Allies

Contact: Siobhan Cooke
Advisor: Mary Gonzalez
Purpose: to promote education, communication, and understanding among all sexual orientations in order to unify the Southwestern community. We seek to provide a safe space for discussion of GLBTQ/sexual orientation issues, both personal and political.

Alpha Phi Omega

Contact: Cameron Navarro
Advisor: Tim O'Neill
Online Community: Web Site
Purpose: to develop leadership, promote friendship and provide service to humanity.

American Chemical Society

Contact: Joe DeLuca
Advisor: Nikos Bentenitis
Purpose: to provide an opportunity for students of a chemical science to become better acquainted with the field and resources available to them.

A.S.I.A. Club

Contact: Simon Tian
Advisor: Carl Robertson
Purpose: to revive and maintain campus-wide interest, activity and exploration within the distinctive cultures of Asia.

Best Buddies

Contact: Julia Poritz
Advisor: Sherry Adrian
Purpose: to enhance the lives of people with intellectual disabilities by providing opportunities for mutually enriching one to one friendships and integrated employment.

Bridge Builders

Contact: Laura Burrow
Advisor: Emily Flemming
Purpose: to use peer education in improving multicultural awareness and promoting respect for diversity on the campus of Southwestern University.

Circle K International

Contact: Roberto Juarez
Advisor: Julia Johnson
Purpose: to serve Southwestern and the community through service, leadership, and fellowship.

College Republicans

Contact: Garrick Patterson
Advisor: Tim O'Neill
Purpose: to promote and discuss Republican issues and candidates, to encourage a more politically active campus community.

Colleges Against Cancer

Contact: Lauren Kjolhede
Advisor: Angie Garcia
Purpose: a national collaboration, including students, faculty and staff, dedicated to fighting cancer by educating the campus community through advocacy, volunteering and engaging in programs sponsored by the American Cancer Society.

College Percussive Arts Society

Contact: Josh Casiano
Advisor: Stephen Martin
Purpose: to enrich the Southwestern community through the advancement of the percussive arts while serving as a vehicle for its members to cultivate and explore their interests in the field of percussion.

Composers' Collective of SU

Contact: Josh Casiano
Advisor: Jason Hoogerhyde
Purpose: to encourage the composition of original art music by student and amateur composers at S.U., to enrich the artistic life of S.U. by exhibiting student work at an annual concert, to foster in other students an appreciation for serious art music.

EBONY

Contact: Carissa Fritz
Advisor: Ron Swain
Purpose: to promote unity among African Americans and the SU community; greater awareness and appreciation of the African American culture.

Feminist Voices

Contact: Lily Connor
Advisor: Alison Kafer
Purpose: to foster awareness of societal issues from feminist perspectives.

Gender Awareness Center (GAC)

Advisor: Mary Gonzalez
Purpose: to provide safe and judgeless space equipped with materials and resources necessary for students, faculty and staff to learn about issues relating to race, gender, sexuality, and class.

Korouva Milkbar

Contact: Lauren Ferrante
Advisor: Nancy Wamsley
Purpose: student-run coffeehouse which strives to increase social programming opportunities while enjoying coffee and tea.

Latinos Unidos

Contact: Melissa Garcia
Advisor: Katy Ross
Purpose: to provide an understanding of Hispanic culture and to serve as a means for intercultural exchange.

Multicultural Coordinating Council

Advisor: Mary Gonzalez
Purpose: To serve as an umbrella organization comprised of representatives from registered cultural and identity organizations at Southwestern University.

Progressive Student Alliance

Advisor: Eric Selbin
Purpose: to promote the education and overall awareness of social, environmental and peace issues (on a group, societal and international level) through discussions of the issues, their causes, and possible solutions.

Rotaract Club of Southwestern

Contact: Alexis Kropf
Advisor: Roger Young
Purpose: to provide opportunities for local and international community service and enhance professional development through affiliation with local Rotary Clubs and Rotary International.

Students for Environmental Activism and Knowledge (SEAK)

Contact: Paige Menking
Advisor: Laura Hobgood-Oster
Purpose: to pursue and promote more environmentally sound actions at SU and to facilitate awareness at SU.

