Got a passion? Join a club!
UC freshmen find connection in student organizations
By Rebecca Schweitzer
A big part of the freshman experience at any university is social connection. In UC’s College of Arts and Sciences, the largest college in UC with some 8,000 undergraduates, first-year students can find friendship and like minds through a wide variety of student organizations.
As students return to campus life this fall, clubs offer safe communities in which to learn more about the local community or world. Clubs focused on current interest topics such as social change, the environment and politics include organizations such as We The People, GIVE and Students for Justice in Palestine, while other clubs such as Bearcat Bhangra and Opera Club meet over shared niche interests.
Out of the over 500 clubs and student organizations offered at UC, and over 35 that are A&S specific, there are options for pretty much everybody. Some of these include the Black Arts Collaborative, Restore Our Mother Earth and NeuroSociety, and you can find out more about those here:
Black Arts Collaborative is a student organization focused on the expression of Black art through drama, visual arts, poetry, dance, and technology. Although focused on Black experiences, the organization is open to students of all ethnicities.
“The Black Arts Collaborative is one of the most prestigious organizations on campus as far as the African American community within the African American Cultural & Resource Center,” said DJ Benson, a fifth-year student majoring in biological sciences and health education.
Restore Our Mother Earth, or R.O.M.E., is a student run environmental advocacy group. For students interested in making legislative changes for the environment, this recently formed club offers the opportunity to lobby for change and join in their conservation efforts.
"ROME's goal is propagate knowledge and spread insight about the situation our planet is in," said co-founder Alex Mack.
NeuroSociety offers students interested in neuroscience a community in which to learn more about the brain and neurologically associated career paths. The club invites experts on the field to come and speak to students, as well as host social events and fundraisers for neuroscience related topics.
Other clubs and organizations include areas of interest such as ceramics, anime, knitting, Super Smash Bros., chemistry and more. A summary of some of these clubs can be found here.
All student organizations can be found on CampusLink.
Featured image at top: Photo/Gift Habeshaw for Unsplash.
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