Benefits of Student Organizations

The following grid is meant to outline the baseline benefits bestowed opon student organziations based on their classification. For Sponsored Student Organizations, there may be additional benefits articulated between the sponsoring unit and the student organzation. Voluntary Student Organizations receiving sponsorship for a specific event may be eligible for additonal events for the duration of the event as articulated in an Event Sponsorship Agreement.

University Benefits Grid for Student Organizations

Benefit	SSO	VSO*	NSO
Listing of current information in the Student Organization Directory	Yes	Yes	Yes
Ability to reserve dedicated University space	Yes	Yes	Yes
Eligible for fee reductions or discounts for dedicated University Space	Yes	Yes	No
Ability to participate in “Beaver Community Fair” at no cost	Yes	Yes	No
Ability to establish an account with the AABC MU Finance Office	Yes	Yes	No
Ability to accept tax deductible contributions	Yes	Yes	No
Access to web space and email address under the oregonstate.edu domain	Yes	Yes	No
Access to on-campus mailing address/mailbox	Yes	No	No
Opportunity to apply for student fee money (Educational Activities) and/or OSU Student Foundation funding	Yes	Yes	No
Eligible to apply for and purchase insurance for activities through the Office of Risk Management	Yes	Yes	No
Insurance coverage through OSU self-insurance fund	Yes	No	No
Eligible for ongoing access to University-controlled resources (i.e. funding, dedicated office/storage space, equipment, etc)	Yes, as articulated through a sponsorship agreement	No	No
Eligible to rent University vehicles for official university business	Yes	No	No
Ability to use “Oregon State University,” “Beavers” or any derivation thereof in the student org name	Yes	No	No
Eligible to use University logos and trademarks	Yes	No	No

*VSOs are eligible for additional benefits under the terms of an Event Sponsorship Agreement