Student Organizations

The Foster School of Business encourages participation in student activities and organizations as an excellent way to experience personal growth, meet new friends, share common interests with other students, faculty and staff, and have some fun outside the classroom. Through participation in these organizations, students can enhance leadership and engage in experiential learning while working to fulfill organizational goals.

If you'd like to broaden your scope beyond the business school, look for groups at UW that share your interests through UW Registered Student Organization Directory.

AIESEC
Website: students.washington.edu/aiesecer/
Email: aiesecer@u.washington.edu

AIESEC is an international student-run organization dedicated to increasing cultural understanding and cooperation through running an international paid-internship program. AIESC helps U.S. companies reach out to young business and I.T. professionals.


Asian Business Student Association
Website: students.washington.edu/absa/
Email:absa@u.washington.edu

ABSA is a student-run organization that is focused on increasing awareness of Asian cultures and their economies, broadening social network of its members, as well as holding and promoting useful career workshops and job fairs.


Alpha Kappa Psi
Website: students.washington.edu/akappsi/
Email: akappsi@u.washington.edu

Alpha Kappa Psi is a professional business fraternity dedicated to furthering the academic and professional development of its members. Alpha Kappa Psi promotes positive opportunities, experiences and ideals for its members by emphasizing the importance of brotherhood, unity, leadership and education.


American Marketing Association
Website: students.washington.edu/amaclub/
Email: amaclub@u.washington.edu

The American Marketing Association is a national organization comprised of marketing professionals and students of marketing. AMA facilitates networking opportunities and special lectures for student interested in learning more about the field of marketing, as well as for those students pursuing an internship or eventual career in marketing.


Association of Black Business Students
Website: students.washington.edu/uwabbs/
Email: uwabbs@u.washington.edu

The Association of Black Business Students (ABBS) is a student-run organization founded in 1970 for black students, from any field of study, who are interested in careers in business and other related fields. ABBS is geared towards successfully assisting and promoting the interest and success of black students in the business environment.


Beta Alpha Psi
Website: www.uwbap.org/
Email: uwbap@u.washington.edu

Beta Alpha Psi is a national scholastic and professional accounting fraternity formed in 1919. The primary objective of the fraternity is to encourage and give welcome recognition to scholastic and professional excellence in the field of accounting.


BEDC Leadership Team
Website: students.washington.edu/bedclt
Email: bedclt@u.washington.edu

The BEDC Leadership Team is a talented group of young individuals whose primary goal is to assist in the development of small businesses in economically distressed/emerging communities. Students who have participated in the BEDC’s Consulting Projects (MKTG 445) and have demonstrated excellent leadership, a strong work ethic and dedication to giving back to the community are invited to join the Leadership Team.


Business Information Technology Society
Website: www.uwbits.org
Email: bits@u.washington.edu

The Business Information Technology Society (BITS) is a student-run organization within the University of Washington Business School. The objective of BITS is to provide members with a valuable edge for starting careers in information systems.


Certificate of International Study in Business (CISB) Student Group
Website: bschool.washington.edu/cisb
Email: cisb@u.washington.edu

Our purpose is to provide students with a bridge between the business world with learning of cultural aspects that make us unique.


Dow Dawgs Finance Association
Website: students.washington.edu/dowdawgs/
Email: dowdawgs@u.washington.edu

Dow Dawgs provides a forum for University of Washington students to learn about the field of finance on both a personal and business level. Members have the opportunity to educate themselves as well as share what they have learned with students, faculty and the surrounding community.


Hispanic Business Students Association
Website: www.hbsauw.com
Email: hba@u.washington.edu

HBSA creates a community for UW students, helping them develop the skills needed to succeed in school and in the future. HBSA exposes students to minority professionals and to employers interested in minority recruiting. All students, regardless of ethnicity or national origins, are welcome.


Retail Management Program Student Association
Website: students.washington.edu/uwretail/
Email: retail@u.washington.edu

The RMP Student Association prepares students for fast-tracked, high-level management careers in the retail industry and provides opportunities to gain exposure and network with local local and national professionals through guest speakers, workshops, panels.  RMP Student Association each year sponsors "Retail Day", a highly energetic and entertaining career fair, bringing in over 20 major retailers.


Society for Human Resource Management
Website: students.washington.edu/shrm/
Email: shrm@u.washington.edu

SHRM is the world's largest HR association and strives to further professional standards, development and certification. The group is open to anyone who wants to better investigate the Human Resource industry, wants the benefits from what HR can teach or plans on making a career out of Human Resources.


Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club
Website: students.washington.edu/uec/
Email: uec@u.washington.edu

The Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Club was designed to enhance the CIE curriculum and provide a venue for student entrepreneurs and innovators to share ideas, develop business plans, and facilitate relationships with the local business community.


Undergraduate Business Council
Website: students.washington.edu/ubc/
Email: ubc@u.washington.edu

The UBC hosts a monthly meeting for representatives of all the student organizations affiliated with the Business School. The UBC is also open to at-large membership. The goal of the UBC is to promote cooperation between the student organizations affiliated with the Business School, and to sponsor large philanthropic and social events for Business School students.


Undergraduate Management Consulting Association
Website: www.uwumca.com/
Email: umca@u.washington.edu

UMCA exposes students to management consulting, helps them develop the skills necessary to be successful in the field, and provides an avenue for consulting firms to target interested and talented undergraduate candidates.


University Sales Club
Website: students.washington.edu/usc/
Email: usc@u.washington.edu

The University Sales Club gives students the opportunity to interact and network with local sales and marketing professionals.  USC explores various aspects of selling through guest speakers, workshops, and round table discussions.


Undergraduate Women in Business (UWiB)
Website: students.washington.edu/uwib/
Email: uwib@u.washington.edu

While promoting equal opportunity and fairness, and fostering a sense of community among the undergraduate women in business students and the greater business community, UWiB provides networking and career opportunities through educational seminars and workshops.