Northwestern University's Associated Student GovernmentASG Student Group Directory

Welcome to the ASG Student Group Directory

This directory is meant to be a comprehensive listing of all student groups at Northwestern University and is a service of the Associated Student Government. All groups, regardless of ASG recognition, are welcomed and encouraged to be listed here. On this homepage, only ASG recognized groups are listed, but to sort the list by category or focus, please use the links on the right side.

Groups are responsible for updating their own directory information. To update your group's information, please go to the Group Management Page.
Important: You must be designated as your group's leader or technology director. If you cannot access the Management page, or if you have any other comments or questions, please contact the ASG Technology Director.

See HERE for info on how to update student group websites. Having access to your groups account on this directory will NOT give you access to updating your groups website. Be sure to email the ASG Technology Director for website access.

ASG Recognized Groups


64 Squares

We are dedicated to promoting chess in the Northwestern community by providing a comfortable chess-playing environment. We also present students with the opportunity to play in a chess league and in intercollegiate matches. We meet every Tuesday at 7 pm at Norris.

A&O Productions

A&O is Northwestern's all-campus programming group. We seek to enrich the lives of students, faculty, and staff by providing events such as concerts, speakers, comedians, and films.

AIESEC

AIESEC ("eye-sec") is the world's largest student-run (non-profit) organisation. We are present in over 95 countries, 1000 colleges, and have over 60,000 members! The local community at Northwestern is one of the most active in the world. AIESEC strives to promote cultural understanding through international exchange and campus events. We believe that global exchange of people will increase international awareness, remove cultural barriers, and groom future leaders. AIESEC matches students to go abroad to work on paid internships--contact us if you want a life-changing experience! AIESEC also organizes and sponsors many campus events relating to global business, development, and cultural awareness. Please visit http://aiesec.northwestern.edu for more information.

AdShop Inc.

AdShop is Northwestern University's Exclusive Advertising Agency that provides student organizations and Evanston businesses with effective, targeted, and innovative promotional materials while simutaneously providing students interested in marketing and advertising with a means to gain vital hands-on experience in those fields.

African American Theatre Ensemble

African Drum and Dance Ensemble

ADDE is Northwestern's first African Drum and Dance Ensemble. We perform mostly West African dances but we specialize in a number of different dances and drum techniques across the continent of Africa. Every spring we put on a yearly showcase of different African dances. No former experience in African drumming or dancing is necessary, but it would be helpful.

African Student Association (ASA)

The African Student Association is an organization of students dedicated to increasing Northwestern's cultural bank of knowledge and African awareness through entertaining and educational programming.

Alianza -- The Hispanic/Latino Student Alliance

The purpose of Alianza, the largest Hispanic/Latino student organization at Northwestern University, is to unite and support its members to work towards the advancement of an empowered, productive, Hispanic/Latino presence at this institution. Alianza is a cultural, educational, and social programming body, which also serves as a vehicle for activism.

Alpha Kappa Psi

Alpha Kappa Psi is America's first professional co-ed business fraternity.

Alternative Student Breaks

Alternative Student Breaks (ASB) seeks to educate Northwestern University students about specific social issues by immersing them in service-learning activities in a wide array of communities across the country (and world). A student-run, student-driven organization, ASB strives to encourage lifelong social action by involving, educating, and heightening students’ social awareness during their time at Northwestern.

Americans for Informed Democracy

AID is a non-partisan organization that seeks to raise awareness among students. AID fulfills its mission by coordinating town hall meetings on America's role in the world, hosting leadership retreats, and publishing opinion pieces and reports on issues of global importance. Through these efforts, AID seeks to build a new generation of globally conscious leaders who can shape an American foreign policy appropriate for our increasingly interdependent world.

Amnesty International - Northwestern University

Amnesty International is an internationally known human-rights advocacy group. Winning the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976, the group functions through community and student based groups that use various forms of advocacy to work for equal human rights around the globe. AI is independent of any government, political ideology, economic interest or religion.

Arts Alliance

Arts Alliance is the largest student theatre production company in the nation. We seek to expand the scope of theatre at Northwestern by creating and fostering an environment where students can develop their artistic and organizational abilities.

Asian Pacific American Coalition

APAC is a pan-Asian undergraduate student coalition that strives: to unify, empower, and serve as the political voice of the Asian/Asian American student population at Northwestern; to explore and educate the campus community about the Asian American experience; and to foster an Asian American identity within the student population.

