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In Ellensburg students belong to Accounting Club and are actively trying to organize a Chapter of Beta Alpha Psi which is a student accounting organization recognized by AACSB.  The Westside students belong to Society of Accounting Students and are active in organizing recruiting events for accounting majors. 

The Department often co-sponsors activities with the Diversity Center, Civic Engagement and the Empowerment Center, such as speakers and films.  Sometimes these originate with Anthropology faculty, and at other times we are invited to co-sponsor by these organizations as well as other academic departments.

The Anthropology Student Association has at least one and often two faculty advisors.  It is a student-led organization and seems to thrive on activities such as film screenings, brown bag talks, field trips to museums, archaeological sites, camping trips and other get-togethers.  The ASA supports its activities by applying for funds through the Associated Students of CWU, and fund-raising, such as their coffee stand in the lobby of Farrell Hall.  Currently the ASA faculty advisor is Prof. Wang.

Last spring the ASA initiated the process of establishing a chapter of Delta Lambda, a national anthropology honor society.  This year students are enthusiastic about applying for membership and participating in the national organization.  

Art majors are encouraged to participate in the Student Art Council (SAC).  SAC is the student club that organizes annual  interdisciplinary auctions and student exhibitions.  This club also organizes trips and tours to sites of national importance for the arts such as  New York city for gallery and museum visits.  While at Central, students have an opportunity to join a student chapter of the National Art Education Association (NAEA). The chapter meets every other week to discuss art activities going on at the university and in the community. Students make plans to attend local, regional and national art events. They raise money to attend these functions, especially the National Art Education Conference. Besides learning how to become a viable member of the greater art education community, students also have an opportunity to become part of a smaller family of future art teachers who stay in touch with one another and support one another long after they have graduated from Central. Ceramicists are encouraged to join Central Clay.  Central Clay is a student organization that organizes various fund raising activities throughout the year to allow for student attendance at the National Council on the Education for the Ceramic Arts (NCECA), fund visiting artists, workshops, and sponsor other educational activities. Graphic design students are encouraged to participate in the student chapter of the American Institute of Graphic Arts (AIGA).  Finally all students are encouraged to participate in the College Art Association for grant opportunities, lectures, or conferences in their discipline.

Industry speakers. Representatives from industry are invited to speak to students about their areas. Sectors represented include: airlines, corporate aviation, cargo, and government (military, FAA, NTSB, TSA, WSDOT).

Faculty and student-leader led field trips which have included: Altitude Chamber at Spokane AFB (about 15 trips over the past five years), Air Traffic Control Towers, Women in Aviation Conferences, Air Route Traffic Control Center, FAA Flight Service Station, Boeing Aircraft, Boeing Museum of Flight, Yakima Airport Historical Museum, and Alaska Airlines.

Horizon Air Direct Hire program which allows qualified Flight Technology graduates to be interviewed and hired by Horizon with less flight experience than Horizon’s published minimums for employment.

Residence Hall Living Learning Community (LLC). Since 2002 students have had the option to live in a “Flight Technology LCC” whose purpose is to enhance student learning by providing an environment and activities designed to strengthen their educational experience. These include quiet study areas, study sessions, mentoring, tutoring, and networking. 

Aviation, Construction, Engineering & Safety (ACES). Hoover and a colleague, Bill Bender from the I&ET Department, initiated and have conducted, for the past three years, a week-long summer camp that provides young women hands-on experience in underrepresented technical fields.  The camp is industry sponsored and collaborates with Federal GEAR UP programs across the state to recruit low-income and minority girls.  It was featured by the CWU President in her report to the legislature as a model program and was awarded the Excellence in Construction Education Award at the 2006 Washington State Construction Workforce Conference.

Alpha Eta Rho (AER). A co-ed, collegiate, professional fraternity founded to bring together students who have a common interest in the field of aviation. Club activities include service projects (highway cleanup), industry networking, and social events.  A major venue for students in AER is fundraising to attend the Women in Aviation Conference each winter.

