Activities & Organizations

Find Your Interests at Davidson

Davidson students work and study hard, but they still make time outside of class to connect with other students across a broad range of interests.

There are more than 200 student organizations on campus that show interest and cultivate awareness in many areas including culture, politics, arts, entertainment, publications, religion, athletics, diversity, civic engagement, and more.

Student Activities

A Unique Take on Greek-Life

Davidson is home to eight fraternities, three sororities, and four Eating Houses. Our fraternities and sororities include NPHC, IFC, NALFO, and NAIC international organizations. Eating Houses are a unique Davidson tradition centered around social gatherings and shared meals. Eating houses undergo a self-selection process, where students rank houses in order of preference and an algorithm assigns them an eating house affiliation—removing the pressures of rush from the process.

Greek Life at Davidson

Davidson Outdoors

Davidson Outdoors offers students, faculty, and staff a variety of outdoor activities and courses throughout the year. Davidson Outdoor trips are student run and include whitewater kayaking and canoeing, backpacking, rock and mountain climbing, and caving. Davidson Outdoors also offers weekly kayak rolling lessons, daily indoor climbing, bicycle repair tools, a community bicycle program, a group initiatives challenge course, and, for those who want to run their own trip, an equipment rental and trip planning resource center.

Davidson Outdoor Programming

Chidsey Leadership Development

The Chidsey Center for Leadership Development prepares Davidson students to exercise leadership in ways that positively impact our campus, community, and world. We believe that leadership is a choice, and that we all have the potential to lead from where we are. Through our programs, we invite students to discover and step-into their capacity for leadership.

Chidsey Center for Leadership Development

Academic Clubs and Societies

Davidson supports numerous academic clubs and student-run organizations that promote cooperation and coordination among other students, faculty members, and industry professionals working within diverse areas of study.

Affinity & Identity Organizations

Students can closely connect to their own backgrounds, as well as to the backgrounds of the students around them, through a vast array of clubs, organizations, and leadership opportunities that promote advocacy and acceptance of its students, faculty, and staff as well as members of the greater community.

Civic Engagement Organizations

Join in direct service, advocacy and dialogue with other student leaders, working with groups on campus or organizations in the community at the local and national level. Connect with more than 25 student-led service organizations.

Health & Wellness Organizations

Davidson is committed to establishing a safe environment for students and promoting student health and wellness. Students can take an active part in promoting a healthy lifestyle by participating in student-led health organizations.

Intramural and Club Sports

Enjoy exercise, fellowship and some healthy competition playing lacrosse, basketball, Flickerball, volleyball, ultimate Frisbee and more.

Media Organizations

Get your voice heard! Whether you're interested in writing, editing, photography, film or broadcasting, the college supports many multimedia organizations and clubs.

Performance Groups

Students can participate in a variety of performance groups showcasing dance, music and comedy in a variety of genres. Performance groups are outlets for creative expression and great campus entertainment.

Political Organizations

The student body at Davidson is dynamic and diverse, with different political beliefs. To foster knowledge sharing and proactive discourse, the school supports many student-led political organizations on campus.

Pre-Professional Organizations

These organizations aim to complement and extend the work happening in the classroom, with career exploration, and across campus. Explore new paths, connect with peers and prepare for life beyond Davidson.

Religious Organizations

Student-led organizations representing a variety of religious traditions are at the heart of spiritual and religious life. Each organization develops its own programming which allows for opportunities to engage with and learn from varying belief systems.

Special Interest Organizations

From Bee Club to Gaming Club, find new ways to work on your favorite craft, expand a hobby, enjoy some playful competition, or learn a new skill in any of our student-led clubs.

All Student Organizations

Student Events See What's Happening on Campus

Our campus is always buzzing with events and lectures for our students and community. From events sponsored by student organizations to annual lectures and sporting events, there is always something happening around Davidson.