Graduate Student Organizations

Graduate Student Associations

• Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA)

  GBSA is an organization for students and led by students who promote career and professional development, facilitate camaraderie and enhance student life. We host events including club open houses, community service activities, and other culture enhancing events.

  For more information, please contact Rocky Nankani, GBSA President - gbsa@sandiego.edu 

• Graduate Nursing Student Association (GNSA)

  The purpose of the Graduate Nursing Student Association (GNSA) is to foster a communal relationship between School of Nursing and USD. GNSA serves to build and maintain a strong Nursing Community, advocate for student issues, and act as an intermediary between students and administration. We aim to enhance professional growth and community service by funding mission trips and funding requests for research, as well as empower students to explore healthcare issues in the community and other ways to improve.

  For more information, please contact Joy Gao, RN, GNSA President - Jgao@sandiego.edu 

• Peace and Justice Student Association (PJSA)

  The Peace and Justice Student Association’s mission and purpose is:

  1. To enhance and empower students while adding value to their overall academic experience while at the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies;
  2. Actively contribute to the growth and improvement of the Peace and Justice Studies program;
  3. Facilitate student participation in the Kroc School;
  4. Provide a space for expressing concerns, finding necessary resources, and providing support to all members of the Association; and
  5. To help bring higher visibility to the Joan B. Kroc School of Peace Studies, not only within the USD community but also on a local, national, and international level.

  For more information, contact Brooke Scott at krocpjsa@gmail.com 

• SOLES Graduate Student Association (SGSA)

  The SOLES Graduate Student Association (SGSA) is a student-governed association supporting our graduate and doctoral students in their scholastic, co-curricular and social experiences. The goal of the SGSA is to support the development of a professional, scholastic and social community in the School of Leadership and Education Sciences.

  For more information, please contact Daniel Reza, SGSA President - dreza@sandiego.edu 

• Student Bar Association (SBA)

  The Student Bar Association is the student government of the School of Law. SBA's leadership fights in the best interest of the law student body community, and aims to provide law students with a strong sense of community at USD. The SBA represents a strong collective of passionate and diverse leaders who serve to better our law school, San Diego community, and legal profession.

  For more information, contact Robbie Ponce, SBA President - rponce@sandiego.edu 

Graduate Student Organizations

• Asian Students in Alliance (ASIA)

  The purpose for A.S.I.A. is to serve as a support network for Asian graduate students and allies through personal and professional development and as a promoter of diversity, justice, and collaboration within the University of San Diego community and local constituents.

  For more information, please contact Miso Jang at asiangradsUSD@gmail.com or mjang@sandiego.edu

• Black Graduate Students Association (BGSA)

  Purpose: BGSA serves as a support network for graduate students of African descent and provides resources that will enhance academic and career success of current graduate and professional students. BGSA will also serve in developing a network of emerging scholars of African descent who are dedicated and sensitive to the needs and concerns of an increasingly diverse academic community.
  
  Mission: BGSA is dedicated to uniting student, faculty, and alumni of African descent to create a sense of pride, community, and support at the University of San Diego. We encourage scholarship opportunities, promote social connections, community service, and self-determination.

  For more information, contact Amanda Gunn at agunn@sandiego.edu or Brittany Woodard at bwoodard@sandiego.edu 

• Business Analytics Association (BAA)

  The BAA is committed to developing ethical and knowledgeable industry professional by utilizing faculty experience and real-world projects to produce analysts of the highest integrity.

  For more information, contact Charlie Joyce at charliejoyce@sandiego.edu 

• Counselors Advocating and Pursuing Equity (CAPE)

  The mission of CAPE is to discuss differences in order to allow for the addressing of misperceptions, biases, and micro-aggressive behaviors through the cultivation of personal empowerment, courage, and humility.

  For more information, contact Zaiah Lewis at zaiahlewis@sandiego.edu 

• Chi Sigma Iota; Sigma Delta Chapter - International Counseling Society (CSI)

  CSI seeks to build a community of aware, competent counselors by empowering members and maximizing community assets to develop professionally and personally.

  For more information, please contact Marites Exume at mexume@sandiego.edu or Alicia Arce at aarce@sandiego.edu 

• Cybersecurity Student Club

  The purpose of this organization is to promote the growth of cybersecurity through continuing education credits, developing practical experiences, and providing professional networking by collaborating, sharing, and presenting ideas, research, or work related to the cybersecurity field.

  For more information, please contact Tai Tran at taitran@sandiego.edu 

• Graduate Women Professionals and Allies (WPA)

  The purpose of this organization shall be to support the business, professional, and leadership goals of students and alumni from the University of San Diego. This club is dedicated to empowering female business professionals, to assisting women into leadership positions in business, and to enhancing the diversity of the workforce worldwide.