We also try to enrich student life on campus by affording students the opportunity to collaborate with faculty on research projects, participate in SOURCE and Biology Club activities, and attend the bi-weekly Natural Science Seminar presentations. Finally, those curious about the identity and/or biology of organisms (e.g. plants, mushrooms, algae, bacteria, insects, spiders, fish, birds, mammals, etc.) can usually find the information they seek, free of charge, from specialists in the Department.

The Chemistry Club is a service provided through the department by the students.  The Chemistry Club, a Student Affiliates Chapter of the American Chemical Society, continues to grow in member numbers and enthusiasm.  Students direct the club with guidance from a chemistry department faculty advisor.  The club has received national recognition each year from the ACS for its service and educational efforts.  The club offers students experiences apart from their traditional academic activities, such as field trips, educational outreach, fund raising, and promotional events (for the club and for chemistry in general). (www.cwu.edu/~chemclub)

The Pre-Pharmacy club is advised by a chemistry faculty member and supports students in any major working toward admission to a Pharmacy school. (http://www.cwu.edu/~biology/biologyClub/prepharmacyClub.html)

Each major has a professional organization with a faculty advisor: Society of Professional Journalists, National Broadcast Society, Public Relations Student Society of America, the Film Club.  
The department also runs a grant-funded  mentoring program, the Bridges Project, which allows students from our majors as well as all across campus to work with students in area schools.
We also have a campus chapter of Lambda Pi Eta, the national undergraduate honor society for communication majors. 

January, 2008
Our student club (a student chapter of the ACM - one fo two professional societies for computer professionals) provides tutoring services for the first two major classes.  The club also schedules professionals to come and talk about career opportunities and Career Service representatives to discuss topics such as job hunting, internships, resume and cover letter writing and interviewing skills.

Economics Club

Omicron Delta Epsilon (national economics honorary soceity for students)

Enrichment services to students:
a. The Manastash Student Literary Journal publishes poems, stories, critical essays, and creative nonfiction by students.  It is edited and published annually by students.  <http://www.cwu.edu/~english/manastashSM.html>

b. The Lion Rock Visiting Writers Series sponsors readings by visiting writers each quarter.  We also sponsor readings by faculty and students, including a reading for students who have their work published in Manastash. <http://www.cwu.edu/~english/readingdschedual.html>

c. English Graduate Student Association: Organization of English graduate students which organizes activities and study sessions and which discusses and reports on issues of concern and requests to the Graduate Programs Coordinator.

d. Creativity Awards: Sponsored by the Dean of the College of Arts and Humanities, one of these annual awards focuses on creative writing. The awards program is organized and conducted by English department faculty.

e.  Scholars and Scribes Luncheon/Conference: A spring gathering at which students share work from their graduate theses or projects or from undergraduate portfolios. (1998-02)

f.  Travel funds to sponsor student presentation of research and creative work or for attending conferences.

g.  Field trips for performances.  

FCS Education
CWU  FCSEA has a  Student Unit group of WAFCS.  The group/club meets on a twice monthly basis.

Family Studies
The purpose of the Family Studies Club is to assist in successfully integrating Central Washington University Family Studies students in making a difference in the Ellensburg Community (FS Club Constitution).  Its goals are to help the community as a whole, to help bridge the community and campus gap, to contribute to community development, to facilitate professional development for majors and the campus at large (FS Club Constitution).  

Fashion Merchandising
The FM program has a student club which has met on a weekly basis for fall quarter 2007.  The FM majors take an annual field trip to an industry market in Las Vegas during winter quarter.

Recreation and Tourism
RT students attend an annual professional conference with faculty and participate in their program club activities.  RT students are also required to participate in and contribute to community events in Kittitas County.  County community programs heavily rely on RT faculty and students for successfully delivering community services.  Provided services range from activities for pre-schoolers to activities for senior citizens.

