Student Organizations

Model United Nations
The Model UN is an organization of students interested in international political and economic issues. During fall semesters, the group organizes, hosts and staffs a gathering of area high school students who choose to represent various nations and simulate the roles of those nations within the context of the UN deliberative process. During spring semesters, the group members do some role-playing or their own, as they travel to St. Louis to take part in the Midwest Model United Nations simulation.
Web site: http://cstl.semo.edu/modelun/
Faculty Advisor:  Dr. Steve Swindle

Pi Sigma Alpha Honor Society
Pi Sigma Alpha, the national honor society in political science, is open to those who have completed 10 hours in political science course work with a 3.0 grade point average. In addition, one must have a 3.0 cumulative grade point average.
Faculty Advisor:  Dr. Steve Swindle

Political Science Club
The Political Science Club is open to students with interests in Political Science. The Club holds bi-weekly meetings and sponsors a variety of events on campus. These include guest speakers, voter registration drives, and mock elections. The Club is also included in the annual departmental picnic.
Faculty Advisors:  Dr. Rick Althaus, Dr. Brian Smentkowski

Political Theory Club
The Political Theory Club is an interdisciplinary Southeast student organization. The club focuses on the critical discussion of particular perennial normative concepts in Western political philosophy, such as equality, justice, community, authority, liberty and rights as they are articulated in the great classic works of outstanding thinkers, including Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Smith, Rousseau, Montesquieu, Burke, Mill, Hegel and Marx.  Club members are often invited to attend professional conferences, where they have the opportunity to present papers. In the past, student members of the club attended or presented papers at the Democracy: Ancient and Modern Conference at Georgetown University, the annual national meeting of the American Political Science Association, the annual national meeting of the National Social Science Association, the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, the annual meeting of the Missouri Political Science Association, and the Student Research Conference at Southeast.
Faculty Advisors:  Dr. Mitchel Gerber

College Democrats
The College Democrats organization is open to students who have an interest in the Democratic party.
Faculty Advisor:  Dr. Rick Althaus

College Republicans
The College Republicans organization is open to students who have an interest in the Republican Party.