Student Activities
Student Clubs

Political and Social Interest

  • Model United Nations Delegation at Seattle University (SUMUN)

    The club simulates the operations of the United Nations. We do this by attending various conferences, some of which give students the opportunity to travel, and holding smaller practice conferences on campus. The club helps students learn about world issues and how to solve problems from a potentially unique standpoint by taking the role of a country on a specific issue. The club also promotes working as a team when drafting solutions to problems and helps students with public speaking.

    Club Contact

    John Gilbert
    gilbertj@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Matt Byers
    College of Arts and Science
    byersm@seattleu.edu

    Political Science Club

    This club allows students interested in Political Science to come together to discuss and debate current events, political controversy, and other political issues. Also, we gather and plan events regarding issues related to political science.

    Club Contact

    Alyson Girton
    girtona@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Rose Ernst
    College of Arts & Sciences - Political Science
    ernstr@seattleu.edu 

    Queer Men's Discussion Group

    To provide a safe place to queer/ non-conforming students to meet and discuss issues relevant to them. 

    Club Contact

    Daniel Simon
    simond@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Rayshawn Elijah-Amon Carr
    carrr@seattleu.edu

    Reach Out Seattle U

    Reach Out Seattle U provides a on-campus way for students to get involved in a local nonprofit, Reach Out. As a club, we teach and inform SU students about ways they can get involved with Reach Out and their free summer camps for local, under-served children. Reach Out Seattle U offers students an opportunity to connect and serve the local community in a way that compliments the Jesuit mission of SU. 

    Club Contact

    Mary Thompson
    thomps37@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Dr. Mary Kay Brennan
    mkbrenn@seattleu.edu

    Seattle University Mock Trial Team

    Three lawyers, and three witness's will be given a case from the American Mock Trial Association and will compete against other schools using arguments, logical thinking, and impromptu speaking skills. 

    Club Contact

    Emma Izquierdo
    izquierd@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Iyer Arun
    iyearar@seattleu.edu

    Shirts Across America/Teams for Humanitarian Relief

    "Shirts Across America is a non-profit group dedicated to moving families out of FEMA trailers one family at a time in the Gulf Coast Region. Since August 2005, we have partnered with several groups to help people impacted by Hurricane Katrina. We are proud to have worked with community and grass roots entities who have labored tirelessly to rebuild Mississippi and New Orleans. Interested in getting involved? Contact us at the email address listed here."

    Club Contact

    Mattie Bess
    bessm@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Laurie Prince
    lprince@seattleu.edu

    Socialist Alternative

    Socialist Alternative is a political organization fighting in our campus, workplaces, and communities against the exploitation and injustices people face every day. We are community activists fighting against budget cuts in public services; we are union activists fighting for living wage jobs and militant, democratic unions; we are people of all colors speaking out against racism and attacks on immigrants, students organizing against tuition hikes and war, women and men fighting sexism and homophobia.
     
    We believe the Republicans and Democrats are both parties of big business, and we are campaigning to build an independent, alternative party of workers and young people to fight for the interests of the millions, not the millionaires.
     
    We see the global capitalist system as the root cause of the economic crisis, poverty, discrimination, war, and environmental destruction. As capitalism moves deeper into crisis, a new generation of workers and youth must join together to take the top 500 corporations into public ownership under democratic control to end the ruling elites' global competition for profits and power.
     
    We believe the dictatorships that existed in the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were perversions of what socialism is really about. We are for democratic socialism where ordinary people will have control over our daily lives.

    Club Contact

    Elizabeth Piper
    pipere1@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Jaime Perozo
    College of Arts and Sciences
    jperozo@seattleu.edu

    Society of Feminists

    The purpose of the organization is to promote feminism on the Seattle University Campus and the greater community, and to foster a community within which there is space for dialogue about gender relations.

    Club Contact

    Asha DuMonthier
    dumonthi@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Mary Antoinette Smith
    masmith@seattleu.edu

    SU Human Trafficking Awareness Club

    Seattle University's Human Trafficking Awareness Club (HTAC) will promote discussion about the social injustices of human trafficking and provide community members with practical tools to foster change on an individual and societal basis.

    Club Contact

    Bailey Disher
    disherb@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Matthew Pyrc
    pyrcm@seattleu.edu

    Triangle Club

    http://www.facebook.com/#!/group.php?gid=2202060322&v=wall
    LGBTQIA Club with a focus on community building and advocacy on campus for queer students and allies.  We have weekly meetings and put on larger events throughout the year.  Everybody is welcome to be a part of this club. 

    Club Contact

    Taylor Stein
    steint@seattleu.edu

    Advisor

    Sabina Neem
    neems@seattleu.edu