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.
Camarilla Club
Description:
We play Live Action Roleplaying Games (LARPs), and tabletop games (such as DnD). The club also does community service and plays soccer.
Contact Information
- Primary Email: hvw@andrew.cmu.edu
Capoeira Club
Description:
Capoeira is an Afro-Brazilian martial art/dance/game, heavily rooted in rhythm, music, and movement. The CMU Capoeira Club provides an opportunity to learn, practice, and play for capoeiristas of any skill level or for people who are simply interested in learning more. Classes are taught by students (for now) with at least 4 years experience playing Capoeira. Classes are fun, free, open to everyone, and a great workout, too!
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Todd Snider
- Primary Email: cmu.capoeira@gmail.com
Carnegie Aeronautical
Description:
The Carnegie Aeronautical Association promotes aviation-related activities to CMU community. We provide a community means for starting flight training as well as resources to discover general aviation and to become a safe and competent aviator.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Marco Arienzo
- Primary Email: marienzo@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://cmuaero.wordpress.com/
Carnegie Clan
Description:
The purpose of the Carnegie Clan is to raise awareness of Carnegie Mellon's varsity, club, and intramural sports programs in the university community. The Carnegie Clan will build school spirit and pride by holding events and providing giveaways such as t-shirts and towels to support our teams during home athletic competitions. We have held a number of very successful events which include the annual Homecoming Chili Cookoff, Tartan Tailgates, and celebratory bonfires.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Sara Wingen
- Primary Email: crkato@andrew.cmu.edu
Carnegie Involvement Association
Description:
To be involved in Buggy and promote this great activity on campus.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Natalie Straight
- Primary Email: cia@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://ciabuggy.org
Carnegie Mellon Ambassadors
Description:
A volunteer organization that works in conjunction with the Admissions department as a liaison between Carnegie Mellon and prospective students and families. By planning several events and simply having positive personal interactions with potential first-years, this organization aims to be a helpful recruiting tool for the university.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Salim Peshawaria
- Primary Email: speshawa@andrew.cmu.edu
Carnegie Mellon Bah￡'￭ Association
Description:
The Carnegie Mellon Bah￡'￭ Association is composed of students, faculty and staff that are dedicated to fostering fellowship and harmony among the diverse students on campus. Our club's activities (including informational tables, Interfaith panels, campus lectures, and informal discussions), all focused on the creating of an ever advancing, sustainable world civilization, reflect the principles of: promoting race unity, the equality of women and men, eliminating all prejudices, the common foundations of all world religions, and the harmony of science and religion.
Contact Information
Carnegie Mellon Business Association
Description:
cmBA seeks to prepare students for the professional world of business through etiquette dinners, business fashion shows, professor dinners and information panels. It is also the body in charge of the annual Tepper Ball and Tepper Spirit Day.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Brittany Larkin
- Primary Email: cmba@andrew.cmu.edu
Carnegie Mellon Golf Club
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Tarik Raed
- Primary Email: traed@andre.cmu.edu
Carnegie Mellon Objectivist Club
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Paul Kennedy
Carnegie Mellon Paintball Club
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Alexander Soto
Carnegie Mellon Solar Splash
Description:
Carnegie Mellon Solar Splash is a organization whose goal is to assemble a team to represent Carnegie Mellon University in Solar Splash, The World Championship of Intercollegiate Solar Boating. For this competition different schools will design and build a solar powered boat to compete in three different events, Slalom, Sprint and Endurance. The Slalom is a short maneuverability test, the Sprint is a 300m dash, and the Endurance challenge is the marquee event where all boats attempt to make as many laps around a 2km loop as they can in a 2 hour time period.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Susan Finger
- Primary Email: mbarako@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/solar-splash
Carnegie Mellon University Math Club
Description:
The purpose of the organization is 1. to promote an awareness and critical understanding of mathematics in modern society on campus and in the local community, 2. to assist students pursuing a career, academic research, enrollment in professional organizations or postgraduate school that pertains to mathematics or a related science, and 3. to provide academic assistance to students on campus or in other secondary schools within Pittsburgh.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Timothy Self
- Primary Email: tself@andrew.cmu.edu
Carnegie Steel
Description:
Steel drum band supporting and emphasizing education and performance. Rehearsals in New House basement.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Sarah Miles
Carnegie Tech Radio Club
Description:
W3VC is the FCC assigned callsign of the Carnegie Tech Radio Club. The radio club is an organization of people interested in all the activities amateur radio has to offer. Our membership consists of undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and staff of the CMU community. Among the club members there is a wide variety of interests such as public service events, satellite communications, DXing (talking to other amateurs around the world), computers and networks, amateur television, and emergency drills.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Michael Sibley
