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Student and Campus Life
Create your unique college experience by joining in Taft College’s many extracurricular activities. Grow your network of friends, find new passions, and develop leadership skills. Play a sport, join a club, take a position in student government, participate in campus events, perform community service, or advance your career dreams with an internship. Student activities and campus events are the added-value of your college years that you will remember for a lifetime.
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Engage in Student Clubs, Sports, and Activities - and Get Support
Athletics
Want to play for a championship? Join a Taft College team. Click through, select RECRUITS, and tell us you want to be considered. Look up schedules and cheer on your favorite Cougars!
Visit the Athletics siteBookstore
Find everything you need and more for classes at the Taft College Bookstore.
Visit the Taft College BookstoreBasic Need Resources
The Cougar Support Center provides support for any student in need of additional assistance, including financial assistance, a nutritious and sufficient food pantry, a clothing pantry, housing assistance and support, technology, and transportation. Come visit us!
Read more about basic need resourcesCampus Safety
We work as a partner with the Campus community and the surrounding community by communicating goals, providing training to both employees and the student population, and more. Access the report on security and fire safety, crime log, lost and found, and other resources here!
Read more about campus safetyHousing
Rare among community colleges, our campus offers a comfortable, secure, and supportive residential community designed for students to benefit personally and academically. Check out our Residence Halls!
Learn more about housingStudent and Campus Life Calendar
Join in and be a part of student life at Taft College. Learn about upcoming events happening on and off campus, club meetings, and more!
View the CalendarStudent Center and Cougar Café
Visit the Taft College Student Center, considered by many as the heart of the campus! Relax between classes with foosball, ping pong, and other games. Access charging stations. The Associated Student Organization (ASO) at the Center offers gaming; Enjoy the popular Cougar Cafe - a great place for a meal or snack with friends.
Visit our Student Center and Cougar CaféStudent Clubs and Organizations
Enhance your college experience. Develop life skills, professional networks, and life-long friends. Dive in and join a club or student government!
Explore our clubsStudent Conduct
The Student Code of Conduct helps maintain an environment conducive to learning and other educational pursuits. See our Student Responsibilites, Student Handbook, Complaint and Grievance Process, and more. We are a supportive, interdependent community!
Read more about student conductStudent Support Services
Explore all of the different student support programs and services available at Taft College to ensure you always receive the support and resources you need. Our number one goal is to help you succeed on your educational journey!
Find support
This is the best way to get to know all that Taft College has to offer and to connect with your classmates and community. Take advantage of all that the college has to offer beyond academics to help build your personal relationships, network, life skills, and future. Through student activities, student equity, and work-study, you are encouraged to grow as a leader and improve on or develop your ability to provide direction, lead courageously, foster teamwork, motivate others, build relationships, coach peers, and act with integrity.
Taft College encourages all students to get involved in whatever is happening on campus. Our Student Life Program is designed to engage students in extracurricular activities that enrich your intellectual, ethical, and social development. We are committed to providing a variety of arenas where students can practice student self-governance, gain respect for diverse groups, learn civic responsibility, and develop life skills to carry on beyond college.
Taft College Student Center
The Taft College Student Center is a one-stop shop for the things many students enjoy: hanging out, eating, and shopping. Students are welcome to go there between classes to relax, play board games, or challenge their friends in pool, ping pong, or foosball. Charging stations are available to charge your phone, iPad, etc. Students wanting to get involved in clubs can go to the Associated Student Organization (ASO) Student Leaders office or meet with the Student Life and Basic Needs Coordinator to learn about clubs or how to start a new club. Both are in Room #306.
Visit the Student Center
Virtual Student Life on Canvas
Get involved and stay active through virtual student life. When you add Student Life to your online dashboard, you can go into the modules and add any club course to stay involved through online education. It’s that easy. Link below to gain access.
Student Life Program Goals
The goals of the Student Life Program are to:
- Develop leadership skills through the organization and implementation of activities and club meetings
- Learn to work cohesively with all club members and members of different clubs or campus organizations as well as staff, faculty, and administration
- Facilitate a means of communication between Taft College students, faculty, administration, and staff as well as the community
- Cultivate creative thinking skills to create an environment that encourages diversity
- Become active members and role models in the Taft Community
Cougar Athletics
Gear up to join one of our athletic teams. Or learn how to come out and support your fellow Cougars on the field.
Learn more about athletics
Clubs and Organizations at Taft College
See our extensive list of clubs and organizations. Explore your interests and learn how to join today.
See Clubs and OrganizationsStudent Life and Clubs Contact Information
Email the ASO Executive Board: [email protected]
You may also contact the ASO Advisor:
Myisha Cutrona, Student Life and Basic Needs Coordinator
[email protected]
661-763-7887
Request an Event
Thinking of hosting a Taft College event? Submit an official event request using our online form.