Education Club

Blue Stool Talks

Description

The Blue Stool Project is a series of flash lectures given on the Champlain College campus, appearing in the central courtyard with a goal of addressing topics that might not normally come up in the classroom. This engaging, open conversation style of teaching/learning was conceived by Bob Selby and further refined during monthly occurrences.

Blue Stool talks are opportunities for Champlain College faculty and staff to share their passion for learning and ideas with students (and others) outside of the classroom. Students are encouraged to attend. The talks are meant to provoke thought, deepen understanding, and encourage listeners to reconsider ways of knowing. The topics may or may not be controversial in subject matter, but all aim to provide opportunities for listeners to learn.

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Champlain College Esports

Description

Champlain Club/College Esports (CCE) is a student run club that looks to provide a space for gaming and esports for all Champlain students who are passionate about gaming culture. We look to push the limits of esports and engage all students in club events that are centered around social interaction, fun, and of course, gaming. Being diverse and inclusive are our objectives as we look to make esports available to everyone and accommodate any game a student(s) want to build a team for. CCE is focused on gaming, esports, and bringing together a community of individuals who are passionate about video games.

Learn About Our Esports Program

Location

Visit Champlain Esports at Lakeside!

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Champlain Cybersecurity Club

Description

The Champlain Cybersecurity Club (CCSC) is an academic and social club focused on providing students with the opportunity to explore interesting topics within the realm of cybersecurity. This year, club leadership is focused on academic, personal, and professional development. Meetings are open to all majors, and we encourage students with alternative academic backgrounds to participate!

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Champlain Film Society

Description

Champlain Film Society allows students of all majors and years to connect and collaborate through a shared love of filmmaking. We provide equipment demos, guest speakers, and screening events as a way to build community among our members that will support them throughout their time at Champlain. Champlain Film Society also hosts the Semi-Annual Chauncey Awards, a hybrid screening and award show event, that gives students the opportunity to screen their work at the end of each semester.

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Champlain Lego Club

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The Champlain Lego club strives to bring a safe, welcoming environment to the Champlain College campus by using the wonderful world of Legos. In this club we meet weekly to socialize, relax, talk about Lego news, and of course build Legos! We also will host events for non club members to explore and engage with other creative minds to build legos and connections alike.

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Champlain Mathematics Club

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The Mathematics Club is for all students who are interested in mathematics and its applications to real life. We celebrate math, the joy that it can bring when you’re silly about it, and the positive impact it can have. Most of our meetings are explorations of strange or fun math topics. Every spring, we take students to The Hudson River Undergraduate Mathematics Conference, where they can give talks about any math-related topic they are passionate about. We also help throw the yearly Pi Day celebration in the library.

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Champlain Production Club

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The Production Club brings together students from several majors to produce a variety of video and audio content. We work on students’ passion projects that may fall outside the curriculum of classes. We also shoot videos for several local businesses to use on their websites and social media.

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Chivomengro

Description

Chivomengro aims to publish a monthly online collection of personal essays, satire, cultural commentary, and poetry written by Champlain students. The staff come together to produce content that speaks to both the broader college experience, and life at Champlain, specifically.

Chivomengro stays true to its commitment to the writer—contributors have the freedom to submit what they want. The editorial team takes great pride in publishing essays on the human experience, including reviews of pop culture, music, movies, and satire pieces. Chivomengro highly encourages submissions from Champlain College students and remains open for reading on a rolling basis.

Staff meet weekly to continue developing the upcoming issue, combining the efforts of student writers, editors, and artists. For information about meeting times and location, visit @chivomengro on Instagram.

For more information, visit the Chivomengro website!

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Claude Builder Club

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The Champlain Claude Builder Club is for future problem solvers. From learning ethical, responsible AI use to using Claude Code, we are trying to push the boundaries of extended thinking to leverage Claude as the next generation of career-ready professionals.

