14 • Five Washburn clubs you should know about
FIVE
WASHBURN CLUBS
you should know about
Scan the QR code to learn more about student orgs, how to join them and how to make your own!
BY HAYDEN KALP & CHRISTINA NOLAND
The Dungeons & Dragons Club The Dungeons & Dragons club began at Washburn in the fall of 2018 by Catherine Tew, graduate student. Fans of Netflix’s “Stranger Things” might recognize the game from its latest series. The D&D club has a large community of more than 50 active members. While organization fees are $10 a year, the entertainment created by the club’s talented game masters allow one’s imagination to explore realms that would otherwise be impossible to reach. “Our club is an interactive storytelling community,” said Tew. “It’s really nice to break away from reality and dive right into your character and it allows me to become more social and meet other people.”
The pageant club formed recently in August 2022 and gives Washburn students the option to experience the pageant world. Formed by Sherionka Simeon, freshman kinesiology major, the club helps with boosting confidence, learning how to do pageantry walking, and speaking in front of large audiences. You have to be a Washburn student to join, as is the case with all student organizations, but there are no limits placed on academic year, gender or major. Any Washburn student can join. “I have experience in the pageantry world,” said Simeon, president of the pageant club. “I wanted to give that back to students because everyone was asking questions about what it’s like to be a pageant queen.”
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