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Student Clubs & Organizations
Students, National Society for Black
Engineers, Returning Adult Student
Organization, Trigon and Women To
day. The council has been instrumen
tal in planning Kwanzaa, an annual
event, which is open to all students,
faculty and staff.
National Society of Black Engineers-
Provides a supportive environment
for African-American students
through programs and fellowship.
NSBE also offers programs such as
films and dances for the entire Penn
State Erie Community.
Organization of African Students-
Introduces and promotes the diverse
African culture.
Organization of Latin American Stu-
dents
A support group for Latin American
students. The group helps coordi
nate the annual Friday Fiesta dance
at Bruno's each year.
Trigon-
Serves gays, lesbian and bisexual
students, staff, faculty and their al
lies. This organization strives to
make homosexuality and bisexual
ity more acceptable, and it is both a
support and social group.
Women Today-
A support group dedicated to the
education, growth, and awareness of
students, faculty and staff concern
ing the issues of women. Members
cosponsor the Women's Film Series,
encourage voter registration, and at
tend marches in Harrisburg, Wash
ington, D.C. and at other locations.
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Ballroom Dancers, Light on Your
Feet-
The Ballroom Dancers promote par
ticipation in ballroom dancing
within the University and surround
ing community as well as provide
opportunity for instruction.
Chess Club-
Provides opportunity for members
to advance in the game of chess
through club play and tournaments.
Fantasy Garners-
Students practicing role-playing
games and fantasy or collectible
card games.
Hockey Club-
Members of the WPCHA Hockey
League, the Behrend Hockey club
competes against other college
Hockey clubs.
Lacrosse Club-
Offers Behrend students the oppor
tunity to play recreational lacrosse.
Officially recognized by the Na
tional Collegiate Lacrosse League.
Martial Arts Club-
Promotes skill development in the
art of self-defense. The club has
weekly workouts on campus and has
an advisor that is a martial arts in-
structor.
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Outdoors Club-
The purpose of this club is to orga
nize outings and various recreational
activities such as snowskiing, rock
climbing, camping, hiking, canoeing,
biking and any other outdoors inter
ests.
Sailing Club-
The purpose is to organize events for
members and student body to partici
pate in, coordinate the use of the sail
boat donated to PSB by the Bayfront
Center for Maritime Studies and
other sailing equipment open to all
students and to educate members in
the sport of sailing.
Volleyball Club-
Offers the students the opportunity
to participate in an intercollegiate
Yoga and Meditation Club-
Seeks to educate, instruct and guide
the students, faculty, and staff at Penn
State Behrend in the practice of yoga
and meditation.
SERVICE
AND HONORS
Alpha Phi Omega-
A co-ed national service fraternity
based on scouting principles. APO
is open to all students. The group
has sponsored such
programs as "Giant
Twister" during
Orientation and its
pie throw in which
whipped cream
"pies" . are tossed at
brave Penn State
Behrend students,
staff and faculty
members. APO's
annual Hawaiian
Dance
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money for the
American Cancer
Society
Alpha Sigma
Lambda-
A national honor
society recognizing
academic excel-
lence among re
turning adult stu-
Amnesty International-
An independent world-wide move
ment working impartially for the
release of all prisoners of conscience,
fair and prompt trials for political
prisoners and abolition of torture and
executions.
Beta Beta Beta-
Honor Society for biology students
Lambda Sigma Society-
A national honor society for sopho
mores who are elected on the basis
of outstanding academic and leader
ship accomplishments. Among other
activities, the members of Lambda
Sigma sponsor a Care Package pro
gram each semester for students.
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Campus Crusade for Christ-
Is an interdenominational
student organization, offer
ing a safe and open environ
ment for fellowship, encour
agement, ministry training
and outreach.
Commuter Council-
The primary advocate for
off-campus students to the
college and the Student Gov
ernment Association. The
council serves commuting
students by conveying their
concerns and needs to appro
priate offices. Members also
volunteer to serve the Erie
community through various
projects
College Republicans-
Dedicated to furthering Republican
principles and providing a voice for
Republican students, faculty and
staff.
Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship-
Helps students grow in their relation
ship with Jesus Christ through fel
lowship, evangelism, discipleship
and missions. The members of IVCF
have sponsored a Burger Bash dur
ing Orientation Week, a Bruno's Co
coa House featuring Christian bands
and an Environmental Sabbath cel
ebration to commemorate Earth Day.
Joint Residence Council-
Relates the views of students living in
residence halls and apartments to the
college administration and sponsors a
variety of programs and events. Re
cent programs have included door-and
window decorating contests for the
holidays, a drive-in movie on the Reed
lawn during Orientation Week and a tie
dye party.
