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Student Clubs and Organizations
Student activities allow students to come together and form long-lasting relationships, while gaining experience, transferable skills and knowledge. Becoming involved in student clubs and organizations promote a sense of community and provide high quality of life.
Guided and funded by the Student Government Association, each club has a faculty or staff advisor. There are 30 student clubs and organizations which focus on performing arts, physical health, religious, political or special interests.
List of Clubs and Organizations (updated 1/08)
| Club | African Club |
|---|---|
| Purpose: | For the African members to learn about each other's culture and to also educate the non-African members about African culture. |
| Advisor: | Shamika Mitchell, 574 - 4162 |
| Club: | Alpha Beta Gamma |
| Purpose: | To promote scholarship through various businesses related activities. |
| Advisor: | Martin Lecker, 574 - 4583 |
| Club: | Art Club |
| Purpose: | To aid the art students to express themselves and by helping them to travel to the Met and art related events. |
| Advisor: | Eugenio Espinosa, 574 - 4567 |
| Club: | Ballroom Dance Club |
| Purpose: | To teach the students how to dance, and focus on community services. |
| Advisor: | Oden Oak, 574 - 4539 |
| Club: | Biology Club |
| Purpose: | To increase awareness of the living beings around us through the various biological sciences. To improve life in our communities' environments through activist events |
| Advisors: | Kristopher Baker, 574 - 4143 and Elyse Fuller, 574 - 4262 |
| Club: | Black Student Union |
| Purpose: | To promote cultural unity and awareness among the students. We also aim to educate the community on Black issues in our society today. We plan to stand up to injustice going on in our world today. |
| Advisor: | Joseph Pirone, 574 - 4333 |
| Club: | Buddhism Club |
| Purpose: | To share the practice of Buddhism with the students and also that we deepen the understanding of Buddhism. |
| Members | Patricia Lazar, 574 - 4725 |
| Club: | Campus Players |
| Purpose: | To provide creative opportunities in the performing arts on campus. Our goal is to highlight the wonderful talent in our student body. Â The club is open to all students studying all disciplines. |
| Advisor: | Patty Maloney-Titland, 574 - 4380 |
| Club: | Chess Club |
| Purpose: | To allow students to play chess against each other, thereby increasing their concentration critical thinking skills, and strategic planning skills. |
| Advisors: | Peter Arvanites, 574 - 4767 and Janna Liberant, 574 - 4153 |
| Club: | Christian Fellowship |
| Purpose: | To provide fellowship, education and social activities in the Christian tradition. |
| Advisor: | Warren Brandt, 574 - 4531 |
| Club: | Computer Club |
| Purpose: | To share technical knowledge and help each other with technical issues |
| Advisor: | James Salvadon, 574 - 4565 |
| Club: | Economics Club |
| Purpose: | To get a better understanding of Economics and make it useful for everyday life. |
| Advisor: | Gray Orphee, 574 - 4495 |
| Club: | Fashion House of London |
| Purpose: | To engage members in all aspects of fashion and fashion show productions while creating a sense of belonging and leadership. |
| Advisor: | David Ellis, 574 - 4145 |
| Club: | Gay Straight Alliance (Students' Alliance for Equality) |
| Purpose: | To create a safe school environment for people who feel threatened or unable to perform as vital members of the school community for reasons including sexual orientation, ethnicity or religious beliefs. We work to educate students and faculty on issues of diversity and to raise the awareness of the community. We also provide support and education for students who are or have family members and friends who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender. |
| Advisor: | Kathy Carroll, 574 - 4139 |
| Club: | Get Logical - Game Club |
| Purpose: | To increase student's brain powers in areas like logic, memory, math and analysis. We offer a series of brain stimulating exercises designed to improve thinking, memorization, computation, analysis and identification. |
| Advisor: | George Bejar, 574 - 4517 |
| Club: | Habitat for Humanity |
| Purpose: | To help people who need a home. |
| Advisor: | Mike Ver'Schneider, 574 - 4531 |
| Club: | Haitian Club |
| Purpose: | The purpose is to educate the community about the Haitian culture through various activities such as lectures, movies, dances, art, exhibitions, music, etc. To promote diversity on campus. |
| Advisor: | Elizabeth Solages, 574 - 4322 |
| Club: | Hemp Activist Group |
| Purpose: | To educate the student body on the industrial, environment, medicinal and economic uses and benefits of industrial hemp. |
| Advisor: | Nancy Leech, 574 - 4426 |
| Club: | Hillel Club |
| Purpose: | To provide a positive environment for Jewish students to interact, learn their heritage and share it with others on campus and do community service. |
| Advisor: | Rabbi Dov Oliver, 574 - 4422 |
| Club: | Hispanic Student Club (LUNA) |
| Purpose: | LUNA is a club of students committed to sharing the beauty of our cultures and identity as Latinas Americano, uniting our voices and improving on understanding of our peoples. Through the acts of LUNA, members share, promote, and embrace all Latino/Hispanic perspectives to benefit our communities as well as to benefit SUNY Rockland Community College. |
| Advisor: | Carolina Sosa, 574 - 4348 |
| Club: | Hospitality Club |
| Purpose: | To provide opportunities for SUNY RCC students to develop their interest in the field of Hospitality. |
| Advisor: | Susan Solomon, 574 - 4486 and Wendy Gordon, 574 - 4551 |
| Club: | Impulse Magazine |
| Purpose: | To promote culture of the arts and writing using student work as a medium. Publish a literary magazine at the end of the year for the students, by the students. |
| Advisor: | Reamy Jansen, 574 - 4344 |
| Club: | International Club (Carribean Club) |
| Purpose: | To share knowledge with other students as well as learn from other cultures. |
