What else is there to do on campus? Plenty! If you can juggle your busy schedule, there are many on-campus activities that will give you a break from studying, help you connect with other students, be a learning experience outside the classroom, and help you build your resumé copy
Your studies come first, of course, but experts recommend that you try to find at least one extracurricular [beyond coursework] activity that you enjoy. It could be an occasional event, such as going to a play on campus, or a longer-term commitment to a club activity or sport.

Available activities at community colleges can range from drama clubs for budding actors to student government for future community leaders; from student newspapers and television stations for writers and technicians in training to men's and women's intramural (within the college) and intercollegiate (competitions with teams from other colleges) sports, such as basketball, baseball, football, or soccer.

Student clubs include clubs focused on career interests such as accounting or nursing, clubs organized by students from a particular ethnic or cultural group, arts groups, and community service clubs that focus on projects such as tutoring at-risk children or organizing a food drive, to name a few.

Check with your office of student life or student affairs to see what is available at your campus. At the beginning of each semester or quarter, there will likely be an activities fair on campus where you will be able to find out about extracurricular opportunities. Bulletin boards, college-wide emails, and online postings of events also keep everyone on campus up to date about what's going on.

Judith Martinez (Montgomery College, Maryland, Class of 2004) says, "If you can, definitely take part in extracurricular activities. It adds a lot to your college experience and can give you some great future connections. As president of the Student Ambassadors' Club, an extension of the alumni association, we did campus tours and helped raise money for the college. By representing the student body at alumni events, I met many of the college's graduates. I also played volleyball on the women's club team here just to relieve stress and stay sane. Athletic activities are a great way for students who are excellent athletes, but who weren't recruited by major colleges to continue playing and maybe get that second shot at playing for a four-year school."