Student Organizations
| Student Organization | President | Advisor |
|---|---|---|
| Alpha Mu Gamma (Modern Languages) | ||
| Ambassadors | Heather O'Neill | |
| American Choral Directors Assoc. | Botd Bacon | |
| American Chemical Society | David Treichel | |
| American Marketing Association | Loy Watley | |
| Amnesty International, NWU Group | ||
| Athletic Training Student Association | Jason Ensrud | |
| Beta Beta Beta (Biology) | Stacey Coufal | Cody Arenz |
| Beta Upsilon Sigma (Academics) | Stu Spero | |
| Blue Key | ||
| Campus crusade for Christ | Trenton Friesen | |
| Cardinal Key | Sarah Hotovy | Melissa Erdmann |
| Chamber Singers | ||
| Circle K Organization | David Iaquinta | |
| Civic Choir | ||
| College Republicans | Dylan Frederick | Cheryl Miner |
| Colleges Against Cancer | Erin Dorn | Geri Cotter |
| Delta Mu Delta | Stu Spero | |
| Delta Upsilon Chi (Mgmt/Mktg) | ||
| Environmental Action | Kayla Wray | Dale Benham |
| Fellowship of Christian Athletes | Ted Bulling | |
| Flintlock | ||
| FOCUS | Brandon Schlautmann | Matt Kadavy |
| Fun Club | Josh Greivelding | Matt Kadavy |
| Global Service Learning | Kelli Wood | |
| Health & Human Performance Club | Josh Wall | Pat Pettit |
| History club | Steve Wills | |
| IMA (Association for accountants & Finance Professionals in Business) | Courtney Baillie | |
| International Relations Organization | Yoko Iwaski-Zinc | |
| Intramural sports | Nancy Hansen | |
| Kappa Delta Pi (Teacher Education) | ||
| Kappa Mu Epsilon (Math) | Cheryl Miner | |
| Kappa Pi (Art) | ||
| Lambda Pi Eta (Communications) | Karla Jensen | |
| Manga Club | Julie Kovanda | |
| Math Club | Joe Menousek | Cheryl Miner |
| Mixed Media Art Club | Natasia Otto-Bergland | Lisa Lockman |
| MOSAIC | Yoselin Corrales | Candice Howell |
| Mu Phi Epsilon | Jean Henderson | |
| Music Educators National Conference | Jon "Pete" Peterson | |
| National Residence Hall Honorary | Jonathan Affalter | |
| Nebraskans For Peace | ||
| NWU CSI | ||
| NWU Gay-Straight Alliance | Kayla Wray |
Karri Sanderson |
| NWU Scuba Club | Matt Andersson | Jerry Bicker |
| Omnicorn Delta Epsilon (Economics) | Ryan Boyer | Loretta Fairchild |
| Phi Alpha (Social Work) | ||
| Phi Alpha Theta | Sandra Mathews | |
| Phi Beta Lambada (CBA) | Ashley Wood | Nanne Olds |
| Phi Epsilon Kappa | Josh Wall | Pat Pettit |
| Phi Gamma Mu (Social Sciences) | ||
| Pi Kappa Delta (Public Speaking) | ||
| Pi sigma Alpha (Political Science) | Robert Oberst | |
| Pre-Health Club | Cindy Marolf | |
| Progressive Student Coalition | Alex Hartman | Jeff Mohr |
| Psi Chi | ||
| Psychology Club | ||
| Residence Hall Advisory Council | Sara Marcellus | Jonathan Affalter |
| Reveille | Chrissy Rydl | Jim Schaffer |
| Sigma Pi Sigma (Physics) | Robert Fairchild | |
| Sigma Tau Delta | Carolyn Nolte | |
| Society for H.R. Management | Larry Hughes | |
| Society of Physics Students | Robert Fairchild | |
| Sociology/Anthropology Club | Susan Wortmann | |
| Spirit Squad | Terry Lang | |
| Student Affairs Senate | Phil Bakken | Pete Armstrong |
| Student Athlete Advisory Committee | Ira Zeff | |
| Student Education Association | Kelli Raile | Mike McDonald |
| Student Investment Group | Thom Jackman | |
| Theta Alpha Phi (Theartre) | ||
| Triathlon Club | Jasmine Horne | Nancy Hansen |
| University Band | Sam Zitek | |
| University Choir | Bill Wyman | |
| Wesleyan Alumni Student Association | Rachelle Hadley | |
| Wesleyan Communication Association | Dave Whitt | |
| Wesleyan Entertainment Board | Jessica Preston | Karri Sanderson |
| Wesleyan Student Fellowship | Sam Fisher | Mara Bailey |
| Wesleyan Theater Company | Joan Korte | |
| Women's Resource Center | Erin Morettes | |
| X-Clusive | Ashley Petersen | Candice Howell |
| Young Democrats | Mandi Miller | Jeff Mohr |
Ambassadors
The Ambassador organization is a group of volunteer students selected to work closely with the Admissions Office. They give campus tours to prospective students and their families and provide a student’s perspective of campus life. They also assist with many campus programs for prospective students. Selection is based on an application, personal interview, communication skills and enthusiasm for their Nebraska Wesleyan experiences.
