Constitution for Serving with Honor
Article 1 – Name, Purpose, and Non-Discrimination Policy
Section 1 - Name:
Serving with Honor
Section 2 - Purpose:
Serving with Honor is the Honors & Scholars service organization that provides students
with opportunities to serve the community in a variety of ways. The program features
assistance with locating sites at which to serve and opportunities to participate in service
events, projects and discussions that are grounded in social justice issues.
Serving with Honor Goals:
1. Provide honors and scholars students with exposure to the social justice issues
and -isms that exist in the University district and Columbus area through
service projects
2. Educate students on becoming advocates for service
3. Strengthen healthy relationships between students, the university and
Columbus community
4. Fund quality, student-developed service projects. Proposals must be
submitted to the Serving with Honor Steering Committee.
Section 3 - Non-Discrimination Policy:
Serving with Honor and its members shall not discriminate against any individual(s) for
reasons of age, color, disability, gender identity or expression, national origin, race,
religion, sexual orientation, or veteran status
Article II – Membership; Qualifications and Categories of Membership
Voting membership should be defined as limited to currently enrolled Ohio State
students. Others such as faculty, alumni, professionals, etc., are encourage to become
members but as non-voting associate or honorary members.
Members of Serving with Honor consist of Honors and Scholars students interested in
doing service and learning about social justice issues. Students can become members
simply by expressing interest, becoming part of the list serve, and/or joining a committee.
Article III – Organization Leadership: Titles, terms of offices, type of selection, and
duties of the leaders
Serving with Honor will elect a President, Vice President, and Treasurer for the
organization each spring from the Serving with Honor steering committee. Leadership
positions will serve one term with the possibility of being selected for another term.
These leadership positions will be voted on by the acting Steering Committee.
Duties of President:
 Attend student organization training
 Attend and lead the Steering Committee meetings
 Assist with coordination of events and activities
Duties of Vice President:
 Attend Steering Committee meetings
 Assist with coordination of events and activities
Duties of Treasurer:
 Attend student organization trainings
 Submit program funding requests on behalf of Serving with Honor
 Fill out necessary follow-up paperwork for any funding granted
 Assist with the management of the Serving with Honor budget
 Attend Steering Committee meetings
 Assist with coordination of events and activities
Article IV – Executive Committee
The Executive Committee of Serving with Honors is referred to as the Steering
Committee. The Steering Committee represents the general membership of Serving with
Honor. It is comprised of the leaders of Serving with Honor and the chairpersons of the
event committees that are established each year.
Article V – Standing Committees
Serving with Honor refers to these as our Event Committees. Chairs of the event
committees are members of the Steering Committee and are appointed by the
organizational leadership.
Article VI – Advisor
The advisor of the Serving with Honor organization is Vicki Pitstick, Program Manager,
University Honors & Scholars Center. She is a full-time Administrative and Professional
staff member.
Duties of Advisor:
 Assist with management of the budget
 Attend Steering Committee Meetings
 Assist with events and activities
 Advise students on university policy, programming, service and social issues, and
leadership
Article VII – Meetings of the Organization
Serving with Honor holds at least one general meeting each quarter. Members are not
required to attend this meeting. The Serving with Honor Steering Committee meets byweekly each quarter. Committee chairs hold committee meetings on a regular basis as
needed – much of this depends on what quarter the event is occurring.
Article VIII- Method of Amending the Constitution: Proposals, notice and voting
requirements
Proposed amendments should be in writing and shall not be acted upon until read in the
general meeting in which they are proposed and should require a two-thirds majority of
voting members of the entire voting membership of the organization, present or not.
Article IX – Method of Dissolution of Organization
In order for Serving with Honor to be dissolved, 100% of the membership must pass the
dissolution and the advisor must approve this. If Serving with Honor should be
dissolved, any funding that has been provided by Student Activities/Ohio Union should
be returned to that University Department. All other funding from the University Honors
& Scholars Center will be re-distributed to other accounts with in the University Honors
& Scholars Center.
Created and Adopted October 15, 2008