Student Clubs & Organizations (as of Spring 2020)
Ampersand
Ampersand is the biannual, student-produced publication of Webster University, funded by the School of Communications. Focused on student life, the magazine has a circulation of 1,500 to 2,000 issues which are enjoyed free of charge by students, faculty and staff. The magazine is distributed at the end of each semester on the St. Louis campus. The Ampersand App is available from the iTunes and Google Play stores. The class that produces the Ampersand is called Magazine Production JOUR 4390 and is offered Thursday nights Fall and Spring semesters.
We are a hybrid class, however, we have met face to face so far (Thursday nights) We may go virtual on some nights depending on our agenda.
We are not printing a magazine this semester due to COVID rules, but we will be pushing out the student work via website and social media.
Faculty Adviser: Karen Burch
Editors: Micah Barnes, Kara Blacksher
Contact Email: websterampersand@gmail.com
Website: websterampersand.com
Facebook: Webster Ampersand
Instagram: @ampersand.magazine
Twitter: @WU_Ampersand
Anime Club
We seek to create a safe space for "nerds" and "geeks" of all stripes. Our main interest is the viewing of Anime. The club will include meetings for Cosplay as determined by interest.
The meetings will be held remotely through a Discord server, https://discord.gg/AhzhKHh at the usual time of Thursdays at 9:30pm, except for certain holidays and breaks.
For online events, the club has nothing planned currently
Faculty Adviser: Michael Long
President: Tony Golden
Vice President: Susan Kness
Treasurer: William Legens
Audio Engineering Society (AES)
Webster University’s Audio Engineering Society is a student-run organization that produces live events, concerts, an annual AES Summit, and of course, records! We have weekly meetings every Tuesday in the Sverdrup building, Room 123, from 3:00pm - 4:00pm. Since this is a student run organization, we encourage everyone to come and participate, regardless of major!
Forensics & Debate
The Webster University Forensics and Debate Team, part of the School of Communications, is one of the most competitive in the country. Typically, the team participates in 10 to 15 tournaments a year, mixing regional and national events to diversify the experience.
We are excited about what we will learn on this virtual journey. We believe that the skills we learn as we compete in virtual tournaments, on multiple platforms, all created exclusively for forensics, will be skills that will carry the students into their careers and will help them to become leaders in their chosen fields. Our students are up for the challenge of the year. We plan to call this year “Forensics Around the Nation” as we are not limited by geography in where we can travel this year since it is virtual travel. We plan to attend tournaments in Florida, California, Colorado, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, and Texas. We also plan to host two virtual tournaments, a virtual trivia night, a virtual campus debate watch (presidential debate), and we are hoping to add other virtual campus events.
Faculty Adviser: Gina Jensen
Faculty Adviser: Tom Serfass
President: John Wallis
Vice President: Zoe Rollins
Facebook: Webster Forensics
Instagram: @websterforensics
The Galaxy Radio
The Galaxy Radio is Webster University's student-run radio station. Our mission is to create a united community environment of passionate individuals, while striving to provide quality radio to our listeners. We are your station, your voice, The Galaxy Radio.
(Position we are currently interviewing for) (as of 9/10/2020)
• Music Director
• Web Designer
• Community Affairs Director
• Production Director
• The Galaxy manager meetings will continue to be held weekly (this year they will be on Zoom). • DJ Meetings will be held on Zoom monthly
• This year’s station focus is on discovering new ways to serve Webster students on air and a stronger social media presence. Focus items include: Searching for impactful syndication programming, besides student DJ’s hosting music they are passionate about we intend to identify local music for airing, create block programming that covers a wider variety of music including jazz, blues world music, and other genres of interest to students that are not typically heard on commercial radio. We will look to identify student talent and projects and their creativity and skills with an honorable mention piece or actual airing of student work (when provided), promoting podcasts of students and faculty, presentation of campus and local news, campus event announcements, stronger promotion of station through social media, flyers and on air and a call for students to participate at the station. While station promotions that encourage gathering listeners are important, we are aware of the challenges that Covid 19 pose and will spend the majority our promotional focus on building and promoting the station’s image as opposed to gathering students together this year.
• My goal for the station continues to be empowering all students involved with encouragement and support of their ideas for growing the radio stations identity. Assisting students with researching and finding new ideas and challenges that not only help students with the promotion of their show and the station but in future decision-making processes too. This plan includes guest speaker seminars (on Zoom) from radio professionals and other college campus management symposiums (through Zoom) and possible faculty involvement.
Student Media Coordinator: Jim Singer (Office #: 314-246-7783)
Station General Manager: Matt Pdjeski
Promotions: Hannah Myers
Website: thegalaxyradio.com
Facebook: The Galaxy Radio
Instagram: @wugalaxyradio
Twitter: @thegalaxyradio
Game Development Club
The club is still operating this year! If you are new to Webster University, the Game Development Club is a campus organization dedicated to building portfolios as well as building skills important to game production! We accept students of all majors, and we make use of the following skills:
• Programming
• Art (2D/3D)
• Game Design
• Writing
• Music & Sound Design
You do not have to be a master of any of these skills! Again, the purpose of the club is to hone these skills. We intend to make at least one game each semester that we upload to Itch for students to share!
