CLUB ROW Phi Theta Kappa

Phi Theta Kappa (PTK) is an Honors Society at Santa Monica College that recognizes and encourages scholarship among community college students. The club offers research opportunities, college projects, transcript notations, and fellowship workshops for its students to aid them in their careers. “Our goal is really just to honor our amazing members,” said Capri Quattrocchi, vice president of PTK. “Offer them some great things to be a part of.”

The Club meets every other Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. on Zoom. There is an upcoming membership workshop on May 4th from 11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. For more information, including how to become a member, visit their site at linktr.ee/smcphithetakappa.

The National Society of Collegiate Scholars (NSCS) is an Honors Club at Santa Monica College that aids first and second-year students with internships, networking and volunteer opportunities. “We want to encourage members to enhance their leadership skills before transferring to a school,” said Sheida Shayegani, President of NSCS at SMC. “I think that's really what makes NSCS different from other clubs. We deepen the focus on leadership.” The club also offers workshops on transferring and internships. With no GPA requirement, all first and second-year students are welcome to join.

The NSCS club meetings are held every other Friday, 3:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. over Zoom. If you are interested in joining the club, you can contact them by email nscs.smc@gmail.com, or by joining their Discord server.

The Film Club at SMC is welcoming for diverse groups of lovers of motion pictures and people who are interested in learning about the filmmaking process. The club will educate students on all technical aspects of filmmaking and the inner workings of the entertainment industry. “We as a film club, we are trying to talk about movies, watch movies, and trying to also make movies,” said club president Mateusz Żymańczyk. Żymańczyk and club vice president Felipe Hoyos said they feel excited being part of the club and what it entails for all current and future participants. The film club meets every other Wednesday at 6 p.m. in Room 102 at the Center for Media and Design (CMD) campus.

For more information, contact them at general@smcfilmclub.com or on Instagram @ smcfilmclub.

NSCS Film Club Geek Club

The Geek Club is all about enjoying different mediums in the world of entertainment, including anime, movies, TV shows, cartoons, and comic books. “Our club gives us space for people to relax and talk about their favorite things,” said club president Angie Azad. “College can be tough and sometimes the best way to get through it is to give yourself a break and this club is meant to be like that.” The Geek Club meets through Zoom on Thursdays from 1:30 to 2:45 p.m., and occasionally in person.

For more information, you can contact them at geek.club.smc@gmail.com or follow them on Instagram @geek.club.smc.

Writer's Club

The Writer’s Club is a safe place for writers to share their work, improve their writing skills, and receive feedback. Every week, the club holds meetings via Zoom and provides writing prompts to encourage creativity. Writer’s Club president Sophia Friend said “Every semester, we write an anthology, so anyone in the club who’s read work in our meeting can submit that to be published in the book.”

You can contact the Writer’s Club through their email at smcwritersclub.official@gmail. com.

Armenian Student Association

The Armenian Student Association (ASA) is now active and open for new members. When asked what ASA is about, Vice President Alek Mouardian said, “We're basically just trying to build a community of Armenians inside Santa Monica and there's a lot of other ASA at other colleges to be a part of their communities as well. And you just build a cultural and social community.”

You do not need to be Armenian in order to join ASA and members will be meeting over zoom on Thursday from 11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. and can be contacted by their club email armenianstudentsassociationsmc@gmail.com.

Women's Finance Club

The Women’s Finance Club was created to help the female student body of SMC learn the basic fundamentals of finance by managing their own investments, savings, spending habits, and more. Club President Holly Stievel organized the group in Spring 2022 after she noticed “a huge discrepancy between men and women, not only in the finance industry, but in personal finance” explaining, “that’s why I made it women only.” Through education, discussion and access to resources, the club strives to educate women on how to be financially independent.

The Women’s Finance Club gets together Mondays at 7:45 p.m. via Google Meet. For more information, email womensfinanceclubatsmc@gmail.com.

Alpha Gamma Sigma

The mission of the Alpha Gamma Sigma Honors Society (AGS) is to give back to the community through community service and building relationships throughout SMC. The main activities the club engages in is community service. “Last week we did a USC event where we helped out volunteer work,” said member Jasmine Garcia. Fellow member Kimberly Ta said that if you are a contributing member of the club you receive a honors notation on your transcript.

The club holds meetings on Thursdays at 11:15 a.m. and 6 p.m. in room 006 of the Math Complex on the main campus. To contact them, email question4ags@gmail.com or follow them on Instagram @agssmc