Fraternaties and academic guilds are included in student activies. English, education and criminal justice are just examples of clubs. The concert and marching bands, art guild, jazz and brass ensembles, and others allow people to explore the fine and performing arts. The student newspaper, The Spectrum, and WBSU Radio allow for students to monitor campus events and news. Humanistic programs include Good Brothers and Good sisters; fraternaties also are involved in the community.

Athletics

Bowie State's athletes play in the Eastern Division of the Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association, participating in the NCAA's Division II. Both the men's football and the basketball head coaches were named CIAA Coach of the Year for the 2001-2002 school year.