Clubs & Organizations

ASU Mid-South is a state-supported institution and is therefore, non-denominational.  The purpose of the Baptist Collegiate Ministry (BCM) is to encourage student fellowship, develop student leadership skills and provide opportunity for the study of the Bible and its teachings.  The BCM serves to organize students for service and ministry and to help students talk about their faith to other students.  Membership is open.

Brother 2 Brother (B2B) is a male mentoring organization established through a Title III PBI Grant at ASU Mid-South. B2B is designed to develop the engagement and self-confidence of (primarily but not limited to) African American male students to increase their success, retention, and completion of college. B2B also strives to improve the educational outcomes of those students through participation, in-service, learning, and civic engagement. Participants experience a mentoring relationship to follow, uplift, and track their personal and academic development. B2B meets bi-weekly in various locations as announced.
For more information, contact: Gerar Pope (PBI Title III Grant Director) gdpope@asumidsouth.edu 870-733-6849

The purpose of the Cast and Crew Club is to connect students who have a background in video and audio production with students who have a demonstrated interest in acting and/or television and radio hosting for the purpose of creating film, television and radio projects for ASU Mid-south. Club members will collaborate with various departments and programs on campus to create content that is both informative and entertaining.

For more information contact:
Anwar Jamison (abjamison@asumidsouth.edu) 870-733-6058
Mary Field (MField@asumidsouth.edu) 870-733-6821

The ASU Mid-South Chess Club allows for students, faculty, and staff to meet together and enjoy the game. The club is open for all players whether one is a novice who wants to learn the game, intermediate, or expert player. Boards and clocks are provided by the PBI Title III Department and set up every 1st and 3rd Wednesday of each month in the Rotunda from 10am-1pm.  By special request, chess equipment can be checked out.  Additional opportunities to meet and play in the Rotunda are announced through student email.

For more information, contact club sponsor Gerar Pope at 870-733-6849 or gdpope@asumidsouth.edu

The purpose of the Future Educators’ Club is to promote interest in and knowledge about the teaching profession as well as providing fellowship among students, faculty, and community professionals.

For more information, contact Lori Forrester at 870-733-6784 or lforrester@asumidsouth.edu.

Purpose of the club: To provide an avenue for Hospitality Management and other interested students to network and interact socially with the college community, hospitality and tourism industry experts, and other students, faculty, and staff across the nation and beyond.

The club seeks to accomplish these goals through community and college special projects, industry partnerships, educational tours, and collaboration with the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management, The University of Memphis.

For more information, contact:  Marjorie Gardner mzgardner@asumidsouth.edu 870-733-6826.

Purpose of the club:
To educate and empower women students socially and economically by providing personal growth and development services through reflection and self-examination, while also teaching practical leadership skills, and facilitating mentoring relationships both one-on-one and in group settings.

Objectives of the club:
· To provide the opportunity to develop a mentoring relationship that will inspire personal and professional success.
· Provide mentees the opportunity to gain broader perspectives on field of choice, values, norms, expectations, and behaviors and how gaining these perspectives can enhance their ability to make productive decisions.
· Provide an opportunity for mentees to learn and practice professional networking skills.

For more information, contact:

April Holland (870) 733-6783 / adholland@asumidsouth.edu

Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, headquartered in Jackson, Mississippi, is the largest honor society in higher education with 1,285 chapters on college campuses in all 50 of the United States and abroad. More than 3 million students have been inducted since its founding in 1918, with approximately 134,000 students inducted annually. To fulfill our mission, we focus on recognizing and encouraging the academic achievement of two-year college students while providing opportunities for individual growth and development through participation in honors, leadership, service and fellowship programming.

At ASU Mid-South, Phi Theta Kappa recognizes our students’ academic excellence, opening the door for travel to regional and nation conventions as well as scholarship opportunities around the region and through the nationwide network of funding through the society’s general scholarship application. Like ASU Mid-South as a whole, Beta Epsilon Psi chapter is dedicated to service in our community, including our on campus recycling program and the annual Clothe-a-Kid drive to raise funds for clothing and toys for special needs students in West Memphis elementary schools.

For more information visit www.ptk.org or contact:

April Holland (870) 733-6783 / adholland@asumidsouth.edu

Sigma Kappa Delta (SKD) is a student honor society that recognizes the achievements of students who have excelled in their English coursework. This society works to promote literacy, improve the community through philanthropic projects, and recognize outstanding student achievements.

For more information, contact ASU Mid-South faculty advisors:
Christopher Tindall at cytindall@asumidsouth.edu or Donald Hutchison at djhutchison@asumidsouth.edu

SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers and industry working together to ensure America has a skilled workforce. SkillsUSA helps each student excel by providing educational programs, events and competitions that support career and technical education (CTE) in the nation’s classrooms. With a mission to empower every student member to achieve success, SkillsUSA focuses on promoting career-readiness through the development of academic, technical, and soft skills. This organization is open to both secondary and post-secondary technical students who apply each fall semester through their program’s instructor. Members can compete in the ASU Mid-South Internal Competition in January for a place in the Arkansas SkillsUSA State Championship held in Hot Springs each April. State level gold-medalists are eligible to go on to the SkillsUSA National Championship in June in Louisville Kentucky. Membership in SkillsUSA gives students access to a variety of scholarship opportunities.

For more information, contact Jeff Gray , 870-733-6805 or wjgray@asumidsouth.edu.

The purpose of Student Government Association is to offer opportunities for members of the Association to share concerns, express opinions, and jointly participate in the solution of problems with other members of the ASU Mid-South community; to serve in an advisory capacity to the administration on behalf of the student body, and to provide and execute approved programs, projects, and events designed to enhance the entire ASU Mid-South community. Membership in the organization is composed of the student body. Students interested in campus involvement can contact co-advisors Marie Armour, Erin Gordon, and Angie Wilson.

For more information, contact Marie Armour: bmarmour@asumidsouth.edu

The tennis club at ASU Mid-South is for students on any skill level from novice to advanced. Free tennis lessons for all members, meet other students at your level of play and train for the ASU Mid-South tennis tournament.
For more information Contact Dr. Hawkins at 870-733-6037 or rahawkins@asumidsouth.edu.

The mission of the Travel Club is to encourage cultural exchanges, education and entertainment and to provide opportunities to students to promote learning and other people, heritages, lifestyles, and hobbies both similar and different from their own. This club also wishes to help students to gain insight and understanding about our environments through visiting parks and gardens.

For more information, contact: Erin Gordon, Faculty Sponsor at ekgordon@asumidsouth.edu or call (870) 733-6856.