Associated Student Government

ASG is a lobbying body that serves to empower students and to advocate on their behalf to the University. ASG is composed of elected senators representing every undergraduate student at Northwestern University. We have senators representing every residence hall, residential college, sorority, fraternity, off-campus students, and 22 student groups.

Asterik - All Male A Cappella

Asterik is Northwestern's premier all male a cappella group, founded in 1996. Check out our website or contact our General Director for information on our group, auditions, and upcoming shows!

BOOMSHAKA

Boomshaka is Northwestern's percussion/dance performance group. From hip-hop to tap, from just grooving to hard-core drumming, from singing to rhyming, Boomshaka does it all. Boomshaka has taken its funk, energy, and loudness to people all across the country, from Florida to New York - and even Toronto, Canada. Keep your eye on Boom as it continues to evolve.

Ballroom Latin and Swing Thing

BLAST - (Ballroom, Latin, And Swing Thing) promotes all types of social and competitive partner dancing at Northwestern. We offer classes varying from beginner classes for the novice to advanced classes for the experienced dancer. We also have a competition team that represents Northwestern University in the collegiate competitive ballroom circuit. In addition to the classes and competition team, our performance team puts on a spectacular show every spring quarter. We invite people within the university and from the surrounding community to participate in all parts of our organization.

Best Buddies

Bhangra Dance Team

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Brown Sugar

Brown Sugar is Northwestern's South Asian co-ed a cappella group, specializing in everything from contemporary Indian music to modern American pop, rock, and R&B.

Camp Kesem

Camp Kesem is a student-run summer camp program for children who have or had a parent with cancer, where campers build self-esteem and gain support from peers facing similar challenges.

Campus Greens/Activists

The Campus Greens/Activists seek to provide students with a politically liberal community, encourage students to engage in our democracy, and promote the ten key values of the Green Party: community-based economics, decentralization, ecological wisdom, feminism, future focus, grassroots democracy, non-violence, personal and global responsibility, respect for diversity, and social justice.

Campus Kitchen at Northwestern

The Campus Kitchen at Northwestern University is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to developing creative and effective solutions to hunger and education deficiencies in the greater Evanston area. By collecting excess food (that’s still safe to serve!) from on-campus dining facilities and local restaurants, we are able to provide 50,000 free and healthy meals each year to those in need. We then pair these meals with a range of educational programming, spanning from tutoring and mentoring to college preparation and culinary job training.

CaribNation

Northwestern's Caribbean Student Alliance is an organization for students of Caribbean descent, as well as all members of the NU community who are interested in the dynamic culture. It seeks to explore and preserve the culture through many types of on-campus programming.

Chinese Students Association

The Chinese Students Association is one of the first established Asian-American student groups at Northwestern. We aim to promote the awareness of Chinese culture while encouraging a social environment for students of all backgrounds. Our annual events include: Celebrasia, bowling nights, dances, dinner parties, and hosting famous guest speakers.

College Democrats

The College Democrats seek to stimulate political thought and activity at Northwestern, promote interest in governmental affairs, and advance the ideals and principles of the Democratic Party of the United States, Illinois, and Evanston. We do so by bringing engaging speakers to campus, assisting members in finding political experiences, and hosting interesting quarterly events.

College Feminists

It is College Feminists' mission to address the intersection of gender, race, sexuality and culture by initiating positive change in all social spaces. We believe in equal rights between women and men on all social, political and economic levels. College Feminists is a group of students determined to make the campus and the community aware of the issues all women face, including but not limite

College Republicans

College Republicans is Northwestern's student organization that supports the ideals of the Republican Party. We provide large-scale programming of conservative speakers, participate in campus forums and debates, and provide a social setting for conservative students.

Dance Marathon

Dance Marathon is one of the largest student-run philanthropies in the world. Every year, 600 students dance for 30 hours to raise funds and awareness for charity. This year, our primary beneficiary is Bear Necessities Pediatric Cancer Foundation, and Evanston Community Foundation is our secondary beneficiary.

Dead City Productions

Dead City Productions is a group of Northwestern students, alumni and their guests who participate in live-action roleplaying roughly every other week. LARPing, as we like to call it, is ideal for people who consider themselves "gamers" (you know who you are), as well as actors who enjoy the more improvisational side of acting.

