Students will have a few more choices of groups to join as the Office of Student Life approves new organizations for this year.
A student organization must apply to become officially recognized to receive benefits from the university.
All potential organizations are required to fill out an intent to organize form and to create a constitution.
These organizations are typically not denied unless its constitution includes something against university policy, said Stacey Myers, office coordinator for student life.
She said the approval process is significantly faster if a previously inactive organization applies to become active again.
Myers said official student organizations are given the opportunity to participate in the annual Fall Activity Fair, as well as inclusion in the Pride Guide, an outlook email account or iWeb account and even a Ball State financial account.
*MASTERS OF DIVINE BEAUTY
*Masters of Divine Beauty is a returning organization that has been inactive. It is an organization devoted to increasing “one’s self-esteem through beauty,” said organization president Danielle Jernigan.
Jernigan said she was a member of the organization before it became inactive.
“I only hope that we can keep the dream alive and light the flame of others,” she said.
So far this year, the organization has hosted a volleyball tournament to raise money for New Life Tabernacle Holiness Church of Indianapolis.
In February, Masters of Divine Beauty also will host a hair show and will offer hairstyling and makeup assistance for student organizations.
Jernigan said she reinstated this formally active organization in part because she wanted real-life experience in event planning.
“I felt that the campus needed an outlet to express themselves through hair, makeup and nails,” she said.
Masters of Divine Beauty will accept new members until Nov. 6.
*INVISIBLE CHILDREN
*Ball State has reopened its chapter of Invisible Children under the leadership of Nick Balkevicius, a freshman special education major.
Balkevicius said he has been involved with the organization for five years.
“This summer, I went to the Invisible Children’s top conference that they hold for Invisible Children supporters,” he said. “I’ve always wanted to start one.”
According to its website, Invisible Children’s purpose is to spread awareness about the Lord Resistance Army in Africa.
Balkevicius said this organization is for students with a passion to help other people.
This year, students can expect to see benefit concerts and fundraisers put on by Ball State’s Invisible Children group.
Invisible Children will host a call-out meeting today in Teachers College Room 121 and a screening of “Invisible Children” on Wednesday.
*AIR AND WASTE MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION
*The Office of Student Life approved the international Air and Waste Management Association.
The environmental management program has been in operation since the beginning of this year, already bringing in professionals from the environmental field and the energy industry.
Brian Kowalski, vice president of AWMA, said the primary goals of the group are professional networking and learning development.
Kowalski, a senior national resources and environmental management major, said AWMA will work on projects and continue to bring in speakers.
“Next year, we might have some bigger or better things going on,” he said. “We may try to change things on campus.”
Kowalski said he created the Ball State organization with Kyle Richardson, AWMA president, to act as a supplement for their education at the university.
“I was interested in it because I hadn’t been involved in any organizations that were involved with major,” Kowalski said. “I met a few other organizations, but they’re more socially related.”
Kowalski said anyone interested can join.
“I think it’s awesome to have an organization that people can get into, meet people in their field, get out of college and have contacts,” he said.
*ECONOMICS CLUB
*The Economics Club has operated for a few years, but registered as an official student organization this year.
“We decided to officially register the club with the Office of Student Life so that we could enjoy some of the benefits that comes with registration,” said John Huston, Economics Club president.
Huston, a senior political science and economics major, said future plans for the organization include speakers, trips and an immigration forum.
The Economics Club will travel to the Indiana Statehouse and the Liberty Fund and will hear from people such as the chief economist in the Legislative Services Agency and the chief of staff of the state Senate to learn more about economics.
For next semester, plans include a trip to Chicago to visit the Federal Reserve Bank and to learn about monetary policy, he said.
Huston recommended students who have an interest in economics and who know “how the world’s resources are allocated” should consider joining the Economics Club.
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