Student Clubs and Organizations

As a student in the College of Agricultural Sciences (CAS), you gain so much from participating in student clubs, activities, professional organizations, and intercollegiate competitions. And, you have a lot of fun too!

Here are some reasons why it’s important to be involved in campus activities:

  1. You gain the leadership, teamwork, and field experience that employers and scholarship donors look for.
  2. You meet potential employers or those who know potential employers.
  3. You can go on fun field trips, such as white-water rafting on the McKenzie River, camping in Oregon’s Hells Canyon, or viewing Victoria Island’s Buchart Gardens.
  4. You make new friends.

You can join any club no matter what your academic major is.

Most of the clubs and organizations listed below are members of the CAS Agricultural Executive Council, the college’s student government. The council includes elected officers and representatives from each member club or organization.

Clubs

Contact information for the faculty advisor for each group follows the group’s name. All phone numbers have the area code 541.

Group President Advisor
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity  Rob Bixby  
Botany and Plant Pathology 
Pat Muir
737-1745
Botany and Plant Pathology
Bug Zoo   Sujaya Rao
737-9038
Crop and Soil Science
Collegiate 4-H Emilie Boatner  Amy Krahn
737-8124
4-H Youth Development
Collegiate FFA Jon Calhoun Misty Lambert
737-2661
General Agriculture
Country Western Dance Club Jacob Bushnell  
Crop and Soil Science Club Alyssa Duval Tom Chastain
737-5730
Crop and Soil Science
Dairy Club Hayden Bush Ben Krahn
737-3275
Animal Sciences
Food and Fermentation Club Marlin Mueller Tom Shellhammer
737-9308
Food Science and Technology

Fisheries and Wildlife Club


Rebecca Goggans
737-8166
Fisheries and Wildlife Science
Fisheries and Wildlife Graduate Student Association   Dan Edge
737-2910
Fisheries and Wildlife Science
Horticulture Club Robyn Shepherd Kelly Donegan
737-5448
Horticulture
Hunter/Jumper Team   David Ferhing
737-6831
Department of Recreational Sports
Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA)  Lea Hoover Animal Sciences
Livestock Judging Team Brendan Kelley  Clint Sexson
737-1897
Animal Sciences
Meats Club Nathan Parker 737-3414
Animal Sciences
Minorities in Agriculture Natural
Resources and Related Sciences
Dominique Sabedra Wanda Crannell
737-2999
Bioresource Research
Organic Growers Club Bridget Chipman James Cassidy
737-6810
Crop and Soil Science
Ornamental Landscape Club   Kelly Donegan
737-5448
Horticulture
Polo Club   Animal Sciences
Poultry Science Club
Jim Hermes
737-2254
Animal Sciences
Tom Savage
737-5066
Animal Sciences
OSU APVMA (Pre-Vet) Marisa VanDomelen Jill Parker
737-6949
Veterinary Medicine
Rangeland Ecology and Management Ben Cross John Buckhouse
737-1629
Rangeland Resources
Sigma Alpha Sorority  Katie Odell Kama Luukinen
737-2608
College of Forestry
Soil Sciences and Soil Judging   

Will Austin
737-5731
Crop and Soil Science

Steer-A-Year Chelsea Fischer  
Turfgrass Club Warren Gawlik Tom Cook
737-5449
Horticulture
Vitis Association (Wine Appreciation)   Jim Kennedy
737-9150
Food Science and Technology
Young Cattleman's Association Lee Hoffman Clint Sexson
737-1897
Animal Sciences

Agricultural Executive Council

Most CAS clubs and organizations are members of the Agricultural Executive Council, the college’s student government. The council includes elected officers and representatives from each member club or organization.

Agricultural Executive Council Officers

President Thomas Griffin
Vice President Jon Calhoun
Director of Correspondence Dominique Sabedra
Director of Finance Randie Falleur
Director of Public Relations Christina Lorenz
Director of Ag Day Ashley Florence
Director of New Fields  Danielle Lorenz
Advisor Kris Elliott

Contact

Agricultural Executive Council
c/o Academic Programs Office
137 Strand Agriculture Hall
Corvallis, OR 97331-2202
541-737-6221 or 541-737-2211
Email

Go to the Agricultural Executive Council web site for the council's meeting schedule and minutes and for information about events and club funding.