Updated: 2/20/13
Recognized Clubs - Spring 2013
Alpha Gamma Sigma (AGS) Honor Society
Alpha Gamma Sigma (AGS) is the California Community College Scholastic Honor Society. The CCSF AGS Omega chapter was established in 1938. It is dedicated to recognize academic excellence, foster students’ participation in community services, and sponsor campus service projects. AGS welcomes every student in CCSF.
Club Meeting Information
2:00-3:00PM, Every Tuesday, MUB 270
Club Contact Information
Website: www.agsccsf.com
Club Email: agsccsf@gmail.com
Advisor Email: ckox@ccsf.edu
Anime and Manga Club
In the Anime and Manga Club, we provide an opportunity for likeminded people to meet together in informal discussions about various subjects regarding anime and manga in a safe and friendly environment. We are an active student run organization consisting of dedicated students who share a common interest of anime. We hope to share and grow our knowledge of anime and manga as our club continues to grow from this sprout that we have just planted together.
Club Meeting Information
2:30pm - 5:00pm, Friday's, MUB 230
Club Contact Information
Website: www.facebook.com/groups/ccsfanime
Club Email: ccsfanime@gmail.com
Advisor Email: drchan@ccsf.edu
ARCS
ARCS is a CCSF student led organization striving to create community and provide resources that explore the interrelated conditions of architecture and design.
Club Meeting Information
2:00-3:00, Tuesdays, BATL 245
Club Contact Information
Website: http://www.facebook.com/groups/arcssf/
Club Email: arcssf@gmail.com
Advisor Email: achandler@ccsf.edu
Biblos
We are a reading club interested in contemporary French or Francophone literature and like to explore recent (i.e., within the last decade) works by living, breathing authors, all in the original language. Over the years (four now), we have spanned a broad and most interesting range of literary genres. As individuals, we form a strong community of readers sharing a passion for words, the music and rhythm of language, good stories and imperfect heroes.
Club Meeting Information
6:30-8:30 PM, Thursdays, Downtown campus (Michele Uzeta still hasn't given us a room).
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: biblos.fr@gmail.com
Advisor Email: ecabahug@ccsf.edu
Biotech Club of CCSF
Our goal is to motivate students to learn more about career opportunities in the Biosciences. Club activities planned will familiarize students with Biotech careers and provide a supportive network with other like-minded students. Activities include guest speakers, field trips, and study groups. Members can learn more about the different fields within Biotech and obtain information about employment opportunities and resources. Being a part of the Biotech Club will give students a chance to learn about the industry beyond the classroom.
Club Meeting Information
See Google Group for times and days, Every other Thursday, see Google or Facebook page for times and locations!, Science Building Room 133
Club Contact Information
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/biotech.club.ccsf/ and http://groups.google.com/group/ccsf-biotech-club
Club Email: BiotechClubCCSF@gmail.com
Advisor Email: ekaeuper@ccsf.edu andczimmerm@ccsf.edu
Burmese Student Club (BSC)
The mission of Burmese Student Club is to promote vibrant campus life and academic success for all members through five important pillars:
- building a strong communication among diverse students, faculties and administrators,
- promoting leadership skills and opportunities on campus and in the community,
- creating a supportive academic and social environment,
- actively involving in social justice issues and
- building cultural competency
to later serve Burma as a sustain body of open-mind and intelligence.
Club Meeting Information
3pm-4pm(temporary), Monday or Tuesday (temporary), City Cafe (temporary)
Club Contact Information
Website: http://www.facebook.com/groups/burmese.student.club.ccsf/
Club Email: akyaw@mail.ccsf.edu
Advisor Email: mcanoy@ccsf.edu
Café Musée
Our Café Musée was created over fourteen years ago by evening students from the large Castro Campus who wanted to have more opportunities to speak French and meet people who, like themselves, were interested in art. We discuss paintings or works on paper from different periods and styles. We also visit art museums and galleries. Our campus-wide presentations have become very popular events at the Ocean Campus!
Club Meeting Information
6:00-8:00 PM, Mondays, At a student's place, by rotation
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: cafemusee@gmail.com
Advisor Email: reneemorel@gmail.com
CCSF Coders
City College of San Francisco student programming club.
