DESCRIPTIONS OF ACTIVE
STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS/CLUBS

Business Related Organizations:
Accounting Association
The Accounting Association was created for and by students of King's College majoring or minoring, or having an interest in the field of accounting and the desire to further their education and exposure to accounting outside the classroom, through meetings with students of similar interests. The Accounting Association sponsors dinner meetings/socials which introduce students to the opportunities available in accounting by inviting guest speakers to share their experiences and advice. The Accounting Association's popular fund-raiser is a car wash held once each semester. In conjunction with the Student Government, the association performs actual audits of each club/organizations' financial records at the end of the spring semester.

Economics and International Business Club
The Economics and International Business Club is open to all students who have an interest in exploring issues in economics and international business outside the classroom setting. The club's purpose is to educate its members, as well as other interested persons, about the opportunities that exist in the fields of economics and international business. To this end, the club sponsors lectures and invites guest speakers to meetings. As one of its annual activities, the club tries to arrange a trip to a major economic center, where the issues discussed in classes come alive. Recent trips have included travel to New York, Washington, D.C., Montreal, and Boston.

Finance Association
The purpose of the Finance Association is to provide a stimulus outside the classroom for the discussion and promotion of finance and to the understanding of the business world. Members have an opportunity to meet professional business people and to tour professional work sites in Wilkes-Barre and in a major metropolitan area. Membership is open to any registered full or part-time students attending King's College.

King's College Chapter of The Human Resources (SHRM)/Human Resources Management Association
The Human Resources Management Club is comprised of students who are either majoring, minoring, or simply interested in Human Resources Management. It creates opportunities to enhance our understanding of human resources issues outside the classroom by promoting interaction with human resource professionals and field trips to diverse work sites. The association has a president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, and social coordinator. Some of the association's activities include community service projects, socials, and meetings featuring guest speakers. Funds for this organization comes from membership dues, student government allocations, and fund-raisers. It also publishes a newsletter at least once per semester to inform not only Human Resources Management Association members, but also all students who are Human Resources Management majors, of SHRM activities, as well as other information pertinent to the field of Human Resources Management.

Marketing and Management Association
The Marketing and Management Association is an organization that encourages students who are majoring or minoring in business administration or marketing to meet with one another to share their common interests and goals. The association sponsors activities that inform students about their majors and possible future careers. Members have the opportunity to attend seminars, guest speaker dinners, participate in charitable services, fund-raisers, field trips, and other social projects and gatherings.

Communications Related Organizations:
Communications Club
Communications is one of the largest majors at King's College and one that thrives on creativity. With this in mind, the Communications Club is an organization whose goal is to heighten awareness of the enormous opportunities available to today's communications student. The organization has presented open houses of the college's media facilities, tours of newspapers and television stations, guest speakers from the local media, social gatherings, trips to New York City, innovative fund-raisers, charity projects, a dinner that honors seniors at the end of the academic year, and other experiences that supplement classroom teaching. Bi-weekly meetings have allowed the club to continually expand in both size and spirit. Membership is open to all interested students.

The CROWN- Office: Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, Media Suite, Telephone: (570) 208-5900, ext. 5659
The Crown is the bi-weekly college newspaper which informs the King's community about events affecting the campus. It publishes a comprehensive 16-page issue of news, editorials, features, entertainment and sports during the academic year. Positions on The Crown are open to all students, regardless of major. The positions include Editor-in-Chief, Managing Editor, Business Advertising, and Circulation Manager, Copy Editor, section editors and writers. The office is located in the lower level of the Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center.

The Regis- Office: Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, Media Suite, Telephone: (570) 208-5900, ext. 5658
The Regis is the college yearbook. Its staff consists of two advisors and six editors (co-editors-in-chief, co-associate editors and co-photography editors). Participation is open to students who are interested in capturing the memories, historical events and everyday activities of the current academic year in photography, prose and design.

WKRC - The College Radio Station - Office: Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, Lower Level, Telephone: (570) 208-5821
WKRC is the College radio station and provides programming year round. Students serve as the radio station managers, program advisors and broadcasters. The radio station provides a valuable service to the local community through radio home visitor program that broadcast national and local news along with local interest stories for those persons who are sight impaired.

Health-Related Organizations:
Physician Assistant Student Society
The Physician Assistant Student Society of King's College brings together junior and senior Physician Assistant majors to share medical experiences and national trends regarding the PA profession. The club also exposes students to the issues of medicine, diagnostics, therapeutics, patient education, and professionalism. Membership in the Physician Assistant Club is open to any registered PA student of King's College in the professional phase of the program.

King's College Student Chapter of the American
College of Health Care Executives (ACHE)
The King's College Student Chapter of ACHE is open to all students who hold an interest in the exploration of current issues facing our nation's health care industry. Our organization is comprised of, but not limited to, mostly health care administration majors. The purpose of ACHE is to provide a forum outside the classroom geared toward the discussion of relevant topics of health administration and to provide a valuable resource in the student's pursuit of realistic field experience. Members have an opportunity to meet with health professionals and to work collaboratively with area health providers on special projects, as well as tour area facilities. Membership is open to all students, full or part-time, attending King's College.

