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Art

  • USI Art Club
    The purpose of the USI Art Club is to bring awareness of the visual arts to the university and community. Membership in the USI Art Club is open to all USI students. In the past, membership benefits have included: meetings with other students with an interest in art; collaborative art projects; art tours to Chicago, New York, London, and other art centers to visit art museums, art galleries, special exhibitions, and other cultural sites; opportunities for students to exhibit and sell their artwork; and participation in Family Weekend, Springfest, and other university-sponsored club events. One major fundraiser each year allows the Art Club to contribute to student art awards, the art tours, visiting artists, community outreach and other planned projects.
    ~Faculty advisors: Virginia Poston (vposton@usi.edu) and Chuck Armstrong (carmstro@usi.edu)

Communications

  • Advertising Club
    The club allows members to network with advertising professionals in order to enhance student opportunities to obtain internships and find employment in the field after graduation. Students enter the regional American Advertising Federation competition each spring in Detroit.
    ~ Website: http://www.usi.edu/libarts/comm/PRADV/advclub.asp
    ~Faculty Advisors: Robert Jeffers (rjeffers@usi.edu) and Dr. Robert West (rwest@usi.edu)
  • Communication Club
    The club allows members to network with communications professionals in order to enhance student opportunities to obtain internships and find employment in the field after graduation. Members travel to regional and national conferences and participate in campus Christmas and blood drive projects. This group has won several outstanding USI chapter awards.
    ~Website:  http://www.usi.edu/libarts/comm/commclub/
    ~Advisor: Dr. Karen Braselton, (ksbraselto@usi.edu).
  • Society of Professional Journalists
    The club allows members to network with journalism professionals in order to enhance student opportunities to obtain internships and find employment in the field after graduation. Members travel to regional and national journalism conferences.
    ~Website:  http://web.usi.edu/spj/
    ~Advisor: Dr. Chad Tew (crtew@usi.edu)
  • Public Relations Student Society of America USI Chapter
    The club allows members to network with public relations practitioners in order to enhance student opportunities to obtain internships and find employment in the field after graduation. Members travel to regional and national P.R. conferences. This group has won several outstanding USI chapter awards.
    ~Website:  http://www.usi.edu/libarts/comm/prssa/index.asp
    ~Advisor: Dr. Gael Cooper (gcooper@usi.edu)

English 

  • Sigma Tau Delta (National Honor society in English)
    Students are selected for membership based on scholarship and service. Sigma Tau Delta attends the national convention of English honorary societies. Each year, the group holds an annual book sale to raise funds for its service projects.
    ~Website:  http://www.usi.edu/libarts/ENGLISH/std.asp
    ~Faculty advisor: Kenneth Johnson(kdjohnson2@usi.edu)

History

  • Phi Alpha Theta (National Honor Society in History) 
    ~Website:  http://web.usi.edu/PAT/
    ~Faculty advisor: Dr. Jason Hardgrave (jhardgrave@usi.edu)
  • History Club
    The Club shows movies based on members' interests, organizes workshops/presentations on careers in history and/or graduate studies in history, and sponsors field trips to nearby historic sites and museums.
    ~Website:  http://web.usi.edu/history/
    ~Faculty advisor: Dr. Jason Hardgrave (jhardgrave@usi.edu)

Modern & Classical Languages

Performing Arts

Philosophy

Political Science and Public Administration

Psychology

  • Psychology Club
    The USI Psychology Club sponsors a variety of activities designed to enhance the learning process, serve the local community and provide a resource network to those interested in the field of psychology and related disciplines. The club makes an active effort to provide community service opportunities. Each year, in response to membership requests, the club invites a number of speakers who provide valuable information on careers, graduate school and other topics of interest. Several trips are generally planned over the course of each semester. In the past, these trips have included tours of institutions (state hospital, prisons, graduate programs, etc.) as well as trips to take advantage of special presentations and speakers at area universities. Membership in the club is open to all students with an interest in psychology. 
    ~Website: http://www.usi.edu/libarts/psychology/PsycClub/
    ~Faculty advisors: Dr. Julie Evey (jevey@usi.edu); Professor Maggie Felton (mfelton@usi.edu)
  • Psi Chi
    PSI CHI is the National Honor Society in Psychology, established with the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. For example, PSI CHI publishes a quarterly journal that fosters and rewards the scholarly efforts of undergraduate psychology students. One of the goals of each PSI CHI chapter is to make active attempts to nourish and stimulate professional growth through programs designed to augment and enhance the regular curriculum. The USI chapter of PSI CHI is also involved in a variety of activities including the presentation of “Career Night” and trips to visit graduate psychology programs in the area. Membership is open to students majoring, or minoring, in psychology, and who have completed at least 9 hours of psychology course credit with a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.0 in both their psychology and non-psychology courses. 
    ~Website: http://www.usi.edu/libarts/psychology/PsiChi/
    ~Faculty Advisers: Dr. Sid Hall (hall@usi.edu)

Sociology, Anthropology, & Criminal Justice Studies

  • Alpha Kappa Delta (International Honor Society in Sociology)
    Faculty Advisor: Dr. Todd Schroer (tschroer@usi.edu)
  • S.A.C. Club
    Involved in various activities of academic and social interest. In the past few years activities have included: trips to prisons, fund raising for charity, a weekend trip to Chicago, and parties.
    ~Website: http://www.usi.edu/libarts/socio/club.asp
    ~Faculty advisors: Marla Mosher (mkmosher@usi.edu) and Dr. Michael Strezewski (mstrezewsk@usi.edu)

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