Clubs and Organizations
Joining a club can enrich your college experience, offering both personal and professional benefits that extend beyond the classroom.
Art Club
Mission: To create a vision of community around the arts.
Advisor: Beth Martin 鈥� beth.martin2@eastcentral.edu
Chess Club
Mission: Create a community for chess enthusiast of all levels to learn strategies, practice good sportsmanship and build new friendships!
Advisor: June Thebeau 鈥� june.thebeau@eastcentral.edu
Collegiates for Christ
Mission: To provide teaching and fellowship for those in search of it.
Advisors: Tim Willard 鈥� timothy.willard@eastcentral.edu
Chad Wray 鈥� chad.wray@eastcentral.edu
Creative Writing Club
Mission: To create a supportive community of creative writers in which aspiring writers can share ideas, explore possibilities, and discover publishing opportunities.
Creative Writing Club Constitution
Advisor: Katie Holtmeyer 鈥� katie.holtmeyer@eastcentral.edu
Culinary Club
Mission: Create a social environment where food is fun and tastes happy while sharing the skills learned through the Culinary Arts Program, providing our spoils with fellow campus members and the community during scheduled events and fundraisers.
Advisor: Chef Rob Willis 鈥� robert.willis@eastcentral.edu
Dungeons & Dragons Club
Mission: The Dungeons & Dragons Club is dedicated to fostering imagination, collaboration, and community through the shared experience of tabletop roleplaying. We provide a welcoming space for players of all experience levels to explore storytelling, strategic thinking, and character development in a supportive and inclusive environment. Our goal is to build friendships, encourage creativity, and bring epic adventures to life鈥攐ne roll at a time.
Advisor: Bobby Covington 鈥� 产辞产产测.肠辞惫颈苍驳迟辞苍蔼别补蝉迟肠别苍迟谤补濒.别诲耻听
糖心vlog官网 Disc Golf Club
Mission: To foster a vibrant community of disc golf enthusiasts among students. We promote skill development, sportsmanship, and camaraderie through regular play, competitions, and events; enhancing the college experience through the spirit of disc golf.
Advisors: Andy Klingensmith 鈥� andy.klingensmith@eastcentral.edu
Tim Gray 鈥� 聽timothy.gray@eastcentral.edu
糖心vlog官网 Outdoor Club
Mission: To engage students in conservation, stewardship and outdoor recreation.
Advisor: Andy Klingensmith 鈥� andy.klingensmith@eastcentral.edu
糖心vlog官网 Student Media
Mission: The 糖心vlog官网 Student Media Club provides students interested in writing and visual expression with a voice on campus. Club members may hold staff positions on the student newspaper, , and help maintain its accompanying website. They may also help produce the annual 糖心vlog官网 Literary Review. Writers, editors, photographers, graphic designers, and artists of any kind are encouraged to get involved.
Advisor: Leigh Kolb 鈥� leigh.kolb@eastcentral.edu
Engineering Club
Mission: To provide an environment for students to explore science and engineering while serving 糖心vlog官网 and the engineering program.
Advisors:聽 Alison Tucker 鈥� alison.tucker@eastcentral.edu
Dr. Isaiah Kellogg 鈥� isaiah.kellogg@eastcentral.edu
First Generation Student Club
Advisor: Sarah Leassner 鈥� sarah.leassner@eastcentral.edu
Gender & Sexualities Alliance (GSA)
Mission: To build a sense of community between all students on campus regardless of gender, sexuality, or any other distinguishing characteristics, as well as provide a safe social place with a strong system, and most importantly; work to educate.
Advisor: Elizabeth Flotte 鈥� elizabeth.flotte@eastcentral.edu
Greenhouse Club
Mission: To engage the 糖心vlog官网 student body in growing plants for native landscaping, culinary arts and job training.
Advisor: Andy Klingensmith 鈥� andy.klingensmith@eastcentral.edu
Health Information Management Club
Mission: To promote the field of health information management and provide opportunities for individual growth, leadership, and career preparation in HIM.
Advisor: Kim Daman-Scheel 鈥� kim.daman-scheel@eastcentral.edu
National Association for Music Education Collegiate
Mission: The purpose of NAfME Collegiate is to afford students an opportunity for professional orientation and development while still in school, and to enable students to gain an understanding of: (1) the basic truths and principles that underlie the role of music in human life, (2) the philosophy and function of the music education profession, (3) the professional interests of members involved in the local, state, division, and national levels, (4) the knowledge and practices of the professional music educator as facilitated through chapter activity.
Advisor: Aaron Bounds 鈥� aaron.bounds@eastcentral.edu
Phi Theta Kappa
Phi Theta Kappa is the international honor society for the two-year college. Members pursue activities that fall under the direction of the society’s hallmarks of Scholarship, Leadership, Service, and Fellowship.
Mission:聽To recognize and encourage the academic achievement of two-year college students and provide opportunities for individual growth and development.
Phi Theta Kappa membership is by invitation only and is based on attaining a 3.5 GPA as a full-time student for a semester.聽 Members must maintain an overall GPA of 3.2.聽 Membership is open to all majors throughout the college, including anyone working toward a degree or certificate.
Union Advisors: Leigh Kolb 鈥� leigh.kolb@eastcentral.edu
Lindasy Riegel – lindsay.riegel@eastcentral.edu
Rolla Advisor: Dr. Beth Winters-Rozema 鈥� elizabeth.rozema@eastcentral.edu
Photography Club
Advisor: Keith Pulles 鈥� Keith.Pulles@eastcentral.edu
Psychology Club
Mission: For all who express an interest in the Psychological Sciences. The goal of this club is to offer opportunities to increase understanding of the field, provide community service, and enrich students鈥� social experiences.
Union Advisors: Rachel Howard 鈥� rachel.howard@eastcentral.edu
Skeptics Club
Mission: 聽To create a space for curious minds that wish to ask the big questions, to sharpen our minds, challenge assumptions, learn from different perspectives, and discover new ways to look at the world and beyond!
Advisor: Timothy Derifield 鈥� timothy.derifield@eastcentral.edu
Student Missouri State Teachers Association
Mission: To provide a pre-service organization for future teachers and聽create a community within the group of students majoring in聽education. The organization works with MSTA on current trends and issues which affect the role and welfare of teachers in a democracy.
Union Advisor: Gregory Stotler 鈥� gregory.stotler@eastcentral.edu
Student Nurses Organization
Mission: To promote teamwork and leadership skills among student nurses while working to promote health in the community.
Advisor: TBD
Spark Haus (Welding)
Mission: Bonding art to industry. Inspiring creativity through fabrication.
Advisor: Jessica Brown 鈥� jessica.brown@eastcentral.edu
Interested in starting your own club?
Students with a particular interest are encouraged to start their own clubs. That process is outlined at the bottom of this page with supporting information on the Forms and Applications page.
Student Activities Forms and Applications
Joining a club at 糖心vlog官网 offers several valuable benefits
- Networking: Clubs provide opportunities to meet people with similar interests, which can lead to friendships and professional connections.
- Skill Development: Many clubs focus on specific skills or interests, offering chances to learn and practice outside the classroom.
- Resume Building: Active participation in clubs shows dedication and can enhance your resume, especially if you take on leadership roles.
- Personal Growth: Clubs often encourage members to take initiative, develop teamwork skills, and gain confidence.
- Social Engagement: They provide a social outlet outside of academic pressures, helping you balance your college experience.
- Exploring Interests: Clubs allow you to explore new hobbies or interests you may not have had a chance to pursue before.
