Registration for Student Organizations

How to Register

All student organizations must complete all three steps below to register a Student Organization. All student organizations must register Fall AND Spring semester. (Step three only needs to be done one time, but portals must be updated with accurate information each semester)

  1. Registration Session
    Please send at least one delegate to each registration session (if you are sending an officer please bring any new members that are available to help with transitions).

    Fall 2009
    Registration Session: Tuesday, September 1st 5:30 PM SU Theatre
    Fall Registration Deadline: 11:59 PM September 25th, 2009
    Student Involvement Fair:
    September 15th & 16th (Tuesday & Wednesday)
    11:00am-3:00pm
    Student Union
    *Sign up to have a booth at the involvement fair will be through organization portals beginning at the beginning of the Fall semester.

    Spring 2010
    Registration Session: Tuesday, January 26th 5:30 PM SU Theatre
    Spring Registration Deadline: 11:59 PM January 29th, 2009
    Student Involvement Fair:
    February 2nd & 3rd (Tuesday & Wednesday)
    11:00am-3:00pm
    Student Union

  2. Registration Form

    Renewing your registration?
    From your organization portal, click on Tools, and then click on Forms. 
    Form name: Registration for Student Organizations

    Creating a new organization?
    New Organization Registration Form
    In order to complete this form you will need the following information:

    • Organization name
    • 5 UNLV student members
    • President (or equivalent student member) name, R ebelmail, phone number
    • Faculty/staff advisor name, e-mail, phone number
    • Organization purpose
    • Additional group contact information (group email, website, etc)

  3. Create the welcome message and make it viewable to the public on your organization’s Involvement Center portal.
    Register your Individual Portal     (Instructions for first-time users)

    • Click on the tan tab that reads ”Join an Organization” on the right of this screen
    • In the upper right corner click on “Register”
    • Complete the information requested for your individual portal.
    • It will provide the opportunity to complete information for your individual profile.
    • Join an Organization
    • Click on the “Account” tab in the upper right of the screen.
    • Click on “Join an Organization”
    • Scroll through the list of portals; find the organization you wish to join and click join.
    • The password for all groups is “rebels”. The administrator of a group can reset this password at any time.
    • The name of the organization will appear on the left of the screen. This is your link to enter the organization portal. The grey tabs across the top of your screen navigate your individual portal.
    • If you are the president on file with Student Involvement & Activities, email Caroline El-Khoury (caroline.el-khoury@unlv.edu) for administrative access.

      Welcome Message (You must have administrative access to do the following)

    • Log into your portal: (getinvolved.unlv.edu, click the tan tab labeled “Join an Organization” and in the upper right corner click on “Login”.
    • Click on your group nickname on the left of the screen in green text
    • Click on the gray “Settings” tab on the left column.
    • Click on “Welcome Message”. Then write a welcome message. This is used as a recruiting tool, so explain who what your group is, what you do, meeting times, and other ways for them to contact you.
    • Click on the green “Submit” button in the lower right corner of the screen.

      Grant the public access to view it by following the directions below:

    • Click on the grey “Settings” tab on the left of the screen.
    • Click on “Group Permissions”
    • You will see a list of modules (applications for the program) for your portal running down the left side of the screen.
    • Scroll to either the “Calendar” or the “Contact Org” module.
    • Across the top are the different groups of which whom you can give access to your portal. On the far right the column is labeled “Public”.
    • You have the option to make things viewable or disabled for some of the modules for the “Public” group. It is suggested to the “Calendar” or the “Contact Org” button. Click view for one of them.
    • Scroll to the bottom on the screen and hit the “Submit” button.

For questions or concerns contact the Program Coordinator for Involvement and Student Organization Development, 702-895-2508, caroline.el-khoury@unlv.edu

Benefits of Being a Registered Student Organization

Whether you're already involved in an existing organization or planning to start a new one, it's important that your group register as an official student organization. Register and have access to benefits like:

Expectations of Registered Student Organizations


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