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Computer Science Club

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The Computer Science Club is a place for students passionate about programming to explore their interests with like-minded peers. We host puzzle nights, where we participate in events such as Advent of Code or LeetCode, topic nights, where we explore a computer science or programming-related topic together, and study nights where we chat about classes, homework, and projects we’re working on!

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D.R.E.A.M

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DREAM Club is dedicated to closing the opportunity gap by providing students with no-cost mentoring, educational enrichment, and experiential learning opportunities. We empower local youth to build leadership skills, achieve academic success, and explore new experiences, including outdoor adventures. Our club fosters a supportive community where every student can access the resources and relationships needed to reach their full potential. Join us to make a difference in your life and the lives of others!

Learn more about the regional DREAM organization.

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Digital Forensics Association

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The Digital Forensics Association (DFA) is a dynamic student organization that meets biweekly. Open to students and faculty from all divisions, DFA offers an engaging platform to explore the intricacies of investigating, analyzing, and recovering digital evidence from electronic devices and digital systems. Students hear from professionals currently working in the field, present on topics they have a passion for, and engage with others during fun interactive events such as hands-on Capture The Flag (CTF) challenges, hardware hacking nights, and pizza and movie nights!

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Environmental Club

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The Environmental Club unites students from all majors to improve and preserve our green spaces! We organize volunteer opportunities, educational experiences, and outdoor fun! Everyone is welcome!

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GART Club

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Welcome to GART (Game Artists R Tight) CLUB! This club is open to every major with a focus on the Game Art industry, classes, and events! We meet weekly for co-work sessions, promote each other’s art, give constructive feedback, and work together to create the best versions of both our art and ourselves!

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International Business Club

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The International Business Club hosts weekly round-table discussions about international experiences and events, fostering critical thinking and diverse perspectives. These events are meant to form shared meaning and allow students to develop their ideas in a casual environment.

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Musical Theater Club

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Musical Theater club is a space for students interested in participating or learning about musical theater and what goes into a theater performance. Our club will teach acting, singing, and dance techniques as well as tech work! We will perform musical performances that every student can participate in. Every student is welcome no matter their theater experience!

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Phi Alpha Honor Society

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Phi Alpha Social Work Honors Society is a nationally affiliated honor society. We host academic scholarship and social work activities centered on social justice and humanitarian values. Students in this group get to engage in on campus and community-based activities that support scholarly recognition and professional readiness. We support a culture of achievement and inclusion in everything we do.

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Psychology Club

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The Psychology Club serves as an opportunity for all students to get involved with psychology regardless of their major. Within this club, students participate in meaningful discussions about psychology topics of interest, host events that promote community and campus wellbeing, and serve as a resource for community opportunities and psychology news. Meetings are hosted biweekly, in addition to external opportunities that are offered.

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Stiller Women in Business

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Stiller Women in Business is a group of students who are committed to giving women and other marginalized communities within the business world a safe space to hang out and talk about classes and other activities on campus. You do not have to be female identifying or a business major to participate in the club. Our goal is to explore, transform, and ignite the business world, and this starts with us. Through the combined efforts of its members and leaders in the business community, SWIB strengthens their professional expertise to positively impact their careers and society.

Our Mission:

To Explore, Transform, & Ignite the Nature of Women in Business, Now and in the future.

What We Do!

Meetings | Networking Events | Skills Panels/Workshops | Mentor Program | Partnership Events with Speaking from Experience, WEI & More!

Why We Do It!

Passionate individuals | Being female role models in our field | Credibility | Encouraging confidence in a safe space | Leaving a legacy & foundation for future students | Changing the image of women in the business world | Elevating the community | Mentoring | Feasible Journey | Ability to reach out to local community | Having a voice | Resources | Making an impact in our lives & our community

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Students Demand Action

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Students Demand Action is a network within Everytown for Gun Safety that reaches out to passionate students and channels their energy into the fight against gun violence. Our generation has grown up in gun violence that has worsened even through the COVID-19 pandemic. We should not fear for our lives at school, sporting events, or concerts. Gun violence needs to end, which is why we are going to educate and prepare students and registered voters and work together to advocate for safer schools, homes, and cities.

