Last fall, we held the first-ever Secular Student Alliance Student Membership Drive.  We had 28 groups participate, and we're excited to announce the groups who were able to recruit the most members!

We realized that there's no way a group on a 1,500-student campus could compete with groups on 50,000-student campuses - so we divided affiliates into two tiers: groups with less than 35 members and groups with more than 35. Each group will be receiving a $50 EvolveFISH gift certificate.

Members of the Alliance of Happy Atheists pose with Richard Dawkins in the fall of 2009.

For our affiliates with over 35 members, we'd like to congratulate the Alliance of Happy Atheists at the University of Oregon for their great recruitment work!  While this group is less than a year old, they've already garnered over 80 regular members and are active on their campus and their community.  

In the category of affiliates with under 35 members, we're excited to announce that the Secular Student Alliance at Southern Arkansas University, another brand-new group, was able to outperform even the Alliance of Happy Atheists and take away the gold medal for recruiting the most members this fall. 

Congratulations to both the Alliance of Happy Atheists and the Secular Student Alliance at Southern Arkansas University for their great work in our first-ever student membership drive!