Club Meeting Information
Fridays 12-3pm, Tuesdays 5:30-7pm, Fridays 12-3pm & Tuesdays 5:30-7pm, Batmale 413
Club Contact Information
Website: www.ccsf.edu/coders
Club Email: coders@mail.ccsf.edu
Advisor Email: jschatz@ccsf.edu
CCSF Engineering Club
The CCSF Engineering Club is a project oriented hands-on course. We will also focus on how to apply for company internships during students' undergraduate years that will give students an edge in there perspective carriers. We also are involved in competitions with contestants from all over the world. Above all, we learn and have a fun time doing it.
Club Meeting Information
4:30-7:30 pm, Tuesday, Science 49
Club Contact Information
Website: http://fog.ccsf.cc.ca.us/~kmueller/
Club Email: bogdanmch@yahoo.com
Advisor Email: kmueller@ccsf.edu
CCSF Japanese Culture Club
We here at CCSF Japanese Culture Club want to explore both modern and traditional Japanese culture in fun,exciting and interactive ways. We want to compare Japanese culture to our own cultural backgrounds to understand more about the culture of Japan. We want our members to engage in discussions about Japan and interact with Japanese native speakers from Japan. The CCSF Japanese Culture club wants to open the minds of our current and future members to a amazingly unique and exotic culture!
Club Meeting Information
2:00pm-3:00pm, Thursdays, MUB 261
Club Contact Information
Website: https://www.facebook.com/groups/110985689052719/?fref=ts
Club Email: japaneseclubccsf@gamil.com
Advisor Email: mmatsumu@ccsf.edu
Cercle Francais
We organize events for students interested in learning about francophone culture.
Club Meeting Information
12 to 1pm, Wednesdays, A304
Club Contact Information
Website: http://www.facebook.com/groups/cerclefrancaisdeCCSF/
Club Email: imotamed@ccsf.edu
Advisor Email: imotamed@ccsf.edu
Economics & Political Science Club
The Economics & Political Science Club is a grassroots organization at City College of San Francisco, which welcomes students from all parts of the world to participate in expressing their views in politics, economics, business, community, race, gender, and topics related to societal interactions.
Club Meeting Information
12:30pm - 1:30pm, Thursday, Conference room in Child Development Center
Club Contact Information
Website: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Economics-Political-Science-Club-at-CCSF/340480055993688
Club Email: econ.poliscie@gmail.com
Advisor Email: dorr@ccsf.edu
F1 - Club
To connect international students with each other by sharing different cultures and helping them adapt to American culture, while creating a friendly and nurturing envrionment for students from all over the world. Provide them with assistance in navigating the CCSF system as well as the city of San Francsico.
Club Meeting Information
2pm - 4pm, Friday, MUB 261
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: iscdmentorship@gmail.com
Advisor Email: Dgelera@ccsf.edu
Forum Literary Magazine
Forum Magazine is a student-run literary journal that serves the City College of San Francisco community. Dedicated to providing a platform for the contemporary, urban voices of our institution, Forum collects, edits, and publishes quality works of literature and the visual arts as produced by the CCSF family- publication is open to any who have ever been involved with the school, whether as student, educator, or employee.
Club Meeting Information
5:40-8:30, Monday, ArtExt 265
Club Contact Information
Website: forumccsf.org
Club Email: citylitjournal@gmail.com
Advisor Email: jisles@ccsf.edu
Full Circle
We create community through a musical modality. An event is held once a semester and everyone is invited to attend. The event-drumming circle- is held to reduce stress and add an element of spirituality.
Club Meeting Information
10:30-11:30 AM, wednesday, MUB 301
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: VFinkowski@aol.com
Advisor Email: pbarresi@ccsf.edu
Gamers Gathering
Our mission promote camaraderie through gaming and play. We are dedicated to offering a place for students to have fun and relax as well help build and foster a growing community. All students are welcome.
Club Meeting Information
2:30 to 5:00, Friday, SU 208
Club Contact Information
Website: http://www.facebook.com/groups/ccsfgamersgathering/
Club Email: ccsfgamersgathing@gmail.com
Advisor Email: sbyee@ccsf.edu
Green Corps
Green Corps mission is to promote sustainability. We focus on bringing sustainable food systems, alternative energy, and restoring native plant habitats to our community. Our club is a part of a larger organization called the CSSC (California Student Sustainability Coalition) and we come together to focus on how to solve bigger issues that deal with keeping the environment clean, and the people safe while also educating students how to lower their environmental footprint.