Interior Design
The ID program has a student club which meets on a regular basis.  The ID majors take a field trip to an industry market in New York during winter quarter.

The Dept offers a Supply Chain Management Certificate Program.  Ozden Bayazit is the Director of the Supply Chain Management Certificate program. She is also the Director of the Supply Chain Institute which is sponsored and endorsed by major local corporations. 

There are language specific clubs available to our students for participation. A French club (Un Coin de France), French Table, Japanese Club, Japanese Animation Club (Namakemono), Russian Club, ASL Club, La Tertulia (Spanish Conversation Club), and German Club. 

While our students are here we provide ample opportunities to participate in extracurricular activities which not only enhance, but also buttress the central aspects of their college experience, both academic and social. Examples of the kind of activities that are planned and led by our faculty are: Language clubs; culture specific cooking activities; field trips to museums, musical events, and other cultural activities both local and international; the production of plays and international film festivals, and an animated film appreciation club. Many times there are students who are not associated with our department in any other way who receive an introduction to our programs through their participation in these activities. 

Professional Societies:
The department once again maintains an active chapter of Gamma Theta Upsilon (GTU), an international honorary geographical society founded in 1928.  Our department initiated the Gamma Tau chapter of GTU in 1965, but activity stagnated after a few years.  It was revitalized in 2004, and we initiated 13 members in May, 2005 and another 8 in June, 2006.  These GTU members helped put on the 2005 meeting of the Association of Washington Geographer’s spring conference at CWU.
	
Faculty-Led Clubs: 
The student Geography Club has likewise been reinvigorated after a few years of inactivity.  It is not, however, a faculty-led club, although faculty serve as advisors.  Student interest in this club seems to go in cycles, but just this fall two undergraduates have begun the necessary moves to reinstate the Geography Club in the CWU student club structure, and they have surpassed the minimum of 5 members required to be reinstated.  Geography students are processing the paperwork and intend to start attending the Student Senate in January, after which they are eligible to request funds for travel.  Several students are planning to attend the Association of American Geographers meeting in San Francisco, April 17-21, 2007.  Activities sponsored by the Geography Club during previous years have included Yakima River cleanups, and judging elementary school students in the Geography Bee.  The department (and current advisors, Nancy Hultquist and Craig Revels) are happy to see this renovation of activity.

UPDATED FEBRUARY, 2008 
Active student organizations in the Department of Geological Sciences include the undergraduate Geology Club and a chapter of Sigma Gamma Epsilon, the national geology honor society. Both of these student organizations are run by the students, but have faculty advisors. Many of the graduate students are members of national professional organizations such as the Geological Society of America and the American Geophysical Union. 

Other forms of student services are informal.  When the need arises, faculty will provide seminars on (for example) writing a cover letter, interviewing for a job, or applying to graduate school. 

The department also offers a class called End of Major Review.  In addition to collecting assessment data, students meet potential employers, and are required to produce a cover letter (applying for a job), a CV, a graduate school statement of purpose, and take a practice GRE. 

Organizations:  The History Department has two faculty-led student organizations.  The Phi Alpha Theta Society is a national honors association open to membership to any student who earns a GPA of 3.1 or higher.  The department also has a History Club, open to all history majors.  Over the years the club has promoted the study of history, social events, and charitable programs through a number of activities.  The students have organized trips to study historic Roslyn, Fort Clatsop and the Lewis and Clark Trail in Oregon, and a tour of the National Park Service Yukon Gold Rush Museum in Seattle.  The club sponsored an informal speaker series to discuss history and issues in the historical profession.  Last year the club sponsored a faculty talk on teaching the Holocaust.  Occasionally, they show films, new and old, of historic interest.  The club has organized trips to baseball games, and has carried out numerous fund-raising events such as book and bake sales.  The club has also been active in charitable events winning a prize for its contributions in a local food drive, and they are among the hosts of CWU’s “Boo Central” Halloween program for children in Ellensburg.

