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UND is home to over 175 organizations on campus. I personally am involved in Students Psychological Association, Student Ambassadors, National Society of Collegiate Scholars, and National Psi-Chi Society. There is a club for almost every major out there whether its Nursing Club, Accounting Club, or Dentistry Club. All athletic events are free to students except hockey. Hockey is the huge thing on campus to go to. However with our football and volleyball teams being granted great west champions this year other teams are getting more attention now. Especially with our transition to D1 now complete. Even if you can't compete D1 however a large amount of students play intramural sports! Greek life is another big thing on campus with about 8{4a082faed443b016e84c6ea63012b481c58f64867aa2dc62fff66e22ad7dff6c} of our students involved. I personally met my best friends in the dorms and there are many activities to get students to meet one another when they first come here. All my best friends I have today I met my freshman year in the dorms. Both Friday and Saturday nights we have NIghtlife events for those who don't enjoy the drinking and party atmosphere. Free food, movies, and activities like ice skating at the arena and grocery bingo are some of the popular things to do at Nightlife.

Within the first month of your freshmen year, expect your friends to get you to go to a hockey game with them. Even if you don't watch hockey games, go with your friends to at least one. The university and most of its students take great pride in the Fighting Sioux hockey team. If hockey isn't your thing, there is always opportunities in joining student organizations and becoming involved on campus.

Army ROTC is huge so is any of the flight oriented organizations

There are of course many different clubs and teams that you can join at UND. Every year there is a exposition of what clubs at teams there are at UND and they try and recruit. On weekends UND puts on a night life program, with different activities and bands and random stuff to do.

There are always lots of things going on on campus and in Grand Forks. The Fighting Sioux (yeah, yeah!) hockey team sells out the tickets to every game and there are plenty of other sports to follow. My scene is more artsy (sic), so I follow more of the theatre and music events. The theatre department puts on four (?) shows a year and this year there was no musical or opera, which made me kind of sad, but I think they're planning one for next year. There are concerts aplenty and many of them are free to students. The fraternities and sororities aren't as big here as they are in the southern U.S., but we have a sizeable Greek community that, for the most part, gets along with each other and with non-Greeks. I personally don't drink but can still have fun at the parties that some houses hold and I am often the designated driver. Some people get drunk every weekend, but that's their prerogative. For those that don't want to do that, every Friday and Saturday night the University Program Council has Night Life events like Rock Band tournaments and concerts at the Union, and there's always free food. Different organizations hold events all the time. My favorite this year was when the ballroom dance club had Salsa Night at the campus coffee shop. To get away from campus, there are always things going on in Grand Forks for theatre and movies and concerts, etc.

Student Government was a great way for me to get involved - but isn't for everybody. I would recommend doing a little researching of the student organizations before you come. There are hundreds of them - something for everyone.

fraternities. doors always open in dorms.. comedians are great events to go to! always something to do!

I mentioned above the amount of social clubs available to join. Although the terrain around the area is less than exciting the clubs travel all around and its a cheap way to get some travel in. The snowboarding club travels to different resorts for small fees with package set ups. For under 100$ a person can have a great snowboarding or skiing weekend with friends. The opportunities are there you just need to make the social effort to go out and get involved.

There is something to do every day of the week, that is all I have to say.

Lifting weights at the Wellness Center and riding green bikes Nightlife is a great thing