Student Clubs

Associated Students Inc. (ASI)

ASI is a student run, student funded corporation that oversees various aspects of student life, and endeavors to create the ultimate college experience for every Cal Poly student. ASI also functions as a student government with elected officials and representatives. There are two faces to ASI, corporate and student, each dealing with unique concerns and having different responsibilities. ASI is the way to get involved in the campus on a professional level as a student, and is also the route through which students should voice their concerns.

ASI Student Government Contact: Tracy Watson: 756-1292

Future of Real Estate (FRE)

The Future of Real Estate, is a university-wide, multi-disciplinary organization that offers students a venue to learn from experts in the real estate arena. Through guest speakers, field trips, and real-life experience, students gain knowledge that they apply to coursework, professions, and entrepreneurship. Additionally, FRE provides premier employment and internship opportunities to members in the field of real estate.

Future of Real Estate web site

Renewable Energy Club (REC)

The Renewable Energy Club is a cross-disciplinary organization whose mission is to advance and promote renewable energy and to seek out means of creating an environmentally sustainable future. Current project: Research, education and outreach using Cal Poly's award winning 2005 Solar Decathlon Home.

Renewable Energy Club web site

CAED Ambassadors Program

The CAED Ambassadors, founded in 2002, is an organization working to open the lines of communication between students, faculty, the industry, and any and all other individuals interested in the college. The Ambassadors aid in CAED-sponsored events and serve as consultants for the CAED student body. Our goal is to encourage interdisciplinary activities and to build a reputation of being a reliable resource for the college. We are available to assist with college events such as meetings, conferences and college tours. New members are invited to call for details, to provide a letter of reference and attend an orientation.

Download CAED Ambassador Application (pdf)

Design Build Institute of America (DBIA)

Design Build Institute of America Student Chapter is a professional organization of students from all disciplines (CAED, College of Engineering, College of Business) that deal with designing & building the environment we live in. This group of unique students believe or are interested in integrating their knowledge and skills through a collaborative process with the other disciplines while in education and further developing their interdisciplinary relationships into the professional world.

Design Village

A group of students from all disciplines in the CAED organize a competition in Poly Canyon during Open House weekend in April each year. Community college students from around the state design and build as part of the competition.

Design Village web site

Emerging Green Builders

Emerging Green Builders are students and young professionals dedicated to becoming and recruiting the future leaders of the green building movement

Student Council

Student Council membership is comprised of student representatives from student clubs and students in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. The Council meets weekly to promote interaction and coordination among the clubs and organizations, to exchange ideas, mutual interests and activities. The Council also presents ideas, opinions, and concerns to the administration, the faculty of the College, ASI, and university.

Structural Engineers Association of California (SEAOC)

The function of SEAOC is to provide students with exposure to the world of structural engineering in California through guest speakers, field trips, a day-long job seminar called Structural Forum, membership in a professional organization, and contact to employers. SEAOC is the only structural engineering based club in the CAED. SEAOC also offers a Big/Little Sibling program.

Cal Poly SEAOC Chapter Web Page

Society of Women Engineers (SWE) (ARCE & CENG)

SWE is a professional organization that provides both a social network between students and a career network with industries. Such programs like Evening with Industry and Show an Engineer assist Cal Poly students in connecting with other engineers to find a co-op, internship or full-time job suitable for them. SWE also has many volunteer opportunities, including tutoring in many ages and environmental clean up. SWE is open to all majors and sexes.

SWE web site

WEP web site

Alpha Rho Chi

Alpha Rho Chi (APX) is a National Professional Fraternity for Architecture and the allied arts since 1914. The APX promotes the profession of architecture by encouraging students to excel and to be strong leaders and designers in the profession.

Alpha Rho Chi web site

The American Institute of Architecture Students (AIAS)

The AIAS is the country's largest organization for students of architecture, providing the best programs, information and resources available. The AIAS is the student affiliate of the AIA and your link to professionals in the fields of architecture and environmental design. The mission of AIAS is to promote excellence in architecture education, training and practice; to foster an appreciation of architecture and related disciplines; to enrich communities in a spirit of collaboration; and to organize architecture students and combine their efforts to advance the art and science of architecture.