Internationally-Focused Organizations:
Le Cercle Francais
Le Cercle Francais, or the French Club, as it's known at King's College, is an organization of students who want to learn more about French culture. There are no membership requirements other than interest. Our activities include viewing French films (with subtitles) and planning trips or attending performances that will enhance one's appreciation of the French culture. All activities are planned with the hope of sharing and learning about another country's way of living.

Spanish Club
The King's College Spanish Club is a sociocultural organization seeking to increase interest in the language and cultures of the Hispanic peoples and to create an awareness of what is happening to the peoples and nations of the Hispanic world.
The club holds periodic meetings to plan and discuss a variety of activities: special masses in Spanish throughout the year and open to the campus and local communities. The club also sponsors a candygram sale, viewing Spanish films, gatherings for Spanish conversations, and a trip to a Mexican restaurant, and has hosted indigenous Hispanic people who share their heritage and culture with students and faculty. The club is open to all students who have an interest in Spanish or who simply want to become a part of a new cultural experience.

Music/Fine Arts Organizations:
The Campion Society
The Campion Society is an organization dedicated to promoting the fine arts on King's campus. The group provides forums of expression such as open readings and a film/discussion series which also are attended by the public; sponsors day trips, social events, and service projects related to the arts. Membership is open to all students regardless of major. If you enjoy writing, painting, drawing or photography, from a creative or appreciative aspect, this organization is for you.

The Dance Club
The King's College Dance Club foundation is having fun and relieving stress of everyday life, while sharing the dance aspect of performing arts with our community. Each month, the club invites an instructor from either campus or the local community to teach a certain genre of dance, for example classical ballet, swing dance, Irish step dancing, Latin dancing, and yoga. Other weeks during the month the club holds stretching meetings and one business meeting. The club invites all members of the college community regardless of their past dance experience to join.

The Scop- Office: Sheehy-Farmer Campus Center, Media Suite, Telephone: (570) 208-5900, ext. 5477
The Scop (pronounced Shope) is a student organization that promotes fine arts on campus. The publication serves a showplace for the prose, poetry, photography, and art work of King's students, faculty, staff, and alumni. The magazine is overseen by two student co-editors and produced by organization members at least once a year. All students with an interest in the fine arts are encourage to join The Scop staff and submit works to be considered for publication.

Politically Focused Organizations:
Politics Society
The Politics Society of King's College is a non-partisan organization open to students, regardless of major, who has an interest in the political sphere of our society. Some of the clubs activities include voter registration, working on various campaigns, holding 'Town Meetings' to address campus and community issues and student lobbying day in Harrisburg. In addition to these activities, the club sponsors speakers and events to inform students of issues of local, state, federal, and international importance. The funding for such events comes from allocations from student government, fund-raisers, and student dues.

Service Organizations:
Blood Council
The Blood Council is a service organization aimed at serving the Wyoming Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross as a governing board of students to plan, organize, and hold three annual blood drives held on campus. The blood drives are an important campus-wide activity involving students, faculty members, administration, and staff. Membership in the council consists of representatives from any club or organization on campus to extend participation in each blood drive.

Circle K Organization
Circle K is the largest collegiate, international service organization in the world today. Circle K works hand-in-hand with various Kiwanis Clubs, Key Clubs, Builders Clubs, and other Circle K clubs throughout the states. The main objective of Circle K is to provide services to our community and campus through service projects and/or fund-raisers. The organization also provides individual members, a chance to develop leadership and public speaking skills, and to make new friends. The only membership criteria is for one to be enthusiastic, energetic, and emotionally involved.

Emergency Response Team (E.R.T.)
The Emergency Response Team (E.R.T.) is a service organization that responds to the emergency medical needs of the King's College Community. The E. R. T. is on duty when the nurse is not on campus. Members are certified in either Basic or Advanced Emergency Medical Care. Meetings are conducted every two weeks and include training once a month. One of our main purposes is to educate the college community about the importance of first aid and quick response time that is often crucial in a medical emergency. Both students and faculty rely on the services provided by the E.R.T.

King's Escort Service (K.E.S.)
King's Escort Service (K.E.S.) was established in 1989 to provide students, staff and faculty with safe passage to on-campus locations and to the off-campus parking lots. The service is composed of student volunteers from all majors who provide escorts upon request. Each escort team, comprised of two volunteers, is equipped with the following: two-way radio linked directly to the college Security Department, personal alarm, jacket or T-shirt, and flashlights. All members apply and are screened through the Security Department. To request an escort, simply call the switchboard at 826-5900 from an outside phone or "0" from an in-house phone. Provide your name, location, and destination and an escort team will be sent to you. Escort service is normally available Sunday - Thursday, from 7:00 p.m. - midnight.

Sigma Kappa Sigma (EKE)
The purpose and objective of Sigma Kappa Sigma Fraternal Service Society is to promote the highest caliber of Christian manhood typified by the men of King's College. Every member of Sigma Kappa Sigma gives public example of this Christian manhood through his service to the student body, to the faculty and administration, to the community, and to the College of Christ the King.

