Guide to Choosing the Right Student Group for You

With so many options, it can be difficult to figure out where you should get involved. Which student groups best line up with your interests and abilities? Use this handy page to find out!

You can also just browse our organizations organized alphabetically, or by service area, interest area, constraint area, or learning community.

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1. Who would you enjoy serving?

2. What are your interests?

• arts and crafts
• building things
• chess
• computers
• cooking
• dance
• fair trade and grassroots organizing
• foreign languages
• horseback riding
• international issues and awareness
• literacy
• medicine or counseling
• mentoring or partnering
• music, dance, or drama
• peace issues and violence prevention
• poverty
• sports, athletics, and games
• teaching or tutoring
• women's issues

3. Do you have any special constraints?

AIDS patients

Children

Teens

The Elderly

Low-Income, Minority, or Needy Families

The JHU Community

People with Developmental Disabilities

Refugees

Prisoners, Juvenile Offenders, Halfway House Residents

The Homeless

Medical Patients

Women

People With Special Needs

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Student Groups by Interest Area

2. What are your interests? Do they include...

Arts and Crafts

Building Things

Chess

Computers

Cooking

Dance

Fair Trade and Grassroots Organizing

Foreign Languages

Horseback Riding

International Issues and Awareness

Literacy

Medicine or Counseling

Mentoring or Partnering

Music, Dance, or Drama

Peace Issues and Violence Prevention

Poverty

Sports, Athletics, and Games

Teaching or Tutoring

Women's Issues

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Student Groups by Constraint Area

3. Do you have any special constraints? Considerations such as...

I need an activity on or near campus...transportation is an issue for me.

I need an actvity that doesn't meet regularly or often during the school year...I want to get involved, but I don't have a lot of time to spare.

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Student Groups by Learning Community Area

Center for Social Concern Learning Communities

1. Arts
The Arts Learning Community brings together organizations that seek to use the arts – that is, music, dance, visual art, and other creative means – to serve the Baltimore community. Through the arts, volunteers teach, perform, and create to promote art as a way to fulfill people’s aesthetic needs and to build a strong rapport between people.

2. Health
The Health Learning Community comprises of groups that focus on improving the overall physical and mental health of the members of the Baltimore community through education and outreach. Groups provide services ranging widely from health fairs, educational workshops, mentoring programs, work at clinics and shelters, fundraisers, to blood drives. By working with the Baltimore residents and students on and off campus, all of the health groups together seek to better the quality of health for everyone in the community.

3. Mentoring
In some way, shape, or form, we all interact with Baltimore’s youth in either social or academic settings. As Hopkins students, we serve as positive role models, and aim to promote individual development and learning. Our vision is a simple one: to mutually enhance the lives of our mentors and the children they serve.

4. Social Justice
The Social Justice Learning Community is composed of student groups that promote a vision of social justice specifically in the Baltimore community and beyond. By outreaching to diverse populations and providing information regarding various social issues, this Learning Community acts to potentially enhance the quality of life for the populations they serve.

5. Tutoring
The groups in this Learning Community are devoted to the art of teaching skills and knowledge to constituencies that may not otherwise be exposed to them. Hopkins students are able to interact with people from all walks of life while teaching. The organizations cover a wide range of areas from computer skills to language fluency to homework help. In this Learning Community, the organizations provide a valuable asset to society by dispersing knowledge and giving Hopkins students access to meaningful experiences.

Liaison:
In addition to the learning communities, one SAB member will focus on serving as the liaison between the university and the community. The member will work toward developing strong relationships with local volunteer organizations and encouraging involvement from Hopkins students. He or she will also communicate regularly with the Resident Advisors, so that underclassmen are
more aware of volunteer opportunities.

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CSC Learning Community Organization Areas

Arts Learning Community Organizations
SAB Member: Allison Leung, aleung1@jhu.edu
Chinese Lion Dance Troupe
Margaret Brent Ballet
Margaret Brent Choir (formerly Abbottston Children's Choir and Playground Sound)
Margaret Brent Orchestra
Patchwork

Health Learning Community Organizations
SAB Member:
American Cancer Society of JHU
American Red Cross Corps of JHU
Baltimore Rescue Mission Clinic
Clowning Around Baltimore
Hopkins Association of Stroke Awareness
Maryland School for the Blind Outreach
Project Prevent
SALUD
Student Global AIDS Campaign
Students Against Sexual Assault (SASA)
Therapeutic Riding of Hopkins (TROH)

Buddies/Mentoring Learning Community Organizations
SAB Member:
AIDS Buddies
Balticorps (formerly Kids Helping Kids In Crisis)
Best Buddies
Black Student Union/Montebello Mentoring
International Rescue Committee (IRC)
Peace By Peace
Partnership for Student Achievement Mentoring (PSA)

Social Justice Learning Community Organizations
SAB Member: Emily Kumpel, ekumpel@jhu.edu
Alpha Phi Omega (APO)
Cooking for Love (formerly Friends of My Sister’s Place)
Educational Perspectives
Feminist Association
Girl Scouts
Habitat for Humanity
Hopkins Movement for Women and Children
Hopkins Students for a Free Palestine
JHU Justice
Johns Hopkins Peace Corps Association
Season for Nonviolence
Student Labor Action Committee (SLAC)
Walk for the Homeless

Tutoring Learning Community Organizations
SAB Member: Sadiya Muqueeth, smiles_786@yahoo.com
Chess Club
Computer Job Skills Program
Hampden Tutorial
Jail Tutorial Project
JHU Tutorial Project
National Society of Collegiate Scholars - GED Tutoring
Reboot Baltimore

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Note to CSC Student Group Leaders: Questions? Comments? Edits? Additions to this page? If you would like your group added to another category, or removed from one under which it's currently listed, just email the webmaster and let us know! We need your feedback to keep this page up-to-date.
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