Drexel University - Office of Campus Activities

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2013 Student Life Awards:
Call for Nominations - Due 4/15 at 8am
Join Student Affairs and the Undergraduate Student Government Association in recognizing and rewarding students who have made significant contributions to student life at Drexel University and in the community. Nominate deserving students, faculty or staff for one or more of the numerous awards! Self-nominations are also accepted. For more info and nomination instructions, click here.

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"What Can CollegiateLink Do
For Your Student Organization?"
3 Archived Leadership Webcasts
presented by a CollegiateLink Representative

Thursday, February 28, 2013
12:30pm • Archived Webcast (FF to 25:30)
6:00pm • Archived Webcast (FF to 23:27)
7:00pm • Archived Webcast (FF to 10:32)

Your organization uses CollegiateLink for recognition, but do you understand the full capabilities of what CollegiateLink has to offer? CollegiateLink is great for managing your membership roster, promoting events, linking to social media accounts and external websites, creating club forms, storing organization documents, and highlighting your group’s mission and news. Watch these archived webcasts from Chris Reybrouck, a CollegiateLink representative, to educate yourself as a student organization leader on all that the system has to offer. Student organization leaders are strongly encouraged to watch one or all of these webcasts - the beginning presentation is the same, but each audience had different questions worthwhile hearing the answers to! Should you have any questions about your organizations CollegiateLink page, email the Office of Campus Activities (OCA) at askOCA@drexel.edu.

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Student Organization Recognition CLOSED: The 2012-2013 recognition period for currently recognized student organizations and prospective new groups opened Monday, July 9, 2012 and closed on Friday, November 9, 2012. Click here for more details. For questions, please contact the Office of Campus Activities at askOCA@drexel.edu.

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Student Organizations: You can now reserve space in the new James E. Marks Intercultural Center to host your upcoming events and/or advertise your existing events on the center's calendar. To advertise your events on their calendar, contact Janeile Johnson from the Office of Equality and Diversity at jj96@drexel.edu. To reserve space, please contact Event Services at 215-895-2520 or at reservations@drexel.edu.

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$2,000 Grants Available to Student Orgs!

$2000 Grants Available to Student Orgs
The Drexel University Alumni Association is currently accepting requests from recognized student organizations for grants to support events and programs. The Alumni Association Grants Program provides recognized student organizations with financial support of up to $2,000 in order to help them carry out their goals and initiatives by supporting events and activities that increase interaction between students and alumni, enhance the student experience, promote tradition and support academic excellence.

FUNDING REQUEST DEADLINES:
Spring Term: May 3, 2013
The deadline to submit funding proposals for consideration by the Grants Committee is 5pm by the deadlines above. Requests must be for events or programs that will be held two or more months after the deadline. Student organization leaders are encouraged to visit www.drexel.edu/alumni/grants for more information on the program and for application instructions, including a “tip sheet” for completing your application and guidelines for submission.

For more information, contact Jeff Spence.

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Creese Student Center Construction

Creese Student Center Construction
Building Design Renderings
Chestnut Square, a project spearheaded by Drexel and American Campus Communities, will include student housing and new retail businesses; located between 32nd & 33rd on Chestnut Street, it's slated to open Sept 2013.
Click here for 6ABC Video News Coverage.
Click here for a Daily Pennsylvanian article.

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Want to show a movie on campus? Click here.

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Nikon Camera

Nikon D3100 Training Session
Drexel University's Photography Club will host training sessions on the new Nikon D3100 camera. Digital single-lens reflex (D-SLR) cameras allow for manual control of many key features, producing higher quality photographs than most simple point-and-shoot cameras. Attendees will learn basic digital photography techniques & how to properly use the camera.

Training sessions last about one hour with time for questions at the end. Only students who are successfully trained will be able to rent the Nikon D3100 directly from the Office of Campus Activities for free.

To request a training session, contact
Sarah Michelson at dsophoto@drexel.edu.

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Student Organizations
The Office of Campus Activities believes that a valuable part of Drexel University’s education happens outside of the classroom. Participation in activities and organizations where leadership, community responsibility, intellectual, religious, and social interests are met, enriches and completes your college education. The interpersonal and organizational leadership skills that you exercise and refine in a student organization will prove invaluable when you leave college for the workplace.

Get involved! Stop by the Office of Campus Activities and get in contact with a student organization that interests you. If you can't find a group that fits your interests, then we will help you start a new one!