Editing Georgetown College (section)

==Student organizations==
Georgetown College has 46 student clubs and organizations. The college offers a chapel and several Christian and other religious groups for students.<ref name="Organizations">{{Cite web |date=2017-08-28 |title=Student Involvement |url=https://www.georgetowncollege.edu/campus-life/student-involvement |access-date=2025-04-12 |website=Georgetown College |language=en}}</ref>

===Student life===
Georgetown College has four national fraternities and five national sororities on campus.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/studentlife/greek-life/ |title=Greek life |access-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228130622/http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/studentlife/greek-life/ |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Government-minded students can join the College Democrats, College Republicans, United Nations Georgetown, and the Student Government Association.<ref name="Igroups">{{Cite web |url=http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/studentlife/student-organizations/interest-groups/ |title=Interested groups |access-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228130618/http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/studentlife/student-organizations/interest-groups/ |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Recreation and activity oriented groups include the Georgetown Activities Council, intramurals, Georgetown College Equestrian Team, Georgetown College Film Club, Outdoor High Adventure Club, Social Plug, and the Georgetown College Disc Golf Club.<ref name="Organizations"/>

Activist groups include the Georgetown Sustainability Initiative, Campus Spectrum, Habitat for Humanity, Student Abolitionist Movement, and the American Red Cross Club.<ref name="Igroups"/>

Students interested in the arts can participate in the Dance Marathon, George-Tones, Gospel Choir, Lyric Theatre Society, Maskrafters/[[Alpha Psi Omega]], MTNA piano club, Praise Dance Ministry, and the Step Team.<ref name="Igroups"/>

Religious organizations include Common Ground and Campus Outreach.<ref name="Organizations"/>

Academic groups include [[Alpha Lambda Delta]], [[American Chemical Society]] Club, Biology Club, Brokmeyer Society (philosophy), [[Delta Omicron]], Georgetown College Athletic Training Students, Kentucky Education Association, Math/Physics/Computer Science Club, Nat'l Association for Music Education, [[Psi Chi]]/Psi Alpha Omega, [[Sigma Tau Delta]] (English honorary, Eta Alpha chapter, est. 1925), Sociology Club, Student Women and Gender Society, Students of National Association for Teachers of Singing, and the Academic Team.<ref name="Organizations"/>

Other student organizations include Ambassadors of Diversity, Pre-Health Association, SHAC, SHMAC, Tiger Squad, Commuter Club, and the Real Food Coalition.<ref name="Organizations"/>

===Maskrafters===
The Georgetown College Maskrafter theater group is the oldest collegiate theater company in Kentucky and offers traditional theater, an emphasis on creating original work, and new initiatives in digital motion picture art. As of 2007, the Maskrafters had produced a feature-length movie entitled ''Surviving Guthrie'', and had put on the musical ''[[She Loves Me]]''. Recent plays include ''[[Proof (play)|Proof]]'', ''[[The Fantasticks]]'', ''[[Grease (musical)|Grease]]'', and [[Shakespeare]]'s ''[[The Tempest]]''. The Maskrafters are primarily students at Georgetown, and are guided by staff.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/studentlife/student-organizations/fine-arts-organizations/maskrafters-theater-film/ |title=Maskrafters: Theatre & Film |access-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228131307/http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/studentlife/student-organizations/fine-arts-organizations/maskrafters-theater-film/ |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Media===
A student-run newspaper, called ''The Georgetonian'', publishes multiple issues per semester.<ref>[http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/georgetonian/ Georgetonian]</ref> A student-run radio station, [[WRVG-LP|WRVG]], is housed on campus in the Cralle Student Center.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/studentlife/student-organizations/fine-arts-organizations/wrvg/ |title=WRVG |access-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228131538/http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/studentlife/student-organizations/fine-arts-organizations/wrvg/ |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===Traditions===
'''Songfest''' is an evening of skits written by, starring, and produced by Greek and independent groups on campus. Skits are centered on the Homecoming theme, and also incorporate singing, dancing, and acting. Groups engage in competitions to win awards.<ref name="Traditions">{{Cite web |url=http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/admissions/traditions/ |title=Georgetown College Traditions |access-date=December 27, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228130615/http://www.georgetowncollege.edu/admissions/traditions/ |archive-date=December 28, 2013 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

[[File:John L Hill Chapel Georgetown College.jpg|thumb|200px|John L. Hill Chapel]]
'''Chapel Day and Men's Bid Day''' takes place each fall. Chapel Day is a sorority event letting the active members know which pledges have accepted their bid to join the sorority. The pledges dress in their new sorority's colors and run through the doors of the chapel into the waiting arms of their sisters. The fraternities' version of Chapel Day occurs the following week. Referred to as Men's Bid Day, it operates in a similar fashion. Even independent students, faculty, staff, family, and sometimes pets brave the cold to enjoy the excitement of this special campus tradition.<ref name="Traditions"/>

'''Homecoming''' is an annual tradition, highlighted by Songfest and a football game. Every year, alumni head back to Georgetown's campus. On Saturday morning they have brunch, listen to live music, and visit with fellow alumni, professors and current students. A Homecoming King and Queen, elected by the student body, are crowned during halftime of the football game.<ref name="Traditions"/>

'''Belle of the Blue''' is Georgetown's small-scale version of Miss America. It is an annual scholarship pageant that any freshman through junior woman can participate in. Each residence hall, including the male dormitories, nominates a woman to compete as their representative in the February event. On pageant night, the women are judged based on scholarship, interview, talent, poise and appearance. A "Miss Congeniality" title is awarded, as well as an overall scholarship to Georgetown College.<ref name="Traditions"/>

'''Midnight Brunch''' – The Caf, each semester, selects one night during finals week to open at midnight. Students listen to music that blares and games are played, and the professors serve students platefuls of comfort food to help fuel their late-night study sessions.<ref name="Traditions"/>

'''Grubfest''' happens each September. Students join the annual battle to see which team can complete the most challenges. In a matter of hours, the Quad, a lush, green open area for socializing and studying, is turned into a slimy, muddy arena covered with food products. At the end of Grubfest, the two dirtiest and most creative participants are crowned king and queen of the year's festivities.<ref name="Traditions"/>

'''Opening Convocation''' is held in the chapel in the early fall and is a campus-wide assembly intended to create a sense of academic community and common purpose as the academic year begins.<ref name="Traditions"/>

'''Hanging of the Green''' is held each December, and students, faculty, and staff gather together in the chapel on the first Monday night of the month for a worship service including an advent wreath lit by faculty and staff, an upperclassman offering the service's message, and a Christmas tree trimmed on stage with ornaments representing various organizations on campus. At the end, the attendees sing "Silent Night".<ref name="Traditions"/>

'''Commencement''', or the graduation ceremony, takes place every May on Giddings Lawn. Seniors troop through the doors of Giddings Hall and fan out onto the front lawn, where commencement proceeds.<ref name="Traditions"/>