1. Have you decided which extracurricular activities (ECAs) to take up?
YES - go to #3
NO - go to #2
2. Think of what you enjoy doing, or have always wanted to try but never had the chance to. Go to #3.
3. Look for the relevant organisation on your campus in the student handbook, or ask the student council. Is there one that matches your area of interest?
YES - go to #4
NO - go to #7
4. Contact the people in charge, and attend either the first meeting for new recruits, the kickoff meeting for the year, or just any regular club meeting will do. Go to #8.
5. Do you still want to be able to pursue this area as an ECA?
YES - go to #8
NO - go to #6
6. Start again from #2, and this time pick something that somebody else on campus actually enjoys enough to have started a club for it!
7. Find out from the student council office how to go about setting up a new club. Advertise on campus for other students with the same interests, so that you aren't too lonely in your one-person meetings. Go to #8.
8. Mingle with the other members, have fun doing whatever it is your club does, and have a great semester!
Sharon did her first degree in Communications in Malaysia, her home land. Now she's pursuing her dream of dance by studying at an arts school in Australia. Copyright © 2003 iamnext.com. May not be used without permission.
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