Student Organizations

Your college education is a series of unique challenges and experiences. Some you encounter in the sphere of academics -- in the classroom, in course work, and in individual research. Others you meet by living with roommates and making new friends. Nevertheless, some of the most dynamic experiences you have at Wittenberg occur through your involvement in campus activities.

Participation in student activities allows you to develop valuable skills such as time management, conflict resolution, stress management, and situational leadership. Through your involvement, you have the opportunity to meet a variety of people with a range of interests and backgrounds and yet share a common goal to learn and communicate with each other. But foremost of these is the knowledge that you gain and the satisfaction you feel in being able to make an impact in the student life of our campus.

Activities and organizations that may appeal to students interested in the environment include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

Conservation Club

Formed in response to student interest, the Conservation Club is a volunteer organization whose function is to promote interest in environmental stewardship and to foster the education of the University and the public.
Activities include: Meeting to exchange information on environmental issues and to create service projects for the Wittenberg community, sponsoring an Earth Day Festival in April, volunteering with other local groups in various environmental activities, bringing speakers to campus, and promoting ways to conserve individually as well as collectively.
Membership: Conservation Club has open membership.

Green Cross

Outdoor Club

The Outdoor Club gives students the opportunity to enjoy a variety of outdoor explorations. Members go on regularly scheduled trips to various sites. Activities include: Day and weekend trips such as rafting, climbing, skiing, and horseback riding are scheduled each term. Membership: The Outdoor Club has open membership. Meetings are held bi-weekly in Shouvlin Center on Tuesdays at 7 p.m. or as announced.

Student Environmental Action Coalition

SEAC is a grassroots group acting on local, state, and regional environmental issues and campaigns. SEAC operates through:

1. Educating ourselves and others on environmental issues and concerns, attending town meetings, sponsoring and attending local and national speakers, and doing individual research on issues.
2. Networking-hosting and attending (and giving workshops at) state and regional SEAC conferences and gatherings, writing in-state and national SEAC newsletters, maintaining nationwide e-mail contacts, and working with other grassroots environmental groups.
3. Direct action-contacting local officials with environmental concerns, working with other colleges on state/regional campaigns, supporting/sponsoring boycotts of polluting companies, and "SEACers" (anyone interested in working to protect the Earth) trying to avoid the hierarchical structures typical of most organizations. Our meetings are run by a different facilitator each week, and leaders for different campaigns are chosen on the basis of who is most interested and who puts the most time and energy into particular campaigns.

Activities include: Co-sponsoring the "Meat-Out" with the Animal Rights Club, sponsoring such eco-singers/speakers as Casey Neil and Joe Hazelbaker, writing the State SEAC Newsletter for the 1993-94 school year, and working with 3C-Aid to fight the proposed Springfield incinerator.

Wildlife Society

Wittenberg Speleological Society ( Caving Club )

The Wittenberg University Speleological Society (WUSS) is a chartered, internal organization of the National Speleological Society (NSS). Like the NSS, WUSS dedicates its time to ensure that caves are discovered, explored, and protected. WUSS takes many trips during the year, offering special opportunities for both the novice and the experienced caver. Expose yourself to caving!
Activities include: Exploration, conservation, surveying, and photography within the caves; camping, hiking, and enjoying the company of fellow WUSS members outside the caves. The Caving Club also instructs members in repelling and climbing.
Membership: The Caving Club has open membership. No experience is necessary to join; equipment and training are provided.