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Welcome

The Office of Student Engagement provides many opportunities including leadership development programs, student organizations, community service opportunities, as well as many cultural and social student activities. Your college years not only prepare you academically, but socially as well. We welcome you to become a student leader and be involved in campus life.
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Awakening
This group of students from all denominations aims to create a community of believers that reaches out to the Mansfield campus community as a whole. Through Bible study, prayer, fellowship and outreach, our group seeks to provide a place for students to be both encouraged and challenged on their journey toward a closer relationship with Jesus. For more information, please contact Tom Prendergast at tprendergast@ncstate college.edu or 419-755-4712. Visit the Awakening website at www.awakeningohio.com.

Campus Activities Board
The major programming board on campus, members plan educational, social, and cultural programs for the students, faculty and staff of North Central State College and The Ohio State University Mansfield. Some of these events include May Daze Week, Casino Night, Holiday Carnival and leadership development workshops. Brochures and applications are available in the Office of Student Engagement. For more information, please contact Elise Riggle at riggle.17@osu.edu or 419-755-4313.

Catholic Young Adults
CYA's mission is to provide a setting for students on campus for fellowship and to meet and discuss issues concerning the Catholic faith. The group also plans and conducts social activities, discussion groups, etc. For more information, please contact Ginny Corso at corso.1@osu.edu or 419-755-4232.

Club Ed
Club Ed brings together all levels of future educators in order to create an organization that will serve the community, mentor incoming students, and build relationships that will help members realize their common goal of helping children. For more information, please contact Mary Lou Harris at harris.1493@osu.edu or 419-755-4258.

College Republicans
College Republicans' purpose is to promote the education of students of all ages as well as the public regarding the ideals of the Republican Party and to provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas concerning local and national issues, regardless of idealogy. For more information, please contact Sid Hall at hall.20@osu.edu or 419-755-4351.

College of Social Work Student Association
The purpose of the College of Social Work Student Association (CSWSA) is to connect and unify the entire student body through various activities, social events, and leadership opportunities. For more information, please contact Mary Jo Hawk at hawk.27@osu.edu or 419-755-4252.

Criminology Club
Criminology Club's purpose is to combine criminology, criminal justice and police academy students from OSU- M and NC State to network within the surrounding community and to expose interested students to the diverse areas of the field of criminology. For more information, please contact Terri Winnick at winnick.3@osu.edu or 419-755-4289.

Economics & Business Club
The club offers students interested in business an opportunity to expand their education experience by arranging field trips, inviting guest speakers from local businesses, industry, and the public sector, and organizing debates. For more information, please contact V.V. Sharma at sharma.3@osu.edu or 419-755-4245 or Bill Bauer at bauer.85@osu.edu, or 419-755-4333.

English Club
The English Club acquaints students with the various programs available in English studies and provides opportunities in informal social settings for students and faculty members to share mutual interests. Activities include poetry readings, lectures by guest speakers, seminars on career opportunities and field trips to plays and other literary events. For more information, please contact Jim Snyder at snyder.524@ osu.edu or 419-755-4371.

Entrepreneur Club
The club promotes entrepreneural thinking and action within the social context of a mutual self-help community. Club activities and programs are designed to help equip entrepreneurs at all levels, with both practical skills as well as the peer support needed to achieve a successful business start-up. For more information, please contact Ross Justice at rjustice@ ncstatecollege.edu or 419-755-4840.

Film Club
The Film Club promotes the interest of film by bringing together those who are interested in helping each other create and admire cinema, to hold friendly competitions between its members, and in general, through the work and conduct of its members, to continuously endeavor to raise the standard of film awareness. For more information, please contact Mike Dzanko at dzanko.1@ osu.edu or 419-755-4347.

Habitat for Humanity
This group partners with the local Habitat for Humanity affiliate to perform four main functions: building, fund-raising, educating, and advocating. For more information, please contact Terri Winnick at winnick.3@osu.edu or call 419-755-4289.

History Club
The History Club provides its members and the students of OSU-M/NC State College with an understanding to better appreciate the events that established our past as well as impact our future. For more information, please contact Dan Amsterdam at amsterdam.4@osu.edu or 419-755-4380.

Magnificant Black Men
The purpose of this organization is to intentionally cultivate and support the development and academic and professional attainment of African American males through the promotion of academic success, leadership, student engagement, community involvement, and global awareness.  For more information, please contact Monica Durham at mdurham@ncstatecollege.edu. or 419.755.5056.

Martial Arts Club
The Martial Arts Club helps students maintain health and fitness, learn self-defense, and unify body and mind. For more information, please contact Nicole Martin at nmartin@ncstatecollege.edu or 419-755-5634.

Ministry of Anime and Gaming
This group creates an environment conducive to anime and gaming and gaming-related activities and attempts to dispel the stigmas associated with gaming. The group also creates a sociable environment for students. For more information contact Mike Dzanko at dzanko.1@osu.edu or 419-755-4347.


About Us

OutLoud
OutLoud provides an anonymous, healthy, and safe place for the students of OSU-M and NC State who are discovering their sexual orientation to develop an understanding network of support; to educate the Mansfield community on GLBT issues, culture and history through various programs and efforts; and to provide a place for GLBT students and others to meet, gain information and socialize through specialized programs and resources. For more information, please contact Donna HIght at hight.6@osu.edu or 419-755-4034.

