Departmental Clubs

Art Club
Purpose: To enhance cultural awareness, personal enrichment and appreciation of the Fine Arts by participating in museum tours, guest-artist speakers, films and various projects and field trips
Membership: All interested students, faculty and staff.

Business Club
Purpose: To promote the professional association of Business majors and minors and others interested in business during their time at Judson. The club strives to establish and maintain contact with Business graduates and strengthen the link with the College, the Business program, current Business majors and minors, and other Business graduates. Membership: Open to all Business majors or minors who maintain a grade point average of 2.0 or higher.

Mathematical Association of America (MAA)
Purpose: To promote interest in mathematics and awareness of mathematical issues through journals, newsletters, and magazines published by the MAA, a national organization of over 28,000 members. The MAA gives student chapter members substantial discounts in membership dues and in costs of MAA publications. Each member receives the MAA publication "FOCUS," published six times a year, and a choice of one MAA journal/magazine subscription.
Membership: All calculus students are eligible to join. Student chapter members receive a discount in regular MAA membership fee.

Psych-Key
Purpose: To provide psychology majors and minors, as well as other interested students and/or campus personnel, an opportunity to enjoy fellowship with each other, to promote the field of psychology, to investigate graduate school and career options in the field, and to promote helping and service aspects of the discipline.
Membership: Any psychology major or minor, interested students, or other campus personnel.

Science Club
Purpose: To promote student interest in the related fields of science. Monthly meetings consist of presentations by speakers representing the various medical services and professional areas.
Membership: Open to all students

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
Purpose: Founded in the United States in 1975 and active on more than 1000 college and university campuses in 25 countries, SIFE is a non-profit organization that works in partnership with business and higher education to provide college students the opportunity to make a difference and to develop leadership, teamwork and communication skills through learning, practicing and teaching the principles of free market economics.
Membership: Primarily made up of business students, but welcomes students of all majors.

Service Organizations

Ambassadors
Purpose: To promote better public relations between the general public and Judson College; to help recruit students; to conduct campus tours; to serve as overnight hostesses to guests on campus; to assist in the planning and implementation of freshman orientation; to serve as hostesses for meetings of the Boards of Trustees, Governors, and Advisors; and to promote the College any way possible through high schools, churches and other settings.
Membership: Any Judson student is allowed to serve if she meets the following qualifications: A. She must have completed or be completing two semesters at Judson. Students classified as day students who wish to apply for membership may do so. B. She must be a student in good standing with a minimum 2.0 grade point average.

Athletic Board
Purpose: To provide leadership and support for all athletic events on campus, both intramural and intercollegiate, including assisting with game management for all intercollegiate events, overseeing and assisting with Hockey Day, Parents' Day, and staff/faculty vs. student games, and enlisting supporters for athletic events.
Membership: Representatives are elected by the student body; however, any person interested in the organization may participate.

Cahaba River Society
Purpose: Judson's chapter of the Cahaba River Society was formed in an effort to help preserve the last free-flowing river in Alabama. The Cahaba River flows through Perry County just four miles from the College. This beautiful river has the greatest biological diversity of any river in North America...135 species of fish swim in its waters. The Biology Department at Judson has a long history of working for the protection of the Cahaba River. The Cahaba River Society, which is a state-wide environmental organization stationed in Birmingham, amended its charter and has won prizes in the annual CRS membership drive contest. In 1996, we won a canoe for our efforts to increase membership in the state society. A grant award to the Biology Department by the Birmingham Audubon Society allows our CRS chapter to establish a water monitoring station on the Cahaba River. Several students run the station and their efforts will help preserve the river and will expose them to research and to the skills of technical writing. The student leader in the monitoring project is also paid for her work through a Community Service Program.
Membership: Open to all interested students, faculty and staff. The Society is a state-wide environmental organization.

Campus Ministries
Purpose: The Campus Ministries organization strives to lead students to worship God in spirit and in truth and encourages students to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with others. "Celebration," the weekly worship service, is held on Monday nights as 7:12 p.m. Bible studies, prayer times, and missions outreach opportunities are offered in conjunction with interested students' schedules.
Membership: The Judson Family (no matter what denomination) is invited to participate. Leadership positions are elected in the spring (see the Campus Ministries Constitution for qualification requirements).

Faith
Purpose: A small vocal ensemble that presents concerts representing the College on and off campus.
Membership: Open to all students by audition. Auditions are normally held in the spring.

Honor Councils
Purpose: The Honor Council was established in the 1970s as a student-elected entity to discipline students of the college. All student offenses were brought before the Honor Council to decide punishment, using the Student Handbook as their guide. Today two Honor Councils, The Academic Integrity Council and the Disciplinary Council, review alleged violations of the Honor Code, academic and non-academic, respectively.
Membership: The Honor Councils are each comprised of eight student-elected officials. Faculty and staff are also appointed to the Councils.

