Network and focus with others on the same career path.
These organizations teach you how to network with others, connect your co-curriculars with your career or major, and build your professional development.
Alpha Chi (All Academic Disciplines)
Alpha Chi is a national college honor society that admits students from all academic disciplines. At Capital, students who have completed 40 credit hours or more at Capital, and are in the top 5% of juniors or top 10% of seniors, are invited to join
Alpha Phi Sigma (Criminal Justice)
Alpha Phi Sigma is Capital’s National Criminal Justice Honor Society honoring students that earn the highest academic achievement in the field of Criminal Justice.
Alpha Psi Omega (Theatre)
Alpha Psi Omega is a theatre honorary society for the purpose of providing acknowledgement to those demonstrating a high standard of theatre and providing a wider fellowship for those interested in theatre.
Chemistry Club
Capital's Chemistry Club furthers the academic, professional and social lives of chemistry majors and minors while promoting service to the campus and community. The club works in conjunction with Tri-Beta and the Life Science Organization, in many cases, to present chemistry demonstrations and provide other service opportunities to its members.
Council for Exceptional Children
The Council for Exceptional Children (CEC) is an international professional development organization for educators. Members receive numerous benefits, including a subscription to two scholarly journals with the latest developments in the fields of intervention and gifted education. As a student chapter on campus, its mission is to promote the dignity and worth of all individuals through advocacy and inclusiveness.
Creative Writing Club
The Creative Writing Club is a campus organization intended to promote the creation, distribution, and discussion of creative writing. Members are expected to comment on other member's shared work in a constructive way, and are welcome to share their own projects with the group.
Capital University Education Society (CUES)
Unite all education majors and those that are passionate about education.
Education Society
Capital University Education Society, also known as CUES, is a professional and social organization for Capital students who have a passion for Education. Their goal is to benefit students with events and programs by bringing fortha better understanding of the field while also building lasting relationships with those that share this passion.
Honors Student Council
The Honors Student Council will work to provide social, cultural and educational opportunities, create and maintain a forum to discuss issues and concerns, be student and leader role models, and promote the interests and welfare of the Capital University Honors Program and students within at all times.
Human Resources Association of Capital University
This organization aims to educate the students of Capital University about the opportunities that the field of human resources offers for careers and seeks to help the students become more employable using the education that they have acquired. Business majors/minors, organizational communication majors.minors, and/or human resource management minors are strongly encouraged to join, but students from all majors and backgrounds will find opportunities for educational growth and development in this organization.
Kappa Pi (International Art)
Kappa Pi's objectives span from the promotion of art education/enlightenment to organizing people with an interest in art for informal social gatherings, as well as for service and community related projects.
Lambda Pi Eta (Communication)
The membership in Lambda Pi Eta is composed of undergraduate students who have declared an interest in the various fields of communication and have achieved a high level of academic excellence. According to the standards set forth by the National LPH organization, to be eligible for membership, students must have completed 60 semester hours in undergraduate credit courses; have a cumulative grade point average of at least 3.0; have completed the equivalent of 12 semester hours in courses in the department of communication; have a grade point average of at least 3.25 in these courses; be in the upper 35% of their graduating class; and be currently enrolled as a full-time student in good standing with their institution. At Capital, we have increased the requirements to include: a cumulative GPA of at least 3.5; a communication course GPA of at least 3.5; and a vote of approval by communication faculty, thus insuring that our chapter has only the best of the best.
Life Science Organization
Our goal for this organization is to help the world become a more cleaner place. We want people to know that in order to live in a cleaner environment, we have to take care of it. As an organization, we work to together to use enjoy what the environment provides us but we have to keep it safe.
Ohio Collegiate Music Education Association
The purpose of the Capital University Chapter of OCMEA is to provide music education majors with an opportunity to interact with current music educators and professionals; learn from others in a way that goes beyond the curriculum; provide mutual support in our academic and musical studies; provide options and connections for post-graduation; and develop individual bonds within the music community on campus.
Omicron Delta Epsilon (International Economics)
The objectives of Omicron Delta Epsilon are recognition of scholastic attainment and the honoring of outstanding achievements in economics and the establishment of closer ties between students and faculty in economics within colleges and universities and among colleges and universities. Students who have completed principles of economics (macro and micro) and at least one intermediate economics course, and who have at least a 3.0 GPA overall in economics, are invited to join.
Order of Omega
To recognize those fraternity men and women who have attained a high standard of leadership in interfraternity activities, to encourage them to continue along this line, and to inspire others to strive for similar conspicuous attainment
Phi Alpha Theta (History)
The Phi Alpha Theta honor society for undergraduate and graduate students promotes the study of history through the encouragement of research, quality teaching, publications and the exchange of learning and ideas among historians.
Phi Alpha (Social Work)
The purpose of Phi Alpha Honor Society is to provide a closer bond among students of social work and promote humanitarian goals and ideals. Phi Alpha fosters high standards of education for social workers and invites into membership those who have attained excellence in scholarship and achievement in social work.
