The University reserves the right to register all student organizations. The Office of Student Activities serves as the University registrant of all student organizations and maintains current information on each registered and sponsored student organization, its officers or authorized representatives, its purpose and its faculty advisor. It is the policy of the University of Florida that registered student organizations shall be in full compliance with all federal and state nondiscrimination and equal opportunity laws, orders and regulations. Registered student organizations will not practice any discrimination against a member or prospective member on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, disability, unfavorable discharge from the military, or status as a disabled veteran of the Vietnam era, except specifically exempted by law. Discrimination based on sexual orientation is prohibited by the University policy, but not by law.
All student organizations are under the jurisdiction of the director of student activities.
The responsibility for establishing and enforcing policy concerning organizations and activities, including the requirement that they function in accordance with their constitutions, is vested in the Office of Student Activities. Information from the Student Guide is used and referred to throughout this handbook. The Office of Student Activities strongly recommends that all student leaders and student organizations become familiar with the sections of the Student Guide that refer to student organizations.