Student Association Clubs
2008-2009
Adventure Club
The Ski and Outdoor Club is the College of Saint Rose recreational club that promotes skiing and other outdoor activities including rock climbing, hiking, and camping.
ALANA Steppers (African, Latino, Asian, Native American)
The ALANA Steppers is the College of Saint Rose’s official step team, which performs all throughout the campus and the local community. This club meets regularly to practice their routines. They also are regular performers at the Golden Knight’s basketball games and other college events.
Best Buddies
Best Buddies is a program that matches up college students with both physically and mentally challenged adults from the Albany area. Buddies see each other and talk throughout the year on their own while the entire program meets once a month for a group activity ranging from movie nights to painting pumpkins to a semi-formal dance at the end of the year. All members make a commitment for the entire year, allowing one-on-one friendships to form.
Brothers and Sisters in Christ (BASIC)
BASIC is a Christian Fellowship group. They are affiliated with BASIC International, and their focus is primarily on Christianity and living life as Christians. Bible discussion and prayer are a regular part of meetings, and all people are welcome to come and discuss issues and be a part of this group.
Big Brothers/Big Sisters
The Saint Rose Big Brothers/Big Sisters Club works with children on a monthly basis. They work with Big Brothers/Big Sisters of the Capital Region and are matched with a little brother or sister with the help of the organization. Their little brothers or sisters come to campus on a Saturday and are provided with a few hours of time to talk and play. The things that are done during this time range from sit down activities such as arts and crafts to more physical activities like tag or a game of twister. This clubs' first priority is to be a positive influence and good role model and to form good, worthwhile relationships with the young children. In addition to the weekend event Big Brothers/ Big Sisters holds meetings once a month and are in contact with the members of the group through email. The core function of the meetings is to discuss events for the next meeting with the kids. The program gives back to the community and creates great bonds and relationships with both the children and the college students.
Camp Kesem
Camp Kesem provides a safe, supportive and exciting overnight camp experience for children who have a parent who has died from cancer, is currently in treatment for cancer, or is in remission from cancer. Campers have the unique opportunity to build friendships and gain strength from peers facing similar challenges.
CDAEYC
This is the Saint Rose chapter of the Capital District Association for the Education of Young Children. This club hosts a variety of workshops for the advancement of education of young children, and also sponsors its annual trick-or-treating on campus for the interest of safety and fun for young children.
The Chronicle
The Chronicle is the student newspaper of The College of Saint Rose. It contains many articles regarding events and issues on campus as well as in the surrounding community. The Chronicle is distributed every other week on Wednesday. Any student may become part of The Chronicle staff or may just submit articles for publication. The Chronicle is an important resource on campus because it acts as a communication tool around campus to students, faculty, staff and administration. You can check out the online version of the Chronicle at www.strosechronicle.com.
College Republicans
The College Republicans are an umbrella organization representing campus based, student-run College Republican clubs throughout the state. The state organization is composed of an Executive Committee consisting of statewide and regional elected officers and a Board of Directors, which is a governing board that also includes a representative from every chartered CR club.
College Republican membership is open to all undergraduate and graduate students who would like to get involved.
Council for Exceptional Children (CEC)
College of Saint Rose Chapter 0443 NY
The Council for Exceptional Children is an organization for those who are dedicated to promoting the welfare and the education of exceptional children by involving students from the college in activities and lectures dealing with these children. CEC also attends national conventions. This club is open to all students regardless of major and is strongly recommended for education majors.
English Club
This club was established to foster an appreciation for literature in the college community by providing an opportunity for students to read, write and listen to literary works. This club also provides its members with opportunities to make contacts within the literary world. This club is open to any students interested in literature.
Environmental Club
The Environmental Club was established to bring about awareness on the College of Saint Rose campus about recycling and other current environmental issues. They sponsor a variety of “Green” events such as “Do it in the Dark”, “Go Green Day”, and Earth Day Celebrations.
The Girls Next Door
This group is a collaboration of different female voices that perform without the aid of musical instruments. The Girls Next Door is a newly formed group that is working toward holding events and shows that display their talents.
Golden Knights Dance Club
The GKDC is a club that allows the campus community to be involved in choreographing, practicing, and performing different dance routines. This also allows students who are interesting in dancing to unwind from their stressful academics and meet new friends.
Habitat For Humanity
The mission for the College of Saint Rose Habitat for Humanity chapter is to help Habitat for Humanity build affordable housing for those in need. The chapter also educates the community about poverty and Habitat for Humanity.
