Student Clubs at HUC | Activities & Campus Life
Debate
Purpose of the Club
The purpose of the Debate Club is to provide opportunities for students to build communication skills through practice and participation in intramural and interscholastic speech and debate competitions; develop and pursue excellence in public speaking and oration in Collegiate level. It aims to give club members practice in public speaking and to debate on various topics.
Benefits of Joining the Club
- Builds self-confidence
- Enhances public speaking skills and debate techniques
- Develops decisive awareness and personality
Events Brief
- Election of Club President, Secretary, club body
- List out various competitions in and around Sharjah to participate in
- They will create poster, banners, pamphlets for Cross-fire
- Work along with Media, Press club to contact universities to participate in Cross-fire
- Contact news and media agencies to cover the event
- Invite the various university providing them registration forms, rules and regulations, deadline for registration
- Create pre and post event press-release and send it all media and press along with photographs
- Photographer from the Arts Club to be contacted for photography purposes
Community Services
Purpose of the Club
The basic aim of this club is to enable students to give something back to the society in general. It will also help them to face reality and get a better understanding of the world around them thus helping in providing an overall education which does not limit itself just to classrooms. Since most of the events get media exposure it will also be a way to promote Horizon College's efforts and interest in helping the unfortunate.
Benefits of Joining the Club
- An added benefit of learning something new outside university books
- A chance to feel the realities of the world
- An opportunity to feel responsible about someone else other than yourself
- An eye opening and life long experience
Club Events and activities
- Election of Club President, Secretary
- List out charity associations in UAE
- List out old age homes, orphanages
- October- Breast Cancer Awareness Month (guest lecture on the topic + a related event)
- Run a charity drive during the Carnival
- Contact and finalise on a organization for whom the charity drive will be conducted and the collected fund would go
- Get T-shirts painted/printed to wear during the charity drive
- Visit one old age home
- Visit one orphanage
- December- Aids Awareness Month (related event)
- February 4th- World Cancer Day
- March 8th International Women's Day
Sustainability
Purpose of the Club
The basic aim of this club is to create awareness among the Horizon community and also the general public in conserving the natural resources and protecting the environment for future generations.
Benefits of Joining the Club
- A sense of satisfaction in contributing to the environment and nature
- An added benefit of learning something away from university books
- A chance to make one aware and contribute to the conversation of environment
Club Events and activities
- Conducting World water day annually
- Conducting Tree Plantations annually
- Awareness campaigns related to:
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- Reduce electricity consumption
- Reduce fuel Consumption
- Reduce paper consumption
- Reduce hazardous waste
- Promote use of solar energy
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Charity
Purpose of the Club
The basic aim of this club is to offer assistance to people from weaker section of the society. The club organizes charity activities in coordination with Red Crescent Sharjah.
Benefits of Joining the Club
- A sense of giving back to the society
- A chance to make one aware of the social problems and be sensitive to needs of the vulnerable sections of society
Club Events and activities
- Offering food to weaker section of the people during Ramadan
- Offering cloths and foods to members of old age homes
- Raising funds for helping natural calamities victims such as earthquakes and floods
Dance
Purpose of the Club
The aim of the Dance Club is to provide an open and supportive environment for further enhancement of various dance forms, student choreography, and student performance. In addition, talent hunt would be conducted to discover new dancers.
It is an opportunity for graduate and undergraduate students to choreograph and perform dance pieces for their peers, faculty, and family. People of all backgrounds, cultures, majors, and genders are encouraged to participate.
Benefits of Joining the Club
- Participation in University College's events and competitions as a dancer
- Being in the spotlight!
- Gaining additional skills and talents from other members by sharing
Events Brief
- Elections of Club President & Secretary
- Prepare for Introbash
- Prepare for Carnival
- Prepare for other external competitions
- Preparation for the Annual Show down- Appreciation Day
Drama
Purpose of the Club
The aim of the Drama Club is to provide an opportunity for the students interested in theater to participate in all aspects of drama and enable them to stage dramas on their own. Students will be involved in all phases of play production such as performance, direction, design, technical support, backstage crafts, publicity, etc.
Benefits of Joining the Club
- Participate in the University College plays
- Develop and share your talent and skills in play production
- Build strong social ties with fellow club members
- Have fun!
Events Brief
- Election of Club President, Secretary, club body
- Find out various intercollegiate drama competitions being organized around UAE
- Chose which ones to participate in
- In preparation for the Drama competition for the Carnival, select a play
- Get ready the script, decide characters for each role, decide costumes, accessories, backdrop etc
- Send in requisition for the backdrop material along with budget details to the Events co-ordinator's office
- Work along with Community Service club to for a street play or short skit for the charity drive to be organized during the Carnival
- Form two different groups for drama competition and for street play
- Start preparation for final show-down on Appreciation day.
Sports Teams
Horizon University College has the following Sports Teams:
- Football
- Cricket
- Table Tennis
- Volleyball
- Basketball
- Throwball
- Billiards
- Chess