Allies

Contact: Jessica Tanner
Advisor: Lisa DelaCruz
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: Peter Moriarty
Advisor: Tim O’Neill
Online Community: Web Site
Purpose: to develop leadership, promote friendship and provide service to humanity.

American Civil Liberties Union of Southwestern University (ACLUSU)

Contact: Michael Broz
Advisor: Phil Hopkins
Purpose: to further the strengthening and protection of all civil liberties, provided by U.S. law, on and off campus, through advocacy, education and activism.

Animal Behavior Society

Contact: Katie Gibson
Advisor: Romi Burks
 Purpose: to foster a student-wide interest in animal behavior and provide a forum for animal behavior majors, minors and other interested students to interact and explore animal behavior related opportunities.

Best Buddies

Contact: Elmira Mehdizadeh
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.

Brooks Prize Debate Planning Council

Contact: Michael Broz
Advisor: Tim O’Neill
Purpose: to plan and execute the Brooks Prize Debate, a Southwestern tradition since 1878.

Cat Partners of Southwestern University

Contact: Georgia LoSchiavo
Advisor: Shannon Mariotti
Purpose: to care for and maintain the population of free-roaming and feral cats on campus.

Circle K International

Contact: Nora Maus
Advisor: Emily Niemeyer
Purpose: to serve Southwestern and the community through service, leadership, and fellowship.

Coalition for Diversity & Social Justice (CDSJ)

Contact: Colton Ferrell
Advisor: Terri Johnson
Purpose: to serve as an umbrella organization comprised of representatives from registered cultural and identity organizations at Southwestern University.

College Republicans

Contact: Justin Williamson
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: Sarah Nonaka
Advisor: Jene Baclawski
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.

Collegiate Percussive Arts Society

Contact: Briana Garcia
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.

EBONY

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

EPIC

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

Finch Society

Contact: Lisa Morse
Advisor: Lili McEntire
Purpose: to unite students with prospective students to enrich the recruitment experience.

Korouva Milkbar

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

Latinos Unidos

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

Model United Nations

Contact: Kate Hayden
Advisor: Bob Snyder
Purpose: to further students’ understanding of students of many international organizations, particularly the United Nations, and their procedures through preparation for and attendance of Model UN Conferences and other forms of current event forums.

Operation Achievement

Advisor: Joni Ragle
Purpose: Operation Achievement is an outreach program to Georgetown Middle Schools.  It is a voluntary-based mentor program where the children come for 2 hours & O.A. provides an enrichment and tutor time.

Pan-Asian Association

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

Psychology Club

Contact: Christine Moody
Advisor: Paula Desmond
Purpose: To spark and spread interest in psychology across the campus; to provide psychology oriented activities and discussion to students interested in psychology; to provide stimulation for research ideas and to promote thought, discourse and awareness of the many fields of psychology.

Rotaract Club of Southwestern

Contact: Taylor Day
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: Katie Gibson
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: Leslie Ramey
Advisor: TBD
Purpose: To establish stepping stones for young women who desire to pursue professional careers in law, public policy and service, and business.

Southwestern Community Garden

Contact: Sarah Puffer
Advisor: Molly Jensen
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 Marketing Program

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

Southwestern Mock Trial Team

Contact: Will Cozzens
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.

Southwestern University Veterans Association

Contact: Shannon Johnson
Advisor: Roger Young
Purpose: to provide support and awareness to transitioning veterans and military dependents.

Student Foundation

Contact: Austin Painchaud
Advisor: Grace Pyka
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 Health Advisory Council (SHAC)

Contact: Emily Havlick
Advisor: Dinorah Martinez-Anderson
Purpose: to promote student health and enlighten students on relevant health topics through health education, activities, and improvements on campus.

Student Peace Alliance

Contact: Ethan Lane-Miller
Advisor: Eric Selbin
Purpose: to promote non-violence on all levels of society and to work with the National Peace Alliance to ensure the passage of the Youth Promise Act.

Students for Gun Free Schools

Contact: Rebecca Eisenberg
Advisor: Traci Giuliano
Purpose: to foster discussion and action with the goal of keeping guns out of schools and minimizing violence.

SU Amnesty International

Contact: Rachel Nowlain
Advisor: Don Gregory
Purpose: to spread awareness of the violation of human rights around the globe, and working to protect these rights.

SU Habitat for Humanity

Contact: Austin Painchaud
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: Kavita Singh
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: Joshua Martin
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: Ben Parafina
 Advisor: Melissa Johnson
Purpose: to educate the Southwestern and Georgetown communities on cannabis and the laws surrounding its prohibition.

Theatre for Social Justice

Contact: Georgia LoSchiavo
Advisor: Kathleen Juhl
Purpose: to promote social justice through the medium of the stage.

University Accounting Association

Contact: Dan Butterworth
Advisor: John Delaney
Purpose: to provide leadership, programs, service oppotunities, and, most importantly, aid in the recruiting process by providing companies the opportunity to become acquanited with accounting students in an informal setting.

Young Democrats

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