- Primary Email: ar99@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/ar99/
Carnegie United Towards Increased Effort in Service
Description:
As a service organization, we strive to make an impact and become a positive influence in the world right now. Our members democratically vote and choose projects of individual interest so that our community service projects are personal and have character. And we always remember to have fun! The level of commitment expected is up to the individual. When projects that *you* personally are interested in arise, participate in those. However, many of our larger projects can only be undertaken if several members agree to commit. Meetings are held every other week, short, and we try to feed you.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Lenny An
- Primary Email: lcan@andrew.cmu.edu
Chabad House
Description:
Chabad of CMU is... A Jewish student organization that provides an exciting variety of social, educational, and cultural programming for students. A home where all Jews are welcome, regardless of background or affiliation. A place to socialize in a comfortable, home-like setting with great friends, great food, and great discussion. A source of caring support from professional and sensitive rabbinical mentors. A partnership between students and staff, providing valuable leadership opportunities for students to create fun, vibrant programs. Chabad of Carnegie Mellon University, "Your Jewish connection on Campus" was established by Directors Rabbi Shlomo and Chani Silverman. Chabad of CMU offers a wide variety of regular programs: from holiday celebrations to concerts, Shabbat meals to hands-on workshops, social action to learning programs.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Chani Weinstein
- Primary Email: chaniw@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: www.chabadofcmu.com
Chak De
Description:
The purpose of the Carnegie Mellon Bhangra Team, Chak De, is to provide opportunity and instruction for aspiring dancers. This organization will seek to encourage, advance, and promote the art of Bhangra dancing. The team seeks to advance the art of Punjabi folk dance and creative expression, through various performances and competitions, on and off campus, and through instructive workshops.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Kunal Desai
- Primary Email: kndesai@andrew.cmu.edu
Chess Club
Description:
The CMU Chess Club supports chess-related activities on and around the CMU campus. We also represent the University in tournaments and leagues around Pittsburgh, and have weekly meetings to both play chess and to provide instruction to players. We support various chess variants such as Chinese/Japanese chess and hexagonal/3d chess to appeal to a wider audience and provide refreshing new perspectives.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: David Neville
- Primary Email: djn@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/cmu-chess-club/
Chinese Student and Scholar Association
Description:
The Chinese Student and Scholar Association in Carnegie Mellon University (CMU-CSSA) is a student organization of about 500 members, most of whom are with Chinese heritage. As one of the largest organizations in CMU, CSSA seeks to help new Chinese students start their lives in Pittsburgh, build a better community for Chinese students and scholars and contribute as a multicultural student organization at Carnegie Mellon. CMU-CSSA's business is operated by a CSSA board on behalf of all members.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Shengpeng Liu
- Primary Email: sliu@cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/cssa/
Circle K
Description:
General Body meetings every Wednesday @ 9:30 PM in UC Pake, unless otherwise stated.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Jennifer Tang
- Primary Email: rsambasi@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/circlek/
CL@C Ciber Life at CMU
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Kwang Youn Kim
CMU Aikijujutsu
Contact Information
CMU Airsoft
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Ethan Minogue
- Primary Email: cmu-airsoft-club@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
CMU Ballers
Description:
The CMU Ballers look to share our passion and love of basketball with the all of the Carnegie Mellon community. Our club seeks to create connections and bonds while playing basketball, a year-round sport which utilizes the University￢ﾀﾙs facilities. We will organize monthly competitions, bi-annual tournaments, skills workshops, and nightly pick-up games in order to foster a community that loves to play basketball.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Richard Chen
- Primary Email: rchen1@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: TBA
CMU Cricket Club
Description:
The mission of CMU Cricket Club will be to promote the game of cricket within the Carnegie Mellon community, give students and faculty the opportunity to learn the game of cricket, and to maintain the Carnegie Mellon Cricket Club Team.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Atishe Chordia
- Primary Email: achordia@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: www.cmucricketclub.com
CMU Explorers Club
Description:
The Carnegie Mellon University Explorers Club is a meeting place for people interested in outdoor activities such as rock and ice climbing, mountaineering, caving, hiking, backpacking, flat and white water boating, sailing, skydiving, mountain biking, scuba diving, etc.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Nikkolos White
- Primary Email: explorers-dl-owner@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: www.cmuexplorers.org
CMU Foosball Club
Description:
CMU Foos would like to increase the awareness of foosball on campus and encourage play amongst its members. The club holds regular tournaments, from small pick tournaments, to the large Winter and Spring tournaments.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact:
- Primary Email: cmufoos@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: www.cmufoos.org
