Student Organizations
Enhance your college experience by joining a student organization. Whether you are part-time or full-time, graduate or undergraduate, domestic or international, there is always an organization to help you connect with peers who share your interests or career goals.
New student organizations must contact Kayla McKinney (opens new window) by March 1 to be eligible for funds in the following academic year. Please refer to Engagement, Leadership, and Service (opens new window) for more information.
Student organizations must register with the Office of Engagement, Leadership, and Service (opens new window) each year by May 31 in order to have a website for the academic year. These websites will enable each organization to have contact with students, list meetings, advertise to prospective students, and be linked to the MFECOE website. MFECOE organizations need to be sure their organizations have listed COE on their profile. Jackie Phillips can assist with questions about the registration process.
For questions about COE organizations, contact Kayla McKinney (opens new window).
Career & Information Studies Graduate Association (CISGA) (opens new window)
The Career and Information Studies Graduate Association (CISGA) fosters relationships and communication between students and faculty in the Department of Workforce Education and Instructional Technology to establish a shared knowledge and collaboration community.
- Department: Workforce Education and Instructional Technology (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Jay Rojewski (opens new window)
College Student Affairs Administration Graduate Association (CSAAGA) (opens new window)
The College Student Affairs Administration Student Association (CSASAGA) is a student-led organization that serves as a social and educational group for students interested in student affairs, faculty, and staff. This group also helps facilitate the College Student Affairs Administration (CSAA) master's degree program orientation that is designed to assist the adjustment process for new students entering the program. Throughout the year, additional social and educational events are promoted, sponsored, and coordinated by CSAAGA.
- Faculty Advisor: Laura Dean (opens new window)
Collegiate Middle Level Association (opens new window)
CMLA is a professional education organization for students in the Middle Grades Education program that provides pre-service middle grades educators the opportunity to network with other professionals in their career path, hear from guest speakers from the field, and interact with other pre-service teachers within the university.
- Department: Educational Theory and Practice (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Gayle Andrews (opens new window)
CommunicAID+ Nation at UGA (opens new window)
By offering access to direct and affordable services, providing financial assistance, and by supplying assistive technology devices, CommunicAID+ Nation enables individuals with communication disorders to access the world around them.
- Department: Communication Sciences and Special Education (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Laura Nichols (opens new window)
Graduate Researchers in Educational Psychology (GREP) (opens new window)
GREP organizes professional development opportunities for graduate students, supports students for conference travel, provides student representation within the department and on department committees, and supports and promotes student scholarship in educational psychology.
- Department: Educational Psychology (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Sycarah Fisher (opens new window)
Instructional Technology Student Association (opens new window)
ITSA seeks to learn about, develop skills in, practice, and promote the field of instructional technology with the goal of improving educational practices in both academic and business settings.
- Department: Workforce Education and Instructional Technology (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Theodore J Kopcha (opens new window)
International Association of Reading Graduate Students (IARGS) (opens new window)
IARGS is a student organization that supports the study and initiatives related to literacy.
- Department: Language and Literacy Education (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Jennifer Graff (opens new window)
Journal of Language and Literacy Education (JoLLE) (opens new window)
JoLLE (ISSN #1559-9035) is a double-masked, peer-reviewed, open access, scholarly journal. JoLLE publishes two issues each year: one in the fall (open submissions) and one in the spring (aligned with the theme of that year's JoLLE@UGA® Winter Conference.
- Department: Language and Literacy Education (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Usree Bhattacharya (opens new window)
Language and Literacy Education Graduate Organization (LLEGO) (opens new window)
LLEGO is the graduate organization of the Language and Literacy Education Department in the College of Education. LLEGO strives to provide both professional development and social opportunities to LLED faculty, staff, and graduate students to build a sense of community within the department.
- Department: Language and Literacy Education (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Kevin Burke (opens new window)
Mathematics Education Student Association (MESA) (opens new window)
MESA seeks to engage and support UGA mathematics education students in community, professional improvement, and academic excellence. MESA does this by hosting social events, colloquium speakers, and panels on various mathematics education topics.
- Department: Mathematics, Science, and Social Studies Education (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Cameron Byerley (opens new window)
National Student Speech Language Hearing Association (NSSLHA) (opens new window)
UGA's NSSLHA Chapter is dedicated to students interested in the CMSD major and/or field of Speech Language Pathology (SLP)/Audiology. Our overarching mission is to raise money and awareness for the UGA Speech and Hearing Clinic while also providing volunteer, shadowing, and fundraising opportunities to our members.
- Department: Communication Sciences and Special Education (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Nancy Dellaria (opens new window)
Omega Tau (Pre-OT) (opens new window)
Omega Tau is a pre-professional organization for students pursuing a career in occupational therapy. Our goal is to prepare students for graduate school and a career.
- Department: Kinesiology (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: Christopher D. Mojock (opens new window)
School Counselor Association at UGA (UGASCA) (opens new window)
The goal of the School Counselor Association at UGA is to complement the academic pursuits of future school counselors through professional development opportunities, mentorship, and student life activities.
- Department: Counseling and Human Development Services (opens new window)
- Faculty Advisor: George McMahon (opens new window)