Student Chapter Resources

TWS has recently made some changes in its administrative relationship to our Student Chapters. TWS Student Chapters are no longer required to meet governance and reporting requirements under TWS. Instead, they should organize under the rules and policies of their school. This frees up the Student Chapters to have more flexibility to focus on their mission, and less on administrative constraints. These administrative changes reduce the amount of reporting that is required to TWS, but should not significantly affect the students’ experience with the Student Chapter.

A few things to note regarding these changes:

• Student Chapters are no longer required to submit an annual report and tax report to TWS.
• Student Chapter officers are no longer required to be members of TWS at the national/international level.
• Student Chapters are no longer required to maintain and operate under the TWS model bylaws.
• Student Chapters that previously had an Employer Identification Number (EIN) under TWS no longer do; Student Chapters are no longer under the TWS tax exemption.

Here is what we are asking of TWS Student Chapters:

• Please continue to update TWS with the contact information of new officers. We want to be able to remain in contact with your Student Chapter for communications such as grant and scholarship information, job announcements, and other information relevant to students. We ask that you continue to submit an Officer Report Form with the email addresses of current officers after new elections are held, or after any change in officers or the Student Chapter Advisor.

• Please send a copy of your university-recognized bylaws to TWS for our files (JMurphy@wildlife.org).