CMU Gaming Club
Description:
CMU Gaming Club -- We Play Games. We provide a venue for the practice of board-, card-, and other forms of social tabletop games. We meet most Saturdays in the 2nd floor UC dining area overlooking the swimming pool beginning at 1:00 pm. Gaming lasts until everyone goes home.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Jordan Fei
- Primary Email: gc00@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/gc00/
CMU Kendo Club
Description:
The CMU Kumdo Club is an officially recognized campus club that seeks to raise awareness of ￢ﾀﾜkumdo,￢ﾀﾝ a Korean martial arts similar to fencing. Its mission is to provide an atmosphere for those who practice kumdo to maintain and improve their skills of the martial arts while in school. Its goal is to create a place where those who practice kumdo can meet others who also practice the art and improve together. The club is also open to those who may wish to join to learn more about kumdo and may start practicing kumdo as a beginner.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Leo Ahnn
- Primary Email: lahnn@andrew.cmu.edu
CMU Politics
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Kyle Andrews
- Primary Email: students4freedom@gmail.com
- Website: www.cmupolitics.com
CMU Pool Club
Description:
The CMU Pool Club is dedicated to encouraging the organization and growth, in both social and competitive aspects, of pool within the campus community.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Zhong Sheng Tan
- Primary Email: pool-club-exco@lists.andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: www.betterbreak.net/blog
CMU Portuguese Association
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Vasco Pedro
- Primary Email: vasco@cs.cmu.edu
CMU Skateboarding
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Stephen Krackhardt
- Primary Email: skrackha@andrew.cmu.edu
CMU Solutions
Contact Information
CMU Tennis People Club
Description:
Our unique mission is to connect people at CMU who are interested in playing tennis and organize tennis events. Our club￢ﾀﾙs overall objectives are to organize club meetings (watching tennis games, BBQ, dinner), clinics, and tournaments for CMU undergraduate and graduate students, staff and faculty. We intend to organize tennis activities on all levels for beginners, intermediate and advanced players to allow tennis players to practice and improve their technique and take part in competition. In conclusion, we want to provide a platform for tennis interested people to get to know each other and develop a tennis community for players of all levels at CMU
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Thomas Gordon
- Primary Email: tennis-people@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/tennis-people
CMU Turntable Crew
Description:
Many American colleges and universities, including UC Berkley and Berklee College of Music, now offer courses on DJing. A number of schools have also been founded, such as New York￢ﾀﾙs Scratch Academy, specifically to teach this new artform. CMU has no such program, or plans for a program. The goal of the CMU Turntable Crew is filling this absence by creating a community of student DJs to learn, collaborate, teach, and spread appreciation of DJing and DJ culture. We are interested in working with other Hip Hop oriented student organizations such as The International Freestylers, and 5th Element to organize events and activities for our members, and the CMU Community. We also hope to spread the presence and appreciation of urban youth culture on campus.
Contact Information
- Primary Email: smcmilla@andrew.cmu.edu
CMU Yoga Club
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Kaushik Vaidyanathan
- Primary Email: kvaidya1@andrew.cmu.edu
cmuTV
Description:
cmuTV exists to provide both an informational and creative outlet for the campus community, and to act as an agent able to provide video services to other groups on the Carnegie Mellon campus. cmuTV is broadcast on campus channel 17 to all dorms and academic buildings on campus. Channel 17 is also mirrored online for the rest of the campus community. Members of cmuTV have the ability to create content of their choosing ranging from comedy and art to news and information. We will strive to provide coverage of important events on campus, including concerts, sports, speakers, and of course buggy. As a media outlet on campus, we will represent the views and interests of the student body, and will be open to content reflecting and comprised of these views. Channel 17 can also serve as an outlet for other clubs, student organizations, and academic departments to showcase any performances or projects that they may be exhibiting. Events can be broadcast live or on tape delay. http://www.cmutv.org/
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Siddharth Nangia
- Primary Email: cmutv@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://cmutv.org
College Bible Fellowship
Description:
We provide a conducive atmosphere to focus and follow Jesus Christ through the Bible. Anyone is welcome to come and enjoy the regular fellowship that we have. Instead of focusing on the religion that man made, we focus on what God made through Christ in the Word of God. We are not affiliated with any church or denomination.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Enoma Oviasu
- Primary Email: nfrank@andrew.cmu.edu
College Bowl
Description:
College Bowl is an organization centered around trivia (cf. quizbowl, academic team). We play all varieties of trivia games ranging from those of an academic nature to those focusing on popular culture. We frequently travel to other universities to participate in tournaments.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Trevor Davis
- Primary Email: cbowl@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/college-bowl/
College Democrats
Description:
The College Democrats pledges itself to support the philosophy and candidates of the Democratic Party. Furthermore, the College Democrats declares its intention to support all efforts to increase the participation of college students in Democratic affairs. To these ends, the College Democrats shall educate and train its members so that they may be better able to: Educate students about the philosophy of the Democratic Party; Promote the principles of the Democratic Party; Assist in the election of local, state, and national Democratic candidates; Affect political change on the local, state, and national level.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Hannah Wendling
- Primary Email: cmudems@andrew.cmu.edu
College Prep Tutoring at CMU
Description:
College Prep Tutoring at CMU is a non-funded, educational student organization. The goal of our organization is to provide high school students with a totaly free opportunity to experience truly rewarding tutoring sessions and carry out extraordinary projects. Our dedicated members will offer tutoring claasses to motivated high school students in a wide range of topics covering mathematics, natural sciences, and modern languages.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Caner Kazanci
College Republicans
Description:
The Carnegie Mellon Chapter of the College Republicans spends time on both campaign / party activities as well as ideological exercises. Emphasis is placed on core values as to provide a diverse group of activities for members, above and beyond the normal party activities.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Aaron Marks
- Primary Email: ammarks@andrew.cmu.edu
Colombia en CMU
Description:
Dedicated to awareness of the Colombian culture and current affairs.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Ricardo Taborda Rios
- Primary Email: rtaborda@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.colombiaenpittsburgh.org/
Committee on Student Organizations
Description:
The Committee on Student Organizations (CoSO) was formed for the purpose of recognizing new student groups, re-recognizing student organizations, and offering support to these groups campus wide. The committee is composed of representatives from Graduate Student Assembly, Undergraduate Student Senate and several student organizations with advising from Student Activities.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Robert Arnold
- Primary Email: coso@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.studentaffairs.cmu.edu/studentactivitie
Computer Club
Description:
The computer club offers the opportunity to tinker with unique hardware, promote open source development and advocacy, and hack on interesting programming projects, all while offering a variety of useful services to the campus community. Among other services, we run the contributed webserver (supporting CGI scripts and SQL database access), a USENET server, and an open source FTP mirror. We have our own machine room and a well-developed infrastructure for which we are always seeking new ideas for expansion. We hold weekly meetings. See our website for this semester's times.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Andrew Wesie
- Primary Email: info@club.cc.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.club.cc.cmu.edu
Counterpoint
Description:
Counterpoint, founded in 2000, currently has 13 active members and does not discriminate based on ethnicity, creed, faith, orientation, or gender: it is open for anyone to get involved, through advertisements, choosing songs, arranging music, coordinating performances and the like. Vocal performance is open exclusively to women. Any active member can present nearly any piece of music to the rest of the group to perform. Counterpoint currently performs pop-music, oldies, and classical pieces, and a few members are preparing some original pieces as well.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Sarah Hall
- Primary Email: countrpt@andrew.cmu.edu
Cross Seekers
Description:
CMU Cross Seekers is a fellowship centered Christian organization.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: James Ramp
- Primary Email: crossseekers@gmail.com
- Website: http://sites.google.com/site/crossseekers/Home
Crosslink
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Dhishan Kande
- Primary Email: dkande@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.ices.cmu.edu/crosslink/home.asp
Cuban American Students Association
Description:
CASA is a networking club for Latino students to meet other Latinos as well as others to experience Latino culture. It is unique because of the uniqueness of Cuba and those students who have a background in Cuban culture.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Daniel Brackley
- Primary Email: dbrackle@andrew.cmu.edu
Cyber Life at CMU
Description:
CL@C is a group composed of student body who seek for an opportunity to practice and apply their professional fields of studies to accomplish a society on a virtual world. The uniqueness of our club is that anyone with any major can make a significant contribution on establishing this virtual society. We believe that this kind of uniqueness of our club enables us to invite anyone in our school to take a part and furthermore, helps us to serve our school￢ﾀﾙs motto ￢ﾀﾜThe Da Vinci Effect,￢ﾀﾝ in the best interest as we unify and combine different fields of studies such as arts and technology and students to gain the best result as a group. Members will not only have an opportunity to practice their personal skills but also will be able to obtain satisfaction as they can actualize their dreams and hobbies that they had to set aside during the semesters due to overwhelming school works and other tasks.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Brian Pak
- Primary Email: bpak@andrew.cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/cyberli/
Cycling Club
Description:
Our goal is to provide an environment where cyclists of every level and interest can develop their cycling skills and fitness by participating and organizing cycling-related activities in and around Pittsburgh as well as competing in inter-collegiate and amateur races around the region.
Contact Information
- Primary Contact: Benjamin Stephens
- Primary Email: bstephens@cmu.edu
- Website: http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/~cycling