Leadership
Student Organizations
There are over 150 different clubs and organizations for students on campus. If you are interested in getting involved, all you have to know is what interests you! All club and organization involvement starts on Involve. Download the application today and see what clubs at UW Oshkosh interest you.
Browse our list of organizations, if you don’t find what you’re looking for, start your own! Contact the OSG (Oshkosh Student Government) for more information.
Organization Training
This training is mandatory for at least one member and open to all members of any recognized organizations and clubs sponsored by the Oshkosh Student Government on campus. The training session will cover student orientation materials and provide workshop sessions that cover a variety of needs. The organization or club’s advisors are welcome to attend.
Workshop Wednesday
The Workshop Wednesday Leadership Series is a day-time leadership initiative coordinated by Reeve Union Student Involvement to offer opportunities for students to attend workshops throughout the year. Professionals across campus collaborate to offer workshops that will enhance participant’s leadership skills to provide professional development highly encouraged for successful employment after college. Many of these sessions could be added to a participant’s resume to promote their critical thinking abilities and leadership skills development.
Alternative Break
An Alternative Break is a trip where a group of 9 college students engage in volunteer service over a University break period. Each trip has a focus on a particular social issue, such as (but not limited to) education, privilege, health education and sustainability. Students learn about the social issues and then perform service projects with local non-profit organizations. Alternative Breaks challenge students to critically think and react to problems faced by members of the communities in which they are involved.
National Society of Leadership and Success
NSLS is the nation’s largest leadership honor society. Students are selected for membership based on either academic standing or leadership potential. Candidacy is a nationally recognized achievement of honorable distinction. With 596 chapters, the Society currently has 869,403 members nationwide. NSLS is a group of students that attends live speaker broadcasts, participates in leadership training and experiences the benefits of success networking teams. The overall goal is to attain leadership and life skills that will provide them with the tools to achieve personal and professional goals.
Oshkosh Student Government
The Oshkosh Student Government (OSG) is the UW Oshkosh student government that represents all students on institutional policies in academic and non-academic areas. Originally created in 1959, the OSG, formerly referred to as the OSA (Oshkosh Student Association), the OSG let’s all students participate in shared governance.
The State of Wisconsin, and the UW System uniquely extends the opportunity for all students to provide input on the operations of UW Oshkosh. Student governance is dedicated to fostering student voices on campus, the OSG provide’s representation for Recognized Student Organizations (RSO’s) at Town Halls and university committees. The OSG Senate is the legislative body and provides students an opportunity to represent themselves as an RSO, committee member, or as a Senator.
Greek 101
Greek 101 is a one-day leadership retreat for new members of fraternities and sororities. The objectives include: getting to know other new members in the fraternity/sorority community, team building and building awareness of issues facing fraternities and sororities. This event is facilitated by undergraduate student leaders in the greek fraternity/sorority community.
Order of Omega
Order of Omega is an honor society for members of Greek organizations. The organization recognizes juniors and seniors who have exemplified high standards in the areas of scholarship, leadership, involvement within their respective organization and within the Greek, campus and local community. Members are selected from the top 3% of Greeks at each institution. Order of Omega now has over 500 chapters in the United States and Canada, and over 200,000 members!