Students: Life Beyond Classes: Groups and Clubs

Getting involved in your education is key to your success at IUPUI. Involvement can come in a variety of ways and may include joining a student organization, starting your own student organization, and/or helping to plan, work at, or attend a campus activity.

In any event, the Campus & Community Life Office would like to help you find your niche within the University. They can assist you in matching activities outside the classroom to your coursework as to well as your academic and career goals.

Such involvement will provide you with an opportunity to apply the knowledge you learn in the classroom. These experiences will ultimately allow you to develop and enhance valuable skills and assets that will prepare you for your future career. By getting involved, you are unlocking your potential for success at IUPUI.

http://life.iupui.edu/groups/alllist.asp  

University College Student Council

University College Student Council (UCSC) is a student group made up of students from University College.

UCSC represents UC students in the Undergraduate Student Government (USG) on various issues. UCSC also plans entertaining and educational events throughout the year to help students meet new people and have fun.

UCSC is a great opportunity to get involved in student life at IUPUI as well as meet new people and have a lot of fun. If you would like more information about becoming a part of UCSC contact Ryan O’Connell, UCSC advisor.

UCSC also provides funding for organizations that want to create programs/events/initiatives that support UC students and their interests. If you or your organization has a program/event/initiative that you would like UCSC to consider for funding please fill out our Funding Request  online form. If you are a peer mentor who is looking for funding for your First Year Seminar class celebration or activity please fill out the FYS Funding online form.

Office for Student Success

The Office For Student Success is a relatively new unit within University College comprised of Financial Literacy, Student African American Brotherhood, and Student African American Sisterhood programming.

Financial Literacy – With the growing trends of college students and rising debt, University College is taking steps to educate students on financial literacy to include basic understanding of general budgeting, credit card awareness, effective use of resources, working while in college and the connection of financial aid to academic persistence. Through continual research and best practice evaluations, the Office for Student Success will continue to offer student presentations and financial literacy informational pieces to entering students as well as the general IUPUI student body.

Student African American Brotherhood (SAAB) - The Student African-American Brotherhood seeks to address initiatives such as mentoring, retention, graduation and connectedness for African-American students on campus through social and academic interventions. SAAB was established in the fall of 1990 on the campus of Georgia Southwestern State University in response to the needs of African-American men enrolled in college who were lagging behind. The primary goal today is for all African-American males to take advantage of their academic years to better understand and practice their full responsibilities, rights and privileges. Furthermore, the Student African-American Brotherhood at IUPUI seeks to address issues that are germane to this specific population. SAAB works to

• Create less threatening environments
• Support and nurture environments
• Promote accountability/commitment
• Promote leadership
• Provide a network of peers and professional African-American men who are involved in mentoring and tutoring on the campus and in our communities
• Advocate for excellence on campus in diversity, social arena ,and academia

Student African American Sisterhood (SAAS) – very similar in nature to the programmatic goals of SAAB, SAAS seeks to address similar issues with the African American female student population at IUPUI. Growing from a student organization, SAAS initiatives will continue to expand upon the student organization mission and goals by further supporting and infusing academic components such as intrusive advising practices, retention programming and academic problem solving strategies.

The Office For Student Success is located on the lower level of Taylor Hall and may be reached at 317-278-6856 for more information.