American Chemical Society
The American Chemical Society (ACS) gives students the opportunity to broaden their interests in the chemical field through interactions with the chemistry faculty and other related majors. The organization emphasizes the gain of new knowledge related to the profession in activities such as speakers, tours, and of course many social events.
American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
ACDA is an organization dedicated to the fostering and enrichment of choral music. Membership is open to all students with an interest in choral music, but is particularly valuable for students who wish to pursue a career in choral music or music education.
American Marketing Association
The American Marketing Association on the Wesleyan Campus is a group created to get a better understanding of the field of marketing. We usually invite a few speakers from a related marketinf field every semester, conduct appropriate projects for our sponsers from various companies/businesses, and try to have a sfocial every now and then as well. We also have the chance to attendd the collegiate conference every year! Mostly, we're just a group of creative, motivated students who are looking for a chance to get involved with marketing and have some fun.
Athletic Training Students Association (ATSA)
ATSA functions to promote active improvement in the athletic training educations and service, and encourage students' participation in athletic health care at NWU. It also helps to promote and encourage collaborative relationships with students and professionals of other associations dealing with health care disciplines. ATSA stimulates professionalism among students and all other members.
BACCHUS GAMMA
Beta Beta Beta
Beta Beta Beta, the biology honorary, serves to stimulate interest and investigation in biological sciences and to promote dissemination of information and new interpretations among students of the life sciences. Regular members of Tri-Beta are students majoring in Biology who have completed at least 16 hours of biology courses, maintaining a biology GPA of 3.4 and an overall GPA of 3.2. Associate members of Tri-Beta are students of any major that have completed at least 8 hours of biology courses with a biology GPS of 3.0. New members are inducted each Spring. Major typical events include: guest speakers in the biological sciences, volunteer activities within the community, social activities that promote collegiality and bonding, and the Annual “Behind the Scenes” Zoo trip.
Campus Crusade for Christ
Campus Crusade for Christ is an on-campus organization that ministers to students. This includes presenting the Gospel and helping students to grow in their faith. Campus Crusade meets weekly to study the Bible, worship, pray, and offer fellowship. This organization is nondenominational and open to all students.
Cardinal Key
Circle K International
Phi Beta Lambda (PBL)
Phi Beta Lambda (PBL) is a chapter of the international nonprofit education association, Future Business Leaders of America-Phi Beta Lambda (FBLA-PBL). FBLA-PBL is the oldest and largest national organization for students preparing for careers in business and has over a quarter million members and advisers worldwide. Its mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs, and to help students prepare for professional careers in business. The NWU chapter of PBL works to accomplish these goals by giving students the opportunity: to assume leadership positions at the campus, state or national level; to attend local, state and national leadership conferences; to participate in PBL competitive events that help to develop the knowledge, skills, and abilities that are part of today’s business curriculum; to hear and meet leaders in the local business community by hosting speakers on a regular basis; and to participate in community service activities.
