Welcome to the Student Organization Council (SOC) website!

About Us

The mission of the Student Organization Council (SOC) is to provide student organizations and their members the support and resources needed to accomplish their goals. SOC is dedicated to building a stronger campus community by providing club members with opportunities to grow personally, professionally and artistically.

Visit us: You can locate the team at the Student Center, 754 S. Wabash Avenue, 2nd Floor (Open office area)

Call us: 312-369-6656 (Closed during school breaks, summer, and weekends)

President

Easton Dippel

socPresident@colum.edu

Finance Director

Rebecca Chrabaszewski

socFinance@colum.edu

Community Director

Bri Ramirez

socCommunity@colum.edu

The SOC is comprised of one member of each of the recognized student organizations. The SOC's executive board consists of a President, Community Director, and Finance Director.

The 2022-2023 recognition period will begin the first day of the 2022-2023 academic year.

SOC meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 5 pm in the Student Center 2nd Floor Boardroom. Meetings are open to all Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, and staff.

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Members Benefits

The mission of the Student Organization Council (SOC) is to provide student organizations and their members the support and resources needed to accomplish their goals. SOC is dedicated to building a stronger campus community by providing club members with opportunities to grow personally, professionally and artistically.

The SOC is comprised of one member of each of the recognized student organizations. The SOC's executive board consists of a President, Community Director, and Finance Director.

The 2022-2023 recognition period will begin the first day of the 2022-2023 academic year.

SOC meetings are held the first Wednesday of each month at 5 pm in the Student Center 2nd Floor Boardroom. Meetings are open to all Columbia College Chicago students, faculty, and staff.

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Connnections

Meeting new students with shared interest

Our Team

Alec Richard Cummings Profile

Alec Richard Cummings

Programming Director
Anya Kohlman Profile

Anya Kohlman

Paige Johnson Profile

Paige Johnson

President
Allen Lucas Profile

Allen Lucas

Advisor
Emma Hitch Profile

Emma Hitch

Community Director
Carlos Diaz Profile

Carlos Diaz

Bri Ramirez Profile

Bri Ramirez

Finance Director
Kristi Beltran Profile

Kristi Beltran

SGA Advisor
SOC President Profile

SOC President

How to Start a Student Organization?

Follow these easy steps to create a new student organization!

Apply for recognition during the next open application period.

Find at least 5 students who want to be members of your organization and at least 3 of those students who are willing to be an executive board member.

Executive board members must maintain a 2.5 GPA.

Find a Columbia faculty or a staff member to be the advisor for your organization.

Create a constitution and a list of events or activities that your group would like to do.

Send your President and another executive board member to Student Organization Training.

Have fun!

Please reach out to our SOC President at: socpresident@colum.edu to express your interest and get started!

Requirements for Student Organizations:

Requirements for Recognized Student Organizations

A monthly report must be submitted to the SOC President. Must be submitted the last Monday of the month.

You must have a semesterly 1:1 with the SOC Community Director.

SOC Representatives must attend the SOC monthly meetings.

The organization must volunteer at two Student Organizations and Leadership Office approved event each academic year (i.e Wicked Week, Columbia Weekend, etc.).

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