Student Life - Leadership Resources
Involving Faculty
& Staff
Faculty and Staff can be some of an organization's greatest allies.
Be sure and create a plan to work with this important group. Think
of and implement ways to keep them informed about your organization
and its achievements.
- Host a faculty and staff social sponsored by your organization
to introduce members to key faculty and staff on campus.
- As a group, brainstorm the names of key campus faculty and
staff that you would like to involved to a greater extent with
your organization. Find creative ways to include them.
- Invite three or four different faculty or staff to a meeting.
It is best if this invitation is made in person rather than
in writing. Your advisor can help by making a follow-up phone
call the day of the meeting.
- Hold a faculty/staff appreciation program. Let them know they
are appreciated. Offer refreshments and have your scrapbooks
out so you can show them the things you have done recently.
- Send an "open letter" to faculty and staff explaining
your group and its purpose. Let them know who your advisor is
and they can contact you either directly or through your advisor.
- Send greeting cards to faculty and staff. Pick any holiday
and make up your own special cards. Be sure the card is appropriate
and inclusive.
- If members of your organization work on campus in offices
or departments, let supervisors know about your affiliation
with the organization. Invite people you know to programs.
- Host a casual dinner and ask every member to bring a faculty
or staff member along. Get to know them, ask about their area
of academic and/or personal interests, and sell your organization
to them.
- Induct faculty and staff as honorary members of your organization.
- Where applicable, send copies of your group's newsletter to
supporting departments, faculty and/or staff, or members of
the WCTC community that have been helpful.
Involve your advisor in all of these types of events. As a faculty/staff
member, their involvement can help to bring more of their colleagues
to your events, and can serve as a positive point of reference
for them as well.
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