Residence Hall Council
Purpose: The council plans special activities, programs, and projects which involve all residents and promote a sense of community. They are responsible for helping with Parents' Day activities and will be called on to help with other campus activities throughout the year. They may also be given the responsibility of maintaining the bulletin board in each residence hall.
Membership: Positions are elected by each residence hall. Positions last for one semester, but members may be re-elected.

Student Government Association (SGA)
Purpose: To provide for student academic, cultural, social, and physical welfare; to encourage the recognition of the rights and responsibilities of students to the College and in the decision making process of the College; to develop an appreciation on the part of the individual and the group of the values to be derived from successful, cooperative living; and to encourage students to be active members of the community.
Membership: Upon entering Judson College, all students become members of the SGA. Executive council positions are elected by the student body in March. (See SGA Constitution for qualification requirements.)

Social Organizations

Judson Legacy
Purpose: To recognize the importance family and generational connections play in the continued success of Judson College Alumnae Association and Judson College
Membership: Open to alumnae and current students who are related via marriage or birth to past or current students of Judson College  

Social Committee
Purpose: To serve as the official student hostess organization for social functions provided by the College, which include the Marion Military Institute Step-Sing and Reception, President's Reception and the Christmas Tea. Additionally, the Social Committee assists with the production of the Miss Judson College Pageant and preparations for J-Day.
Membership: Composed of a chairperson appointed by the Dean of Student Life, one representative from each class, one representative from each residence hall, one non-resident representative, and three members-at-large. Members must meet the qualifications outlined in the distribution of offices section of the SGA constitution.

Honorary Organizations

Beta Beta Beta
Purpose: This Kappa Sigma chapter of the Beta Beta Beta National Biological Honor Society recognizes student achievement in Biology and represents respect for the Society's goal of service to the department, the College, and the community.
Membership: Open to Biology majors and minors with a 3.0 grade point average who have completed at least one Biology laboratory course at Judson College.

Delta Omicron
Purpose: To create and foster fellowship through music and the exchange of ideas; to develop character, leadership and scholarship, excellence of individual performance and an appreciation of music; and to give material aid to worthy students.
Membership: A professional fraternity in the field of music based on talent, scholarship, and char

Jane Jewett Honor Society
Purpose: The highest honor conferred on students at Judson College is membership to the Jane Jewett Honor Society. It is compared to Mortar Board, which exists on large college and university campuses.
Membership: Students must maintain a 3.5 grade point average for five consecutive semesters.

Kappa Delta Epsilon
Purpose: To unite education career-bound students to professional educators in an honorary professional organization for campus or community service; to encourage all members in support of and active participation in current educational endeavors; to acquaint members with the history and ethics of teaching profession; to lead members to develop a high level of professional responsibilities; to develop a spirit of mutual understanding, cooperation, and fellowship among its entire membership.
Membership: Students of good character, worthy educational ideals, excellent leadership abilities, superior scholarship, commitment to serving in the teaching profession. In addition, students must have completed 30 semester hours and attained and maintain a 3.0 grade point average.

Phi Alpha Theta
Purpose: Phi Alpha Theta is a national history honorary society. Its purpose is to recognize superior scholarship in the field of history; to further study history, creating an interest in our historical heritage; and to aid in the preservation of history.
Membership: Students must maintain a 3.0 grade point average with a 3.20 average in history. They must have completed twelve credit hours in history.

Sigma Tau Delta
Purpose: Membership in the International Honorary Society for English students. The organization publishes Scrimshaw, the student literary magazine. Membership: For English majors and others interested who maintain a 3.5 grade point average.

Who's Who Among America's Colleges and Universities
Purpose: To recognize the merit and accomplishments of outstanding student leaders in over 700 schools and universities in this country and Canada.
Membership: Students are selected by the student body and faculty. Selection is based on excellence of scholarship, leadership, participation in extra-curricular activities, citizenship, service to the school and promise of future usefulness to society.

Campus Publications/Staffs

Conversationalist (Yearbook)
Purpose: To summarize the activities of the year in pictures and text by organizing and producing a yearbook.
Membership: Any interested student should contact the editor or the Office of Student Life. The editor is elected by the yearbook staff based on past experience, dependability and willingness to work.

Scrimshaw
Purpose: A magazine produced by students which contains poetry, prose, art, and photography submitted by students, faculty and staff.
Membership: Based on student interest.

The Triangle
Purpose: The College newspaper, The Tiangle, seeks to inform and entertain the College community while offering students a valuable journalistic experience.
Membership: All interested students

Student Blogger Staff
Purpose:  To spread the good word about Judson College through online blogging. Staff is composed of 11 students total from various backgrounds and variety of experiences.
Membership:  Application process. Overall hiring process takes place each Spring.