1. A.I.T.P.
2. Anthropology Club
3. Astronomy Club
4. BACCHUS
5. Black Affairs Council
6. Chess Club
7. Children's Touring Theatre Company
8. College Activities Board
9. College Democrats
10. College Republicans
11. COTE
12. Ecology Club
13. Eye of the Storm
14. Head to Hand: Literary Magazine
15. Horticulture Club
16. Math & Science Club
17. Newman Club

1. OPALS: Organization for People of
   Alternative Lifestyle and Supporters
2. Paintball and Airsoft Club
3. Phi Beta Lambda-Abe Small Chapter
4. Phi Theta Kappa-BC
5. Physical Therapist Assistant Club
6. Progressive Radiographers
7. Sign Language Club
8. Southwestern Children's Play
9. Southwestern History Club
10. Southwestern Musical
11. Student Leader Group
12. Student Nurses Association
13. Three Act Play
14. V.I.C.A.
15. Videogame Club
16. Visual Arts Club

The Anthropology Club is open to all students who want to learn more about the field of Anthropology including the subfields of Archaeology, Liguistics, Biological Anthropology and Ethnology.

Sponsor: Bob Gergen

The AITP offers students an opportunity to broaden their knowledge of and to foster a better understanding of the role of computers in business. The Web Apprentice Consortium is a subgroup of the AITP focusing on Web design and development.

Sponsor: Sharon Banjavcic
Ext: 5433, Belleville Campus

The Astronomy Club introduces students and the community to the wonders of the sky with the "unaided eye" as well as telescopes.

Sponsor: Frank Cange
Ext: 5224, Belleville

BACCHUS is an international and university based peer education program focusing on alcohol abuse prevention and other student health and safety issues. The mission of the group is to actively promote peer education as a useful element of campus health education and wellness efforts. BACCHUS focuses on the development and promotion of positive lifestyles and decision-making skills.

Sponsor: Dale Zink
Ext: 5566, Belleville Campus

The Black Affairs Council encourages the education and enhanced cultural awareness of all students in the community college district.

Sponsor: Donna Moody
Ext: 5537, Belleville Campus

The SWIC Chess Club was established to share chess strategies and to teach interested students how to play or improve their skills.

Sponsor: Tami Hughes
Ext: 5174, Belleville Campus

The Children's Touring Theatre Company tours with the Children's Play each year to grade schools in the community college district. for a schedule of the May events.

Sponsor: Jeff Blue
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

This club offers fellowship with other believers in Christ who share a common desire to reach out to others to provide an understanding of the Christian faith.

Contact College Activities.
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

The College Activities Board is responsible for social, educational and cultural programs for the Belleville Campus and community. Movies, lectures, concerts, dances and special events are planned by the Activities Board.

Sponsor: Rosalena Baez
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

Sponsor: David Paeth
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

Sponsor: Don Bevirt
Ext: 5199, Belleville Campus

Sponsor: Contact College Activities
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

The purpose of this organization is to offer quality entertainment chronicling the life experiences of minorities.

Sponsor: Donna Moody
Ext: 5537, Belleville Campus

The Ecology Club studies the relationship of living organisms to their environment and to each other and strives to conserve and improve the environment of the campus.

Sponsor: Contact College Activities
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

Published once a month from October through May, the newspaper keeps students informed of campus events.

Sponsor: Deb Sauerhage
Belleville Campus
E-mail: eyeofthestorm@swic.edu

Published twice a year, Head to Hand considers students submissions of poetry, prose, drama, line art, photography, etc. for publication. Students should check bulletin boards for reading periods and submission requirements. Copies of the magazine are available at all campus information desks and bookstores.

Sponsor: Bradford Nadziejko
Ext: 5708, Belleville Campus

This Club provides horticultural leadership, helps to beautify the camps sites, maintains outdoor horticultural land laboratories, and sponsors speakers and field trips in the horticultural area.

