Passion Meets Purpose

December 9, 2025

Co-Curricular involvement isn’t just encouraged at Baylor — it’s essential to embracing all that the Baylor experience has to offer. With more than 430 student organizations, and new ones added every year, students enhance their academic pursuits through special interest groups that offer leadership roles, organizational planning experience and interpersonal relationship skills that translate to real-world applications and often help lead to post-graduate opportunities. From Student Foundation, which connects students and alumni and raises scholarship funds, to Creative Writing Club, where members can workshop their writing and receive peer feedback, there truly is something to challenge and grow each Baylor student into a better understanding of their personal goals and purpose.

Baylor's Campus Kitchen
Two Campus Kitchen student volunteers in aprons prepare food in a kitchen


"Leading at Campus Kitchen has been one of the most defining parts of my Baylor experience. It's taught me to communicate and collaborate effectively, be adaptable to change and take initiative — skills that I will always carry with me. To be a part of a community where each of us strives to do our very best in helping others is a beautiful thing."

– Liv Follis
Economics major

Music Industry Club
A student plays acoustic guitar on stage at a Music Industry Club performance

Focused on real-world music industry experience, students in the Music Industry Club select local Baylor artists to promote, market and build an audience each year.

Baptist Student Ministries
Baptist Student Ministries members in orange life jackets pose together beside a river

"Baptist Student Ministries has given me a home and a community of believers who hold me accountable and push me to constantly grow as a believer and as a person. It has completely changed not only my college experience but my life as a whole."

– Luke Thompson
Physical Education major

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity
Alpha Phi Alpha members perform a step routine on an outdoor stage

Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Inc. develops leaders and promotes brotherhood and academic excellence while providing community service and advocacy. Founded in 1906, ΑΦΑ was the first intercollegiate Greek-letter Fraternity established by Black men.

Indian Subcontinent Student Association (ISSA)
Four dancers in colorful traditional dress perform at the Gateway to India show

The Indian Subcontinent Student Association (ISSA) celebrates the culture of students of the Indian Subcontinent and hosts various service, social, cultural and intramural events throughout the year.


Pi Beta Phi Sorority
Pi Beta Phi members in white outfits and cowboy boots pose at a Howdy-themed backdrop

During my time in Pi Beta Phi, I got to serve as Howdy chair. This opportunity let me serve a cause that I care about so deeply, while also showing me how I can apply my learned skills in a professional and real-world setting.

– Kiera White
Management and Religion major

The Union Board
Union Board student members smile together in front of a colorful mural

The Union Board promotes activities at the Bill Daniel Student Center (SUB). The student leaders implement events and programs such as U-Night every Friday and Saturday night in the SUB with movie nights, live musical performances and interactive activities that provide pathways for authentic connection.

The BearPit Leadership Team
Bear Pit student fans in Baylor gear cheer from the stands at a basketball game

The BearPit Leadership Team focuses on student engagement and fan experiences at men’s and women’s basketball games. Students can serve as officers or chair the marketing and social media efforts of the group.