To be eligible to participate in the annual AIHEC Student Conference, a TCU student shall meet the following criteria at the time such student is listed on a TCU team roster or registration form and at the time of the relevant competition.

 

1. The student shall be enrolled at an AIHEC-member TCU with a minimum of nine (9) credit hours per quarter or per semester as established by their AIHEC-member institution.

2. While students enrolled in graduate study are permitted to attend the conference if they are enrolled in at least six (6) credit hours, they cannot participate in or register for any academic conference competitions. The conference academic competitions are for certificate, associate, or bachelor’s degree seeking TCU students only. Non-academic competitions are open for participation by any eligible student.

3. The student must maintain a minimum, cumulative 2.0 grade point average (GPA), or a “C” grade average for those students previously enrolled, except that any GPA requirement established by an AIHEC-member institution shall take precedence, and in the case of a student not previously enrolled (e.g., new student, transfer student), he or she shall be deemed to be in good academic standing and making satisfactory progress, as determined by the TCU in which said student is enrolled;

4. The student cannot be a full-time or adjunct faculty but may be a Tribal College or University employee in other capacities; and

5. The student must have a written certification of current college credits and academic standing provided by the registrar or other authorized official of the AIHEC-member institution in which he or she is enrolled.

6. An eligible student is limited to participating in no more than three combined academic and non-academic competitions.

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Each competition registration form in the AIHEC Student Conference Handbook requires a signature from a staff member, an administrator, or a coach from the AIHEC-member institution which the student attends certifying that the student meets these eligibility requirements.

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The conference student eligibility requirements are consistent with the AIHEC Student Congress Bylaws, Article VII, regulating student eligibility, which was approved by the AIHEC Board of Directors on October 30, 2013.

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New rules approved by the AIHEC Student Activities Committee