Phi Sigma Iota (International Foreign Language)
Phi Sigma Iota recognizes outstanding accomplishment in the study or teaching of any of the academic fields related to foreign language, literature, or culture.
Pi Kappa Lambda (Music)
The primary objective of Pi Kappa Lambda is the recognition and encouragement of the highest level of musical achievement and academic scholarship. The Society is convinced that recognizing and honoring persons who have enhanced their talents by serious, diligent, and intelligent study will stimulate others to do the same.
Pi Lambda Theta (Education)
Pi Lambda Theta was founded in 1910. Its mission is to honor outstanding educators and inspire their leadership on critical education issues. The most selective society of its kind, PLT extends membership to students and professionals who satisfy academic eligibility requirements and have demonstrated characteristics of scholarship, leadership and service.
Pi Sigma Alpha (Political Science)
Pi Sigma Alpha is dedicated to growing the minds of students interested in the field of Political Science. As an honors society, Pi Sigma Alpha maintains high standards for excellence, while ensuring a community of determined individuals as a resource for students to pursue this field in all forms.
Pre-Law Society
Pre-Law Society strives to connect undergraduate students with leaders and opportunities in the legal community by developing articulate writing and fostering free expressions of open debate on the most pressing legal matters of our time.
Psi Chi (Psychology)
Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology. This organization unites leading psychology majors and minors with each other as well as other resources at the national level.
Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)
PRSSA is a pre-professional organization that connects students interested in public relations and communications. PRSSA seeks to advance the public relations profession by nurturing generations of future professionals. PRSSA advocates rigorous academic standards for public relations education, the highest ethical principles and diversity in the profession.
Sigma Tau Delta (English)
Sigma Tau Delta believes in empowering people of all walks of life with the life-transforming skills of deep reading, powerful writing, and persuasive rhetoric
Sigma Theta Tau (Nursing)
Sigma Theta Tau International (STTI) is the Honor Society of Nursing. STTI membership is by invitation to baccalaureate and graduate nursing students who demonstrate excellence in scholarship and to nurse leaders exhibiting exceptional achievements in nursing. Membership in STTI provides valuable resources throughout your nursing career, connection with peers, and opportunities for mentoring and making a difference in the future of healthcare. No matter what stage of your nursing career, STTI provides you with resources and opportunities to engage with other nursing leaders and develop your professional and leadership skills.
Sociology/Criminology Society
The Sociology/Criminology Society seeks to foster a fellowship among students within the sociology and criminology majors while serving the community, furthering career interests, and exploring the issues in and applications of sociology and criminology.
Sports Management
The mission of the Capital University Society of Sport Management is to enhance the student experience by:
- promoting the support and attendance of university athletic events,
- providing organization members with unique opportunities for professional development and networking in diverse areas of sport management,
- encouraging the growth of the academic discipline of sport management in this university and others, and
- cultivating a stronger university athletic experience by stimulating the notion of the Capital Family.
Student Art Therapy Association (CUSATA)
Capital University's Student Art Therapy Association provides students with opportunities to learn from Art Therapists at symposiums and to interact with various populations through art activities. CUSATA members can create art during meetings, visit galleries, volunteer to facilitate art activities for various Columbus area groups, and participate in campus events. This organization is open to anyone who has an interest in art and/or art therapy.
Student Athletic Training Club
The mission of the organization is to academically and to socially unify the students involved in Capital University's Athletic Training Education Program, as well as other undergraduate university students interested in Capital University Athletic Training Education Program or the athletic training profession. These individuals will be brought together through activities which will encourage scholarship, professional development, social interaction, and community service related events related to the field of athletic training.
Student National Association of Teachers of Singing
The goal of Capital University's SNAT (Student National Association of Teachers of Singing) is to advance knowledge about the Association and the professions of teaching and singing.
Student Nurses Association (CUSNA)
The purpose of Capital University's Student Nurses Association (CUSNA) is to contribute to foster an environment for nursing students to grow academically, as well as aid in the development of the whole person, including his/her professional role, his/her responsibility for health care of people in all walks of life.
Student Social Work Association
The Student Social Work Association is for social work majors and minors; we act to bridge the gap between academic knowledge and the application within the profession. The organization provides an opportunity for students to be involved in social work activities and service projects as well as encouraging students to be involved in professional organizations, such as the National Association of Social Workers (NASW). The SSWA sponsors various activities on campus and within the community, as well as advocacy initiatives on behalf of meaningful causes.
Tau Pi Phi (Business and Economics)
The Purpose of Tau Pi Phi is to recognize and honor business and economic students for quality academic achievement. Specifically, to promote scholarship in the study of business and economics; to encourage the practice of the highest ethical canons in business; and, to foster the social nature of business.
Tri-Beta
Tri-Beta functions as an honor and professional society for students, particularly undergraduates, of the biological sciences. Its activities stimulate interest, scholarly attainment and investigation in the biological sciences. It promotes the dissemination of information and new interpretations among students of the life sciences through research, teaching, and volunteering on campus and in the community.
WXCU Radio
WXCU Radio is Capital University's student-run radio station. The station is led by a student management team, and has DJs that come from a plethora of majors on campus.