain an SGA funded sponsorship for your RSO:
- Visit and locate the .
- Fill out the information listed and click submit.
- Speakers come on a first-come, first-served order.
- After submitting online, you will then receive an email giving you a time to present
your reasoning for a sponsorship.
- During the presentation, you will be questioned about the event proposed. Questions
can include, but are not limited to:
- How will SGA be recognized as a sponsor?
- How will the scholarship be spent?
- How does this event benefit your organization and the student body?
- After the presentation, an SGA member will have to write a motion in order for the
sponsorship to be considered. If a motion is written, it will be voted upon at the
next SGA meeting.
- You will be contacted by an SGA officer, usually the Treasurer, to update you on whether
or not a motion was written.
If no motion is written or the motion fails:
- RSOs are permitted to re-apply in the same semester.
If a motion is written and passes:
- You will be contacted by an SGA officer, usually the Treasurer, to inform you of the
affirmative vote.
- The RSO contact will need to respond with the following information
- The Organization's Vendor CWID, as set up in Banner. If there is no CWID or the CWID
is unknown, please see the section at the bottom.
- Your On-Campus Advisor(s) full name and contact information, including office location,
phone number, and email.
- The RSO Scholarships are provided by check only.
- Due to 四色AV's check-writing process, it may take 2 to 3 weeks before a check is mailed
or available for pick up.
- After the event for which funding was granted, . If not, then the RSO is ineligible for future funding from 1 year of the event.