The Christian Union welcomes all new members to join up and get involved in a diverse range of activities. Our weekly main meeting gives us the opportunity to fellowship together and hear sound bible teaching in a relaxed atmosphere. Other activities range from prayer meetings and bible study groups to celebration dinners, club BBQs and The Night Train. Our club has something for everyone who wants to find out about God or grow in their Christian faith and share it with others.
For more information, contact club president Aaron Jaraba or visit the Christian Union website.
The D-argh! Games and Anime club specialises in anime and a wide variety of hobby games. It aims to provide members with regular anime screenings and to enable them to see more anime and play more games.
For more information, contact Daniel Spain or visit the D-argh! website.
The Deakin ALP Club of Geelong is a group of progressive, engaged and active students looking to make a difference by getting involved in the political scene and supporting the policies and candidates of the Australian Labor Party. The club holds regular meetings and events with guest speakers, gets involved in campaigning in and around Geelong and also contributes ideas in policy forums. Contact club president Liam Rodger for more information.
The Deakin Climbing Club caters to climbers of all standards and skill by offering members a variety of both indoor and outdoor climbs throughout the year. We also have our own kayaks and cater for keen hikers and snow skiers among other fun outdoor activities. The club runs a number of day and weekend trips to great climbing and outdoor adventure sports locations throughout Victoria.
For more information, contact Claudia Garschke.
The Deakin Commerce Students Society (DCSS) is one of Deakin's largest and most active student societies. The DCSS has a goal to enhance the quality of academic life and career prospects for students and to expand professional, academic and social networking opportunities. We do this by running several social events such as the Deakin Geelong's largest annual ball, pub crawls, trivia night and also several career oriented events to set you up for the future.
For more information, please contact Jason Stockdale or visit the DCSS website at http://www.dcss.org.au
The Deakin Engineering Society (DES) is one of the most active clubs at Deakin in Geelong. The club provides guest speakers and information nights and is a must for aspiring engineers and all students wanting to meet new people.
For more information, contact Nathan Kerr or visit the DES website.
The Deakin Movies Club aims to get like minded people together to watch movies in a theatre like atmosphere. Watching movies and organising trips to the movies will be the major activities of the club. Movies will be screened on the Waurn Ponds campus as well as trips organised to Melbourne and Geelong cinemas. DMC will be good for socialising and lots of fun for all movie freaks! Contact our club president, Mohan, via email for more info.
Want to play soccer for Deakin? Then join the Deakin Ducks Football Club! We currently field 3 men's teams and 1 women's team in the FFV GRFA league (Geelong area) and run four major social functions throughout the year. Training is on Tuesday's and Thursday's from 6pm - 7.30pm. For more information, email Gregg Duff or Ben Harkin or check out http://www.facebook.com/DeakinSoccer
The club was established for 'late starters' at the University to provide a network for students aged 21 and over. The club offers mutual support, information sharing, study support and social activities all designed to ensure that returning to study is a positive and fun experience.For more information, contact Crockett Cooke via email or phone 0405 254 187.
The Deakin Law Students Society (DLSS) is the largest and most established student society at Deakin University with over 1500 student members. Members enjoy a "BarCard", granting free entry to all Geelong nightclubs and discounts to over 50 local businesses. We provide a full calendar of academic competitions and career based events. In addition we offer some of Deakins' best social functions such as our annual Law Ball, Trivia Night, Booze Cruise and Pub Crawl. We aim to promote Deakin's law graduates to successfully merge then into the legal fraternity and beyond.
For more information, contact James Turnbull
Juggernauts is a university social society which is open to all university and non-university students, regardless of course studied. We plan to have large events differing from the traditional club activities seen at the university, including a massive event in April, as well as many random social nights throughout the year.
For more information, contact Steph Neilsen or visit the Juggernauts website.
Medusa is a student society for the School Of Medicine. Medusa membership is open to all Deakin students and it offers a wide range of services including many formal and informal social events throughout the year, academic support, professional development evenings and assistance with community and global outreach projects. For more information regarding Medusa and our upcoming events and activities, head to our website at www.medusa.org.au
NOMAD is involved in the promotion of health care practice in regional, rural and remote regions of Victoria and Australia to students in healthcare and health related fields. There are great networking opportunities for other students who come from a regional, rural or remote background as well as with students who are passionate about bringing healthcare to these areas.
There are skill building trips and events as well as volunteer. We also run multi-disciplinary nights with guest speakers on issues relevant to rural healthcare and health in general. These are great opportunities to mix with students who are studying a wide variety of disciplines within the healthcare field. For further information please contact secretary.nomad@gmail.com or visit the Nomad website.
DUPS provides Deakin students interested in philosophy with a network where they can socialise with other students with similar interests and also learn skills relevant to both their career and academic study.
For more information, contact Dylan Nickelson or visit the DUPS website.
Deakin Public Relations Society is a club that encourages students to mix both the social and professional aspects of university life. It was founded on the basis that students were encouraged to have a great time while building important professional affiliations throughout their studies.
For more information, contact pradsociety@gmail.com
Verandah is a club that brings together book lovers, writers, readers, artists and designers to form a creative community in which members can support each other with their creative passions and appreciate the many forms of literature and art. Contact club secretary Bianca Walker for more information.
The Waurn Ponds Cricket Club is based at the Waurn Ponds (Geelong) campus only, and provides students and non-students of any sex, age, race or religion with the opportunity to enjoy both competitive and social grade cricket. Our turf and hard wicket training and playing facilities are ranked in the best within the Geelong region.
For more information, contact Luke Hudgson or visit the WPCC website.