Writing a Constitution
Writing or reviewing your organization's constitution allows your organization to refine your mission, officer roles and responsibilities, meeting rules, and membership requirements. A student organization's constitution is important when questions arise about the activities or mission of the group. All 色控传媒 registered student organizations are required to have up-to-date constitutions.
After SOA reviewed more than 500 submitted constitutions, most have been approved as meeting the university criteria provided in the above writing guide. Here is a list of organizations who must attend a constitution review session or risk forfeiting campus privileges. The representative who submitted their RSO constitution should have received .
If your RSO is frozen but was active at the start of 2025-26 and you do not find the RSO in the list above, please contact studentorgs@northwestern.edu to learn why the org might be frozen.
Tips for Holding a Constitution Review Meeting
- Bring all stakeholders together, including organization advisor
- Start by creating/reviewing mission statement that describes the purpose of the group, along with a list of activities that will accomplish the purpose.
- Define the composition your membership and the requirements for admission into the group
- Write officer descriptions in third person using position titles instead of pronouns, i.e., "The President will."
- Keep the document in an editable digital format (.doc), a permanent digital format (.pdf), and in print