Coming into freshman year, one of my initial concerns as a commuter was finding a way to be involved with anything on campus. Of course with the hundreds of clubs offered at UCI the problem wasn’t that there was nothing that interested me. It was more of how a majority of their meeting times always fell from 6 to 9 at night. So unfortunately, especially when I have to leave campus by 3 to make it in time to pick up my sister from school, I found my options for the clubs I could join fairly limited.
Luckily I was able to stumble upon Irvine Christian Students. There are several Christian clubs on campus but this was the only one I found that holds their corporate group bible studies every Wednesday from 12 to 1 in one of the Student Center Rooms. And if you are unable to make that meeting time due to your class schedule, the staff of the club are flexible and also hold small group bible studies when you can be available.
Everyone I have met so far is incredibly friendly and talkative. Moreover, a majority of the club’s staff are alumni from a diverse array of majors. It is commonplace during small talk of the small group bible studies for me or a couple of other undergraduates to ask them questions about what classes to take or how they found a job after graduating.
Plus the Wednesday of week 10 every quarter, they hold a pizza lunch and give small goodie bags of home-baked goods.
If Irvine Christian Students didn’t pique your interest, as I mentioned earlier, there are hundreds of clubs at UCI for every conceivable interest as long as you’re willing to explore.