Activities Fee
Full-time undergraduates pay an activities fee of $75 per semester, while part-time students pay $6 per credit hour. These fees fund a wide variety of recreational and co–curricular activities, listed under “Students Services-Recreational”.
Allocation of Student Fees
Recognized student clubs and organizations that are open to all interested full-time undergraduate students and that are beneficial to the educational mission of Eastern Mennonite University may apply to receive funds from the comprehensive student fee. Requests for allocations are considered by the SGA, which is advised by the associate dean of students: student engagement, student programs, and orientation.
The SGA Finance Committee conducts annual budget meetings in the spring of each year for the purpose of allocating funds for the following year. The recommendation of the committee is taken to the SGA Senate for preliminary approval and to the President’s Cabinet for final approval. The Finance Committee has the responsibility of reviewing the financial status of the bodies to which it has given funding.
The following guidelines are used by the Finance Committee in evaluating requests:
- Only organizations or committees with full recognition status will be considered for allocations.
- Requests for funding must be submitted in writing to the SGA Finance Committee at least 24 hours before the date of the review. A representative of the organization must be available to meet with the Finance Committee to clarify any items in the request.
- An organization may request funds for operating expenses by presenting an itemized budget proposal.
- Requests for funds involving programming must be specific (for example, the name of the film and the current catalog cost). Only program activities providing benefits both to members and to persons outside the sponsoring group itself are eligible for funding.
- Equipment needs must be submitted as separate one-time requests and must not be included in the annual operating budget request.
- An organization that has overspent the budget in the previous year may be denied that amount in the following year’s allocation.
- The following are not normally funded from the comprehensive student fee:
- Organizations that are politically or denominationally affiliated or represent partisan interests.
- Clubs directly related to academic majors, which tend to be exclusive in membership.
- Gifts or contributions to third party charities or causes. (Student fees are for use by students in the on-campus co-curricular program only.)
Funds allocated to student organizations from the comprehensive fee must be retained in a Business Office account. Regular procedures for requesting the expenditure of institutional funds must be followed.
In order to keep the comprehensive student fee as reasonable as possible for all students, organizations are encouraged to consider various methods of funding: membership dues, user fees, gifts and contributions, and fundraising projects.
Co-curricular Organizations and Activities
Co-curricular programs are planned for the purpose of reinforcement of classroom instruction and academic learning, social interaction, group cooperation, development of leadership skills, service to the community and profitable use of leisure time.
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