Students can become involved in the following department related clubs:
Associated General Contractor Student Chapter
Mechanical Contractor Association Student Chapter
American Society of Mechanical Engineers Student Chapter
Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers Student Chapter
Technology Education student Club
Industrial Technology Student Club
Society of Women Engineers
Construction Management Honor Society
National Association of Home Builders
see cwu.edu/~iet

The ITAM Department supports the Information Technology Management club (ITM) and one of our faculty members is the advisor for the club. 

The Law and Justice Department supports the following student organizations:  The Law and Justice Club, Alpha Phi Sigma — National Criminal Justice Honor Society. 

The Law and Justice Club membership has increased each year. This club sponsors special events and guest speakers, student field trips and participate in community service activities such as youth mentoring.
The LAJ Club in Ellensburg has been extremely productive over the past three years.  In 2005-2006 the Ellensburg Club reorganized and made a commitment to focus on scholarly/professional and service activities rather than purely being a social club.  Part of this reorganization included the election of two faculty co-advisors.
The 2005-2006 Ellensburg LAJ Club had over 35 active members and dedicated the majority of the year to raising funds to attend the Academy of Criminal Justice Science meeting in Baltimore, MD.  The club rose over $22,000 to attend this conference. Thirty-one students attended this conference and participated in a variety of Law and Justice related activities while in Baltimore including a visit to the FBI training academy in Quantico, Virginia, visits to local law schools, a tour of the national monuments in the Washington D.C. area and attendance at many ACJS panels. Three students presented academic research at ACJS. In the fall the club donated to local agencies to help with food needs during the holiday season and in the spring the club donated clothing, blankets and toiletries to agencies working with victims of interpersonal violence.
The 2006-2007 Ellensburg LAJ Club voted at their first meeting to dedicate their efforts to raising money to do a service project. There were over 20 active members during this time period. They unanimously decided to travel to New Orleans to help rebuilding efforts after Hurricane Katrina and meet with criminal justice officials to discuss how the hurricane had impacted the criminal justice system in New Orleans.  The efforts yielded over $14,000 to complete this service learning project. The LAJ-Ellensburg Club also partnered with the LAJ-Des Moines Club on this project.  The end result was 14 students and two faculty members (Teresa Francis and Robert Moore) went to New Orleans for just under a week.  Professor Reimund arranged for meeting with a local prosecutor and police official during their visit.  LAJ Club members helped gut flooded houses, worked at an animal shelter and helped feed the homeless. The students also toured the devastated areas in the greater New Orleans area and learned invaluable lessons about social justice. The club also formed a chapter of Lambda Alpha Epsilon (a professional national criminal justice fraternity) and several club members were inducted into this organization. 
The 2007-2008 Ellensburg LAJ Club opted to focus on local service, and organize and host a showing of the film Execution.  There were over 20 active members during this period. The club donated to local food banks during the Thanksgiving season.  Some club members volunteered their services to tutor disadvantaged youth. During the winter holiday season the club sponsored a giving tree and collected hats, scarves, mittens and jackets, and other items for local youth. In the spring the club collected needed items to assist families affected by interpersonal violence. Several club members also volunteered their time to work at the Academy of Criminal Justice Sciences conference in Seattle, WA. In coordination with the Des Moines and Lynnwood LAJ Clubs the Ellensburg LAJ Club brought the director/producer the leading actor (who also was an ex-death row inmate) of the film Execution to the Des Moines, Lynnwood and Ellensburg campuses during spring quarter. Club fundraising garnered over $6,000 to bring these events to fruition.  The event included a panel discussion after the film. The panel consisted of the director (Steven Scaffidi), the ex-death row inmate (William Moore) and CWU LAJ Alumni currently work in the criminal justice field.   The events were a huge success and attended by more than 500 individuals including alumni, students, faculty and members of the general public.  The events were also written up in several newspapers and CWU was the focus of several positive You Tube clips describing the events.