Colleges Against Cancer
Simply put, we are here to help eliminate cancer. We celebrate life, share hope, and save lives. Through events like Relay For Life we are able to tmake a difference in the fight against cancer and help the American Cancer Society continue to make advancements in cancer research. We try to build awareness throughout campus and give students opportunities to become involved in ways that interest them.
College Republicans
Delta Mu Delta
Delta Mu Delta is a national honor society for majors in Business Administration. Membership is by invitation only and is based upon completion of one-half of the work for the degree, a GPA of 3.25 in all courses taken, and being in the top 20% of your class (junior or senior).
Environmental Action
Environmental Action strives to promote environmental awareness through education and service. We host the annual Earth Day event every April 22nd, take a trip to see the sandhill cranes, and organize campus-wide projects that help to conserve our natural resources. Environmental Action is open to all students at NWU. Meetings are held weekly and new ideas are always welcome!
Fellowship of Christian Athletes (FCA)
Fellowship of Christian Athletes is open to all students at NWU. The purpose is to provide a time for Christian fellowship among students.
Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS)
FOCUS is the Fellowship of Catholic University Students who work to create a Catholic community at Nebraska Wesleyan. This community is built through small group Bible studies that meet weekly. These faith communities help men and women to form Christ-centered friendships while feeding hungers for Christ through the Scriptures.
Fun Club
Global Service Learning
Global Service Learning is composed of a small group of intentionally diversified students who bring different gifts to the ongoing work of service learning on a local, national and international level. These students demonstrate a commitment to global citizenship and service and a willingness to engage in meaningful group and personal reflection and exchange. During the past year, Global Service Learning has served in Nicaragua; Denver, Colorado; and locally at Friendship Home, the Salvation Army, the People’s City Mission, Clinic With a Heart, Nebraska AIDS Project, and Heartland Big Brothers / Big Sisters, among others.
Health and Human Performance Club
History Club
History Club is an organization that serves as a social gathering for those interested in history. History Club participates annually in the Progressive Dinner hosted by the History Department Staff, aids with History Day in the spring, as well as social gatherings of analyzing historical movies, one local day trip, and one weekend trip to a designated city for historical adventures. History Club is open to all students of Nebraska Wesleyan.
Interfraternity Council
Nebraska Wesleyan University’s Interfraternity (IFC) Council is the governing body of the Greek fraternities on campus. IFC is a group of men composed of two student delegates from each chapter along with officers who are responsible for governing all the fraternities on campus. The purpose of Interfraternity and Panhellenic council is to act as a unified force on campus, encouraging leadership, academics, and community service. Together the councils sponsor All-Greek events, while promoting the brotherly and sisterly bonds found in Greek Life.
Intramural Sports
International Relations Organization (IRO)
The purpose of IRO (International Relations Organization) is to provide an opportunity for the U.S. and international students to interact and to educate each other, exchanging ideas and learning about each other's customs on the campus and in the community.
Kappa Mu Epsilon
Kappa Mu Epsilon, the National Mathematics Honor Society at Wesleyan, is a national organization founded in 1931 to promote the interest of mathematics among undergraduate students. Membership in KME is based on both class rank and GPA in mathematics classes. Each spring there is an initiation to induct new members.
Lambda Pi Eta
Lambda Pi Eta is a national Communication Studies honorary. Students qualify for membership based on outstanding academic performance. One goal of the honorary is to help students further develop their interest in academic and professional aspects of the field of communication as well as their knowledge about further graduate study.
Manga Club
Manga/Anime Club is a group in which any NWU student who likes to read manga (japanese graphic novels)/watch anime can join to discuss different manga readings as you would in a book club.
Math Club
Math Club is a group that organizes its fun activities and events around math. It is open to everyone on campus, regardless of mathematical ability.
