Special Interest


 

Active Minds
Best Buddies
Best Buddies International is the largest nonprofit organization established to promote friendships and employment for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. The chapter's goal is to raise awareness on campus and the surrounding New London area.
Cambiando Vidas
Cambiando Vidas (Changing Lives, in English) is a US-based nonprofit organization based that builds hurricane-safe houses in rural communities in the Dominican Republic with the help of international build teams. The College's chapter organizes, fundraises and executes an alternative winter break trip to the Dominican Republic for eight to ten days to build a hurricane safe house.
Coffee Grounds
A student-run, organic, fair trade coffee shop located across from the College Center on the first floor of KB (Katharine Blunt residence hall) offering baked goods, delicious drinks and fair trade coffee, Coffee Grounds hosts club events, performances and department-sponsored events and displays student art. Weekly events include Tuesday Night Acoustics, Wednesday Jazz and Friday Band Night.
Connecticut College EMS
Connecticut College Emergency Medical Service seeks to provide expert pre-hospital care to respond quickly and safely to any emergencies that occur on campus. CCEMS currently operates at all club sporting events and in conjunction with campus safety. We also offer an on-campus EMT-Basic class and a number of scholarships from the Elizabeth Durante '10 EMT Scholarship Fund to help subsidize the class fee.
FAD (Fashion Wagon)
Gaming Club
The club is committed to supporting gaming in all its forms and bringing special gaming events to the campus at large, including, but not limited to, video games, board games, paper-and-pencil RPGs and card games. At weekly meetings, they plan open gaming events and prize-driven tournaments.
Habitat for Humanity
Habitat for Humanity is a student-run organization operated under the OVCS umbrella. Members go on weekly builds in the New London community every Saturday and also organize a Spring Break trip to different areas in the US each year. Trips are funded completely through student fundraising efforts throughout the year such as gingerbread house making and ice skating at the Athletic Center.
LINCC
LINCC, a student club composed of students, faculty, staff and New London community members, is designed to link New London and Connecticut College through a variety of ways, from promotion and creation of events in both communities to transportation downtown.
Mock Trial Club
Outing Club
The club's purpose is the pursuit of wilderness activity through group planning and organized outings. Outings emphasize instruction and the improvement of wilderness skills. Special attention is given to the importance of safety during wilderness activity and to the development of a respect for the great outdoors.
Peer Educators
Peer educators are student leaders dedicated to educating and empowering themselves and their peers to live balanced, healthy lives.
Peggotty Investment Club
This investment club manages a portion of the College endowment through a student-run investment portfolio. Essentially the club members act as investment managers using a portion of the College's endowment as their capital. The club is entirely student run and its members come from diverse backgrounds and various fields of study.
Pre-Health Club
The club provides students who are interested in pursuing a post-graduate health services education with a student support network. They help one another take appropriate actions to become qualified, competent applicants for post-graduate admission to professional schools.
Spokespeople
This cycling club and bicycle cooperative repairs and rents bicycles and teaches students to do the same.
Sprout!
Sprout! is the organic gardening club and sustainable food initiative on campus. Members educate the College community about sustainable agriculture, promote the purchase of locally and organically grown foods, supply sustainably/organically grown foods to the dining halls, and provide students a means to learn about sustainable agriculture first-hand by working in the campus garden.