Student services offered through the department 

Student Clubs
Department of Management faculty have actively involved faculty in four student clubs; SHRM, Market Club, Alpha Kappa Psi, and Business Club.  Students from the department are also involved in the Exito Conocimiento Oportunidad club.  The following is a description of these clubs and the level of faculty involvement.

Society for Human Resource Management
The Society for Human Resource Management's student program was created in 1965 to promote mutually beneficial interaction between HRM students and practitioners. Membership offers students the opportunity to supplement their classroom education with real-world knowledge and hands-on experience.  The SHRM® student membership program now includes over 430 affiliated student chapters and nearly 11,000 student members. Central Washington University formed its current chapter in 1990 and by 1994 was rated as one of the top 10 chapters in the nation according to the SHRM Merit Award Program.  CWU has maintained that rating for every year since 1994.

Each year brings a new and varied set of activities and events.  The following are representative of any given year’s activities:
-Schedule 12 to 14 speakers
-Conduct 2-4 workshops or seminars
-Attend numerous professional SHRM chapters throughout Washington
-Place students in internships
-Coordinate and connect professional HR mentors with students
-Attend regional conference or sponsor same
-Attend national conference
-Compete in HR games
-Award Paradigm Breakers Award
-Coordinate HR scholarships
-Conduct professional clothing drive
-Coordinate Support Our Troops with hydration drinks drive
-Attend student conference
-Develop MBO statements
-Hold new elections
-Volunteer at professional chapter meetings
-Attend HR Day on the Hill
-Attend Legislative Law Conference
-Attend HR Job Conference
-Conduct annual alumni golf tournament
-Donate to SHRM Foundation
-Hold Awards BBQ

The advisors spend numerous hours on a weekly basis interacting with the students and generally overseeing each of the above activities.  All activities must have advisor approval and normally the advisors are in attendance as well as the students.  All monetary expenditures must be approved by the advisors prior to encumbrance.  All fundraisers involve the active support of the advisors.  Advisors serve as mentors to the most active SHRM members—normally the officers and committee members.  Advisors regularly speak at chapter functions, host students for various dinners and bar be ques, transport students to activities, hold after hour’s preparation and training for HR game participation as well as helping prepare students to sit for and pass the HR Certification Institute’s (HRCI) professional level certification.

American Marketing Association 
The CWU Marketing Club is a student run club that is affiliated/registered with the American Marketing Association. Each year brings a new and varied set of activities and events.  The following are representative of any given year’s activities:
-Schedule 6 to 8 speakers a year
-Co-ordinate networking opportunities with marketing professionals
-Enable internship placements where possible
-Attend annual AMA student chapter conference in New Orleans.
-Compete in annual AMA games
-Coordinate club fundraising activities
-Hold annual elections to appoint officers
-Conduct annual club field trips

The advisors spend time interacting with the students and generally overseeing the above activities.  All activities must have advisor approval and normally an advisor is in attendance as well as the students.  All monetary expenditures must be approved by the advisors prior to encumbrance.  All fundraisers involve the active support of the advisors.

Alpha Kappa Psi
Alpha Kappa Psi is a national leadership fraternity with the following mission statement: Developing well-trained, ethical, skilled, resourceful, experienced business leaders.  The CWU chapter of Alpha Kappa Psi was founded on May 12, 1979. It belongs to one of fourteen AKPsi regions, the Northwest Region. The current active chapter size is 33 members.  AKPsi is involved in the following activities:
-Fundraising: one social event every quarter, as well as other events such as manning the coffee station at a highway rest stop and a 3-on-3 basketball tournament,
-Social events: annual alumni spring (homecoming) weekend, a ski trip, and numerous informal events throughout the year’,
-Philanthropic events: adopt-a-highway, a halloween event for children on campus, and numerous additional events,
-Guest Speakers: approximately 8 guest speakers arranged to speak on campus per year, most advertised to the public,
-Weekly meetings: executive meeting and general board meeting.