Paralegal Association
The Paralegal Association promotes a high standard of professionalism to the legal community and to promote awareness of the paralegal profession. For more information, please contact Judith Sturgill at jsturgill@ncstatecollege.edu or        419-755-4778.

Phi Theta Kappa
The Beta Theta chapter of Phi Theta Kappa recognizes and encourages scholarship among two-year college students. To achieve this, PTK shall provide opportunities for the development of leadership and service, and an intellectual climate for exchange of ideas and ideals, for lively fellowship of scholars, and for stimulation of interest in continuing academic excellence. For more information, please contact Barb Keener at bkeener@ncstatecollege.edu or 419-755-4539.

Pre-Health Club
The Pre-Health Club is designed for students who are in a science-related major with plans of being a pre-Dent, Pre-Med, Pre-Pharmacy, Pre-P.T., Pre-O.T. or Pre-Vet student. The Club will give them a unique experience to be around people with the same interests and opportunities to listen to guest speakers.

Psychology Student Association
PSA promotes awareness and fellowship among students interested in the various fields of psychology, encourages interaction between students and faculty, provides students with opportunities to meet, network, attend seminars and gain hands-on experience in the field. For more information, please contact Joanne Ruthsatz at ruthsatz.4@ osu.edu or 419-755-4117.

Respiratory Care Program
This program provides a means for students to promote education, collaboration, networking and professionalism of the respiratory care profession. For more information, please contact Robert Slabodnick at rslabodnick @ncstatecollege.edu or419-755-4891.

Secular Student Alliance
The Secular Student Alliance promotes and practices open, rational, and scientific examination fo the universe and our place in it. It provides for a community for atheists, agnostics, humanists, skeptics, naturalists, and other freethinkers. For more information, please contact Zin-Min Tun at tun.4@osu.edu or 419-755-4341.

Ski Club & Snowboarding Club
This group joins students interested in skiing and/or snowboarding and organizes and executes activities that foster interest in activities related to skiing. For more information, please contact Joanne Ruthsatz at ruthsatz.4@osu.edu or 419-755-4117.

Skydiving Club
The SkyDiving Club allows members of both Ohio State Mansfield and NC State community to experience the sport of skydiving and to provide an opportunity for people to share their interest in the sport, to develop experiences, and to further the bond created by skydiving together. For more information, please contact Mike LaCroix at lacroix.12@ osu.edu or 419-755-4048.

Student Government
Student Government institutes programs for the betterment and enrichment of the university community and to express the opinions of students on any and all issues that are of concern to them. Student Government affords opportunities

for experience and to impact the community. For more information,please contact Monica Durham at mdurham@ncstatecollege.edu or 419-755-5606.

Student Nursing Association
The Student Nursing Association contributes to nursing education in order to provide for the highest quality of health care, to provide programs representative of fundamental interests and concerns to nursing student, to aid in the development of the whole person, including his/her professional role and his/her responsibility for health care of people in all walks of life. For more information, please contact Carolyn Kaple at ckaple.@ncstatecollege.edu or 419-755-4841.

Student Veterans Association
The SVA provides military veterans and their families with the resources and support necessary to achieve their academic goals and gain meaningful employment. For more information, please contact Bob Gibson at gibson.13@osu.edu or 419-755-4018.

Theatre Club & Theta Alpha Phi
The purpose of these theatre groups is to increase interest, stimulate creativity, and recognize excellence in all allied arts and crafts of the theatre. Students, community members, and alumni actively participate in several performances throughout the year. Students have the opportunity to enjoy social activities, perform service projects, attend conferences, and participate in regional and national competitions. Theta Alpha Phi is a national honorary society recognizing excellence in drama in the college environment. Club members are invited to join Theta after sufficient participation in shows and classes. Yearly awards are offered to individuals who make outstanding contributions to theatre on campus. For more information, please contact Dr. Joseph Fahey at fahey.9@osu.edu or 419.755.4276.

U.N.I.T.Y.
The purpose of U.N.I.T.Y. is to welcome all people who have a desire to learn and educate others about multiculturalism. The cornerstones of U.N.I.T.Y. are Understanding oneself and others; Navigating the journey, Innovating opportunities to empower students; Teaching ourselves to foster healthy peer relationships; and Yielding positive results. In order to advance a purposeful campus climate that capitalizes on the educational benefits of diversity, U.N.I.T.Y. includes the following student organizations: InterGroup Dialogue, Multicultural Student Association (cultural/social learning & programming), Brotherhood of Collegiate Learners (academic preparation/success), Sisterhood of Scholars (academic preparation/success) and OutLoud (GLBTQA). For more information, please contact Elise Riggle, at riggle.17@osu.edu or 419-755-4313.

Voices
The mission of this group is to enhance the quality of life and self-sufficiency by education the community on imporatnt social factors affecting their livelihood/ well being. The group aims to enlighten the community on opportunities that await them through positive, educated decisions. For more information, please contact Elise Riggle at riggle.17@osu.edu or 419.755.313 or Cheryl Carter at ccarter@ncstatecollege.edu or 419.755.9020.