Please select the date you are available from 3:30-5:30 p.m.. Note that the event will start at 3:30 p.m. with our main room training that includes: Office of Student Life overview, LakerLink Updates, Policy Updates, and mandatory trainings. We will be unable to give you credit for attendance if you arrive late. Doors will open at 3:15 p.m. to accommodate time to get name tags. All attendees MUST RSVP individually. DO NOT RSVP as a group. 

Sessions for Ignite include:

• Funding Training
  • This session will provide funding training for Undergraduate, non-club sport organizations. It will provide attendees with the Finance Wizard Badge (required for all funding requests to be reviewed) and an overview of funding guidelines. 
• Marketing Your organization/events
  • This session will provide advice on marketing your organization and organization hosted events to students utilizing resources offered by the Office of Student Life and Promotions Office.
• LakerLink Help
  • This session will give an overview of everything you can accomplish with LakerLink for your organization, from posting events to managing your organization page/roster.
• Event + Collaboration Planning
  • This session will go over how to plan on-campus events (specifically in Kirkhof/Cook Dewitt Center) including how to collaborate, who are your contacts, what policies you should follow, and marketing of your event.
• Recruitment & Retention
  • This session will give you tools to recruit and retain members in your organization successfully. 

You will receive an email on October 5 with make-up session information. Your organization will be UNLINKED on LakerLink, meaning it is ineligible for funding, room reservations, and other student organization benefits & privileges until completing the make-up session.  

The Office of Student Life is hosting a Student Organization Center (Kirkhof Center 0008) open house following Ignite from 5:30-6:30 p.m.. This is a great space to ask clarifying questions and have support in accessing resources presented at Ignite. We will be providing free food and a free headshot photobooth.