MDC Kendall Campus

Student Clubs/Organizations

Student organizations form an integral part of the overall Student Life program at the College. All students are encouraged to participate in clubs and organizations at the College. Information on “How To Form a Student Organization” is available in the Student Life Office at each campus.

Abstract Dance Team
Advisor: Merlene Purkiss
College Prep
Phone: 305-237-2893
E-mail: mpurkiss@mdc.edu
To allow students the opportunity to express themselves through dance while learning various dance styles.

Architecture for Humanity
Advisor: Lyle Culver
Architecture
Phone: 305-237-2486, Room: 6306
To do charity dealing with design; to gain more experience and to participate in competitions.

Campus Activities Board (CAB)
Phone: 305-237-2722
CAB is MDC Kendall's official student programming board that plans, promotes, and produces social activities for the student body. Special events include comedians, musicians, hypnotists, and other novelty entertainment.

Campus Crusade for Christ
Advisor: Manuel Duasso
English Department
Phone: 305-237-2712, Room: 2218-08
To help students on campus explore spirituality…

Catholic Student Ministry - Religious
Advisor: Elizabeth de Arazoza
School of Continuing Education and Professional Development
Phone: 305-237-2568, Room 6219-3
To foster the spiritual, intellectual and social interests of students, staff and faculty of the college.

Computer Club
Advisor: Raphael (Ralph) de Arazoza
Computer Department
Phone: 305-237-2081, Room 6162
Meet other students interested in Computers, Information Technology, and Gaming. Workshops, gaming competitions, and guest speakers are typical activities for this club…

Curtain Call Theatre Club
Advisor: Deborah Mello
Music, Theatre & Dance Department
Phone: 305-237-2641, Room 6319-02
To provide an avenue for students interested in all aspects of theatre to develop and share their craft through Small-scale performances on the Kendall Campus and in the local community…

Distinction Society / Lambda Omicron Delta (LOD) - Mu Omicron Delta (MOD)
Advisor: Michael Vensel, Billy Jones
College Prep
Phone: 305-237-2509, 305-237-2096, Room 6319-02, Student Site -Bldg #100
Special-interest, social-club that promotes academic excellence, school spirit and community reach for women…

Florida Engineering Society (FES)
Advisors: Robert Ian Davis, Jeff Miller
Engineering Department
Phone: 305-237-2487, Room 6306, 305-237-0962
Organized for the large number of engineering students on campus. The club plans various field trips and arranges for on campus speakers to address the student body…

Future Educators of America
Advisor: Annmarie Masi
Education Department
Phone: 305-237-0417, Room 6206
Strives to interest competent young men and women in the field of teaching...

Get Equal MDC
Advisor: Lawrence Mailloux
Chemistry/Physics
Phone: 305-237-2491, Room 3291-9
To raise awareness amongst the student body about the LGBT issues and engage our members in political activism to demand solutions for those issues.

The Global Neighborhood Initiative
Advisor: Yuly Pomares
Social Science Department
Phone: 305-237-2433, Room 6206
To constitute the code of rules adopted by the global neighborhood initiative for the regulations and management of its affairs.

If Not Now When (I.N.N.W)
Advisor: Teresita Pedraza
Social Science
Phone: 305-237-2443 Room: 6206
To unify all factions of human rights issues and integrate efforts to bring momentum to creative activism and public education.

Imagination Federation Club (IF)
Advisor: Carlos Gonzalez
English Department
Phone: 305-237-6028, Room 2218-08
To promote literature and the arts on campus as well as provide service to local and global communities…

Jubilation Dance Ensemble
Advisor: Michelle Grant Murray
Communication Arts
Phone: 305-237-2426, Room M301
To train young talented dance students who seek careers in the professional field of dance…

Lights, Camera, Action (LCA)
Advisor: Ece Karayalcim
Phone: 305-237-1477
E-mail: ekarayal@mdc.edu
To create a community of film majors and MDC students where we can engage, learn, and share ideas about the art and business of film.

Miambiance - Literary Magazine
Advisor: Marta Magellan, Ricardo Pau-Llosa
English Department
Phone: 305-237-2931 305-237-2510, Room 2202, 2218-31
To provide a publication that will help students express their writing talent…

MCD 4 Paws
Advisor: Catalina Aristazabal
Biology, Health & Wellness
Phone: 305-237-2579 Room 3265-7
To educate the community on the importance of spaying and neutering cats and aiding in the control of population of cats.