Again, we meet virtually on Mondays at 2:00 PM on our Discord server! Not a good time? That’s alright, join the server anyway, we can make it work! Here’s a link: https://discord.gg/fjasMbH
President: Rebekah Myers
The Journal
Webster University's bi-weekly student-run newspaper. Providing our readership with up-to-date Webster news, online and off. We are the news source for Webster University. We have won hundreds of awards throughout our more than 30 years of publication and have been nominated for the prestigious Pacemaker award 4 times with one win. Please pick up our latest edition every other Wednesday afternoon.
This semester, The Journal is completely online, publishing a bi-weekly digital edition, as well as covering breaking news and other news developments on a regular basis. The Journal is also taking the opportunity to focus on creating a stronger digital presence by enhancing its online and multimedia offerings.
The staff meets on its own every Monday evening to brainstorm and discuss story ideas. On alternating Tuesday nights, the core staff is in the newsroom (Room 116) to work on completing and publishing the following day’s edition.
Faculty Adviser: Trish Muyco-Tobin
Editor-In-Chief: Jenna Jones
Managing Editor: Cassidy Waigand
Contact Email: websterjournal@gmail.com
Website: websterjournal.com
Facebook: Webster Journal
Instagram: @websterjournal
Twitter: @WebsterJournal
Latent Image Photography Club
The official photography club of Webster University. The Latent Image Photo Club promotes, enhances, and furthers photographic knowledge, involvement, and opportunities within the Webster community and student body. The club sponsors activities such as guest speakers, photo contests, demonstrations, group gallery shows, local field trips, club visits to gallery openings and weekend trips to Chicago. Latent Image will regularly meet on the last Wednesday of every month (unless, noted otherwise). Meetings will begin at 9:30 pm to allow for students enrolled in night classes to attend, and will be held in Sverdrup Building, room 260.
Faculty Adviser: David Moore
Contact Email: latentimage.wu@gmail.com
Facebook: Latent Image Photo Club - Webster University
Instagram: @latentimage.wu
Marketing Communications Club (MCC)
MCC acts as a bridge between college and the professional world. Students develop leadership skills by organizing guest speaker events, attending conferences, networking with advertising professionals, and touring agencies. The club also offers an opportunity to make lasting friendships with students interested in careers in marketing communications.
Currently inactive with the number of students that graduated last year--I have just a few members who were not officers. Not planning to do anything this semester other than a monthly email. It's just too hard without the ability to meet. maybe I will consider a zoom meeting.
Faculty Advisers: Barry Smith
Contact Email: mcc@webster.edu
Facebook: MCC: Marketing Communications Club
Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)
The Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA) is the foremost organization for students interested in public relations and communications. PRSSA is made up of more than 11,000 students and advisers organized into 300 plus Chapters in the United States, Argentina, Colombia and Peru. We are headquartered in New York City, and led by a National Committee of PRSSA and PRSA members. We have a rich history of support from our parent organization, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), which offers professional development, networking opportunities and news. PRSSA helps you enhance your education, broaden your network and launch your career in public relations.
PRSSA continues in hiatus this year
Faculty Advisers: Gary Ford
Facebook: Webster University PRSSA
Instagram: @websterprssa
Special Interest Group on Graphics & Interactive Technique (SIGGRAPH)
Webster University SIGGRAPH is a nationally recognized student chapter that has a wide range of interest in digital arts. We learn from each other and professionals in the industry through workshops and speakers at our weekly meetings. We work with a wide variety of mediums including animation, film, web and game design.
SIGGRAPH will be continuing online with critique nights, art games, game nights, and more. They are also planning to bring in alumni and speakers for virtual talks and will be planning Kinematifest for Spring.
Faculty Adviser: Chris Aaron
President: Laurel Kratz
Officer: Rachel Meister, Danielle Kessels
Website: wusiggraph.com
Facebook: Webster University SIGGRAPH
Instagram: @webster_siggraph
Twitter: @wusiggraph
Sports Media & Analytics Club
Sports Media and Analytics Club provides students with a safe and friendly environment to watch and discuss current topics in Sports. We provides speakers, workshops, and opportunities to attend and present at conferences to further club member’s goals of working in either the sports media or sports analytics fields. We will also provide opportunities for interested students to compete in media and analytics competitions run by the various sports entities. Podcast can be found on Apple and Google Podcasts and Spotify under “SMAAC Talk”
For this semester all of our events will be virtual and we are planning to have (at a minimum) 2 guest speakers and a virtual trivia/game night.
Faculty Adviser: Allison Levin
Co-Presidents: Tyler Merkle, Zach Goodman
Treasurer: Jordan Smevoll
Media/ Publicity: Arianna Arias
Instagram: @wusportsclub
Twitter: @wu_smaac
TTRPG Club
TTRPG Club is for those who like storytelling and being creative through the form of TTRPG’s such as: D&D, Fiasco, Pathfinder, Dungeon world, and more. We hope to bring students together and create a community for people who like table top role playing games and have a fun time playing. The club does sessions of TTRPG’s with rotating GM’s and players while encouraging story and puzzle solving. We meet two days a week each with there own session so that you do not have to come to both, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 7:00 Pm-10:00 Pm.
Faculty Adviser: Mike Breault
President: Jacob Harshaw
Vice President: Tony Farmer
Treasurer: Danni Exler