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 Advisor(s)  
The Agricultural Business Management Club Thorsten Egelkraut 737-1406
Agricultural and Resource Economics
Alpha Gamma Rho Fraternity Clay Torset
737-1592
College of Forestry
Alpha Zeta Dale Weber

737-2144
Animal Sciences

Animal Welfare Club Candace Croney
737-1401
Animal Sciences
Botany & Plant Pathology Club Pat Muir
737-1745
Botany and Plant Pathology
Bug Zoo Sujaya Rao
737-9038
Crop and Soil Science
Collegiate 4-H Amy Krahn
737-8124
4-H Youth Development
Collegiate FFA Greg Thompson

737-2661
General Agriculture

Crop Science Club Tom Chastain 737-5730
Crop and Soil Science
Dairy Club Ben Krahn 737-3275
Animal Sciences
Dairy Judging Team Ben Krahn 737-3257
Animal Sciences
Equestrian Club: Western, Dressage, Drill, and Event Equestrian Teams David Ferhing 737-6831
Department of Recreational Sports
Fisheries & Wildlife Club Rebecca Goggans 737-8166
Fisheries and Wildlife Science
Fisheries and Wildlife Graduate Student Association Dan Edge 737-2910
Fisheries and Wildlife Science
Food & Fermentation Science Club Tom Shellhammer 737-9308
Food Science and Technology
Horticulture Club Kelly Donegan
737-5448
Horticulture
Hunter/Jumper Team David Ferhing 737-6831
Department of Recreational Sports
Intercollegiate Horse Show Association

Animal Sciences
Life Sciences Student Club Shawna Harvey

Brock McLeod

737-7776
Environmental Sciences

737-2245

Biology

Livestock Judging Team Clint Sexson

737-1897

Animal Sciences

Meats Club
737-3414
Animal Sciences
The Microbiology Student Association Mary Burke 737-1840
Microbiology
Multi-ethnic Students in Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Related Sciences Wanda Crannell 737-2999
Bioresource Research
Organic Grower's Club 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

Tom Savage

737-2254
Animal Sciences
737-5066
Animal Sciences
Pre-Veterinary Medical Society Jill Parker 737-6949
Veterinary Medicine
Rangeland Ecology and Management Club John Buckhouse 737-1629
Rangeland Resources
Reining Club

Animal Sciences
Sigma Alpha (professional agricultural sorority) Kama Luukinen 737-2608
College of Forestry
Soil Science Club and Soil Judging Team Will Austin 737-5731
Crop and Soil Science
Turfgrass Club Tom Cook 737-5449
Horticulture
Vitis Association (Wine Appreciation) Jim Kennedy

737-9150
Food Science and Technology

Young Cattlemen's Association 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

Rachel Smith
smithrac@onid.oregonstate.edu

Vice President

Braden Groth

grothb@onid.oregonstate.edu

Ag Day Chair

Jared Collins

collinsj@onid.oregonstate.edu

Director of Correspondence

 

Director of Finance

Alison Warga

wargaa@onid.oregonstate.edu

New Fields Editor

Jake Tilden-Browning

tildenbj@onid.oregonstate.edu

Director of Public Relations

Meghan Biggs

biggsme@onid.oregonstate.edu

Associated Students of
Oregon State University
(ASOSU) Senators

Jake Tilden-Browning
tildenbj@onid.oregonstate.edu

Josh Howell
howellj@onid.oregonstate.edu
Advisor Shawn Anderson
shawn.anderson@oregonstate.edu

Contact

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

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