| Advisor: | Jeanette Geller, 574 - 4577 |
| Club: | Japan Club |
| Purpose: | To introduce Japanese culture to the college community and be the conduit for Japanese cultural and business information to college community. |
| Advisor: | Maire Liberace, 574 - 427 |
| Club: | Occupational Therapy Association |
| Purpose: | Foster communication and interaction between the OTA students and faculty at RCC. Increase socialization of the students into the profession of OT. Promote understanding of OT in the wider community. Enhance students' knowledge of the profession. |
| Advisor: | Rochelle Mezoff, 574 - 4436 |
| Club: | Organic Garden Club |
| Purpose: | The objective of the OGC is to take significant steps towards nourishing the college's community through ecological integrity that will yield a more holistic environment. Experiential learning will allow students to participate in hands on activities. Through planning and organization we aim to establish long-term goals to assure the garden's longevity. Members will engage in the cultivation and harvesting of plants in accordance with agricultural techniques that are not only sustainable, but inwardly fulfilling as well. Because our agricultural choices of today will substantially affect the kind of world future generations dwell in tomorrow we aspire to set an example by involving the entire community in a pathway to a sustainable future. |
| Advisor: | Kevin Rapelye, 574 - 4255 |
| Club: | Outlook Student Press |
| Purpose: | Outlook, the student newspaper, features College news, editorials, feature columns of student interest and comment and sports activities. |
| Advisor: | Eugenie Abrams, 574 - 4389 |
| Club: | Paralegal Club |
| Purpose: |
To provide extracurricular activities relating to the paralegal professions and provide leadership opportunities for paralegal students. |
| Advisor: | |
| Club: | Student Paramedic Club |
| Purpose: | To promote excellence in EMS Education is association with the high standards of RCC, the National DOT curriculum, NYS DOH EMS, and the Hudson Valley REMSCO |
| Advisor: | Peter Andryuk, 574 - 4125 |
| Club: | Political Science Club |
| Purpose: | To help raise student awareness of political science and its effect on their lives and help students who are seeking political/law careers. |
| Advisor: | Karen Sunshine, 574 - 4573 |
| Club: | ROTORACT |
| Purpose: | To provide an opportunity for young men and women to enhance the knowledge and skills to address the social needs of their community. |
| Advisor: | Cathy Roche, 574 - 4218 |
| Club: | S.T.A.R.S.(Returning Adults) |
| Purpose: | To meet the needs and special interests of the returning adult students on campus and garner support when needed to network. |
| Advisor: | Terri Needle, 574 - 4383 |
| Club: | Sigma Chi Eta |
| Purpose: | To acknowledge excellence in Speech, Communication and to connect students with an interest in speech and speech related activities. To bring speech related events to the college campus and community at large |
| Advisor: | Bob Axelrod 574 - 4520 and Allison Bricker, 574 - 4311 |
| Club: | Speech and Debate Team |
| Purpose: | To provide an environment for the development and practice of argumentation and argumentative discourse and competitions for such exercises. |
| Advisor: | Andrew Jacobs, 574 - 4543 |
| Club: | Stage Crew |
| Purpose: | To bring stage craft to the world. |
| Advisor: | Michael Kluger, 574 - 4553 |
| Club: | Student Activities Board (SAB) |
| Purpose: | The Student Activities Board (SAB) a committee of the Student Government Association, initiates student sponsored campus wide programs and events, including Club Fest, Spring Fest, Lectures Series, as well as trips to sporting events and theater trips to Manhattan, etc. |
| Advisor: | John Marra, 574 - 4302 |
| Club: | Student Ambassador Program |
| Purpose: | The Student Ambassador Program is for students who are interested in becoming an important part of SUNY Rockland and making the most of their college experience. Some of the rewarding experiences include serving as a official student representatives at campus and community events, speaking on student panels and forums on campus as well as in local high schools, or acting as a cultural arts usher in SUNY Rockland's state of the art Cultural Arts Theater. |
| Advisor: | Debra Balestra, 574 - 4374 |
| Club: | Student Government Association (SGA) |
| Purpose: | The Student Government Association is the official student voice of Rockland Community College's student body. Comprised of 6 Executive Board positions, 10 sophomore senators and 10 freshman senators, the Student Government Association oversees the Student Activities budget of nearly $400,000 and represents the student body on a number of campus committees, such as the Safety and Security Committee, the RCC Association Board of Directors, and the Commencement Committee. |
| Advisor: | Debra Balestra, 574 - 4374 |
| Club: | Student Nurses Association |
| Purpose: | The SNA is a useful resource dedicated to provide information and help to, especially new nursing students. who might still need guidance and support. |
| Advisor: | Lisa Schachter, 574 - 4396 |
| Club: | Teachers of Tomorrow |
| Purpose: | To reach out to the community and donate time, support and resources to young children. |
| Advisor: | Louise Schreier, 574 - 4482 |
| Club: | Track Club |
| Purpose: |
To improve life by staying healthy through running and, to create a place for different students to come together and exercise and have fun. |
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| Club: | Transfer and Career Club |
| Purpose: | To expose students early into the transfer process and encourage continuation at a four year institute. |
| Advisor: | Len Gersten, 574 - 4303 |
| Club: | Video Game Club |
| Purpose: |
Bring students together through game activity. Stress reduction (serves an outlet for student’s stress produced from internal and external stimuli) helps reduce negate environmental conditions. |
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