Student Activities

Student Activities

The Student Activities Office (SAO) at AUI is dedicated to developing the goals, values and objectives of the university. The primary objective of the SAO is to encourage co-curricular activities and recreational opportunities for the students. The SAO develops entertainment programs for the benefit of the AUI community and empowers students to create opportunities that they see fit for the university.

The Student Activities Office never sleeps. With a multitude of events organized throughout the year, the SAO team ferries visiting artists, equipment and themselves forward and back across campus to create the university experience we all dream of. None of this could happen without the invaluable participation of creative hard working students, however, who subsequently have the chance to enhance their learning, personal development, leadership and team building skills in a fun and rewarding environment outside of the lecture room.

Notable annual events organized by the Student Activities Office:

Orientation for newcomers

A special event (it spans three days!) to help newcomers acclimatize to campus life. Scheduled at the beginning of each semester in partnership with our selected student ambassadors we offer activities galore including a favourite spot of karaoke (we all love to sing our hearts out when we can).

Club fair

Student organizations showcase their missions and activities to both freshman and returning

students and encourage new membership.

BRAIN BASH!

In the wake of Jeopardy or Who wants to be a Millionaire?, an intellectual game show held over

three consecutive nights. Groups of students compete against each other in a head to head

competition: thus, the bashing of brains!!! Top top prizes to be won… no kidding.

AUI Talent Show

A very popular spring event with first to final year students showcasing a dazzling array of talents. 2011 even featured a return of AUI Alumni stars to the set list!

International/national cultural trips

A chance to provide you, the AUI Community, with cross-cultural interaction opportunities abroad and at home. From trips to the Sahara to cooking classes at the University of Dublin in

Ireland, our aim is to facilitate a deeper understanding and appreciation of cultural difference through first hand experiences. Time for collective reflection is always built into trips to process and evaluate - not only to herald difference but our discovered likenesses shared across religions, races and languages. We continue to strive to create effective participants in a world of diversity.

Weekly spotlight

To keep the campus bopping and buzzing, the Student Activities Office organizes an entertainment night every Wednesday – from Gnaoua to Jazz and Blues to DJ sets and quirky

theatre troupes, there’s sure to be an event you’ll get excited about. Movie and games nights And now for something a little more relaxed. Veg out on the oversized couches in the Student Lounge and watch a movie on the big screen (no post critique necessary), discover new vocabulary in Scrabble, take financial risks in Monopoly or practice your diplomacy in Chess.

Gosh, that doesn’t sound all that relaxing now that we think about it