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Paddle Sports
Paddle Sports is a fun-loving, adventure-some crew, who engage in the excitement of the water. Through practices held in the college swimming pool, they learn skills such as how to roll kayaks, perform wet exits, handle water rescues, and perfect paddling techniques. This club takes local trips and also enjoys water sports such as white water rafting, kayaking and sailing.

Physical Education Club

Psychology Club
The Psychology Club gives students the opportunity to dialogue with other students who are interested in studies related to the field of psychology. They often sponsor forums which allow students to look more deeply into issues of psychology as well as looking at how the Christian faith relates to psychology.

Gold Bar Club/ROTC (Army-Reserve Officer Training Corp)
The Gold Bar Club provides students with the opportunity to participate in activities that encourage discipline and commitment. This club meets together for early morning work out sessions, color guard rehearsals, and trips to Saint Bonaventure University, where members can connect with others reservists. This club also gives students the opportunity to participate in ROTC (the Army-Reserve Officer Training Corp), if they desire. Students do not have to be members of ROTC in order to participate in the Gold Bar Club.

SASF (Salvation Army Student Fellowship)
The Salvation Army Student Fellowship (SASF) allows students to be involved with the Salvation Army and its mission. By sponsoring a Salvation Army store in the basement of the Reinhold Campus Center every semester, SASF members have the chance to help further the charge of the Salvation Army.

Shakespeare Players
Shakespeare Players is a student organization that puts on a student-directed and produced Shakespeare play every semester. Students, faculty and community members alike can be involved in these productions.

Sociology Club
Sociology Club, formed for those interested in the field of sociology, allows a place for students to dialogue about local and global sociological uses. This club sponsors field trips, campus viewings of movies related to people and culture, and collaborates with the Psychology Club to invite and sponsor speakers to address issues pertinent to both fields of study.

Spanish Club
This club allows for those who have an interest in the Spanish culture and its language to learn more from each other and faculty about the culture that they love.

Student Government Association (SGA)
Student Government Association (SGA) gives students the chance to be more involved in policy making, procedural structure and decision making on the Houghton Campus. Members of SGA give students a voice on committees around campus as well as voicing the concerns of fellow classmates on campus.

Swim Club
Swim Club has practices twice a week open to swimmers of all skill levels. They host game nights with games including water polo and Sharks and Minnows. They also sponsor a swim meet every year that all are welcome to participate in.

TOTT (Teachers of Today and Tomorrow)
Teachers of Today and Tomorrow (TOTT) gives Inclusive Childhood Education Majors as well as and Secondary Education Majors the chance to connect with each other as well as those who are all ready in the professional field of education. This club sponsors activities like mock interviews and discussions of current topics in the field of education.

Tennis Club
Tennis Club allows students who are interested in bettering their tennis play skills to meet together and learn from other tennis players.

Theological Society
The Theological Society provides opportunity for faith-themed dialogue. They invite faculty members from the Theology department as well as outside guests to foster a community of open discussion of issues pertinent to the Christian faith.

Youth for Christ
Houghton students, working with the Youth for Christian chapter in Belfast, are able to meet and mentor children in Allegany County through weekly meetings and trips to the local public schools. Youth for Christ allows local children to get to know positive role models while Houghton students likewise, are provided with opportunities to learn and grow through working with these children.

Young Life
Houghton students work with the Young Life group in Springville to make a difference in the life of youth. Through weekly meetings as well as a Young Life conference, students have the opportunity to minister to youth who need someone to care about them.