Category:Chapter Advisor

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Alumni and honorary members are great resources for chapters. As such it is common practice for chapters to have a Housing Adviser, Faculty Adviser and an Alumni Adviser or Chapter Advisory Team. While these positions carry heavy responsibility, they are very rewarding conducting chapter affairs.

The experience of the advisers goes way beyond the 4 year memory of the chapter. This is used to repeat the chapter history's great successes and provide mitigating action before problems repeat themselves.

Responsibilities of the Advisers include:
 * Maintaining personal contact with the chapter officers as well as serving as an official representative of the Executive Council on each campus (Constitution, Article IV, Section 5).
 * Administering the pledge tests
 * Being invited to attend all initiations, witnessing the roll book page of each initiate.
 * Make sure that the laws and customs of Theta Tau are observed by the Chapter.
 * Accordingly, review
 * The Constitution and Bylaws
 * The Risk Management Policy,
 * The Policy and Procedure Manual,
 * All parts of this Manual.

Advisers should also:
 * Be aware of issues currently affecting the chapter
 * Periodically attend chapter meetings
 * Remind the officers when a deadline may be approaching
 * At least annually, audit of the chapter’s finances for the previous semester or year to ensure that
 * Past Treasurers have adequately met financial duties
 * Current budget meets expected needs
 * The new Treasurer can assume the office with a clean slate

More general information about the nature of serving as an adviser to any organization may be found in the Adviser's Manual/Advisory Team Manual or the Advisory Team Webpage. Advisers are appointed by the chapter by submitting the Adviser Recommendation Form to the Central Office.

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One or more alumni or honorary members may serve as Advisers. A common arrangement is to maintain a Faculty Adviser, Housing Adviser, Alumni Adviser, and perhaps others. It is a rewarding position carrying heavy responsibility for the proper conduct of chapter affairs. Through his mature guidance and understanding counsel, Advisers can do much to assist the chapter officers and student members in their personal, professional, and social development. Advisers for appointment should be communicated to the Central Office via the Officer Election Report or the Adviser Recommendation Form.

Advisers are charged with maintaining a personal contact with the chapter officers and serving as official representative of the Executive Council on each campus (Constitution, Article IV, Section 5). The Adviser should administer the pledge tests, should be invited to attend all initiations, and should witnesses the roll book page of each initiate.

As an official representative of the Executive Council, he should make sure that the laws and customs of Theta Tau are observed by the Chapter. Accordingly, he should review the Constitution and Bylaws, Risk Management Policy, Policy and Procedure Manual, and all parts of this Manual.

Advisers should periodically attend chapter meetings, and should remind the officers when a deadline may be approaching. At least annually, Advisers should conduct an audit of the chapter’s finances for the previous semester or year to ensure that past Treasurers have adequately met financial duties, that current budget meets expected needs, and so that new Treasurer can be assured of assuming office with a clean slate. More general information about the nature of serving as an adviser to any organization may be found in the Adviser's Manual/Advisory Team Manuall or the Advisory Team Webpage.