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Send us your Mortar Board Week photos!

Share your Mortar Board Week pictures with us! Whether your chapter is hosting a big event, completing a service project or just hanging out, send us your photos. You can:

• Post photos to the Mortar Board Facebook page
• Tweet and post photos about your MB Week activities and mention @MortarBoard
• Email your pics to us

If you are still planning your activities for Mortar Board Week, check out our Visibility Resources Folder.

Membership selection resources

You know how important the selection of a new class is to your chapter! Keep in mind these important steps as you prepare for the upcoming selection season:

Prepare
Use the selection timeline you reported in your Chapter Action Plan. Find more resources to help you plan on our website.

Recruit and select
Don’t forget to take advantage of faculty and staff during your recruitment process! Make sure they are aware of your application or nomination process and timelines. They know the superstars in their departments and the leaders of other student groups on campus.

Report
Before you can tap new members, you must submit your Official Membership Report (OMR) to the National Office for approval. Be sure you know how to fill out the OMR. Please remember to email it at least two weeks prior to your tapping!

Tap
Tapping is a time-honored tradition of our Society, dating back before the birth of Mortar Board to the founding of its oldest chapter at Cornell University. The term, taken from the literal act of tapping a new member with a mortarboard, has become synonymous with Mortar Board. For many alumni, one of their fondest Mortar Board memories is how they were publicly tapped.

Orient
Orientation, a step required in the national Bylaws, helps to educate potential members and transition your chapter year after year. Your orientation should inspire, motivate, instill pride and inform new members of their obligations to our Society.

Initiate
Initiation should be a special, memorable ceremony that members and their families can look back on fondly for many years to come. The Initiation Ceremony Booklet, complete with sheet music for Mortar Board’s songs and a script of the national initiation ceremony, will guide your chapter to success.

Share your selection tips, strategies and success!
Does your chapter have a proven selection strategy? Or, are you doing something new this year? Do you have a question you'd like to bounce off other chapter leaders? Share your selection questions or strategies on the LeadingLeaders Facebook page.

And, post your tapping and initiation photos to our national Facebook page so that the entire Mortar Board community can celebrate your success in selecting a new class!

Apply to be a 2012 conference assistant!

Would you like to share your Mortar Board experience with new officers? Apply to be a conference assistant for the 2012 National Conference!

As a conference assistant, you will get an insider's view of Mortar Board at the national level. If you love being a part of the action, have great attention to detail, can jump in where needed, and are excited about Mortar Board, apply now! Applications (along with an advisor recommendation) are due on or before March 15.

To be a conference assistant, you must be available for travel to Chicago from July 18-22, 2012. Questions about being a conference assistant may be directed to Megan Stevens.

Does your advisor totally rock?

Good advisors are an essential part of a strong chapter. If your chapter has been amazed by the hard work and dedication of your advisor, nominate her or him for our national Excellence in Advising Award!

Awarded annually at the national conference, the Excellence in Advising Award honors advisors who have provided outstanding service, guidance and support to a collegiate chapter. Nominations are due on or before March 15.

If your advisor has received the award in the past five years, she or he is ineligible to receive the award this year. A complete list of previous recipients is on our website.

Reminder: changes to the 2012 Mortar Board National Conference

You should have received a recent email explaining travel expectations for the 2012 National Conference.

Please read through the explanation to make sure you fully understand it. If you have any questions, please contact your section coordinator or the National Office.