Sponsor: Kurt Range
Ext: 5135, Belleville Campus

The Math and Science Club was formed to promote math and science and to bring together faculty and students interested in these disciplines.

Sponsor: Robin Anderson
Ext: 5148, Belleville Campus

The purpose of the Newman Club is to bring students together as a community.

Sponsor: Winnie Kenney
Ext: 5430, Belleville Campus

The mission of this student club is to be a positive influence in the community and to support, educate, and respect each other with the purpose of an enhanced sense of well-being and togetherness.

This group is open to those who are gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex, cross-dressers and their supporters. This is a SWIC student club but we welcome the attendance of partners and other members of our local community.

Sponsor: Barbara Hunter
(618) 235-2700 x5590, Belleville Campus
barbara.hunter@swic.edu

The Paintball and Airsoft Club is open to all students who wish to enjoy playing or would like to learn more about the sport of paintball and airsoft.

Sponsor: Contact College Activities
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

Phi Beta Lambda is a dynamic organization of students preparing for success as leaders in business, government, and communities. Our mission is to bring business and education together in a positive working relationship through innovative leadership and career development programs.

Go to the Phi Beta Lambda-Abe Small Chapter home page.

Sponsor: Tina Dierkes
Ext: 5321, Belleville Campus
Email: tina.dierkes@swic.edu

Phi Theta Kappa, Theta Epsilon Chapter is a national honorary scholastic society. It promotes scholarships, develop character, and cultivates fellowship among students in the community colleges of the United States.

Go to the Phi Theta Kappa - Theta Epsilon home page.

Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

The purpose of the Physical Therapist Assistant Club (PTAC) is to encourage unity among its members through professional and social activities and to educate the community regarding Physical Therapy.

Sponsor: Lisa Stejskal
Ext: 4347

This organization encourages professionalism unity and sociability among students enrolled in the allied health field at Southwestern.

Sponsor: Larry Wheeler
Ext: 5301, Belleville Campus

The Sign Language Club promotes social contact between the deaf and the hearing, offers opportunities to improve interpreter skills and shares information and resources.

Sponsor: Karyn Houston
Ext: 5267, Belleville Campus

The History Club at Southwestern was formed to allow students to experience history in ways that a classroom cannot offer. We pursue events and places that bring history to life and allow for a better understanding of what occurred and why it is important to us.

Sponsor: Patrick McGarrity
Ext: 5406, Belleville Campus

The music department in conjunction with College Activities presents an annual Summer musical in the Belleville Campus Theater. Auditions are open to Southwestern students from all three campuses.

Sponsor: Contact College Activities
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

The Student Leader Group is the student advisory wing of the College Activities office. The group is comprised of the presidents of all recognized organizations. Issues concerning the student body are discussed.

Sponsor: Rosalena Baez
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

Students in the Nursing Education Program may join the Illinois Nursing Association Tenth District.

Go to the Student Nurses Association website >>

Sponsor: Kim Keel
Ext: 5792, Belleville Campus

Sponsor: Jane Ohl
Ext: 5261, Belleville Campus

Southwestern students may participate in drama from Sophocles to Miller in the Three Act Play presented in the fall. Anyone enrolled at Southwestern is eligible to try out for the full-length production.

Sponsor: Jeff Blue
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

The Video Gaming Club was formed to establish a friendly gaming community at SWIC and promote leadership and teamwork through one of the largest and fastest growing past-times: video gaming.

Sponsor: Contact College Activities
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

The Vocational Industrial Clubs of America is open to all students enrolled in classes with vocational, trade, industrial, technical, health, and personal and public service objectives.

Sponsor: Contact College Activities
Ext: 5561, Belleville Campus

The Student Committee for the Visual Arts is a service organization open to students interested in the cultural image of Southwestern. Members meet at least once a month to organize and hang art exhibitions, to sponsor lectures and workshops, and to purchase art for the college.

Sponsor: Jennifer Rogenski
Belleville Campus