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Hobby Council
Coordinator: Club Services
The Hobby Council represents a wide range of activities for UB students to enjoy. Whether you want to learn a new hobby, or want to continue your passion, this Council is the place for you. Our clubs range from music, fitness, creating, playing and anything and everything to help you unwind and relax after your academic studies.
Academic Bowl | Animation Production Club | Anime | Audubon Club | Chess Club | Cornhole Club | Cosplay | Creative Arts Club | Crochet Club | Debate Society | Drivers Club | Drone Club | EDM Club | Fashionista Club | Game Development Club | Glee | Guitar Club | Improv | Impulse Dance Force | Irish Dance Club | Kickline | Mini Golf Club | Mock Trial | Outdoor Adventure Club | Photo Club | Pie Club | Poetry Club | Pokemon Club | Roblox Student Association | Stand Up and Laugh | Step Troupe | Strategists and Role Players Association (SARPA) | Strength and Power | UB Mobile App Development Club | UB Musicians | Volume Up | Women's Fitness Club
Academic Bowl
The purpose and mission of the UB Academic bowl is to foster friendly, academic competition within the UB community; to compete in team and individual academic contests regionally and nationally; finally, to work to establish such competition as a means towards achieving a complete collegiate education.
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Animation Production Club
In Animation Production Club, we, as both producers of art and appreciators of the medium of animation and animated works, combine our skills (no matter how much experience) to make animated projects. This includes, but is not limited to: frame-by-frame animation, motion graphics, coded animation, drawing, storyboarding, character designing, background designing, color directing, voice acting, editing, music composing, and more. The main purposes of this club is to act as both a recreational community to all who might love animation, and a learning environment where we can help each other hone our skills and talents-- whether you are a graphic design student wanting to learn how to utilize motion graphics in your portfolio works, or have no experience with editing and animation and would like to learn how it works. No singular member will take on the load if they don't want to! Here we can all do and learn how to do a little bit of everything if one has the willingness to learn.
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| Date Established: 12-13-2024 | |
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Anime
- To introduce Japanese culture through Japanese anime.
- To bring together people with our common interest in anime.
- To provide and maintain a source of anime, though a library, to donors.
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| Location: | SU 303 |
| President: | Emma Russo |
| Vice President: | Luke Hauser Howells |
| Treasurer: | Ashly Perez |
| Secretary: | Maya Reynolds |
Cornhole Club
The purpose of this club is to provide students an opportunity to practice their cornhole skills and compete against other members of the club, all while meeting new people with whom they share a similar interest and enjoy themselves.
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| Date Established: 02-23-2023 | |
| President: | Thomas Baxter |
| Vice President: | Natalie Wright |
| Treasurer: | Chijindu Nwaigwe |
| Secretary: | Carter Klein |
Cosplay
1. To bring together people with a common interest in cosplay.
2. To educate and share different techniques of cosplay, be they sewing, crafting, or any other cosplay-related skill.
3. To assist in the creation or fabrication needs of any member by means of providing resources including work space, tools, fabrics, etc.
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| Date Established: 03-08-2023 | |
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Creative Arts Club
Creative Arts Club aspires to create an all-inclusive club for students at the University at Buffalo to create and learn art by providing educational, social, and recreational activities. This club will hold events for students to learn skills, volunteer, and eventually visit some local museums. We further promote diversity and inclusion by hoisting some events geared toward cultural art as well. Additionally, this club is a place to relax and enjoy yourself to take away the daily stresses of college life.
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| Date Established: 09-15-2022 | |
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Crochet Club
To provide students with a relaxing environment over the course of the academic semester to share our interests in crocheting/knitting, as well as decompress from the stress of school. The club will welcome any kind of student and does not discriminate against skill level in the craft; rather our focus is to bond and share skills related to crocheting!
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| Date Established: 03-19-2024 | |
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Debate Society
Debate Society will provide a structure for students to debate past and current topics or issues. The club will encourage students to actively research and evaluate current problems and present them in a parliamentary style debate.
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| President: | Nav Purewal |
| Vice President: | Leah Kurzdorfer |
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| Secretary: | Mason Thalheimer |
Drivers Club
We the enthusiasts, in order to form a more perfect car community, seek to promote the continuance of car culture in a safe and accepting environment. We aim to enable students that are interested in cars to experience and learn what it's like to work on cars without physically working on them. We would like to create a network of enthusiasts that can assist each other with any questions regarding cars while sharing experience and advice for a collective learning environment.
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| Date Established: 10-15-2021 | |
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Drone Club
This club seeks to introduce students to the creation, coding, and flight of First-Person View Drones (or FPV). Every year there is also a collegiate drone race that takes place with Universities across the US that we will train a team to compete in.
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EDM Club
The purpose of UB EDM Club is to bring together UB undergraduate students with a shared interest in EDM music. This club aims to bring these students together to attend local EDM events such as raves, host workshops so that students interested in music production can collaborate with each other, host weekly events such as album release listening parties or kandi making sessions, and to host our own raves on campus.
