STUDENT CLUBS AND ORGANIZATIONS

There are many different types of clubs and organizations available at Sherman College. The list below reflects the club's title, its mission and/or purpose, and club advisor(s).

FAMILY PRACTICE
Provide students w/the knowledge to begin to prepare their ideal family practice so at graduation they will be prepared. Mission - Help students build their ideal family practice.|
Advisor: Kevin Power
Advisor: William M. Decken

ACTIVATOR
To learn all activator methods to locate subluxations in the  spine. To understand the listings and LOD for the correction of a particular subluxation or subluxations. This particular knowledge could either be used as a supplemental technique for infants, small children, or the elderly, as a safe and effective mode for correction. Or could be used as  someone's primary technique. Mission - to locate, analyze & correct vertebral subluxations through the use of a low force instrumentation.

ATLAS ORTHOGONAL
To promote increased awareness of AO amongst the student body and to improve upon the skills and knowledge of those students who choose to use AO as an upper cervical specific technique. To communicate with AO clubs from other colleges and with AO practitioners to promote awareness of Sherman College and our approach to upper cervical specific straight chiropractic as well as to gain knowledge and insight from these sources.
Advisor: Patricia Kuhta

CHRISTIAN CHIROPRACTIC
http://www.christianchiropracticclub.com
To promote a Christian spirit at Sherman College within the straight chiropractic philosophy framework.
Advisor: Ron R. Castellucci

DIVERSIFIED
To teach and practice diversified techniques. Mission - To help students understand and to teach the Diversified Technique.
Advisor: Ron R. Castellucci

GONSTEAD
To provide each student chiropractor with a thorough  comprehension of the chiropractic principles and philosophy, simultaneously reinforcing an understanding of the sciences and ultimately allowing the clinician, thru the arts of the  Gonstead system, to perform with  complete courage, a technique to find and fix, by hand only, a vertebral  subluxation, and thus, allowing the body's innate intelligence to express the force necessary to do the healing. That is  in essence the unadulterated, enthusiastic, expression of chiropractic; as originated by our own predecessor, reinforced by our mentors, and perpetuated by our peers, for the successful distribution to the world.
Advisor: William E. Fehl

NETWORK
To serve students by exposing them to a variety of  methodologies and approaches to the correction of vertebral subluxations. This exploration of individual Philosophic Scientific and Artistic aspects of chiropractic shall be  designed to aid students in their development as principled chiropractors.
Advisor: William M. Decken

PEDIATRIC
To learn how to take care of children of all ages as well as the pregnant woman. Learn & research common questions like vaccines, if Pediatric chiropractic is safe, birth trauma, as well as different techniques for adjusting. Mission - Learning how to take accurate care of pregnant women, infants, and toddlers.
Advisor: Robert L. Irwin

PALPATION
To introduce student so quarters 1-2 to techniques of palpation. To provide an opportunity for students of quarters 3 & up to review and practice techniques of palpation. To enhance the skills of Sherman students in adjusting by  increasing specificity regarding contact points, analysis, etc. Mission - To provide an opportunity for Sherman College students to learn about, review, and practice the art and skill of palpation.

WOMEN IN CHIROPRACTIC
To provide an opportunity for women in the field to share their experiences, fellowship, and ideas on expanding the role of women in the profession.
Advisor: Claudia E. Seay

UPPER CERVICAL
To discuss the need for clearing out primary subluxations. Field chiropractors will come to provide a brief on a technique. Any UC technique will be accepted including those taught in the SCSC core curriculum and those not. Mission - the philosophy, science, and art of clearing out primary subluxations.
Advisor: Perry O. Rush
Advisor: John F. Hart

WORLD CHIROPRACTIC ALLIANCE
To create an awareness about the principles, philosophy and practice of subluxation-based chiropractic by utilization of the following: Health talks, newsletter, guest speakers, special events. Mission - To promote subluxation-based chiropractic on  campus and throughout the Greenville-Spartanburg community.
Advisor: John L. Reizer

SOT
To teach and help students who are interested in Sacro-Occipital technique. Provide the newest information on  SOT and chiropractic. Mission - Establish SOT club that gives students exposure to a technique of sacro-occipital technique.
Advisor: Kevin Power

THOMPSON
To study Thompson Technique and provide opportunities to learn Thompson Technique. Mission - To provide students opportunities to study and practice Thompson techniques.
Advisor: John H. Porter
Advisor: Jon Schwartzbauer

TOASTMASTER
This will be a chapter of Toastmasters Int'l which will meet here on campus and serve the Sherman community. Students/members will pay dues to the Parent Organization.. We will request funds to pay initial fee of $90 to State Chapter and possibly add'l monies for supplies. Mission - Teach & practice the art of public speaking.
Advisor: Ron R. Castellucci

RESULTS/PIERCE
To promote an increased awareness of the Results technique amongst the student body and to improve upon the skills and knowledge of the students who choose to use this technique in their practice.
Advisor: Michael Westbrook

WCCS
The representation of SCSC and straight chiropractic at the  annual world congress. To keep the student body informed of current WCCS events. To be a source of communication between all affiliated WCCS colleges to advance straight chiropractic in WCCS through all available means as deemed prudent.
Advisor: Jon Schwartzbauer

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