Society of Young Women Leaders

Contact: Sarah Gould
Advisor: Suzy Pukys
Purpose: To establish stepping stones for young women who desire to pursue professional careers in law, public policy and service, and business.

Southwestern Garden Club

Contact: Kate Peteet
Advisor: Gavin Van Horn
Purpose: to foster the environmental benefits of organic gardening and to promote gardening as a means of campus sustainability.  We also focus on promoting the aesthetic, emotional, creative, and physical benefits that accompany community gardening.

Southwestern International Club

Contact: Leslie Lube
Advisor: Lori Ivins
Purpose: to foster international awareness at Southwestern by providing a connection to our international students and by promoting cultural events for the campus.

Southwestern Marketing Program

Contact: Brantley Freeman
Advisor: Andrew Ross
Purpose: to integrate student perspectives and unique marketing solutions to increase the visibility of Southwestern University.

Southwestern Mock Trial Team

Contact: Chanea Wells
Advisor: Davi Johnson Thornton
Purpose: to bring students together in an organization that challenges and develops public speaking, debating, critical thinking, and acting skills; educates students on the inner-workings of the legal system; and allows students, professors and alumni to work together to achieve a common goal.

Students Ending Sexual Assault (SESA)

Contact: Kathleen Shannon
Advisor: Emily Flemming
Purpose: to promote discussion about issues surrounding sexual assault among the student body, and try to discourage and eliminate sexual misconduct.

Student Foundation

Contact: Natalie Sanders
Advisor: Daniel Webb
Web Site: link
Purpose: to serve as a liaison between the student body and the university administration; to enlist and motivate S.U. students to promote the welfare of the university.

Student Peace Alliance

Contact: Sarah Wiggins
Advisor: Eric Selbin
Purpose: to create a culture of peace on campuses and in communities. Currently, the main effort of SPA is to advocate legislation to establish a U.S. Department of Peace through education and grassroots action.

Students Helping the Admission Recruiting Process (SHARP)

Contact: Avery Sheppard
Advisor: Gail Roberson
Purpose: to unite students with prospective students to enrich the recruitment experience.

SU Chess Club

Contact: Zac Carr
Advisor: Phil Hopkins
Purpose: to improve member's chess-playing ability, to provide the campus with the opportunity to play chess, and to encourage members of the community to play chess.

SU Habitat for Humanity

Contact: Brendin James
Advisor: Ron Swain
Purpose: To facilitate opportunities which encourages the SU community to become involved with Habitat for Humanity of Williamson County.

SU Libertarians

Contact: Rachel Rigdon
Advisor: Fred Sellers
Purpose: to increase campus awareness of libertarian ideas, engage varying ideologies in debate and give voice to the libertarian student body.

SU Native

Contact: David Gray
Advisor: Ben Nava
Purpose: to raise awareness of Native American and indigenous teachings, values, and cultures to build a connection between the SU community and native issues in the Georgetown area.

SU NORML

Contact: Kaity Cromwell
Advisor: Melissa Johnson
Purpose: to educate SU and the surrounding community about cannabis and the unjust laws surrounding its prohibition.

SU Opera Club

Advisor: Jason Hoogerhyde
Purpose: to facilitate a fun educational Opera experience for all Southwestern students, faculty and staff regardless of major and financial need.

SU Physics and Engineering Rocks (SUPER)

Contact: Sean Smith
Advisor: Steven Alexander
Purpose: to foster wide student interest and participation in the fields of physics and engineering.

SU Secularists

Contact: Lane Hill
Advisor: Darren Aversa
Purpose: To organize secularistic students for the purpose of publicizing and protecting secularist ideals and beliefs.

Theatre for Social Justice

Contact: Jessica Espinoza
Online Community: Web site
Advisor: Kathleen Juhl
Purpose: to promote theatre for social justice in order to bring together activists and performers to promote awareness of issues on our campus and the local community.

Young Democrats

Contact: Joshua Hughes
Advisor: Paul Sicard
Purpose: to educate the campus on important issues and encourage participation in the political process.