What is aggie fish club?

Aggie Fish Club is an organization dedicated to the involvement of freshmen at Texas A&M University. Through weekly meetings, influential speakers, committee projects, Buddy Huddle activities and leadership retreats, the freshmen are provided opportunities to grow as individuals, students, and Aggie leaders. Aggie Fish Club serves as a support system to the freshmen and encourages development through positive reinforcement, mentors, and friendship. AFC also focuses on the importance of Texas A&M’s history and tradition, while giving the freshmen the opportunity to experience the Aggie Spirit.

How is your organization structured?
AFC is comprised of 56 freshmen, 14 sophomore counselors, 2 senior directors, and 3 junior directors. All of the staff were freshmen in AFC at one point. Throughout the year we do many, many things together as a group, allowing you to get to know everyone in the organization. To break it down into a smaller scale, we also have committees and buddy huddles. Each of these consist of two counselors and eight freshmen.

What kind of committees do you have?
Committees in AFC handle a specific area of the operation of the organization for the whole year. But through these times of working together, you gain valuable leadership skills by creating projects that are entirely your own. Our committees include Fundraising, Public Relations, Service, Special Activities, Archives, Development and Outreach, and Internal Affairs. These groups usually meet once a week outside of the AFC general meeting, and hang out many times during the week or go on a road trip.

What in the world are "Buddy Huddles"?
Basically these are our social groups within AFC. There are all kinds of activities that all of AFC participates in, but this gives you a time to focus on a smaller group. Led by two counselors, each buddy huddle is comprised of eight freshmen and represented by a color. The main goal of these groups is just to have a great time. Activities range from sightseeing in and outside of Bryan/College Station, road trips to the hot spots around Texas, or even just something as simple as a weekly dinner. But the important thing is it gives you a small group of friends to turn to whenever you need anything.

Why should I pick AFC as my first choice over the other FLOs?
Aggie Fish Club is proud to be a member of the Freshman Leadership Advisory Council (FLAC) where we have joined together with 14 other Freshman Leadership Organizations (FLOs) on campus and vowed to remain unified in the common goal of freshmen leadership. Since we believe that we all have interchangeable experiences, you can only be in one of the 14 FLAC member organizations (ALOT, AFC, LIFE, FLIP, FLIC, FISH, FAST,PREP, FLARE, FLI, FLE, Fish Council, ASSIST, and Fish Aides). We HIGHLY recommend that you apply for more than one FLO because the competition is very tough, and there are no guarantees. At your interview you will be asked to place a ballot ranking your choices. All of us have many commonalities, but we each approach freshmen leadership in our own ways.

* Independently Operated - AFC is housed under the Student Activities department at Texas A&M. This position allows us to be very much in control of actions and direction of our organization. Many groups report back to a large chain of command, hindering the decisions of the membership. We greatly appreciate our position in the university, because it allows the 5 directors to oversee all activities.
* Complete Control to Freshmen - Although AFC is directed by a staff of 19 upper-classmen, we have taken the philosophy of chain command and turned it completely upside-down. You, the freshman, are the ones that shape the year. People comment about how every year AFC is different, and it's because there is a different group of people. There are several projects that we believe are essential to leadership development that stay year after year, but besides that, all projects are freshman-initiated, freshman-organized, and freshman-led, adding even more to your sense of accomplishment.
* No Specific Mold - To be in AFC, you are not subjected to a specific level of criteria. All we require is that you be a freshman at Texas A&M University. One of the most exciting parts of our organization is that you get to interact with people that you would never have considered talking to in high school, but your common bond now is that your both Aggies, and you are both willing to grow and develop as a person throughout the year. It's not an issue to us of whether you are on- or off-campus, or if you have ever been involved in leadership roles before.
* Experience Leadership in Multiple Areas - AFC doesn't center its vision on one particular area on campus, but we choose to lead in various areas. We feel that as a freshman, it is more advantageous to investigate multiple organizations on campus rather than tying yourself to one specific branch. You may not be sure of what groups you would like to pursue after your freshman year, so AFC helps you gain valuable skills that can be applied to any group on campus, while at the same time bringing in representatives from all of these organizations to tell you more about what they do.
* Highly Dedicated Former Members - The largest statement of how much our organization works is by seeing how much it means to our former members, or "Ol' Army AFC". Every year we have a reunion, bringing back all members of AFC, all the way to back to the class of 1992. They will all tell you that it has changed their life. Friends that they met here became their roommates and at times their husband or wife! The leadership they gained not only applied to other organizations on campus but out in the real world of the career setting.

What you should know

Members:
56

Counselors:
14

Date Established:
1992

Favorite Subjects:
Balanced Involvement
Active Leadership
Integrity
Maturity
Passion
Service

Favorite Colors:
Maroon and White

Favorite hangout spot:
Duncan Dining Hall (on the Quad)

ANYONE NOT INTERESTED IN HAVING AN AMAZING FRESHMEN YEAR NEED NOT APPLY!

There is just so much Fun to be had...

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AFC is a great stepping stone to leadership all over campus. Here are some places our former fish have gone on to serve:
Corp Commander
Fish Camp Counselor
Fish Camp Co-Chair
Fish Camp Director
Impact Counselor
Impact Co-Chair
Impact Director
Student Senator
Football Player