Find out how to get involved
There are many ways you can get involved while you're a student at IU Indianapolis. Check out our resources below to find an organization or opportunity that fits your interests.
Student organizations
Students who actively participate in student organizations at IU Indianapolis aren't doing it for the extra bullet points on their resume (though it sure does look nice there). They're involved because they're passionate about the work they get to do through the organization. They're excited about the relationships they're building—professional and personal. And they're excited about where their experiences will take them.
American Association for Men in Nursing
Student Nurses Association at IU School of Nursing—Indianapolis
American Medical Student Association Premedical Chapter at IU Indianapolis
American Medical Women's Association Pre-Medicine Branch at IU Indianapolis
Indiana University’s Student Occupational Therapy Association
Minority Association of Pre-Medical Students at IU Indianapolis
Pre-Dental Club at IU Indianapolis
Pre-Medicine Club at IU Indianapolis
Pre-Medicine Mentoring Program
Pre-Optometry Club at IU Indianapolis
Pre-Physician Assistant Club at IU Indianapolis (Pre-PA Club)
Campus opportunities
Schools, graduate programs, and employers seek applicants with a variety of experiences. The following areas are a few ways to gain experiences, add to your resume, and make memories while attending IU Indianapolis.
Academic success coaches are trained learning specialists who assist students with study skills. Coaches also work at the front desk of the Bepko Learning Center to provide information to students regarding academic support programs, tutoring, and campus resources.
The role of the academic mentor is to provide students with a structured, collaborative learning environment and activities that will help them achieve academic success in traditionally difficult courses.
Biology Resource Center tutors assist students with questions pertaining to biology course content. Tutors encourage students to learn independently, personalize the instruction to the students' needs, and facilitate insights to the students' learning.
Learn how to become a BLC mentor, academic success coach, or tutor
Volunteer opportunities can teach students a lot about their own values, interests, personalities, and skills. Volunteer experiences can also help students identify causes they are passionate about and can expose them to a variety of careers they may have never considered.
Become a peer educator to get real-world experience teaching your IU Indianapolis peers about health issues that impact college students.
Do a health-focused internship at IU Indianapolis to help you gain transferable and field-specific skills and grow as a professional.
Peer advisors are students at IU Indianapolis, just like you. They combine thorough training with their own student perspective and experience to offer you a complementary point of view to student success advisors. Typically, recruitment and interviews occur in February.
The Health Careers Community (HCC) in Ball Hall is for students who are pursuing undergraduate degrees in health and life science majors or a pathway to professional degrees such as medicine, dentistry, physician assisting, and physical therapy through a non-science major. The community promotes a supportive learning environment that includes activities focused on academic success, social integration, and engagement on the IU Indianapolis campus resulting in holistic growth and development. You'll likely take classes with others living in the HCC, and you can even apply to be an RA for the community.
Professional organizations
Professional organizations can be a great source of information about the field. Here is a list of professional organizations associated with health and life science majors on the IU Indianapolis campus.
Dentistry—American Dental Association
Medicine—American Medical Association
Occupational therapy—American Occupational Therapy Association, Inc.
Optometry—Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry
Pharmacy—American College of Clinical Pharmacy
Physical therapy—American Physical Therapy Association
Physician assistant—American Academy of Physician Assistants
Speech path/audiology—American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
Veterinary—American Veterinary Medical Association