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Tapping, Orientation and Initiation: keys to membership success Membership selection is vital to the success of your Mortar Board chapter. Beyond the selection meeting and submitting candidates to the National Office for approval, the following are essential to future membership involvement: Tapping
Review the Membership Selection Handbook for tips or download a sample tapping script. Orientation At orientation, it is important to properly inform new members about their obligations to their new Mortar Board chapter. New members should be made aware of the participation policy, dues and other chapter requirements. The goals of orientation are:
Mortar Board has created a guide that can assist in smoothly welcoming the future of Mortar Board, the New Member Orientation Guide. Be sure to refer to this guide when planning an orientation agenda. Initiation What are you doing for Mortar Board Week?
Fellowship deadline rapidly approaching Recipients are chosen for academic excellence, recommendation, promise, financial need and Mortar Board involvement. This year, there is a projected $63,500 available in fellowships, the largest of which provides the recipient with $10,000. Don't forget to forward this information to all your chapter members! Reading is Leading/Mortar Board Week photo contest Just be sure to send your photos in an e-mail or CD to the following address, postmarked by February 29. If you win, we’ll contact you asking for a list of quantities and sizes, so be prepared!
Mortar Board Week sale Chapter Spotlight: Hope College
Although the chapter has a full agenda of activities, their planning and organization make it seem like a breeze. To other chapters, Wixon recommends, “Plan your events early, and make sure you don’t do too many things! If the members feel overwhelmed by always having things to do, they will become disengaged and disinterested…choose your commitments wisely and do them fully when the time comes.” The Alcor chapter at Hope College was one of five 2007 Ruth Weimer Mount Chapter Excellence Award finalists. |
Deadlines & Reminders January 31 Applications for postgraduate Mortar Board fellowships are due Before tapping Official Membership Report (OMR) (Due between the selection and tapping of new members) March 15 Mortar Board Forum magazine submissions due Alumni Award nomination form due Conference assistant application due May 15 OMR and fees due (or within one week of initiation) Officer Address Information Form due (or immediately following chapter officer elections) National conference registration due Chapter website Award nomination form due Golden Torch Award nomination form due Project Excellence Award nomination form due Most Improved Chapter Award nomination forms due Excellence in Advising Award nomination form due Chapter Project Grant application due Icebreaker of the month Guess Who? * Distribute small, identical pieces of paper and pens to each member. * Ask members to write down their name and a true fact about themselves that they don’t think others would guess. * Instruct members to fold the piece of paper and place in a basket or hat being passed around. * The group leader will pull the facts out one by one, assigning each fact a number and reading it out loud. * Each member will number their papers and guess who each fact is associated with. Continue until all facts have been read. * To reveal the truth, re-read each fact and instruct the writer to raise their hand. Members will check their answers, and the person who correctly guessed the most wins a prize.
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Mortar Board Week
The chapter has quite the list of service projects they cherish. To name a few, the chapter holds book drives, participates in Relay for Life, supports children in Hope’s Court Appointed Special Advocates (CASA) program, holds a disabilities prom for local special needs citizens and much more. Their service isn’t even limited geographically. This year, the chapter sponsored a Compassion Child in the Philippines, raised $1,300 to help a family in Mexico buy school supplies for their adopted children, and sponsored several student scholarships in Tanzania. 