Club Meeting Information
4/5/2013, Thursday, MUB 250
Club Contact Information
Website: tba
Club Email: ccsfgreencorps@gmail.com
Advisor Email: plopiper@ccsf.edu
HISTORIA
We are interested in discussing films or pictures (photos, caricatures, propaganda posters, etc.) related to some aspect of French history (last semester our campus-wide event focused on the historical dimension of the Père-Lachaise cemetery and on deserters during WWI. This forum gives us the opportunity to network, practice the language outside the classroom, and share views about historical and political events of the distant or recent past. We are proud to have brought many cultural events to the now defunct Castro Campus.
Club Meeting Information
5:00-7:00 PM, Thursdays, At a student's place (in lePotrero).
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: leclubhistoria@gmail.com
Advisor Email: reneemorel@gmail.com
International Students Associatoin
International Students Association is a multicultural club where all students can exchange culture, enlarge their knowledge of the world, establish friendships, and learn from each other through meaningful and interesting club events.
Club Meeting Information
1-2pm, every 2nd and 4th Wednesday, MUB Room 261
Club Contact Information
Website: http://www.facebook.com/home.php#!/home.php?sk=group_184973358202992
Club Email: internationalstudentsassociation@yahoo.com
Advisor Email: mliang@ccsf.edu
Linux Users Group
To learn more about Linux and share our knowledge with the community.
Club Meeting Information
12:00PM - 3:00PM, Fridays, Ocean Campus Batmale Hall Rm 413
Club Contact Information
Website: www.ccsf.edu/lug
Club Email: lug@mail.ccsf.edu
Advisor Email: gboyd@ccsf.edu
Muslims Student Association
To provide an open space to practice our religion freely and to promote Islamic awareness to the students.
Club Meeting Information
12:30pm to 2:30pm, Fridays, SU Lounge
Club Contact Information
Website: Muslim Student Association of CCSF
Club Email: msaccsf3@gmail.com
Advisor Email: eosborne@ccsf.edu
OurStories Club
the purpose of the club is to provide a safe space for students to tell their stories on our campus. To that end the Ourstories Club supports and co-sponsors the Intersecting Identities Conference, the collaboration with the Her/his/ourstories Class, and fundraising for the publication of student stories both hard copy and online.
Club Meeting Information
330pm to 5pm, Thursdays, MUB 255
Club Contact Information
Website: FB Ourstories Club
Club Email: erivas6@mail.ccsf.edu
Advisor Email: jishibas@ccsf.edu
P.E.A.C.E.
Together and united, we are empowered to make a change. To make a difference for the lives of others and ourselves. It all starts with our education. We as P.E.A.C.E., recognize education as the key to a revolution, the fight for all our dreams and what we know is right. P.E.A.C.E. strives to find and provide the educational advantages that will help us succeed throughout our college life and beyond. We as P.E.A.C.E., acknowledge that everyone is unique, talented, and artistic. P.E.A.C.E. takes action upon showcasing all of our artistic individuality and potential. Finally, derived from the foundation of our association, we as P.E.A.C.E., serve to Protect, Preserve, and Promote the Philippine culture.
We are the members of society, driven to teach and preach awareness toward helping and building the community. We are all activists, fighting together as a family of friends, for the equality in the quality of our education and the deserved recognition of our success.
We are Pilipinos for Education, Arts, Culture, and Empowerment.
Club Meeting Information
12:00pm-2:00pm, Every Friday, Student Union Conference Room 208
Club Contact Information
Website: www.peaceofccsf.com
Club Email: ccsf.peace@gmail.com
Advisor Email: imack@ccsf.edu
Pacific Islanders Club
To embrace our different Island cultures/traditions throughout the Pasefika while seeking to achieve our individual educational plans at CCSF. Moreover,encourage and educate others of our diverse personalities throughcommunity outreach and culture-based events.
Club Meeting Information
3:30-4:00, Thursdays, Student Union (Upper Lounge)
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: ccsfpic@gmail.com
Advisor Email: Dpalaitaccsf@gmail.com
Poetry for the People Club
Poetry for the People rests upon a belief that the art of poetry is a form of communication that creates powerful and positive connections among people. Our club will bring poetry to parts of our campus community that aren't normally exposed to poetry.
