Graduate Student Organizations

Graduate student organizations provide invaluable opportunities for you to enhance your coursework, research, and networking skills. 

By joining these organizations, you can collaborate with peers, gain access to resources and mentorship, and participate in professional development activities. Engaging in these communities not only elevates your academic performance but also expands your professional network, opening doors to future career opportunities.

The College of Agriculture, Life & Environmental Sciences (CALES) Graduate Student Council serves as a valued voice of graduate students in the college. Council members report to the Assistant Dean for Graduate Education in CALES, Dr. Kirsten Limes and, as the council discusses priorities and tangible changes that could help all programs across the college.

BE/BAT Representatives:

  • Edwin Baldwin
  • Jack Welchert

Alpha Epsilon Honor Society
Eta Beta Chapter
The Honor Society of Agricultural, Food, and Biological Engineering

The objectives of the honor society are to promote the high ideals of the engineering profession, to give recognition to those agricultural, biological, and food engineers who manifest worthy qualities of character, scholarship, and professional attainment, and to encourage and support such improvements in the agricultural, biological, and food engineering profession that makes it an instrument of greater service to mankind.

Eligibility

  • University Arizona Student majoring in Biosystems Engineering
  • Juniors: GPA in top 1/3rd of all students in College of Engineering
  • Seniors: GPA in top 1/4th of all students in College of Engineering
  • Graduate Students: ≥9 graduate credits complete + 3.35 GPA

Invitations will be sent at the beginning of each semester.

Officers

Advisor

The Biosystems Engineering Club is dedicated to the introduction and exploration of Biosystems Engineering to undergraduate engineering students and anyone else interested in Biosystems Engineering. Club activities include social events, lab tours, guest speakers, and design projects within subjects such as controlled environment agriculture, IoT, sensors and controls, automation, and robotics.

Contact bec.uofa@gmail.com to join or learn more.

  • Maxwell Banach, Interim President
  • Brian Little, BE Club Advisor
  • Dava Jondall, BE Club Advisor

The mission of CEASA is to promote hands on experience and educate students with regard to controlled environment agricultural practices along with innovative engineering concepts, hydroponics, and agri-business. Hands on experience is provided through the design, maintenance, and usage of hydroponic growing systems in a research greenhouse to produce crops that are later sold at local farmer's markets in the Tucson area.

Contact

Officers & Advisors

  • President: Aurora DeShazo
  • Vice President: Kathryn Antonina
  • Secretary: Gabi Gutierez
  • Treasurer: Nawel Fajardo
  • Greenhouse Managers:
    • Hailey Schleining
    • Tam Friedman
    • Barbara Bruno
  • CEASA Advisor: Dr. Triston Hooks