Student Involvment promotes joining organizations

All students are encouraged to become involved outside the classroom to enhance their connections and experiences as Red Raiders.

One of the best ways to make connections is through joining a student organization on campus. Texas Tech has more than 550 student organizations. If you do not find what you are looking for, Student Involvement can help you create your own organization.

Why Should You Get Involved?

Connects you to activities and campus traditions

• Helps build your community away from home

• Discover new passions or continue old ones

• Develops your talents into strengths

Student Organizations

Since Student Involvement has so many organizations, they are broken into 24 categories to make it easier to find what you are interested in.

Student Organization Categories Academic — o Agricultural Sciences and Natural Resources o Architecture o Arts and Sciences o Business o Education o Engineering o Human Sciences o Media & Communication o Visual and Performing Arts

Advocacy/Activism

• Campus Departmental Support

• Cultural/International

• Fraternity/Sorority Graduate

• Hobby/Leisure/Recre-

Pre-Professional

• Residential Service/Philanthropy

• Spiritual/Faith Based Sport Clubs

For a complete list of organizations, visit studentinvolvement. ttu.edu.

Starting a New Student Organization

A Registered Student Organization is defined as a group comprised of at least five students (president, treasurer and a minimum of three members) enrolled at Tech who voluntarily come together for a common purpose.

The purposes and activities of the organization shall be lawful and not in conflict with the policies, rules, regulations and standards of the university and/or federal, state and/or local statutes.

If you are interested in starting a new organization at Tech the first step is to fill out an Intent to Form Request on TechConnect by going to studentinvolvement.ttu.edu and clicking on the “Start a Student Org” button. Once submitted, a staff member will contact you to walk you through the process. Join TechConnect TechConnect is an online platform that can help you explore student organizations and ways to get involved. This is the best location to check out the student organizations and learn about what is happening on campus. To get started follow these five easy steps: Go to studentinvolvement.ttu.