Mixed Media Art Club
Meeting of Students Addressing Intercultural Concerns (MOSAIC)
This student organization's purpose is to educate, celebrate, and support. We are dedicated to celebrating different cultures from around the world as well as addressing issues of discrimination on our campus and educating people about these issues. We encourage students that our interested in learning about other cultures and students who want to act as a social change agent to join this group.
Music Educators National Conference (MENC)
MENC is a group of dedicated music majors who focus on the different aspects of improving their knowledge in music education. This group is not exclusive to only music education majors, but encourages those in similar fields to participate.
Mu Phi Epsilon
Mu Phi Epsilon is an international honorary organization for musician who show excellence in their art, academics, performance, and in the fellowship of music. The organization is select and nominates people for the organization in the spring with members being able to continue membership even after graduate and for the rest of their careers. Most importantly, Mu Phi Epsilon promotes the advancement of music in the community, nation, and the world along with the ideas of Music, Friendship, and Harmony.
National Residence Hall Honorary
Nebraskans For Peace
NWU CSI
Nebraska Wesleyan CSI is a group made up of undergraduates who are interested in entering the Masters of Forensic Science Program here at NWU. The group is also open to graduate students in the program. Our goal is to educate members about Forensic Science and to have fun while doing so. We have nights where we get together, watch a crime film, and try to separate fact from fiction. We also have labs designed to teach members about techniques used in the field of Forensic Science; blood spatter and finger print analysis are two labs we've done.
Nebraska Wesleyan Film Organization
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Omicron Delta Epsilon is an international honor society in economics. Organized in 1915, it now has 560 chapters including those in South Africa and Egypt. Membership tells the world that the recipient has attained significant achievements in economics.
Order of Omega
Order of Omega, the Greek Honorary, sponsors Greek Week each year, which includes Greeks in the Streets, a mass philanthropy project, a trivia bowl, awards reception, and "Gotcha!" competition.
Phi Alpha Theta
Phi Alpha Theta is 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. Phi Alpha Theta seeks 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.
Phi Epsilon Kappa
PEK is a national professional fraternal honorary for individuals engaged in or pursing careers in health, physical education, recreation, dance, human performance, exercise science, sports medicine and sport management. PEK is a group of people who are banded together by friendship and common interest in an organization of their own creation. A member is a member for life and professional fraternities render benefits to their members throughout their lives in the form of valuable friendships and professional as well as social contacts. The Nebraska Wesleyan chapter, Delta Upsilon, was founded on April 27, 1997.
Philosophy Club
Pi Sigma Alpha
Plains Pride
The purpose of Plains Pride is to provide support for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, and questioning members of the Wesleyan community and the community at large, as well as their allies. Plains Pride will create and promote activities that are inclusive and provide education, dispel myths, and work against hatred and discrimination in hopes of creating a safe and welcoming environment for all member of the Wesleyan Community.
Political Affairs Club
The Political Affairs Club (PAC) hosts community discussions and panels for those interested in politics.
Pre-Health Club
Progressive Student Alliance
Psi Chi
Psi Chi was founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. Membership is awarded to undergraduate and graduate men and women who are making the study of psychology one of their major interests and who meet the qualifications.
Psychology Club
Psychology Club sponsors lecture series speakers, and is active in the Great Plains Students' Psychology Convention, the Midwestern Psychological Association Conference, and the NPS-PERK Convention. Throughout the school year, Psychology Club hosts various social events where psychology students and professors get to know each other. Psychology Club also provides panels of graduate students and professionals in psychology to help younger students understand the complex science we call psychology.
Residence Hall Advisory Council
Reveille
The Reveille is Nebraska Wesleyan's student newspaper. It is published eight times each semester. The Reveille is published by and for the students of Nebraska Wesleyan University. The Reveille accepts letters and guest columns as well as paid advertising. The newspaper is intended to accurately and fairly inform its readers of items of importance and interest to the Wesleyan community.