AKPsi's faculty advisors attend the general board meeting, provide advice to the executives, and generally oversee the above activities.  All activities must have advisor approval and occasionally an advisor is in attendance as well as the students.

Business Club (Des Moines Center)
This club is operated by Prof Nixon and works with the Accounting Club.  They organize guest speakers, social events and opportunities to connect to business professionals. The level of involvement varies from year to year dependent on which student leaders are available.  It has been suggested that the Business Club and the Accounting Club may merge.   

Exito Conocimiento Oportunidad

Math Club: Oscillates between active and non-active.  During 03-04 the Math Club was quite active an organized colloquia and a pizza social.

Actuarial Science Club: This organization is quite active.  They organize field trips and invite speakers to discuss career opportunities in the insurance industry.

Mathematical Competition in Modeling: Since January 2002 CWU has had one or two teams competing in this international competition.  Results have been very good (except for the first year, all teams have received a Meritorious ranking and the 2004 team received the Ben Fussaro award for most creative solution).

Putnam Examination: Since December 2006, CWU has fielded a team in the annual Putnam Examination.

The department has a large number of active student organizations, most with direct faculty supervision.  Some of these are student chapters of national organizations that focus on specific areas of music.  These include:

1. The CWU student chapter of the Washington Music Educator’s Association (WMEA)
2. The CWU student chapter of the International Association Jazz Educators (IAJE
3. The CWU student chapter of the American Choral Directors Association (ACDA)
4. The CWU student chapter of the American String Teachers Association (ASTA)
5. The CWU chapter of the Student Composers International (CSI)

Other student organizations are more locally centered, and provide an opportunity for students in a particular applied area to coalesce.  These include:

1. The CWU Opera Club
2. The CWU Horn Club
3. The CWU Trumpet Club
4. The CWU Trombone Club

Health Programs:  Both the School Health Program and the Public Health Program share several student services.  Our Health Education Club has been a viable club for at least the past 10 years.  The club engages in various community volunteer projects throughout the year such as Angel Christmas Tree, Adopt-a-Family for Thanksgiving, making contribution to our local food bank, and participating in Rent-a-Student chore days.  The club also creates fundraising opportunities to support student travel to Health-related professional conferences throughout the Pacific Northwest.  The Health Programs also are active in Eta Sigma Gamma, our national honorary fraternity.  Students, who have a minimum GAP as well as a strong record of service and volunteerism, are invited by the health faculty to join this prestigious organization.  Each Spring a formal induction ceremony allows new members to join.

Physical Education

Food Science & Nutrition:  The faculty of NUTR support the activities of the student Nutrition Science Club.  Currently, the club promote its activities on its bulletin board outside MI 129.  In addition, the NSC supports a group site on facbook.com.  In addition, the faculty in NUTR support the activities of the Peer Nutrition Education group that provides nutrition services through the Student Health Center and the Student Union and Recreation Center.

Para-medicine:  N/A

Exercise Science:  All students are required to belong to the CWU-ASCWU based Exercise Science Student Club.  Additionally, they are encouraged to become student members of Regional chapters of professional associations such as the American College of Sports Medicine.

Graduate Programs:  Students are encouraged to become members of the American College of Sports Medicine (regional and national), and to become a member of HHPN’s Exercise Science Club.

Students in the Philosophy and Religious Studies programs have been actively encouraged to participate in relevant professional organizations and make conference presentations. Students also utilize their training in a variety of service oriented activities. Central Washington University is home to the Washington Alpha Chapter of Phi Sigma Tau (http://www.achsnatl.org/society.asp?society=pst), the International Philosophy Honor Society. The purpose of Phi Sigma Tau is to serve as a means to award distinction to students with high scholarship and personal interest in philosophy, to promote student interest in research and advanced study in the field, to provide opportunities for the publication of student research papers of merit, to encourage a professional spirit and friendship among those who have displayed a marked ability in the field, and to popularize interest in philosophy among the general collegiate public. Our chapter is involved with a variety of projects, including cultivating other chapters in the state and working to enhance the presence of philosophical discussion on our own campus. We have a number of social events each year at which we enjoy the camaraderie of other philosophically-inclined students and faculty. Phi Sigma Tau will receive into its membership those who attain high standards of scholarship in philosophy and other subjects, and who give evidence of professional merit, proficiency and distinction.

