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All Student Organizations at Iowa State University

General Interest

  • Business Council | website
    The Business Council serves as a liaison group between the students and the faculty in the College of Business. It is involved in many activities, such as:  Peer Advising for pre-business and professional students (1200 Gerdin), representing the College of Business at Experience Iowa State Days, VEISHEA parade and festivities, Homecoming, Family Weekend, High School and Career Days, sponsors teacher/advisor of the year, and provides additional student support/student prospective on selected committees.
     
  • Business Week | website
    Business Week provides College of Business students with an opportunity to network with business professionals, encourages learning beyond the classroom and textbooks, and provides a chance for faculty and students to get to know each other on an informal basis.  
    Business Week committee members plan the BBQ, high school visitation, promotions, speakers, tournaments, and other events.

  • Entrepreneur Club | website
    The ISU Entrepreneur Club exists to provide those students who wish to purpose their own business interests (at some point) a chance to learn more about entrepreneurial opportunities. The club meets twice per month, and its meetings are devoted to "real world" interactions with successful entrepreneurs and business people. The club is nationally affiliated with the Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO).

  • Gerdin Citizenship Program | website
    The Gerdin Citizenship Program (GCP) is a new program aimed at increasing the involvement of freshmen and sophomores in the College of Business by engaging them in activities meant to develop their knowledge and abilities in seven different areas.

  • Leadership in Action Program | website
    Building upon the Gerdin Citizenship Program, the Leadership in Action Program (LIA) takes students beyond the traditional classroom experience by providing students with specially designed opportunities to develop skills and abilities that will enable them to be effective leaders.

  • International Business Club | website
    The College of Business International Business Club promotes awareness of and participation in international business education activities that reinforce the importance of international business experience in the curriculum and careers of students. The goals of the are to obtain knowledge and information about international business, increase participation by business students in an international business education activity (study abroad, or study tour), to share the experience of international students and domestic students who have studied abroad, and to provide a social atmosphere that is supportive of the purpose and goals of the club. 

  • Multicultural Business Network
    The purpose of the MBN is to provide a networking system among minority students in the business program. One of our goals is to share experiences, ideas, and concerns that will encourage you to pursue your educational and career goals.  Members of the ISU academic community serve as mentors to students in the group. The organization offers resources to members through socials, business professional speakers, and ISU academic speakers.
     

Business Fraternities

  • Alpha Kappa Psi | website
    Alpha Kappa Psi is a professional business fraternity that promotes professional activities and also features social events. Alpha Kappa Psi chapters conduct programs with speakers from the business world, field trips to industries and community service projects.
     
  • Beta Alpha Psi and Accounting Student Network | website
    The purpose of Beta Alpha Psi, national honor society and scholastic and professional accounting fraternity, includes the following: recognition of outstanding academic achievements in the field of accounting; promotion of the study and practice of accounting; provision of opportunities for self-development and association among members and practicing accountants; and encouragement of a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibilities. Traditionally Beta Alpha Psi has been an honors accounting fraternity/organization, but recently the organization has implemented both Finance and MIS majors as well.
     
  • Delta Sigma Pi  | website
    Delta Sigma Pi is a professional fraternity organized to foster the study of business in universities; to encourage scholarship, social activity, and the association of students for mutual advancement by research and practice; to promote a closer affiliation between the commercial world and the students of commerce; and to further a higher standard of commercial ethics and culture and the civic and commercial welfare of the community.
     

Graduate Students

  • MBA Association | website
    The Iowa State University MBA Association (MBAA) is an organization to help students thrive and have fun throughout the MBA program. We organize activities and sponsor events such as presentations by local and national leaders in business, regular field trips to corporations of interest to our members, and social get-togethers including parties and picnics.

Honor Societies

  • Beta Gamma Sigma | website
    The mission of Beta Gamma Sigma is to encourage and honor academic achievements in the study of business, personal, and professional excellence in the practice of business. Students from the top 7% of the junior class, the top 10% of the senior class, and the top 20% of the masters degree candidates are invited to the initiation ceremony held each spring. The $55 fee covers lifetime membership.

Major-Related

  • Accounting | website
    The purpose of Beta Alpha Psi, national honor society and scholastic and professional accounting fraternity, includes the following: recognition of outstanding academic achievements in the field of accounting; promotion of the study and practice of accounting; provision of opportunities for self-development and association among members and practicing accountants; and encouragement of a sense of ethical, social, and public responsibilities. Traditionally Beta Alpha Psi has been an honors accounting fraternity/organization, but recently the organization has implemented both Finance and MIS majors as well.
     
  • Finance | website
    The Iowa State Finance Club is organized to provide both finance and non-finance major students interested in the field of finance, opportunities to learn more about finance and its related areas. This is accomplished through speaker presentations, field trips, meetings, and social interaction. We also provide opportunities for contact with the business community to further our career plans.
     
  • Logistics & Supply Chain Management | website
    The Iowa State University Logistics and Supply Chain Management Club is composed of business students who have an interest in activities related to careers in the transportation and logistics fields extending beyond their classroom studies. Club members take field trips and interact with guest speakers from the transportation and logistics community. These activities are designed to give the students a "real world" experience about the day-to-day operations of industry and to better prepare them to make informed career choices.
     
  • Management Information Systems | website
    The MIS Club, the largest student organization in the College of Business, brings together those students interested in sharing contemporary issues in information systems management. The club is focused on careers in information systems, networking with professionals in the field, and using and developing current technologies.
     
  • Marketing (American Marketing Association) | website
    The American Marketing Association (AMA) is an international organization, consisting of professional and collegiate chapters. The ISU chapter of the AMA promotes awareness in the marketing field. Monthly meetings enable student members to learn about different areas of marketing from guest speakers.  The organization also offers social, fund raising, and professional events. The marketing club is currently working very closely with the Des Moines chapter of AMA.
     
  • Management | website
    The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is an undergraduate and graduate student club that seeks to learn more about human resource management and industrial relations. The club has regularly scheduled meetings for educational, networking, and social purposes. Guest speakers from the greater Des Moines area provide practitioner insights.
     
  • Operations & Supply Chain Management | website
    ISU APICS is the Iowa State University students affiliate chapter of the Educational Society for Resource Management, formerly named the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS). The focus of the club is to gain a better understanding and appreciation for resource management, with an emphasis for manufacturing, and to promote beneficial relationships between students, faculty, and businesses, as well as between local, regional, and national APICS organizations.
     
  • Society for Human Resource Management | website
    The Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) is an undergraduate and graduate student club that seeks to learn more about human resource management and industrial relations. The club has regularly scheduled meetings for educational, networking, and social purposes. Guest speakers from the greater Des Moines area provide practitioner insights.