Student Affairs Senate (SAS)
The Student Affairs Senate (SAS) is the governing body for students whose purpose is to enact legislation to enhance student life. SAS strives to protect the academic and social rights and responsibilities of students and promote diversity, while laboring to guarantee the freedom of students to be informed about every aspect of their University. SAS acts as a liaison between students, the administration, faculty, and Board of Governors for the further advancement of Nebraska Wesleyan University.
Sigma Pi Sigma is a society that honors outstanding scholarship in physics, encourages interest in physics among students at all levels, promotes an attitude of service of its members towards their fellow students, colleagues, and the public, and provides a fellowship of persons who have excelled in physics.
Sigma Tau Delta
Sigma Tau Delta, the international English honor society, was established in 1924. Its purposes are (a) to confer distinction for high achievement in English language, literature and writing in undergraduate, graduate, and professional work, (b) to promote interest in literature, writing and the English language on local campuses and their surrounding communities, and (c) to foster the discipline of English in all its aspects. The Kappa Xi chapter was installed at Nebraska Wesleyan University in 1978. Chapter members are eligible to apply for Sigma Tau Delta scholarships, participate in international conferences, and submit original written work for publication in The Rectangle (the organization’s literary magazine) or The Review (a critical journal).
Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM)
SHRM is the world's largest association devoted to human resource management. The Society's mission is to serve the needs of Human Resource professionals by providing the most essential and comprehensive resources available. The NWU Student Chapter provides activities that build knowledge of the Human Resources field while helping students develop valuable leadership and organization skills. The NWU Student Chapter is sponsored by LHRMA (Lincoln Human Resources Management Association).
Society of Physics Students
The Society of Physics Students (SPS) is a professional association explicitly designed for students. The only requirement for membership is that the student be interested in physics. SPS helps student members transform themselves into contributing members of the professional community by giving them skills including effective communication and personal interactions, leadership experience, establishing a personal network of contacts, presenting scholarly work in professional meetings and journals, and outreach services to the campus and local communities.
Student Education Association (SEA)
SEA is an affiliate of the Nebraska State Education Association and the National Education Association. It is a campus organization for students preparing to teach who want to belong to, and benefit from, a professional organization of teachers.
Triathlon Club
United Methodist Student Organization
University Band
Wesleyan Alumni Student Association
The purpose of the Wesleyan Alumni Student Association is to connect and build relationships between students and alumni through networking and socializing. WASA collaborates with other organizations to maintain of spirit and tradition on campus.
Wesleyan Communication Association (WCA)
The Wesleyan Communication Association (WCA) is an organization in which mainly communication and business students participate, however, students of all disciplines are encouraged to join and attend several meetings through out the year to have the opportunity to listen to and to network with several communication and business professionals. They also participate in activities sponsored by the Communication and Theatre Department. WCA is a great way for students to get to know each other as well as their options for internships and post-graduate plans.
Wesleyan Entertainment Board
WEB (Wesleyan Entertainment Board) is an organization which coordinates campus events. The committees consist of Comedy, Concerts, Cultural, Special Events/Study Breaks, Big Event, Winter Formal, and Homecoming.
Wesleyan Theater Company
Wesleyan Theatre Company is the theatre honorary group comprised of well-rounded and involved students in all elements of theatre. WTC is open to all students on campus who are interested in working on major productions or laboratory theatre productions. WTC hold open auditions for students who enjoy acting, constructing costumes, building scenery, working in the box office, designing/applying make-up, running lights, providing sound effects, gathering properties, ushering, handling public relations and advertisement for NWU productions. For those who are devoted to keeping the art of theatre alive on this campus, please contact the WTC President or visit our webpage.
Wilderness Adventure Club
Women's Resource Center (WRC)
The WRC serves as a resource on campus for both men and women who are looking for information pertaining to a developing person's mental, psychological, emotional, and physical health and well being. The WRC offers campus programming, resources, and has peers available in the center to help students with all issues.
X-Clusive
Young Democrats
Young Democrats is composed of students who support the Nebraska Democratic Party. This organization coordinates and supports activities to aid the state's Democratic Party.