Central’s program in Religious Studies has recently been awarded a chapter in Theta Alpha Kappa, the national honor society for Religious Studies and Theology (http://tak.syr.edu/). Founded in 1976 at Manhattan College in Riverdale (the Bronx) New York, Theta Alpha Kappa is the only national honor society serving the needs of those involved in the study of religion and/or theology at both the baccalaureate and post-baccalaureate levels of higher education. Its primary purpose lies in honoring excellence in these academic fields, and it currently hosts over 200 local chapters throughout the United States at institutions both large and small, public and private. 

In addition, the Philosophy and Religious Studies Club (http://www.cwu.edu/~philo/philosophyclub.html) has been an active student organization on campus. It holds regular activities throughout the academic year. 

The Physics Department sponsors two clubs and one professional honor society.  The CWU chapter of the Society of Physics Students and the CWU Astronomy Club are active in outreach to the campus and the community.  Sigma Pi Sigma is a national physics honor society.  Qualified students are inducted into this honor society each spring.

Astronomy Club website: http://www.cwu.edu/~astroclb/

-During the period under review, there was a political science student club, the Political Enlightenment Society (2000-03(?)), which undertook several campus events of a non-partisan but political education nature. These included: having certain faculty members speak on important political events (such as Prof. Launius on North Korea in Spring 2002); and having Lt. Gov. Brad Owen, State Sen. Joyce Mulliken, and Kittitas County Commissioner Perry Huston come to CWU to talk on what it means to be a Democrat, Republican, and Libertarian, respectively, etc.  However, as student clubs are prone to do, the club went kaput when enthusiastic students graduated.

-The Department is also a member (Mu Lambda Chapter) of Pi Sigma Alpha, the Political Science Honorary Society. Juniors and Seniors who have attained a 3.0+ grade point average in Political Science courses, and meet other requirements, may join the national honorary society.  The Mu Lambda Chapter, established in 1981, served as a vehicle for the organization of campus events and addresses by people interested in or involved in politics. It, too, however, has fallen on hard times, as few students applied, and even fewer participated in its activities, becoming mostly a honor bestowed upon graduation.

-It is the goal of the department to put more emphasis on renewing both Pi Sigma Alpha and the Student Club (whatever its name may be) in coming years.
Jan. 08

(January 2008)
The psychology department sponsors a chapter of Psi Chi, the national honor society in psychology, and a local Psychology Club, for students who are not eligible for Psi Chi or choose not to join the national organization. Psi Chi/Psychology Club elects its own student officers and has one or two faculty advisors. It sponsors monthly meetings on topics of interest, including faculty research presentations, graduate school advice, and career guidance. Psi Chi/Psychology Club raises funds every year to support student travel to the Western Psychological Association meeting. The Psi Chi web site is at http://www.cwu.edu/~psych/psichi.html and the Psychology Club web site is at http://www.cwu.edu/~psych/psychclub.html

The department routinely posts fliers and faculty routinely announce to their classes salient on-campus events, workshops and speakers that might afford extra-curricular learning opportunities to students.  A few allow extra-credit for participation or require participation in these activities as a part of their overall course grade.  Our department’s faculty also sponsor a number of undergraduate research activities each year which constitute out-of-class learning opportunities. 

United States Institute of Theatre Technology (international trade orgaization) student chapter hosted on campus and advised by a faculty member.  They are active at the annual regional theatre conferences hosting events for peers.