How club sports differ from varsity
Club teams are student-organized and student-coached (occasionally with a volunteer coach), compete against other colleges' club programs, and manage their own travel and scheduling with a Recreation office advisor rather than an athletics department staff.
Starting a new club
A petition needs a faculty or staff advisor, a minimum roster, a safety plan for the sport, and Student Government budget approval; several current club sports started this way within the last decade.
In and around Porter Falls
The Ironclads compete in NCAA Division III as members of the Wesconsin Collegiate Athletic Conference, and home events are at the Ironhouse Athletic Center and the riverside fields off North Campus. Millrace Week in October is still built around the homecoming football game.
The practical details
Active clubs: A rotating roster, typically 12–16 a year. Funding: Student-fee allocation plus dues and fundraising. Level: Student-run, faculty or staff advisor required. Anything time-sensitive — an accommodation, a booking, a deadline — is worth confirming directly before you rely on it, because the specifics here can change from term to term.
If you have a question
The office behind this is Ironclad Athletics (Ironhouse Athletic Center). Call (715) 555–0195 or email athletics@uwporterfalls.edu during the fall and spring terms, or sign in to MyPorter to send a message or book a time. If it turns out another office owns the question, they will route it rather than send you back to the start.
Fictional information
UW–Porter Falls is a work of parody. Every office, person, building, phone number and statistic on this page is invented; nothing here describes a real institution or a service you can actually contact.