  For more information, contact Amber Khoury atamberkhoury@sandiego.edu, or Barbara Rudd at brudd@sandiego.edu 

• Health Informatics Student Association (HISA)

  The purpose of HISA is to serve as a support network for Undergraduate and Graduate students and allies through personal and professional development and as a promoter of diversity, justice, and collaboration within the University of San Diego community and local constituents.

  For more information, contact Jerin Madhavappallil at hisaofficer@sandiego.edu 

• Latinx Graduate Student Association (LGSA)

  The Latinx Graduate Student Association (LGSA) is an organization dedicated to creating support and social network for Chicanx/Latinx graduate students at the University of San Diego (USD). We encourage and facilitate communication between graduate students and faculty/staff who identify as Chicanx, Latinx, Afro-Latinx, Mexican/Mexican-American, Filipnx/Filipnx-American and other underrepresented communities at USD through coalition-building and allyship.

  For more information, please contact Silvia Ayala Vega at lgsausd@gmail.com 

• LGBTQIA+ Graduate Student Association

  The LGBTQIA+ Graduate Student Association: a community who identifies as and supports LGBTQ+ individuals and allies. We create a safe, welcoming, and inclusive space that embraces and connects people of all sexualities, gender identities, and gender expressions. We acknowledge, advocate, and celebrate intersectionalities and recognize that individuals are composed of multiple identities. We strive to encourage and promote graduate students building coalitions with faculty/staff and other students on campus in order to explore how sexualities and gender identities/expressions shape the student experience.

  For more information, please contact Mannie Brown at emmanuelbrown@sandiego.edu 

• Master of International Relations Graduate Student Association (MAIR GSA)

  The MAIR GSA connects the graduate students of the MAIR program to the wider University of San Diego (USD) Graduate Student Life program, alumni, and local and international communities and organizations. Through communication and engagement, the MAIR GSA and its Officers represent and advocate on matters of student life and affairs. The desired end goal for MAIR GSA plans and actions is to enhance the education, networking, and career development opportunities for students.

  For more information, please contact Anna Taylor at ajtaylor@sandiego.edu 

• Net Impact San Diego

  The purpose of Net Impact San Diego is to mobilize a new generation to use their careers to drive transformational change on campus, in their workplaces, and the world. Our mission is to connect like-minded individuals who aim to use business as a force for environmental and social good by providing events and programming for members to connect, learn, and collaborate. We provide members with an array of opportunities that will:

  1. Empower them to use their skills and put their beliefs into action to positively impact their surroundings
  2. Expand their network to include other like-minded individuals who have demonstrated their commitment to socially and environmentally responsible business
  3. Provide resources and opportunities to learn about and connect to careers with social or environmental impact

  For more information, contact Kelly Gardner at kellygardner@sandiego.edu

• San Diego Venture Club

  The mission of SDVC is to assist students aspiring work in venture capital, private equity and investment banking through networking events, peer interview preparation, and learning experiences.

  For more information, contact Rakesh Nankani at rnankani-11@sandiego.edu

• Sunlight for Survivors

  Sunlight for Survivors shine with an accelerated healing experience for survivors of rape through safe and healthy sessions where we come together to learn, grow and heal in a serene environment through guided sessions facilitated by trauma care specialists based on scientific research.

  For more information, please contact Cristina Fawaz López at cfawazlopez@sandiego.edu 

• USD Business Golf Club (BGC)

  The mission of BGC is to educate and inform current grad students on how to play golf and proper golf etiquette as well as to create networking opportunities.

  For more information, contact Daniel Alvarez Mendoza at dalvarezmendoza@sandiego.edu 

2019-2020 Graduate Student Organizations

The following organizations were from the 2019-2020 academic year:

• Asian Students In Alliance (ASIA)
• Black Graduate Student Association (BGSA)
• Business Analytics Association (BAA)
• Chi Sigma Alpha (CSA)
• Counselors Advocating and Pursuing Equity (CAPE)
• Chi Sigma Iota; Sigma Delta Chapter - International Counseling Society (CSI)
• Cyber Security Society (CSS)
• Graduate Business Student Association (GBSA)
• Graduate Marketing Association (GMA)
• Graduate Nursing Student Association (GNSA)
• Graduate Student Council (GSC)
• Graduate Women Professionals & Allies
• Healthcare Informatics Student Association (HISA)
• Latinx Graduate Student Association (LGSA)

• LGBTQIA+ Graduate Student Association 
• Management Consulting Association
• Master of Arts in International Relations Graduate Student Association (MAIR GSA)
• Net Impact San Diego (NISD)
• Peace and Justice Student Association (PJSA)
• San Diego Venture Club (SDVC)
• SOLES Graduate Student Association (SGSA)
• Student Bar Association (SBA)
• Sunlight for Survivors
• USD MBA Golf Club 
• USD Progressive Students
• USD SOLES Higher Education Leaders & Scholars (SHELS)