AIAS Email: aias.calpoly@gmail.com

AIAS Local web site

The Construction Specifications Institute Student Club (CSI) or CSI Student Club

The Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) is a professional organization comprised of a cross section of architects, contractors, engineers, specifiers,material suppliers, and more. There are 146 chapters and more than 15,000 members.

CSI uses the diversity of its members to exchange knowledge and to help advance the process of creating and sustaining the build environment. The formats created by CSI are used as the standard for organizing and communicating information in the construction industry.

The Cal Poly chapter of CSI was started in 1970 by a group of architecture students under the guidance of architect and professor, Jack Lewis. Lewis was a former CSI President and started the organization to allow Cal Poly students access to the diverse wealth of knowledge offered by CSI.

The Media Resources Center (MRC), now located in the architecture building, was started by the Cal Poly CSI chapter in 1970. Run by students and Fresno Chapter volunteers, the "CSI Library" was used to help students find plans, specifications, product information, and material samples for design projects and writing specifications.

At Cal Poly, we bring in product representatives and speakers to discuss new technology and issues concerning the construction industry. Cal Poly CSI also provides tours of buildings on campus as well as of local firms. There are plenty of networking and traveling opportunities as well — we’re always fundraising to send our members to the West Region Conferences and the annual CSI Convention. This upcoming year, we will be hosting quarterly field trips for our members to places like Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Monterey Bay. Cal Poly CSI will be celebrating its 40th anniversary this year so stay tuned for celebratory events throughout the year and a bigger than ever Construction Sciences Forum in the spring quarter.

Our meetings are on Wednesdays at 6:00 p.m. in the
Construction Innovations Center 186-C200.

Email: calpolycsi@gmail.com

CSI Local web site

CSI National web site

Associated Students in Planning (ASP)

The Associated Students in Planning (ASP) is a group that works to provide city and regional planning students with professional and social activities allowing them to become better acquainted with their peers and professors. ASP serves as the main liaison between students and faculty members. We are also charged with representing student interests within the College of Architecture and Environmental Design. Along with representing all the students within our department, our main goal is to provide a network of support for our members and to bring students from all levels together to increase the success of their educational experience.

Associated Students of Construction Management (ASCM)

The ASCM offers students the opportunity to learn and be involved in the construction management profession, to network and develop relationships with potential employers, and meet fellow students. The student chapter upholds the ideals and standards of two sponsoring organizations - Associated Builders and Contractors and Associated General Contractors -and share the same principles of skill, integrity, honor, and responsibility.

Mechanical Contractors Association of America (MCAA)

MCAA: The Mechanical Contractors Association of America, Inc. (MCAA) is a vibrant, growing association of approximately 2,300 mechanical, plumbing, and service contractors. Members enjoy MCAA’s outstanding education programs, an expanding catalog of resources to help them manage and grow their businesses, periodicals and a web site to keep them informed and connected, and business services to save them money. MCAA’s student chapter program gives students the opportunity to learn about the industry by attending regular meetings with their MCAA local affiliate sponsors, taking field trips to a variety of job sites and facilities, working together on volunteer projects, participating in fundraising events, and more.

MCAA web site

National Association of Home Builders (NAHB) Student Chapter

Any student interested in home building, real estate, land development, housing issues, building materials, etc., may join NAHB.

Sigma Lambda Chi

The purpose of Sigma Lambda Chi is to recognize outstanding students in construction. Objectives include the rendering of service to the field of construction, the development of good relations among academia, industry, and the public, and the recognition of outstanding professionals in construction and allied fields.

Email Sigma Lambda Chi

Student Chapter of the American Society of Landscape Architects (SCASLA)

The ASLA student chapter is a student organization that is affiliated with the American Society of Landscape Architects. Our mission is to promote education, community involvement, student activities, a sense of spirit and pride, wise planning, and artful design of our cultural and natural environments. ASLA involvement is quite extensive -- from community clean-ups, Habitats for Humanity, Open House activities, garden show exhibits, national professional and student conference participation, interdisciplinary activities, and inviting guest speakers to share their knowledge.

Sigma Lambda Alpha Honor Society (SLA)

This National Honor Society for Landscape Architecture students invites for membership those students with a 3.2 gpa and higher. The activities of the Cal Poly SLO Theta Chapter are geared toward academic and professional development, such as inviting outside professionals to come in for reviews of projects or lectures. Overall, Chapter members try to encourage students to perform well and inspire them toward the professional world of landscape architecture.