Club Meeting Information
12 noon, Friday, Batmale 203
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: pzuerch1@mail.ccsf.edu
Advisor Email: lmuller@ccsf.edu
Project SAFE
For over a decade, Project SAFE has led the peer education component of the HIV/STI Prevention Studies program at City College of San Francisco. Project SAFE activities and services over the years have included classroom presentations, Safer Sex Fairs, Transgender Awareness and World AIDS Day campus wide events and HIV counseling and testing. Project SAFE peer educators continue to provide a supportive environment in the Link Center: Linking Learning and Action Peer Activity Room, in which students share information and meet with other students to enhance health education related class projects. The educators provide HIV/STI prevention and services as well as community and campus resources including job referrals, health care resources, educational opportunities, and substance use/abuse, harm reduction and safer sex information.
Club Meeting Information
10am-12noon, Fridays, Link Center MUB 301
Club Contact Information
Website: www.ccsf.edu/hiv
Club Email: ethompso@ccsf.edu
Advisor Email: jmarinof@ccsf.edu
Project SURVIVE
The club is open to students interested in promoting healthy dating relationships and in ending all forms of intimate partner abuse/violence. We sponsor campus-wide events that give students the opportunities to speak out about rape and battery in relationships. We encourage students to speak about these issues in public forms, such as rallies and conferences.
Club Meeting Information
2-3 p.m., Last Wednesday of the month, Cloud 402
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: gladysfoster4@gmail.com
Advisor Email: lsimon@ccsf.edu
Psychology Club
The club is designed to bring students with a common interest and passion for psychology and related topics. Joining together to hang out, meet new people and discuss topics like; Freud psychological disorders, behaviorism, and personality theories.
Club Meeting Information
2pm-3pm, Tuesdays, Batmale 321
Club Contact Information
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/mail.ccsf.edu/psychology-club/
Club Email: ccsf.psychology@gmail.com
Advisor Email: mlouie@ccsf.edu
RAMS Cheerleaders
The CITY Cheer & Dancr Team is a co-ed spirit organization that cheers and performs year round. We believe in upholding tradition by promoting school spirit, supporting all CCSF Athletics & students. Ambassadors for CCSF that the college and community can be proud of, through community service and bringing cheer wherever we go. We work hard, we work together & strive to be our best.
Club Meeting Information
4pm-6pm, Every Tuesday & Thursday, Mat Room(Tu) & Tap Room(Th)
Club Contact Information
Website: www.facebook.com/city.cheer.and.dance
Club Email: citycheerNdance@gmail.com
Advisor Email: rtuialuuluu@ccsf.edu
SACNAS CCSF Chapter
SACNAS is a society dedicated to fostering the success of Hispanic/Chicanos, Native Americans, and all under-represented minorities to attain advanced degrees, careers, and positions of leadership in science.
Club Meeting Information
12:00pm-2:00pm, Friday, MUB-361
Club Contact Information
Website: www.facebook.com/SACNASCCSF
Club Email: sacnasccsf@gmail.com
Advisor Email: ronald.drucker@mail.ccsf.edu
SHINE Club
SHINE Club belongs to Project SHINE that is a service-learning program which gives CCSF students an opportunity to coach in ESL, citizenship, and literacy non-credit classes. SHINE Club has strengthened the SHINE community by providing support to new coaches as well as leadership and scholarship opportunities.
Club Meeting Information
3:00-5:00, Wednesdays, 261 ArtExt
Club Contact Information
Website: Facebook.com/projectshinesf
Club Email: projectshine@ccsf.edu
Advisor Email: loroke@ccsf.edu
SMAC
SMAC's mission is to dramatically increase education opportunities for African American, Latino and Pacific Islander students at CCSF. SMAC will actively participate in activities that focus on decreasing the achievement gap and racial inequity at CCSF and the surrounding community.
Club Meeting Information
12:00pm - 2:30pm, Thursday, MCRC
Club Contact Information
Website: facebook.com/SMAC.CCSF
Club Email: SMAC.ccsf@gmail.com
Advisor Email: hhuntsmanccsf@gmail.com
Student Advocating for Equity (SAFE)
We are a club that focuses on raising awareness of the various issues which impact undocumented students. Our goal is to provide resources and support to undocumented students. United, both undocumented students and our allies advocate and strive for immigrant rights.
Club Meeting Information
2pm-3pm, Monday, VIDA Resource Center
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: safe.ccsf@gmail.com
Advisor Email: lsilva@ccsf.edu
Student Association of Alchemy
SAACCSF's goal is to promote chemistry within the community and expand people's knowledge about the subject. It is aimed toward people who either have an interest in chemistry or would like to know more about the subject. It will provide people a community that will give them the support they need to excel in their academic pursuits.
