{"id":54,"date":"2017-11-21T19:21:39","date_gmt":"2017-11-21T19:21:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2026-07-14T15:59:44","modified_gmt":"2026-07-14T19:59:44","slug":"application","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/start\/application\/","title":{"rendered":"New Club Application"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The BCSG Funding &amp; Activities Board accepts and reviews new club applications on a rolling basis throughout the fall semester. The application opens on the first day of fall classes and closes on the last day of fall classes.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/start\/process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>Please ensure you understand the club application process before submitting the form, which you may find here.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Please allow a minimum of 2-3 weeks&#8217; processing time for the application, and be attentive to your email inbox as you may receive urgent questions from those reviewing the application. Failure to respond in a timely manner will result in delay in processing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"color: #424242; font-family: var(--fontSansSerif); font-size: 1.2em; font-weight: 600;\">The New Club Application may be found on Bates Engage by logging in to engage.bates.edu, selecting &#8220;groups&#8221; and then &#8220;all groups.&#8221;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\"><nav class=\"is-vertical wp-block-navigation is-layout-flex wp-container-core-navigation-is-layout-4fc3f8e1 wp-block-navigation-is-layout-flex\" aria-label=\"Start a New Club\"><ul class=\"wp-block-navigation__container is-vertical wp-block-navigation\"><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/start\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Home<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/start\/benefits\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Benefits of Becoming a BCSG-Recognized Club<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/start\/application\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">New Club Application<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/start\/process\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Application Process<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/start\/constitution\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Required Constitution Format<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/start\/criteria\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Criteria for Approval<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/start\/appeals\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Appeals Process<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The BCSG Funding &amp; Activities Board accepts and reviews new club applications&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1509,"featured_media":0,"parent":299,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_hide_ai_chatbot":false,"_ai_chatbot_style":"","associated_faculty":[],"_Page_Specific_Css":"","_bates_restrict_mod":false,"bates_author_byline_override":"","_hide_page_title":false,"_header_override":"","_template_width_override":"wide","_dimp_site_id":"","_dimp_override_contact":false,"_table_of_contents_display":false,"_table_of_contents_location":"","_table_of_contents_disableSticky":false,"_is_featured":false,"_sidebarChoice":"","footnotes":"","_bates_seo_meta_description":"","_bates_seo_block_robots":false,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_id":0,"_bates_seo_sharing_image_twitter_id":0,"_bates_seo_share_title":"","_bates_seo_canonical_overwrite":"","_bates_seo_twitter_template":""},"class_list":["post-54","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1509"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2459,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/54\/revisions\/2459"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/299"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bates.edu\/clubs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}