The Musician Club is one way students can get active with the music scene or learn an instrument that they have always wanted to play.
By: Joe Ray
-Asst. Online Editor-
Student Life helps get students away from the everyday school work that happens at STLCC-Meramec. There are plenty of clubs around campus where students can get involved in their favorite hobby or activity.
The Musician Club is one way students can get active with the music scene or learn an instrument that they have always wanted to play.
Gary Gackstatter, who is the coordinator of music at Meramec, leads the Musician Club.
“To be a college music department, we need people from the college be involved in it. A lot of students here and community members need to get involved too,” Gackstatter said.
“They don’t know we have a really fun choir, a great orchestra, an outstanding symphonic band and a great jazz band that perform twice a semester here on campus.”
Gackstatter also said through the members of the music club, he believes the concerts can create a bigger audience and may help get the community involved.
Anyone can join, even if someone just has a love for music. People that are interested in joining can contact Gackstatter or Jerry Myers.
One club that is heavily involved on the Meramec campus is the International Club, which is known for their fundraising and performances on campus. The International Club is one way to discover the different cultures that are part of the campus.
Vidyullata Waghulde, Ph.D., associate professor for the physical science department, is one of the moderators for the International Club.
“We have students from all different cultures and from all over the world,” Waghulde said. The goal of the International Club, according to Waghulde, is to increase the cultural diversity and get everyone involved to understand different cultures and be more humane to people.
“The International Club is also part of service learning. Many of our students are ESL (English as Second Language) students. We have an international banquet, where we bring in food from the different countries and usually bring in 300 people from the community,” Waghulde said.
Anyone can join the International Club, which meets every other Friday in room SC 201, during the fall and spring semesters.
The Theatre Club is another club on campus that tries to get everyone involved. It is a club that coincides with the Theater Program.
Michelle Rebello, theatre professor at Meramec, leads the Theatre Club.
“The club works as an extracurricular program, that helps to prepare for any plays that are going on at Meramec. It is important for the theatre to also have a club that supports our program,” Rebello said.
The clubs also support services to the community as well as provide a social function, according to Rebello. The Theater Club meets in either the Green Room or studio in TH 112 on Friday afternoons. People interested in joining Theatre Club should contact Rebello.
There are many more clubs that are a part of Student Life. For a full list of clubs, visit, http://stlcc.edu/MC/Campus_Life.html or visit Campus Life in room 220 in the Student Center.