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The Crossover

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Written by students, for students.

The Crossover is a digital publication serving as the “Intersection of News, Arts, and Culture at Champlain College.” It provides an honest and independent view of Champlain’s campus and culture through an authentic and informative perspective by researching relevant issues and events while following open and transparent reporting practices.

Four main categories allow for a diverse platform of featured stories:

• News pieces include relevant happenings around campus—and sometimes at the national level—that provide critical information to the Champlain community.
• Feature pieces are human-interest stories with in-depth research and careful planning.
• Opinion pieces delve into the unique views of the students writing them.
• Culture pieces showcase the social atmosphere on campus, as well as the city of Burlington, including reviews and advice columns.

The Crossover’s staff is made up of writers, section editors, copy editors, photographers, artists, a social media manager, and an editor-in-chief. If you want to join our team, or contribute a story, email champlaincrossover@gmail.com with your pitch or completed draft for feedback!

Got a hot tip? The “Tip Us Off” section allows the Champlain community to submit anonymous news/tips to The Crossover.

Visit our website.

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The Well

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The Well is an evolving, collaborative publication produced by Champlain students enrolled in the Professional Writing Program’s Magazine Publishing course (WRT-215). Topics and themes vary each semester, as students take charge and mold each issue in accordance with their collective priorities and interests.

Students oversee every aspect of The Well, contributing to its written content, design, editing, and marketing. One issue is published each semester the course is offered.

Read local coverage of the inaugural publication of The Well in Seven Days here.

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Willard & Maple

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Willard & Maple is the oldest running student publication on campus. Champlain’s student-run literary magazine, publishes annual issues that feature visual art, poetry, short fiction, and nonfiction each year. Its mission is to broadcast the diverse and powerful voices in the Champlain community out to the world.

Willard & Maple is a small but mighty board of editors coming from all majors at Champlain College. We meet throughout the year to review and critique creative work submitted anonymously by other students. At the end of the year, we compile all of the edited pieces into a professionally printed and published literary and fine arts magazine.

Willard & Maple accepts submissions from the Champlain community. Guidelines for submissions are on its website, as is a link to W&M’s Submittable page. Willard & Maple staff engage in a democratic voting process to determine acceptances.

The Willard & Maple office is not a traditional college-magazine workplace. Students completely take charge of the editorial process, and the review board for submissions is entirely composed of young writers. Nobody’s here to pour coffee and punch copy.

Interested in joining? Email willardandmaple@champlain.edu —the staff is looking forward to connecting with you

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Women in Cybersecurity

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The Champlain College Women in CyberSecurity (WiCyS) Chapter is all about building community, exploring tech, and having fun while doing it. We host hands-on workshops, challenge-based activities, and networking events that let students try out new cybersecurity skills beyond the classroom. Our chapter also runs outreach events for local high school students, and members are welcome to get involved and help inspire the next generation of cybersecurity enthusiasts. Plus, members gain access to amazing opportunities through the national WiCyS network, like attending the annual conference to meet industry pros and explore career paths. And of course, no event is complete without good food and fun merch! We meet Mondays from 6–8 p.m. Check the ITS Clubs calendar and the ITS Clubs Discord for event locations and updates.

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Women In Film

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Our goal is to create a welcoming space for women and non-binary people working in film to get to know each other and feel supported. We do demos, screen movies, work on projects together, and more!

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Womxn in Technology

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The Womxn in Technology Club offers a safe and supportive space for students who are considered minorities in the field of technology. While the club mainly focuses on the experiences of students who are minorities in regard to gender (female-identifying and gender non-conforming), all students are welcome. Diverse experiences and perspectives are what our club is all about! Join us for a mix of community building and technical nights, where we invite guest speakers, talk about different technologies folks are interested in, and do hands-on educational activities and labs.

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