About

The Clubs & Societies department is the biggest (and definitely the most penguin-loving) department of UMSU. The Clubs & Societies Officers and Committee look after more than 200 clubs. This involves all the fun stuff: affiliating new clubs, approving grant applications, and providing training to help clubs manage their financial, administrative, and food and alcohol-related ways. If you have any issues or queries regarding club shenanigans (how to start a club, organise an event, fill out forms, or anything else) we’re the people to talk to, so feel free to drop in and have a chat!

How to Contact Us!

clubs@union.unimelb.edu.au
(03) 8344 4834
Come and see us Monday to Thursday, 10am to 4pm
First Floor, Building 168, University of Melbourne, 3010 VIC

Meet the Office

Gunter the Penguin

The Clubs and Societies Mascot
In a ‘complicated’ relationship with Tobias Trunke

Fiona Sanders 

The C&S Coordinator aka clubs administrator Sanders
The beating heart of the C&S department.

Maria Tandoc

C&S Administration Officer
Legend at getting things done when Fiona has too many questions to answer.

Kimmy Ng & Renee Thierry

C&S 2023 Office Bearers
These office bearers were elected to do all the fun things surrounding Clubs and Socities like promote the clubs program to students, create resources and support executives, organise the C&S Committee and reprsent clubs at Students' Council. 

The Amazing 2023 C&S Committee

  • Azalea Rohaizam (Swiftie's Society)
  • Michael Belbruno (French Club)
  • Patrick Irwin (Pre Law Society)
  • Marcie Di Bartolomeo (Creative Literature and Writing Society)
  • Mahsa Nabizada (Women In Technology)
  • Leon Paratz (Physics Students Society)

These dedicated individuals were elected at the 2022 Clubs' Council to be your voice in the department.

Clubs Committee Minutes

C&S Committee Countback Election (May 2023)

Olivia Whyte’s membership of the C&S Committee lapsed in April 2023. On May 15 all unsuccessful candidates from the October 2022 election were contacted. Those that have confirmed that they wish to be included in the countback are:

  1. Sreekar Reddy Chitivolu / Indian Graduate Students Society

All other candidates excluded themselves or did not respond by the close of business on May 22.

As only one candidate has indicated that they wish to accept the position, I declare Sreekar elected to the C&S Committee

Declared, 23 May 2023, by Fiona Sanders, C&S Coordinator.

The count sheet is available upon request from the C&S Coordinator.