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| Date Established: 08-22-2023 | |
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Fashionista Club
The purpose of this club is to showcase our love for fashion. Showcase our photography, makeup, and fashion design skills. Bring body and diversity inclusivity into light within our showcases. Teach about the fashion industry and the good and bad surrounding it. For example, cultural appropriation within clothes. Learn how to sew, draw fashion designs, upscale thrift clothes, and how to model. all of this will bring the students closer together and build up everyone's confidence. Hold events such as runway shows, designing tote bags, decorating jeans, learning how to fashion illustrate, photoshoots, etc. Our meeting will help students destress and get to relax in a harmless and fun environment. We will build a close-knit community that is open for anybody to join. Many people that are interested in fashion are scared to fully commit to it, but with the fashionista club, they can explore and engage with the fashion world in a safe space with no consequences.
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| Date Established: 12-14-2021 | |
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Game Development Club
The purpose of the UB Game Development Club is to provide a space where students can learn about and discuss game design and development, and collaborate on student-led digital media/game projects.
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| Date Established: 04-24-2023 | |
| President: | Michael Ratel |
| Vice President: | Eli Zak |
| Treasurer: | Garrison BouchardFerdon |
| Secretary: | Everett Wong |
Glee
To provide entertainment to the University at Buffalo through music and singing and provide a safe and welcome environment for UB students to learn and hone their musical skills through voice and instrument.
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| Date Established: 09-08-2022 | |
| President: | Angelica Madrid |
| Vice President: | Aleena Thomas |
| Treasurer: | Sharon Guo |
| Secretary: | Shirley Chen |
Guitar Club
Our purpose as a club is to bring together guitarists of all different skill levels to gain experience and appreciation for guitar music. Our goal is to give guitarists a safe space to not only learn about guitar, but also jam together, connect with each other, and share experiences. Members will get to explore different genres and gain unique insight into the world of guitar. The guitar club is designed to share love for guitar and connect with individuals who are eager to learn about the art of guitar.
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Improv
To explore different form of improvisational theater; to create a relaxed and open creative environment with fellow students and to share improv with the University at Buffalo campus and its surrounding community; above all to foster a sense of fun in our members and audiences.
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| President: | Jacob Murphy |
| Vice President: | Abdiel Singh |
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Impulse Dance Force
Impulse Dance Force was founded in the Fall of 2004 by UB Alumni Samantha Sorrentino and Jaime Scheff. After observing a lack of dance classes available to non-dance majors, they sought to create a club that could incorporate any student at any level. Impulse is ran by students and functions much like a dance studio does. Every week we host numerous classes and at the end of the Fall and Spring semesters we put on a showcase for our friends and families. Styles of dance taught include jazz, ballet, pointe, tap, contemporary, modern, lyrical, hip-hop, and more! We welcome dancers of all skill levels! In addition, throughout the semester we host several social events and community service events – all great ways to meet your fellow IDF members and even help your community!
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| President: | Alex Cook |
| Vice President: | Natalie Alfano |
| Treasurer: | Joslyn Brown |
| Secretary: | Faith Theobald |
Irish Dance Club
To practice and learn Irish dance and hopefully perform. Possibly compete against other Irish dance teams in the collegiate Irish dance competitions such as the Villanova dance competition.
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| Date Established: 12-10-2021 | |
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| Treasurer: | Meghan Lancaster |
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Kickline
UB Kickline is a student-run dance club that combines movements of cheerleading and dance in an organized line dance. The club encourages the participation of all UB students to help promote school spirit across UB's campuses, express themselves through dance and meet new people.
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Mini Golf Club
The purpose of this club is to give students a break from schoolwork with a fun mini golf trip once a month. This will be good for mental health. We can also have meetings that can teach students fun facts about mini golf, and more information about the fun game.
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| Date Established: 12-05-2024 | |
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| Treasurer: | Jack Waldbauer |
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Mock Trial
- To promote the reputation of UBMT within the American College Mock Trial community and beyond
- To promote interest in Mock Trial at the University at Buffalo
- To equip interested and qualified participants with the skills and knowledge necessary to be competitive in American Mock Trial Competition
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| Location: | SU 316 |
| President: | Jess Williams |
| Vice President: | Will Wind |
| Treasurer: | Jacob Burgin |
| Secretary: | Isaac Ho |
Outdoor Adventure Club
The objectives of the OAC are to promote the enjoyment of the outdoors in a variety of venues and activities as well as educate about the aforementioned venues and activities and their associated safety thereof. The OAC will pursue these objectives through regularly scheduled meetings, activities, and projects.
