| Handbooks and Guides |
| Officer & Advisor
Handbook |
All chapter officers and advisors should thoroughly read and often refer to this
guide for advice on chapter management. Individual guides for the various chapter offices and positions are also included in this booklet.
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| Membership Selection Handbook |
This is a complete guide to membership selection. It is essential for advisors, chapter presidents and membership chairs.
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| Membership
Selection Timeline |
This sample timeline can assist you in planning your membership
process. |
| Initiation
Ceremony Booklet |
You chapter will benefit from this complete copy of the
national initiation ceremony, complete with songs, scripts
and poems.
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| Member Guide |
This guidebook is necessary for every Mortar Board initiate,
containing the organization’s governing documents,
historical facts, structural information and more. Download
a PDF version if you did not receive it upon initiation into
your chapter.
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| Chapter Operations |
| Alumni information request form |
Would you like to reach out to local Mortar Board alumni? Or, are you researching the history of your chapter and need a listing of your chapter's members? Use this form to request information about alumni. Please note, strict privacy policies must be followed with alumni information. |
Chapter Action Plan (CAP)
All other chapter report, application or nomination forms. |
This is your chapter's plan for the year. It will help you organize your events and projects and will lay out your plan for recruiting, selecting and initiating new members. It should be submitted to the National Office on or before October 15.
You can also find all other chapter forms and reports, including officer reports, grant application forms and alumni award nomination forms, here.
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| Google Apps Email and more |
Do you want a central email address that your chapter can use from year to year? Every chapter has an email address provided by Mortar Board free of charge. Plus, there are lots of other very handy tools like Google Docs and the Google Calendar that you can use to help manage your chapter!
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| Parliamentary
Procedures Summary |
Govern your chapter properly by following these procedural
rules.
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| Selection
by Consensus practice page |
Use this handout to execute a mock selection process with
your chapter prior to the official selection date.
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| Reading is Leading Resource Guide |
Need help planning a Reading is Leading program or event? This
guide will help you get on track.
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| Meeting
Incentives |
At the 2006 Mortar Board National Conference, a group of
students got together and asked “What would make you
go to a meeting?” See what they came up with
and use these suggestions in your chapter’s planning
efforts.
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| Mortar Board 101 presentation |
Do you feel like you don't know enough about Mortar Board as a national organization? Learn more about the Society by viewing this presentaiton.
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| Tapping, Initiation and Orientation 101 |
Learn about some of Mortar Board's longstanding membership traditions and how to implement them on your campus.
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| Chapter Promotional Materials |
| General Mortar Board brochure |
Distribute this brochure at chapter events or as a part of your membership selection process. Chapters can request free professionally printed copies of this brochure by contacting the National Office. It is available in both normal print quality and high-resolution press quality.
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| Logo |
Chapters and chapter representatives can download the official logo in a variety of formats and resolutions online.
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| Letterhead template |
Want an official Mortar Board letterhead to use for your chapter? Find it here.
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| Press release template |
Send press releases to your campus and community media outlets with this template.
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| Business card request form |
Request professional business cards for your chapter. We will design them for you and then you make take them to a printer of your choice to be printed at your expense.
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Mortar Board Week Visibility Resources Folder (compressed folder) |
If you want to promote Mortar Board week on your campus, you can find logos, e-cards and many other great tools in this folder.
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| Songs |
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| The Torch |
Mortar Board's poem |
| National Governing Documents |
| Bylaws of Mortar Board, Inc. |
Mortar Board’s national governing documents |
| Code
of Ethics |
View Mortar Board’s official Code of
Ethics. |
| Strategic Goals, 2011-2015 |
Mortar Board recently embarked on a five-year strategic plan with five goals as the focus of the national leadership’s efforts. Read more about them. |
