The Art Club (TAC)
TAC exists to enhance knowledge and understanding of art through various artistic opportunities. Through campus interaction we shall strive to enrich awareness and share insights and knowledge of the visual arts to all students. We also aim to better ourselves by acquiring increased perception through creating, seeing, and experiencing the visual arts. We will accomplish this by holding presentations/events, traveling and displaying art. Club Advisor: Tracy Petre, 509-542-5541, tpetre@columbiabasin.edu
Associated Student Nurses (ASN)
The purpose of the ASN is to assume responsibility for contributing to the nursing education of CBC nursing students toward the goal of recognizing quality nursing care. We provide programs and activities representative of fundamental and current professional interests and concerns. We aid in the development of the whole person and his/her responsibility for the healthcare of people in all settings. We introduce the nursing student to community involvement promoting wellness and educating the public about healthcare concerns. Club Advisor: Val Topham, 509-544-8319, vtopham@columbiabasin.edu
Automotive Performance
The Automotive Performance Club strives to bring unity among the Automotive Technicians, to provide community service to other students, and develop automotive awareness. Club Advisors: Monty Prather, 509-542-4746, mprather@columbiabasin.edu, Sean Totten, 509-542-4683, stotten@columbiabasin.edu
Born This Way Alliance
This community provides a safe place for students of all backgrounds and pays special attention to the LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) community. This community's mission is to promote acceptance on the CBC campus through movie showings, PRIDE week, and many other events. Any student, regardless of sexual orientation or identity, is welcome in this community's quest to build a strong LGBTQ community at Columbia Basin College. Club Mentor: Michael Lee, 509-542-4399, mlee@columbiabasin.edu
CBC Longboarding Community
The CBC Longboarding Community is to spread stoke, meet friends to skate with, discuss skate equipment, to teach people how to longboard, and more important than anything: HAVE FUN AND SKATE! Mentor: Elise Leahy, 509-542-4369, eleahy@columbiabasin.edu
History Club
The History Club exists to encourage and support students to learn and enjoy history in all of its dimensions through history-based activities, including field trips to local, regional, and national landmarks. History Club promotes students coming together to broaden their knowledge by exploring historical topics outside the classroom including visiting museums and historical sites. History Club also promotes making history relevent to our lives by sponsoring activities that illuminate the connections between history and contemporary events and politics. History Club invites students to join the club who are open-minded, curious, and eager to expand their horizons and gain new insights and prespectives. We assert that History Club is not for those who think they already know, but for those who are curious and want to find out. Club Advisor: Dave Arnold, 509-542-5517, darnold@columbiabasin.edu
Hockey Club
The purpose of the Hockey Club is to provide students of CBC with the opportunity to compete as a college club team against other regional college hockey teams. Club Advisors: Brian Dierks, 509-542-5538, bdierks@columbiabasin.edu and Janet Hovland, jhovland@columbiabasin.edu
Japanese Culture Club
The purpose of the Japanese Club is enrichment in Japanese culture. Club Advisor: Noriko Ryder, 509-542-4574, rryder@columbiabasin.edu
Latina/o Club
The purpose of this club is to promote cultural awareness through community service, volunteerism and outreach with the Latino community. Club Advisor: Lupe Contreras, 509-542-4507, lcontreras@columbiabasin.edu
Northwest Collegiate Ministries (NCM)
NCM exists to provide a contemporary setting wherein students can dialogue about their spiritual concerns, experience authentic celebration, serve the community through ministry project, and freely share their faith and fellowship in a Christian community of their peers, and grow spiritually deeper through a process of discipleship. Club Advisor: Curtis Crawford, 509-542-4668, ccrawford@columbiabasin.edu
Nuclear Society
This club promotes, encourages, and informs students and community about the nuclear industry and the careers within. They promote success and networking opportunities for current nuclear technology students. The club hosts events and takes field trips to nuclear facilities/universities and attends industry-related conferences. Club Advisor: Dawn Alford, 509-542-5524, dalford@columbiabasin.edu.
Nutrition Club
The purpose of this club is to excite students about the joy of nutrition, its health benefits, along with the ease and beauty of prevention. Along with learning new concepts and how they apply to our lives here in the Tri-Cities. Visiting local farms and trying all kinds of different healthy cuisines will be a major purpose. It will open up youth to the ideas of nutrition being all around them and the immense benefits of knowledge of sustainable, super-foods power. Club Advisor: Janie Burlingame, 509-542-4434, jburlingame@columbiabasin.edu
PAS (Post-secondary Agricultural Student Organization)
This club exists to provide opportunities for members to develop skills and abilities needed to enter and advance in the agriculture careers. PAS aspires to be the premier leadership and career development organization by serving college agriculture students. Students will be members of the local and National PAS Organization. Club members will have the opportunity to compete in local, state, and National PAS competitions, and engage in activities that promote agriculture in the community and on campus. Members will have the opportunity to participate in community service and leadership activities, as well as visiting carious industries to learn about different facets of the agriculture industry. other goals may be established by the officer team as needed to conduct business of the PAS Organization. Club Advisor: Kerrin Bleazard, 509-542-4785, kbleazard@columbiabasin.edu, William Woodward, 509-544-4915, wwoodward@columbiabasin.edu
Phi Theta Kappa
Our purpose is to recognize the academic achievements of CBC students and support our community through service activities. These service activities will be chosen using the Phi Theta Kappa International Hallmark program as a guide. These Hallmarks include Scholarship, Leadership, Fellowship, and Service. Club Advisor Kristy Henscheid, 509-542-4592, khenscheid@columbiabasin.edu
SkillsUSA
This club exists to provide opportunities for CBC students in career and technical fields to participate in leadership,skills training, and competition. SkillsUSA is a partnership of students, teachers, and industry working together to insure America has a skilled work force. Club Advisors: Sean Totten, 509-542-2683, stotten@columbiabasin.edu and Monty Prather, 509-542-4746, mprather@columbiabasin.edu
Speech and Debate Club
This club exists to provide opportunities for CBC students to participate in competitive speaking at forensic tournaments in the Pacific Northwest. Students are encouraged to continue public speaking in individual events and in debates with materials necessary for an informed, professional performance. Club Advisor: Sallie Fisher, 509-542-4413, sfisher@columbiabasin.edu
Splitting Image
The purpose of this club is to create a supportive, networking environment for aspiring Medical Imaging Technologists and to enrich the educational experience of the students enrolled in the program. Club Advisors: Rene M. Fox, 509-544-8342, rfox@columbiabasin.edu,
Technology Club
The Tech Club has a firm belief that technology not only improves lives, but has become a foundation to modern society. It is our purpose to explore that technology, both existing and theoretical, through human interaction, research, and exploration of existing technological locations. Join us in our exploration. Club Advisor: Don Humphrey, 509-542-4741, dhumphrey@columbiabasin.edu
Ultra Sound Club
The purpose of this club is to engage and promote the success of future and current ultrasound students through activities, events, and networking opportunities that will enrich their educational experience and provide additional exposure to their chosen profession. Club Advisor: Shane Bruce, 509-544-8304, sbruce@columbiabasin.edu, Janae Broker, 509-544-8306, jbroker@columbiabasin.edu