Innovations on the Application for Recognition from OSA

January 04, 2008

TO: ALL HEADS OF STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS

HEADS OF FRATERNITIES AND SORORITIES

FACULTY ADVISERS

SUBJECT: INNOVATIONS ON THE APPLICATION FOR RECOGNITION

Greetings of Harmony and Abundant Blessings for 2008!

This is to officially inform you about some innovations on the application for student organization recognition effective this coming school year.

First, We are reducing the number of forms compared to previous years, and are now working it out to be downloadable from the internet. As soon as we are ready with the templates, we will upload it on the OVCSA website. This is part of our advocacy for a paperless society or, at least, minimizing on the use of paper and essentially on cutting trees.

Second, we are strongly recommending that all student organizations applying for recognition would attend and participate in two orientation seminars, which are part of OSA’s advocacy agenda in support of the Campaign for Peace, Security and Violence-free UP Campus:

1. Leadership Orientation and Workshop, conducted by this office, and
2. The Gender Perspective Training, which is conducted jointly by the UP-Gender Office and USC Committee on Gender Responsiveness.

The certificates of attendance to be issued henceforth will form part of the required documents to be submitted upon application.

Please coordinate with Ms. Olivet A. Carullo, Office of Student Activities, for your final schedules.

Please be guided accordingly. Thank you for your cooperation.

In solidarity with all of you,

(SGD) Prof. DR. Oscar P. Ferrer