Club Meeting Information
1:00-2:00pm, Thursday, Cloud Hall 229
Club Contact Information
Website: saaccsf.tumblr.com
Club Email: saaccsf@gmail.com
Advisor Email: mhurt@ccsf.edu
Student Campus Police Service Organization
We patrol around campus to make sure that campus is safe and secure. We try to get everyone to obey school policies. We patrol around campus and write tickets for the people who don't pay for parking. We try to encourage people to join our club so they can see what we do for them self.
Club Meeting Information
1p.m, Monday and Wednesday and Friday's, Cloud 103
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: angelita4152003@yahoo.com
Advisor Email: gdegiro@ccsf.edu
Student Parent United
Student Parent United is a club for students with children. Our mission is to unite a culturally diverse community of parents, to bring awareness of the needs of student parents on campus. Provide a safe and supportive environment for all student parents and to assist them in any and all ways possible.
Club Meeting Information
12:00-1:30, Thursdays, Student Union room 201
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: lsheppar@mail.ccsf.edu
Advisor Email: tfaulkner@ccsf.edu
Supporting Pacific Islanders in Learning Leadership
SPILL’s purpose is to instill leadership skills within students as a method of creating longevity for the Pacific Islander Club, to help students with leadership skills and to work towards building their full potential in SPILL and at City College of San Francisco.
Club Meeting Information
12:30pm-2pm, Thursday, Student Union building or BTL Hall Room 203
Club Contact Information
Website:
Club Email: ccsfspill@gmail.com
Advisor Email: lmuller@ccsf.edu
Swing City Dancers
Swing City Dancers’ mission is to forge connections between City College dance students and the greater Bay Area social dance community. The club does that by first helping CCSF dance students to transfer what they are learning in the classroom into a social dance setting. The second strategy is encouraging people from the outside dance community to come to City College and see what a vibrant dance program the college offers, and how talented our students are.
Club Meeting Information
6:30 pm - 9:00 pm, One Wednesday of each month, exact dates to be determined. See our website for details., Either Wellness Center Employee Lounge or Club Advisor's house, 741 Natoma #1
Club Contact Information
Website: http://swingcitydancers.wordpress.com/ and http://www.facebook.com/pages/CCSF-Swing-City-Dancers-Club/153753571320781
Club Email: swingcitydancers@gmail.com
Advisor Email: yrockwell@gmail.com
Veterans Alliance
Helping improve Veterans success at City College by providing: Veterans Resource Center, jobs, information about the VA, GI Bill and a lounge space for veterans to study, relax and get free coffee.
Club Meeting Information
3pm, 2nd and 4th Fridays, Cloud Hall 332
Club Contact Information
Website: facebook page @ CCSF Veterans Alliance
Club Email: ccsfvets@gmail.com
Advisor Email: ssantos@ccsf.edu
Vietnamese Student Asssociation
- Promoting our culture and heritage as well as Asian culture throughout the campus and community.
- creating culturally, socially, and educationally significant events that stimulate understanding among the people and their communities.
- Providing mem
Club Meeting Information
2h30pm-4pm, Every Friday, Cloud 258
Club Contact Information
Website: http://vsaccsf.com
Club Email: vsaccsf@facebook.com
Advisor Email: mhta@ccsf.edu
Women in Science and Engineering [WiSE]
To maintain and encourage diversity within Math/Science/Engineering/Technical fields by providing an atmosphere of support and camaraderie in what historically have been more academically homogenous areas of study. We aim to do so through outreach and social events, group projects, guest speakers, and field trips.
Club Meeting Information
15:00:00, Friday [every other], SCI 133
Club Contact Information
Website: http://groups.google.com/group/ccsf-wise
Club Email: ccsf-wise@googlegroups.com
Advisor Email: wkaufmyn@ccsf.edu
Yemeni Student's Club
This club is designed to give Yemenis a place to come to help each other, meet other Yemenis and learn how to be successful at City College of San Francisco. Students come together to talk and share strategies to overcome barriers to their success, and how to become a visible part of their college. They also come together to host events to introduce and celebrate the Yemenis culture. We are also focusing on Yemeni leadership and important Yemeni educational and cultural issues. Also Our organization is open to anyone interested in learning about Yemenis culture.
Club Meeting Information
10:00 - 11:00 AM, Tuesday, MSA Room
Club Contact Information
Website: www.aaysp.org
Club Email: yemenisstudents@gmail.com
Advisor Email: dhendric@ccsf.edu