If you're not sure where to start with getting involved, you can schedule a meeting with a Kennard Scholars Ambassador. These student ambassadors can help you find involvement opportunities that fit you.

Don't forget to check out our full list of student organizations. With 200+ student organizations, there are plenty of ways to get involved. Can't find the right one for you? Start your own student organization! Check out our resource page on how to register or recharter a student organization.

LSI can help you with chartering a new student organization. First, check out our resource page on how to register or recharter a student organization. After reviewing the requirements and gathering the required items, you'll complete a new student organization application.

While you are waiting to hear back about your student organization, you are allowed up to 3 interest meetings, and you may advertise your proposed student organization in The Hub and the Union.

If your proposed student organization is approved, you'll attend a Student Organization Orientation (SOO), and upon completion, your group will be approved!

No, LSI does not manage or set up bank account or banking information for student organizations.

No, LSI does not offer funding for student organizations, but the Student Government Association (SGA) does. SGA offers funding through Student Organization Funding (SOF). Applications for SOFs open on the first day of each semester and close after one month. Student organizations may make requests for on-campus services such as catering and room booking. For questions about SOFs, contact Tyrus Dunham, Chief Justice, at tyrus.dunham@usm.edu.

Our office highly recommends that student organizations have a clause about this in their constitution. For assistance with creating this clause, contact our staff members at lsi@usm.edu. Updates will be made to our sample constitution to include sample clauses about this topic.

A great way to take care of remaining funds is to donate them to a local charity. This is something that any student organization can do.

For student organizations that are connected to an official office or department on campus, the funds can be used to support an upstanding individual student, a service or research project, or something of a similar nature.

For student organizations that are part of a national organization, there are a few additional options. First, you can donate the funds to your national organization. Second, you can donate the funds to another chapter at a local institution.

Our team is happy to help you figure out where to start and guide you to resources to plan your event. Contact lsi@usm.edu to connect with our team, ask questions, or schedule a meeting to discuss your event.

Please note that our team will not plan the event for you. Student organizations are responsible for planning the logistics of their events.

To book rooms or spaces at the Thad Cochran Center, Union, The Hub, or Trent Lott Center, you can visit the Mazévo booking platform. Make sure to use your usm.edu email when registering or logging in. For questions about booking in these locations, contact the Southern Miss Events team at southernmissevents@usm.edu.

To book rooms in the Cook Library, you can use the Cook Library's room reservation request form.

To book all other rooms and spaces on-campus or in academic buildings, you will need to submit an event form to initiate a request. This includes reservations with Campus Recreation, the Performing Arts Center, Scianna Hall, etc.

Our team recommends that all student organizations use Eagle Dining's catering services to cater their events. Make sure to use your usm.edu email when registering or logging in. For questions about catering orders, contact Ralph Saverese, Catering Director, at Savarese-Ralph@aramark.com.

For food costs under $200, student organizations may utilize the University Snack Policy. This policy is only to be used for events or meetings exclusively for your group. If you are serving food to guests that are not members of your student organization, you must use Eagle Dining's catering services.

Yes, student organization must submit event forms for all events, meetings, and activities.

Student organizations may show movies at their events as long as they purchase a license to show the movie. All copyright laws must be properly followed. For a breakdown of licensing and copyright laws, read through Swank's information page about this topic. Our office recommends using Swank Motions Pictures, Inc. for purchasing movies and their licenses.

Note that having an account on Netflix, Hulu, Disney+, etc. DOES NOT count as having a license for a movie.

Student organizations must re-register with LSI every year in the spring semester.

The re-registration process is currently housed in Eagle Hub. On your group's page, you will see a blue re-registration button at the top of your screen. This will take you to the re-registration form. When reregistering your student organization, the following will need to be completed before your group is approved: 1.) Submission of a full constitution with all required sections, 2.) Attendance at a Student Organization Orientation (SOO), 3.) Acceptance of positions by all officers and advisors.

If your student organization does not complete the re-registration process, it will be deactivated for the following semester. To reactivate, your student organization will need to be rechartered and complete the new student organization process. You will not be able to host any events, meetings, or activities in the name of the student organization until it is rechartered.

No, student organizations do not have to directly contact LSI about officer or advisor changes. To make these changes, log in to Eagle Hub and visit your student organization's page. You can use the "members" tab to toggle a member's officer status. To assign them a specific role, select the "Dashboard" tab and navigate to "Officers." From there you can assign specific positions and roles to your officers as needed.

LSI does not directly assist with marketing your event. However, we offer support programs so that you can better advertise your events

All student organizations are allotted 200 pages for printing each academic year. To print through LSI, submit a request through the LSI Service Form. Please allow 24-48 hours for your request to be completed. Prints may only be 8.5x11 inches. One piece of paper equals one print page. Student organizations may not exceed the allotted 200 pages per academic year.

To advertise their events, student organizations may post flyers on the bulletin board located in The Hub. This bulletin board is managed by LSI staff and is exclusively for use by student organizations.