Deeva Dance Troupe

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Dolphin Show

The Dolphin Show is America's largest student-produced musical, occurring annually in Cahn Auditorium on Northwestern's Campus. For its 67th annual production, The Dolphin Show proudly presents a modern retelling of THE WIZARD OF OZ. Over 150 students will work together to reinvent this timeless classic for audiences of all ages. POSITIONS AVAILABLE FOR ALL STUDENTS! Opening Night: January 23, 2009.

For Members Only - The Black Student Alliance at Northwestern

For Members Only serves as Northwestern University's premier Black Student Alliance. FMO serves to encourage political, social, cultural and intellectual unity and growth within Northwestern University's Black students and its broader community. FMO is the representative and political voice of Northwestern University's Black undergraduate student body.

Freshman Fifteen

Northwestern's tallest all-male a cappella group - buy their latest CD, "Game Time", on the iTunes Music Store right now!

Fusion Dance Company

Fusion Dance Company was started in 2002 and has grown to include a Dance Company of 31 talented girls and guys. Fusion performs Jazz, Tap and Ballet with an emphasis on HIP-HOP. Our annual Spring show contains about 20 full length pieces, all choreographed by Fusion Dancers.

Griffin's Tale

Every year, we work with Chicago area schools, taking children's creative works, turning them into songs and sketches, and performing them both at the schools and within the Northwestern community.

HIV Aids Literacy Organization (HALO)

Habitat for Humanity

Habitat for Humanity is a nonprofit, ecumenical Christian housing ministry. As an organization, Habitat seeks to eliminate poverty housing and homelessness from the world, and to make decent shelter a matter of conscience and action. Habitat invites people of all backgrounds, races and religions to build houses together in partnership with families in need. Habitat has built more than 250,000 houses around the world, providing more than 1 million people in more than 3,000 communities with safe, decent, affordable shelter. Habitat for Humanity Northwestern is a community service organization that sponsors Saturday building sites throughout the quarter. Our activities include painting, building, cleaning, and anything we can do to improve living conditions in the greater Chicagoland area.

Hillel

Welcome to Fiedler Hillel at Northwestern University, where Jewish life on campus is vibrant, engaging and exciting! We are the foundation of Jewish life at Northwestern University, with over 18 student groups, a quarterly magazine, exciting speakers such as Sarah Silverman and Andy Samberg, Israel programs, weekly free Shabbat dinner, as well as many ways to express your Judaism on campus.

Institute for Student Business Education

ISBE provides Northwestern Undergraduate Students with a diverse array of educational opportunities with the goal of helping them find and prepare for a career in business.

Japan Club

NU Japan Club is an organization for Japanese, Japanese American students and staffs, as well as anyone who is simply holds interest in Japanese language, culture, or simply want to meet people! (You don't need to be Japanese to be in the Japan Club)

Jewish Theatre Ensemble

The Jewish Theatre Ensemble exists to provide the Northwestern community with high quality entertainment and exposure to Jewish involvement in the arts. The organization aspires to challenge common perceptions and generate conversation relating to issues that fall within the resonance of the Jewish experience through artistic media with particular relevance to the Northwestern community. JTE will be involved in the celebration and education of Jewish culture on campus. In order to do this, The Jewish Theatre Ensemble will operate at a level of artistic excellence as well as encourage and support creative endeavors that promote Jewish themes in the arts.

Kaibigan (Filipino Students Association)

Kaibigan is a Northwestern student-run organization dedicated to promoting Filipino culture through education and exposure. The group fosters a sense of community providing a reliable and supportive environment for its members. Kaibigan is the Filipino word for friend.

Korean American Students Association

The Korean American Student Association is an organization that focuses on providing an open forum for the discussion and exchange of ideas concerning cultural and social aspects of Koreans and Korean Americans. KASA programming is geared toward accommodating the needs, concerns, and interests of students at Northwestern.

Lovers and Madmen

Lovers and Madmen is Northwestern's only student theatre group devoted to the exploration of the works of William Shakespeare and other Classical Theatre through readings, workshops, and activities, but primarily through fully mounted productions.

Mayfest

Mayfest offers Northwestern varied and exciting programming during the month of May. Mayfest's programming culminates with Armadillo Day, a day-long music festival.