Mu Alpha Theta
Advisor: David Tseng, Nicholas Schur
Mathematics Department
Phone: 305-237-0562, Room 3232-10, 305-237-2608
To train students in eight different math subareas for state/national – wide math competition on a regular basis…

Phi Beta Lambda (PBL)
Advisor: Maria C. Mari
Business Department
Phone: 305-237-0341, Room 6312-29
To provide additional opportunities for post-secondary and college level students to develop vocational competencies for business and office occupations and business teacher education. PBL is an integral part of the instructional program and in addition promotes a sense of civic and personal responsibility…

Phi Theta Kappa (PTK)
Advisor: Stuart Williams
Social Science Department
Phone: 305-237-2834, 305-237-2404, Room 6206, Student Site -Bldg #100
To provide opportunity for the development of leadership and services, an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas, lively fellowship for scholars and stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence...

Physics’ Club
Advisor: Jose A. Orta
Chemistry/Physics
Phone: 305-237-2588 Room: 3291-88
To encourage interest in physics and to enable creative ideas in students of all ages.

Photo Club
Advisor: Antonio Chirinos
Arts and Philosophy
Phone: 305 237 2209, Room M312
To gather those students with interest in photography and provide opportunities for them to exchange their knowledge and skills...

Project HOPE
Advisor: Lawrence Mailloux
Chemistry/Physics
Phone: 305-237-2491, Room 3291-9
To helping fund treatments for cancer needy patients who have no medical insurance.

Psi Beta
Advisor: Yuly Pomares, Deborah C. Powell & Vellise Grimes
Social Science Department
Phone: 305-237-2433, 305-237-2340 & 305-237-0756, Room 6206
Provide opportunities, provide forum for one’s perspectives, enhance leadership, and greater opportunities for students in the psychology field…

Psychology Student Association (PSA)
Advisor: Yuly Pomares, Deborah C. Powell & Vellise Grimes
Social Science Department
Phone: 305-237-2433, 305-237-2340, & 305-237-0756, Room 6206
Provide Psychology majors with current career information, occupational trends, and transfer information in the discipline of psychology…

Science and Medical Association
Advisor: Lawrence Mailloux
Chemistry/Physics
Phone: 305-237-2491, Room 3291-9
To educate current and new health science majors about the possibilities, opportunities, and the future aspects of the health care industry.

Shark Fitness
Advisor: Carlos Gonzalez
Phone: 305-237-6028
E-mail: cgonzal9@mdc.edu

To promote fitness and healthy habits for students

Shine
Advisor: Merlene Purkiss
College Prep
Phone: 305-237-2893, Room 6319-14
Faith based leadership club, equipping people with leadership principles for a better tomorrow.

Student Aiding International Development (SAID)
Advisor: Stuart Williams
Social Science Department
Phone: 305-237-2834, Room 6206
Work to develop human health, resources, regarding infectious diseases, in order to establish awareness, education, and prevention programs. As well as, link up with already established non-profit organizations with the aim to aid the world in the reducing poverty, proving clean water, shelter and infrastructure development, and prevention of infectious diseases.

Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE)
Advisor: Colleen Chung, Christopher Rogers
Business Administration
Phone: 305-237-0747, 305-237-2469, Room 6319
To organize projects to help others in the community and to understand the free enterprise system.

Student Government Association (SGA)
Phone: 305-237-2722 and 305-237-2744
To insure student representation within the college community, realize the benefits of unified action, promote democratic citizenship, accurately represent the student body, and provide a forum for the enactment of policies beneficial for the student body…

Student Working for Equal Rights (SWER)
Advisor: Cary D. Ser
English Department
Phone: 305-237-2254, Room 2220-43
Student-led movement that seeks to bring about equal rights and opportunities for all…

Visual Arts Student Organization (VASO)
Advisor: Alberto Meza,
Arts and Philosophy Department
Phone: 305-237-2656, Room M302
To offer a welcoming hand to new students who have chosen an art major or show an interest in any of the performing and visual arts…

WAVES - Religious
Advisor: Silvia Taveras
Auxiliary Services
Phone: 305-237-0380, Room 1127
To provide an organizational atmosphere through which students can have an opportunity to worship God...

Youth for Environmental Sustainability (YES)
Advisor: Barbara F. Joy
Learning Resources - Library
Phone: 305-237-2072, Room 2235-3
To empower, motivate, and educate students in environmental issues facing societies today, inspiring leadership and action on a regular basis.

Specific Information Regarding Student Organizations

POLICIES

Students participating in student organizations should recognize that their actions as individuals and as an organization reflect upon their organization, its members and their school. Individual students must assume responsibility for their own actions, as well as for those of the organizations of which they are members.

RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING:

1. Submit a roster of members and officers with student numbers to the Student Life Office during the first weeks of major terms. 2. Hold all meetings and plan all activities and events in consultation with the advisor of the organization. 3. Hold regular meetings of the organization on campus. Submit dates and times of meetings to Student Life. 4. Organizations may not restrict membership on the basis of race, creed, religion, sex, age, color or sexual orientation. 5. Register all posters/flyers and publicity materials in the Student Life Office. 6. Consult with a professional staff member in the Student Life Office regarding questions about policies and procedures to be followed. 7. Coordinate and secure approval for use of the College mail services with the Student Life Office. 8. Refrain from engaging in any form of hazing, either on campus or off campus. Hazing is defined as any action or situation which recklessly or intentionally endangers the mental or physical health or safety of a student for the purpose of initiation or admission into, affiliation with, or participation in the organization. 9. All activities which are in any way publicized on the campus, discussed in organization meetings, financed from organization funds, arranged in the name of a student organization or of the College, or are in any way associated with the College, are considered organization activities and are subject to all College policies.

ACTIVITY REGISTRATION ON-CAMPUS EVENTS

All student organizations sponsoring an on-campus event must complete an Activity Registration Form and submit it to the Student Life Office. The advisor as well as the student representative must sign the form and submit it four weeks prior to the event (six weeks for major events).

OFF-CAMPUS EVENTS

Student organizations sponsoring off-campus events must complete an Off-Campus Activity Registration Form and submit it to the Student Life Office. The advisor, as well as the student representative (president or designee) must sign the form and submit it at least four weeks prior to the event.

STUDENT ORGANIZATIONS — MISCELLANEOUS SPEAKERS

Any student organization may invite speakers to its meetings. If an organization wishes to bring a speaker to campus for a general presentation, arrangements should be made through the Student Life Office. Recognized student organizations may wish to cooperate with an individual student who wishes to bring speakers to the campus. In these cases, the student organization will consent to act as the sponsoring club for the speaker.

RESERVATIONS

Recognized student organizations may reserve facilities on campus for meetings and activities they sponsor. In addition, these student organizations may also reserve a table on campus for distribution of materials. Arrangements should be initiated in the Student Life Office. Activities to be held on the campus should be registered by filling out an “On-Campus Activity Form.” Approval for such activities is granted by the Student Life Office and a copy of the completed On-Campus Activity Form is returned to the student organization.

RAFFLES

In compliance with state regulations, raffles may not be held on campus.

POLITICAL CAMPAIGNS

Student organizations may bring political figures to campus to speak to the general student population. These activities must be registered and scheduled with the Student Life Office.

MAILBOXES

All recognized student organizations have mailboxes located in the Student Life Office. All student organizations should check their mailboxes on a daily basis.

INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL COUNCIL

Student organizations at Miami-Dade College, Kendall Campus form an integral part of the overall Student Life program on the Kendall Campus. Each recognized organization sends one representative to the Inter-Organizational Council (I.O.C.), a student advisory board to the Student Life staff for student groups on campus. The main purpose of the I.O.C. is to promote involvement, friendship and interaction among student organizations. Student Organization meetings are at 12:30 p.m. in Room 100.

Organizations must have a representative at these meetings schedule the first Wednesday of every month (subject to change with notice) no classes are scheduled during activity hour.

MEMBERSHIP GUIDELINES

1. You must be an MDC, Kendall Campus student.
2. You must be enrolled in a minimum of nine credits for the fall and/or spring terms. Those new enrollees to the Kendall Campus during the Summer Terms (A & B) must be enrolled for at least three credits.
3. You must make a commitment to serve on the Student Programming Board at least two major (fall and spring) terms or vice versa.
4. You must maintain a 2.0 grade point average (GPA) or higher. This GPA must be maintained cumulatively and at the close of each semester. Your grades will be reviewed at the completion of each term.
5. For the academic year, meetings will be held from October through April. Your attendance is mandatory.
6. Planning activities will be your focus. As a member, you will have the opportunity to learn about programming from its inception:

• Advertising/Publicity
• Media Services
• Campus Services
• Budgeting and Contracts
• Marketing
• Photography

7. The Student Programming Board consists of five representatives from the Inter-Organization Council (IOC) and four student volunteers not in a club or organization.
8. Membership applications are available in the Student Life Department, Room 100. You may call the office at 305-237-2321 for further information.