Human Resource Club
The College of Saint Rose Chapter of the Capital District Multi-Campus Human Resource Club aims at joining together those students interested in progressing in the field of Business, specifically Human Resources. The club brings to campus many speakers and attends the National HR Games.
Identity
• To promote awareness of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and straight issues on campus.
• To facilitate activities such as discussions, conferences, and field trips.
• To provide outreach and support for members of the campus community regarding gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and straight issues.
• To advocate for the inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and straight issues in the development of curriculum, faculty training, and school policies.
• To provide a social outlet for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and straight community on campus.
International Association for Jazz Educators (IAJE)
This club was founded in order to increase the effectiveness of music education members. This club gathers students together who are interested in jazz and wish to explore the different aspects of it including education, performance and history. IAJE sponsors concerts and clinics to further educate themselves in the area of jazz music.
Music & Entertainment Industry Student Association (MEISA)
This club was established to increase awareness and education of the music and entertainment industries via activities and events such as speakers, conferences, and newsletters. This organization also sponsors many concerts on campus, and provides members with valuable opportunities to make contacts with professionals in the music industry.
Music Educators National Conference (MENC)
This is an organization open to all College of Saint Rose Students, but is primarily designed for music majors. The primary goal of this organization is to foster student involvement through conferences, clinics, and workshops. This national organization is a stepping-stone for students to become involved in activities within music education and provides members with valuable opportunities to make contacts with professionals in music education.
National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA)
The purpose of this organization is to benefit its members by continually improving its support, promotion, and advocacy of the highest quality preparation of professionals in audiology, speech-language pathology, and speech and hearing science.
Natural Science Association (NSA)
NSA is an academic organization aimed at connecting the sciences that are learned in the classroom to everyday life through fun activities and trips. Their goal is to increase the awareness of the importance of science in today's society and to unite The College of Saint Rose community. NSA is geared toward science majors and concentrations, but is open to anyone who likes a little science. NSA host the local high school Science Olympiad, Joseph Henry Science Fair, as well as two big trips a year. NSA also offers many other activities and fundraisers throughout the year such as snowshoeing, book sales and the Make-A-Wish foundation.
Phi Alpha Theta - National History Honor Society
We are a professional society whose mission is to promote the study of history through the encouragement of research, good teaching, publication and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians. We seek to bring students, teachers and writers of history together for intellectual and social exchanges, which promote and assist historical research and publication by our members in a variety of ways.
Psychology Club
The Psychology Club was formed in order to promote and develop a deeper knowledge of psychology. Through meetings and events, this club provides members with a chance to take the learning of the classroom and explore it further.
Reflections Yearbook
Reflections is the yearbook of The College of Saint Rose. It is a hard cover book aimed to capture the memories made and images portrayed at the college. It contains various campus activities and events, senior portraits, athletics, the arts, residence halls, faculty and can vary and change from year to year. The book is distributed once a year and any student willing to work on the yearbook is welcomed to assist.
School Psychology Association
The School Psychology Association’s purpose is to bring together those students interested in or currently working towards a degree or profession in School Psychology, a Graduate program here at the College of Saint Rose. The club hosts workshops and also hosts guest speakers throughout the year.
Social Work Organization
The purpose of this organization is to provide members of the group with the opportunity to communicate with alumni of The College of Saint Rose. The other goals of the organization are to provide members with the opportunity to network with professionals in the field and to sponsor college-wide events with other organizations.
Spectrum (ALANA (African, Latino, Asian, Native American) Student Union)
The Spectrum of light is made of many colors. So too is Spectrum, the club that explores various racial heritages, which comprise the student body at The College of Saint Rose, This group sponsors such activities as international dinners, cultural festivals, and panel discussion on ethnic experiences, and famous guest speakers.
Student Events Board (SEB)
The Student Events Board (SEB) is one of the largest clubs of the Student Association. SEB works to maintain its popularity by sponsoring and cosponsoring a large majority of the events on campus. Our main goal is to bring diverse events to the student population both on and off campus. To further these means, SEB is broken into six committees; Comedians and Lectures, Musical Entertainment, Novelties, Senior Week and Trips. Without the students' input, the Student Events Board would not be a successful organization.
Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
The purpose of SADD is to promote positive thinking and making smart decisions when it comes to subjects such as drugs and alcohol, which can have a harmful effect on oneself and others. We are here to increase awareness of alcohol and other substance abuse related issues and assist students in making educated decisions regarding these topics.
New Clubs as of Fall Semester 2008
College Democrats
Martial Arts Club
Philosophy Club
Check in soon for information related to these new clubs!
