HU Clubs

The Howard University Student Association also known as HUSA, the voice of the student body. HUSA’s goal is to maintain communication between students and the university. A few events held by HUSA are blackout wednesdays, and HUSA in the Cafe.  The association consists of an executive branch, judicial branch, legislative branch, and the graduate student assembly; it also includes the domain of the entire student body. The 2009-2010 President and vice president Bryan Smart a senior political science major from Houston, TX, and Jerome Joseph a senior biology major also from Houston, TX.

                                                                            *HUSA is located in the Blackburn Center Suite 102

The Hilltop is Howard University’s campus newspaper. It was co-founded by former students Zora Neal Hurston and Eugene King. Today editor and chief Crystal Allen and students run the paper daily to keep the campus aware of news in the D.C. metro area and on campus. The sections of the paper consist of campus, nation and world, life and style, business and technology, sports, and editorials and student perspectives.

Howard University is the only NCAA division 1 Historically black women’s lacrosse team. The program does not have a large reputation on campus, but with new coach Jessica Morgan she plans to change that this spring.

National society of black engineers is a club at Howard that recognizes and empowers black engineers here at Howard and around the world. Because there are so few black engineers in the world the organization has developed workshops, programs, and events to help support and educate students young and old about engineering. The organization also has a yearly conference and summit to bring these talented people together. 

Chapel assistance is an organization at Howard, which helps the chapel every Sunday by preparing the chapel for service and provide refreshments afterwards. The members meet every Friday to socialize, read the bible, and get to know each other through fun activities such as icebreakers, dinner, and prayer.