STUDENT CLUB & ORGANIZATIONS
ANC recognizes that student organizations provide an avenue for college students to develop their own unique talents and interests. Student organizations foster educational, social, and/or personal development and provide for profitable use of leisure time. The College encourages students to create new organizations to meet the changing needs and interests of the student body. If a student group wishes to use College facilities on a regular basis or conduct programs on campus, it must request to become an approved student organization. Any group of six or more students may petition for recognition and funding as a new organization by submitting a constitution and by-laws for approval by Student Services staff and by securing a faculty/staff advisor to work with the group. Complete guidelines for approval are available in the office of the Director of Student Services. Student organizations vary each academic year based on student interest.
ORGANIZATIONS
Associate Degree Student Nurse Club
The purpose of the Associate Degree Student Nurse Club (AD-SNC) is to provide peer support and promote professionalism in nursing through involvement in the community. Members develop leadership and professional skills by participating in volunteer activities with local organizations promoting physical and psychosocial health. Membership is extended to students admitted to the Associate Degree Nursing Program.
Dental Assisting Student Club
The purpose of the Dental Assisting Student Club is to develop leadership that is competent and self-reliant, improve scholarship and develop skills that will enable young men and women to participate effectively in the occupation of Dental Assisting as well as our local communities, to engage in individual and group projects which will promote education, character and citizenship, create school loyalty and help preserve the principles of democracy. Membership is for students accepted into the Dental Assisting Program.
Gamma Beta Phi
Gamma Beta Phi is a scholastic, honor, educational, service-oriented national honor society for students in accredited two- and four-year colleges and universities that was established to recognize those students who have excelled academically and have demonstrated high personal characteristics in leadership and service. Membership into Gamma Beta Phi is by invitation, extended at the beginning of each semester. Students are invited to join GBP if they have completed 12 credit hours, are degree-seeking, and have a minimum 3.4 G.P.A. The objectives of the Gamma Beta Phi Society are to recognize and encourage excellence in education, to promote the development of leadership ability and character in its members, and to foster, disseminate, and improve education through appropriate service projects. These school and community service projects add to the success of this organization, which receives regional and national attention for its quality. The ANC chapter of Gamma Beta Phi is one of the three chapters within the society to have received the National Gamma Beta Phi Distinguished Chapter Award and the Exemplary Chapter Award every year since their inceptions.
Lifeline Student Outreach
Lifeline Student Outreach is a service and awareness group. The main purpose is to identify and serve students with a specific need, whether academic, physical, medical, financial, or individual and work toward total awareness on the part of others. Projects in the past have included installation of an automatic door, collection of food for the needy, assistance with transportation for visually impaired students, and compiling a resource manual of various services offered in Arkansas and Missouri.
Life Savers
The purpose of LifeSavers is to promote abstinence from all drugs. The members must be drug-free as an example to other students. Life Savers will provide facts about drugs by sponsoring educational lectures and free literature to ANC students. Life Savers strives to create a positive drug-free environment for ANC students through service projects both on and off-campus.
Skills USA
The purpose of the organization is to help the student develop social and leadership skills. Activities will enhance the development of these skills and will be conducted by the clubs’ members and advisors. The activities may include competitive events between technical institutes and colleges.
Student Ambassador Program
Student Ambassadors are a select group of students who shall effectively and responsibly represent the college to student inquiries, applicants, and incoming freshmen. Students selected for the program will work on a part-time basis with Admissions Counselors. Some of their duties will include traveling with Admissions Counselors to area high schools, providing student prospects with a “friend on campus,” and conducting campus tours. For more information about the program, contact the Admissions Office.
Student Practical Nurse (SPN) Club
This organization promotes and encourages student participation in community activities, especially those directed toward preventative healthcare and the resolution of social issues. Members participate in volunteer activities with local organizations promoting physical and psychosocial health. Membership into this club is open to ANC Practical Nursing students enrolled in the ANC Practical Nursing Program.
