Student Organization Directory
With over 225 Student Government recognized student organizations on the Carnegie Mellon campus, there are many opportunities to get involved in creating your college experience. Our organizations represent various social, service, media, academic, spiritual, recreational, sport, religious, political, cultural, and governance opportunities for all students.
You are able to search through the student organization directory by entering a keyword or selecting an interest area in the category field.
Badminton Club
Description:
The CMU Badminton Club was created with the goal of exposing badminton as a fast-paced and exciting sport that anyone on the CMU campus may enjoy. From beginner to advanced levels, badminton is a sport that can be picked up easily! Our club provides all necessary equipment for play including rackets, shuttlecocks (birdies), and nets. We meet in the small Skibo Gym. For futher information please contact the club president.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: David Chan
- Primary Email: davidcha@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/cmbc/
Ballroom Dance Club
Description:
The CMU Ballroom Dance Club's goal is to create a setting for learning social and competitive ballroom dancing in a fun and relaxed environment. Our club's members range from those with two left feet (and sometimes more) to veteran dancers with years of experience. We welcome anyone interested in learning and having fun, including Pittsburgh area undergraduate students, graduate students, and professionals. If you don't have a partner, no worries! We welcome singles and couples. DANCES: A sampling of the repertoire includes Jive, Swing, Salsa, Lindy Hop, Charleston, Rumba, Samba, Viennese Waltz, Tango, and International and American variations of many dances. We start by teaching the basics, so if you have ever wanted to learn to dance... we are the place to start! CLASSES: We provide our members with weekly beginner and intermediate classes, as well as a competition class and demo team practices. COMPETITION TEAM: The competition team is a great chance to push yourself to the next level, and to dance with a group of talented and highly motivated people. Expert dancers and novices welcome - there are levels ranging from Newcomer to Champ, and you register only for the dances you want to perform. Join the CMU team at exciting events throughout the semester. We travel all over the East Coast, meet new people, and have a blast.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Jackie Zhang
- Primary Email: ballroom@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: www.cmubdc.org
Baseball Club
Description:
The Carnegie Mellon Baseball Club is a University-funded, student-run organization dedicated to promoting competitive baseball on campus.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Bennet Poepping
- Primary Email: bop@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: www.cmubaseball.com
Best Buddies
Description:
The mission of Best Buddies is to establish a global volunteer movement that creates opportunities for one￢ﾀﾐto￢ﾀﾐone friendships, integrated employment and leadership development for people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Each participant is paired with someone from the Pittsburgh community who has an intellectual disability. Participants will contact their buddy once a week and see them twice a month. There will also be group events that the chapter leaders will organize and conduct.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Alyssa Montanaro
- Primary Email: amontana@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: bestbuddiesonline.org
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of CMU
Description:
The primary purpose of the organization/partnership program is to aid children generally from single-parent families at the Hill House Association After-School Program. The organization will assist in the healthy and functional growth of these children into adult members of society and their community by providing them with aid in the areas of academics, social life, emotional and character development through specified techniques in human services developed and utilized by Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Pittsburgh, Inc. The organization and its members/volunteers will act as the basic change agents in the lives of these children, utilizing the ￢ﾀﾜONE ADULT ￢ﾀﾓ ONE CHILD￢ﾀ philosophy. The secondary purpose of BBBS of CMU is to educate interested undergraduate and graduate students as to how they may volunteer at these sites and through other Big Brothers Big Sisters programs, and to assist the volunteers in any way possible with the effective aid for the child with whom the volunteer is matched.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Amy Fuller
- Primary Email: amfuller@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: www.bbbs.org
Big Straw
Description:
Big Straw is an Asian American interests magazine open to anyone! Our mission isn't to define culture, but to explore it. Our main goals are to empower students by creating the opportunity to: 1. explore and examine the complexities of Asian-American culture and identities 2. increase awareness about cultural and sociopolitical issues experienced by Asian-Americans 3. provide an opportunity for students to express their ideas and creativity, to voice their concerns and to have a meaningful exchange of ideas
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Robin Chen
- Primary Email: rschen@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: bigstraw.org
Black Graduate Students Organization
Description:
The Black Graduate Students Organization is dedicated to enhancing graduate student life on campus. This is accomplished through social, professional, and community-service based programming. The organization also acts as a mechanism for voicing the concerns of all graduate students on campus, particularly those of minority students.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Devon Rollins
- Primary Email: devonr@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/BGSO/
Brazilian Student Association
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Cassandra Abernathy
- Primary Email: cabernat@andrew.cmu.edu
BUDAYA (Malaysian Students Organization)
Description:
The Malaysian Cultural Organization, Budaya, is a student organization established to promote Malaysian culture and heritage to the general community of Carnegie Mellon and Pittsburgh. Apart from propagating and introducing the richness of Malaysian culture, we also aim to foster closer relationships among our members, and to maintain a close network of it's members with news of Malaysia.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Mohammad Azizan
- Primary Email: shazwanazizan@yahoo.com
- Website: www.cmubudaya.org