Student Organizations and Activities
Students are encouraged to participate in IIT‟s spirited campus life. Taking part in organizations and activities is considered an integral part of an IIT education. The Office of Student Life affirms that the co-curricular experience broadens your interests, helps develop leadership skills, and provides the opportunity to interact with others to build the IIT community. Student membership on executive boards of all registered student organizations is open to full-time, regularly enrolled students in good academic standing. However, general membership in student organizations is open to all full-time and part-time undergraduate and graduate students. The Office of the Dean of Students and the Office of Student Life encourage your participation in student organizations.
For more information, call the Office of Student Life at 312.567.3720 or e-mail student.life@iit.edu.
Other Leadership Opportunities
Students are often asked to participate in search committees for academic and administrative positions, university committees for such areas as the alcohol policy, campus life and discipline. Weekly workshops on student leadership and engagement are offered by the Office of Student Life. These programs are designed to reenergize and rejuvenate organization members, as well as to provide training for new and returning leaders. Sessions also enable participants to reestablish ties with other student organizations and to meet students, faculty and staff from other areas of campus. In addition to the organizations described above, some others exist to promote various student interests. Anyone interested in forming a new organization should contact the Office of Student Life at 312.567.3720.
Service and Leadership Awards
At an annual spring dinner, the Clinton E. Stryker Distinguished Service Awards are presented to students, and occasionally others, who have made notable contributions to campus life. The Richard F. Babcock Leadership Award, established in 1995, honors an outstanding sophomore or junior who has displayed significant leadership ability. It is presented at the Stryker dinner and carries a cash award. Criteria for these awards and others can be found on the IIT Student Affairs website www.iit.edu/student_affairs, or by contacting the Office of the Dean of Students.
Additional awards are presented to students in the fall for academic achievement and notable contributions to campus life. The Lincoln Academy Student Laureate award honors an outstanding senior from each of the four-year degree granting institutions of higher learning in Illinois. The award winner receives the Student Lincoln Academy Medallion and thereby becomes a Student Laureate. The recipients attend a special ceremony held in the House of Representatives of the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois. The Who’s Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges award honors outstanding campus leaders for their scholastic and community achievements. Who’s Who has furthered the aims of higher education by rewarding and recognizing individual academic excellence on a national level. With the support of prominent educational institutions in all sections of the country, this program is today a true reflection of the caliber of the American college student.