Knights of Columbus Council-
A Catholic-based fraternity founded to
enrich its members, to elevate student
values and standards and to motivate
members to become productive in so
ciety by aiding them in promoting reli
gious, academic and social activities.
Linux Users Group-
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Provides a forum for the
discussion of Linux-re
lated issues. Also offers
technical assistance to par
ticipants by participants,
education about and advo
cacy for Linux- related op
erating systems and open
source software.
Lion Ambassadors-
Promote Penn State Erie
spirit among students,
alumni and friends of the
University. Through
spirit-raising programs,
the members share their
pride, enthusiasm and
commitment to promote
the college and University.
Lion Entertainment Board-
Plans and implements events that serve
the cultural, educational, recreational
and social interests of the Penn State
Behrend community. The board serves
as the primary student programming
agency on campus. The board coordi
nates all weekend events at Bruno's,
weekly films, and a cultural series.
Midnight Bingo Board-
MBB provides an opportunity for stu
dents to build leadership skills while
providing serve to the campus in the
form of student life events. The pri
mary event is Midnight Bingo, but it
also hosts the
Behrend Game
Show Series and
charity fund-rais-
cent events in
clude a Shamrock
Shake sale, the
building of a play
ground, clothing
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social activities.
The organization
also sponsors the weekly Mass on cam
pus and a fall and spring retreat.
Ophelia Advisory Council-
A service organization that works with
teenagers and young adults through
mentoring programs and other campus
and community activities.
Returning Adult Student Organization-
Promotes the concerns of returning
adult students and provides friendship
and support for adult students and their
families. This organization is devoted
to providing fellowship for students
who bring adult life experiences to
their college role.
Signing Club-
The Signing Club works toward edu
cating the Behrend community on how
to better communicate and socialize
with both deaf and hard of hearing
community members, learning basic
sign language in order to facilitate that
communication and socialization and
learning about the culture of the deaf
and hard of hearing. Open to all stu
dents.
Student Fire Safety Commission-
Promotes fire safety awareness in uni
versity residence hall students. The
commission is also a resource for fire
safety programming.
Young Democrats of America-
Dedicated to providing an open plat
form for democrats to debate their is
sues as well as educate people under
other political affiliations.
ing events
Newman Associa-
A Catholic-based
organization that
seeks to bring stu
dents closer to
gether and to God
through learning,
prayer fellowship,
and service. Re-
from educational and cultural events to
intramural athletics to recent movies to
bingo. I guarantee that there is at least
one thing happening on campus this se
mester that interests you. Go check it
out. After all you did pay for it.
Finally, you can go one step further
and volunteer your time to help the clubs
and groups that put on the events. Clubs
are always looking for new members,
even if you have a limited amount of time
to devote.
There are over 80 clubs on campus to
choose from, so odds are that there is
one that appeals to an interest of yours.
If no one joins clubs and no one has ideas
for events then eventually there will be
nothing to do on campus, but you would
still have to pay for it.
I urge you to take the second or third
option. I got involved as a freshman by
attending Midnight Bingo here on cam
pus a few times then asking if they needed
any help.
After that I heard that there was an
opening in the Student Government As
sociation, so I figured I would give that
a shot, not knowing what it really was.
From there I stayed involved in the SGA
as a way to help all of the clubs and stu
dents here on campus. Through SGA
over the past two years, I've attended
many events, and it has only helped my
college experience.
Go to programs that sound right up
your alley, and also go to events that you
never thought you would go to, you don't
really know whether or not you'll enjoy
something until you to , it. Whatever you
do, just go.
If there is nothing that appeals to you
then form a club or write a proposal for
an event. There are many people here,
including me, to help you do those things.
By coming here you have become part
of that great slogan, We are Penn State.
Whether you become involved or not
helps decide whether you just attend
Penn State or if you really are Penn
State.
SGA President Scott Soltis'
speech at 2003-04 Academic
Convocation
Hi, everybody, and welcome to Penn
State Erie, The Behrend College. My
name is Scott Soltis, and I am this year's
Student Government Association Presi
dent. I just wanted to mention that the
SGA office is in the Reed building, and
there's usually someone there to help you
with anything
I'm here today to speak to you about
the importance of getting involved here
on campus. Whether you are aware of it
or not, you are involved in all of the clubs
and activities here on campus in one way
or another. You can do one of three
things with this involvement.
First, you can do nothing and think
you are not involved. The fact of the
matter is with your tuition and fees that
you pay this college you are supporting
the clubs and activities on campus. You
can do nothing and just let everyone else
benefit from your money.
Second, you could he involved by go
ing to events and programs. It's your
money that you spent by coming he►e,
so take advantage of what it pays for.
There are programs that everyone can
We have everything
Thank you, and good luck this year
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