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Find Your Place in Our Campus Community

Throughout the year, our campus is alive with events and programming for students to enjoy. With more than 100 student organizations and clubs, there’s something for everyone. Play club rugby, write poetry, join a professional student organization, or do all three! Whether you have a love for music, volunteering, swing dance, fitness, travel, activism, or anything else — you will find your place here among our student organizations.

Something for Everyone

We have a student organization for each aspect of a student’s university journey. They fall under an array of categories that cover practically every possible student interest, including:

ÃÛÌÒÉç’s academic student organizations create community among students from the same academic disciplines. Our professional student organizations help students grow their networks and advance their professional careers. Examples include: 

  • American Society of Mechanical Engineers
  • Biomedical Engineering Society
  • ÃÛÌÒÉç Medieval Society
  • CUA Accounting Society

Arts and media student organizations give students a place to pursue their passions in these creative fields. Whether the arts or media are hobbies or career paths, students will find a place to hone their crafts. Examples include: 

  • CUA Swing Dance
  • CenterStage Theatre Company
  • The Tower Student Newspaper

In addition to the intercollegiate athletics available at ÃÛÌÒÉç, the Office of Campus Activities offers an array of intramural and club sports for those who want to pursue their athletic passions. Examples include:

  • Rugby
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Ice Hockey

ÃÛÌÒÉç boasts a variety of ways for students to learn more about their faith, meet fellow faith-minded peers, and ultimately mature in their relationship with God. Some student organizations that help students foster their faith growth include:

  • Knights of Columbus
  • The Thomistic Institute at CatholicU
  • Cardinals for Life

Whether you want to get more in touch with your own culture or learn more about others, there are plenty of intercultural organizations on campus, including:

  • Asian Association
  • CUA Gaels Irish Dance Team
  • Student Organization of Latinos

Our law student organizations help law students explore the many law disciplines and meet other individuals with similar academic and professional interests.

  • Saint John Paul II Guild of Catholic Lawyers
  • Criminal Law Society
  • Environmental Law Society

If you have a heart for service, there are plenty of ways for you to pursue that call at ÃÛÌÒÉç, both within and outside of Campus Ministry. Our service-oriented student organizations include: 

  • Best Buddies
  • Environmental Club
  • Habitat for Humanity
  • Network of Enlightened Women (NeW)

Our student representation organizations are student-run governance bodies that aim to advocate for student needs on our campus. They act as a representative voice of ÃÛÌÒÉç students and cooperate with the University administration to enhance the academic and extracurricular experience. Our student representation organizations include:

  • Student Government Association
  • Graduate Student Association
  • Treasury Board
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The Nest

The Nest is our portal for all Cardinal student organizations and clubs. Here you’ll find a list of all our organizations and a calendar of upcoming events.
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Office of Campus Activities

The Office of Campus Activities is the heart of student organizations on campus. It coordinates all things related to student organizations and events, ensuring a lively, activity-filled student experience.