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| Location: | SU 370 |
| President: | Kiara Williams |
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| Treasurer: | Owen Davidson |
| Secretary: | Tenzin Faulkner |
| Advisor: | Russ Crispell, crispell@buffalo.edu, 716-481-5406 |
Pie Club
The purpose of a Pie Club is to create a community of pie enthusiasts who come together to celebrate and enjoy all things pie-related. This includes organizing pie tastings, sharing baking tips through workshops, exchanging homemade pies, hosting pie contests, and even using their passion for pies to support charitable causes through fundraising activities. Ultimately, Pie Clubs aim to foster a sense of camaraderie among members who share a common love for both sweet and savory pies while enjoying social interactions and culinary exploration.
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| Date Established: 10-05-2023 | |
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Pokemon Club
To bring Pokémon fans together and foster and environment for fans to share their love of Pokémon with each other. As well as facilitate events in the prominent formats of Pokémon, being the video games and the Trading Card Game. Events for other mediums under the Pokémon umbrella will also be represented at smaller scale.
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| Date Established: 08-22-2023 | |
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Roblox Student Association
To make a community-focused group dedicated to connecting Roblox players to come together, share experiences, and learn from one another. We want to foster collaboration, creativity, and social connections within the Roblox platform. Recognizing that Roblox is more than just a gaming platform, the club will encourage members to build friendships, improve their game development skills, and explore new aspects of Roblox they may not have previously considered. It provides a sense of community for Roblox fans who want to deepen their involvement beyond simply playing games.
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| Date Established: 12-05-2024 | |
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Stand Up and Laugh
This club will act as our own on-campus stand-up comedy club; with opportunities for workshops and collaboration in building public speaking/performance skills, networking, and collaborating with other like-minded creatives, as well as, strengthen writing skills among members, and most importantly, be comfortable space for students to relax and laugh.
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| Date Established: 10-01-2021 | |
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Step Troupe
Our mission is To uplift the spirit of the University at Buffalo in the form of step and dance techniques. We are a competing step team that performs at events at the University at Buffalo as well as other schools around the area. We also participate in competitions in and out of state. ?
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| President: | Naana Asiedu |
| Vice President: | Aminah Ryan |
| Treasurer: | Denilsa Palacios |
| Secretary: | Kaelin Motsoasele |
Strategists and Role Players Association (SARPA)
In recognition of that historical, simulation, and role-play gaming is practiced by millions, the UB Strategies and Role Players Association exists to unify those gamers attending the State University of New York at Buffalo, and others from the surrounding community. The UB Strategists and Role Players Association will serve as a forum to meet other gamers, so that games, both short and long term, can be organized and enjoyed.
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| Location: | SU 303 |
| President: | Donald Hartel |
| Vice President: | Emma Russo |
| Treasurer: | Bryce Flynn |
| Secretary: | Taylor Stockmyer |
UB Mobile App Development Club
The purpose of the club is to facilitate a community of UB students who want to learn and build their own mobile apps, regardless of their experience or major. The club is to expose them to the industry and teach them about the ins and outs, fun things about mobile development. Our club is to facilitate an environment where UB students can learn, improve and practice their coding skills. We will teach members how to work with mobile development frameworks like React Native, Swift, Koitlin etc and how to build and deploy their first mobile app. We will hold guest speaker events where people from the Software Engineering field and Mobile Development can talk about their experience. We will build mobile app coding projects that every club member can get involved in and contribute to. We will hold collaboration events with other clubs and professional organizations, and determine how they can work along in collaboration with mobile app dev. We will hold weekly leet code practice sessions facilitated by tech leads, for any UB student regardless of major of background to practice and improve their leet code skills in preparation for their job search. We will hold workshops on UI/UX, Mobile Development Tools, Coding Languages, Project Management and etc. We will invite professors and researchers to talk about potential research opportunities, and their experiences. We will plan and build mobile projects to involve members from different majors, from planning, to design, and to implementation.
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| President: | Rohin Kumar |
| Vice President: | Ziang Chen |
| Treasurer: | Vilson Zheng |
| Secretary: | Tauhidur Anjan |
UB Musicians
The UB Musicians is where Buffalo's musicians come together to play music and meet other music lovers. In a no-pressure free jam environment, musicians of every caliber can use Jam Club to hone their skills and perform.
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| Club E-Mail: | ubsa-jam@buffalo.edu |
| Location: | SU 302 |
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Volume Up
Volume Up is a karaoke club that gathers undergrads who are interested in singing and having fun. The club aims to provide students with a creative outlet to express themselves and decompress after classes. In addition, the club will expose them to more artists and songs, offering a new perspective into the world of music.
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| Vice President: | Ruilin Fang |
| Treasurer: | Martins Oyebanji |
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Women's Fitness Club
The purpose of this group is to support and encourage women looking to engage in different fitness activities like yoga or hiking. While women are the focus of this group, the club is open to anybody willing to participate. Our goal is to build
community and reduce stress through group fitness and other bonding activities.
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| Date Established: 03-07-2024 | |
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| Vice President: | Abigail Freatman |
| Treasurer: | Shayna Uhl |
| Secretary: | Samantha Skowronski |