MANGILAO, Guam, November 25 – Brandon Cobb is working hard to follow in the footsteps of the current leadership by making the upcoming year one of the best the Sociology Club has had. Cobb is the incoming president of the Sociology Club, a school-based student organization that aims to promote academic success and community service through the comradery of its members.
The club organizes activities aimed specifically at member networking and community outreach.
One of the major programs that the club currently hosts is its annual thanksgiving canned food drive throughout November. During this month, officers and members encourage all students to donate non-perishable and canned food products to designated drop-off areas. At the conclusion of the program, representatives from the club gather all the donations and bring them to the chosen non-profit organization.
For example, the club selected Guma San Jose as its beneficiary last year. Guma San Jose is a homeless shelter located in Dededo that operates under the supervision of Catholic Social Service on Guam in partnership with the Bureau of Social Service and the Department of Public Health and Social Services.
In addition, the club hosts multiple fellowship activities for all UOG students to participate in.
These activities vary across the year but are all geared towards the goal of allowing students to become more familiar with each other and the sociology program as well.
Most recently, the club held a barbeque and movie night sponsored by the office of the College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences Dean. The event brought over fifty sociology and non-sociology students together to participate in a food and fun-filled night.
John Mugol, outgoing president of the Sociology Club, believes that these activities are key to meeting the club mission and being aware of what the members are able to do. With all this in mind, Mugol looks forward to seeing what the new leaders can accomplish. “I am hopeful that the new officers and members can continue to fulfill the club’s mission and serve UOG and the community as a whole,” he said.
Cobb will work to continue the tradition set out by his predecessors but has accepted the challenge to bring new ideas to the table. “The current leaders work hard and they’ve helped me to understand what the club is about and I plan to make it even better by focusing on academic mentorship and expanding the ways in which we serve our island community,” he said.
Some of Cobb’s initial plans include a formal mentorship program between upper and lowerclassmen in the sociology program, periodical fellowship activities and creating deeper connections with community partners.
Edward Leon Guerrero, a current member and officer hopeful for the next year, is excited to take part in the progression of the club. Leon Guerrero went on to discuss that as a senior member of the student organization he feels a greater responsibility to set a strong example and create opportunities that weren’t available.
“I feel like this is our chance to fully take advantage of what a UOG club can offer its members,” he said. “We have the ball and it’s our turn to run with it.”