Sigma Kappa Tau (EKT)
Through the years the sisters of Sigma Kappa Tau, have provided King's College and its surrounding community, with a tradition of dedicated service. Through friendship and devotion, Sigma Kappa Tau hopes to promote the significance of community oneness as essential to a rewarding and complete college learning experience.

Special Interests Organizations:
Academy of Biological Sciences (Biology Club)
The object of this organization is to encourage biological research, to discuss problems in biology, and to promote social functions. Activities include charitable services, environmental projects, fund-raisers, and speakers from graduate or professional schools and community service organizations. Active membership is open to students registered in the natural sciences.

Chemistry Club
The King's College Chemistry Club seeks to promote interest in the chemical sciences both among its members and among the general public. Club activities will allow its members to experience interesting extracurricular programs, such as industrial plant trips, visits to academic research facilities, chemistry-related museums, etc. The club performs many chemical demonstration exhibitions in local schools, geared towards varying age groups. There is also a Halloween chemistry show for the public held in Burke Auditorium each year. In addition, the Chemistry Club highlights a chemist's responsibility to protect the environment through recycling programs and road cleanups. While this club tends to primarily attract chemistry majors and minors, it is open to any King's undergraduate with an interest in chemistry.

Criminal Justice Association
The King's College Criminal Justice Association is an organization through which students interested in Criminal Justice can express their common interests. The Association is dedicated to sponsoring and participating in activities that inform students of careers in the criminal justice system. Members have the opportunity to attend lectures given by federal, state, or local law enforcement agencies on topics such as job qualifications, field experience, job opportunities and placement. The Association also engages in charitable service projects, demonstrations, fund-raisers, and Criminal Justice-related recreational activities. Membership is open to full-time students with a major or minor in Criminal Justice as well as other individuals interested in the criminal justice field.

Education Club
The Education Club is open to all students whose major or minor is Education and who have an interest in working with children. The purpose of the club's activities is to keep students abreast of the modern trends in education. Activities include open meetings, fund-raisers, trips to state conferences, guest speakers, and community services such as tutoring for children. There is a club dinner at the end of the spring semester for all active members and to honor the outstanding student teachers.

Environmental Awareness and Outdoors Club
The Environmental Awareness and Outdoors Club is an organization that unites students interested in environmental issues, outdoor recreation, and nature. The group sponsors various outings and environmentally-related service projects. It strives to promote environmental consciousness not only among members, but also in the King's community. Membership is open to all members of the King's community who share a concern for the earth.

Mathematics and Computer Science Club
The King's College Mathematics and Computer Science Club is both a social and academic organization. The club sponsors picnics and social gatherings as well as talks and demonstrations in mathematics and computer science. Many members of the club are also members of the King's College student chapter of the Mathematical Association of America. As such, they normally attend meetings of the Eastern Pennsylvania and Delaware Section of the Mathematical Association of America held each spring and fall in the Philadelphia area.

Multicultural and International Organization
The Multicultural and International Organization strives to bring students from different backgrounds into a growing, cohesive group. The organization is dedicated to promoting diversity awareness on campus and in the community.
The organization generally meets twice a month to discuss upcoming activities including international dinners, entertaining local underprivileged children (in turn, giving them diverse role models), supporting international holidays such as Kwanzaa, and recognizing influential people such as Martin Luther King, Jr. It also supports and attends multicultural conferences at other colleges and universities that are usually comprised of forums and workshops dealing with the current multicultural issues interlaced with various entertainment and other social activities.
The organization is open to all students interested in helping spread the message of diversity while learning about all different cultures in a comfortable social atmosphere.

Pre-Law Society
The Pre-Law Society's primary purpose is to explore law as a career. To this end, various guests involved in different areas of law are invited to speak at monthly meetings in order to help students make a more informed decision about law school and legal careers. The Society is open to students of any major who have an interest in law.

Psychology Club
The purpose of the Psychology Club is to enable all members to obtain a better understanding and appreciation for the science of psychology and its contributions to all aspects of human endeavor. It also seeks to provide insight into the professional opportunities to be realized through the study of psychology. Activities include: open meetings, fund-raisers, speakers, field trips, social gatherings, and charity projects. The Psychology Club is open to all majors and students who attend King's College.

Residence Hall Council
Residence Hall Council (RHC) is dedicated to improving residence life for students through various floor competitions, fund-raisers, socials, and community service projects. The club also addresses and acts upon residents' concerns. It consists of an advisor and two elected representatives from each floor in the residence halls. Those interested in becoming a member of RHC should contact their R.A. or the Office of Residence Life.

Ski and Snowboard Club
The King's College Ski and Snowboard Club offers all those in the King's Community the opportunity to save money on skiing and snowboarding . The club takes an annual trip to either Vermont, Colorado or Canada. Also, weekend trips to the Pocono Mountains are very popular. Join the club to get significant savings on skiing and snowboarding, meet new and exciting people and to just have fun.