Student Groups and Organizations

 

PennDesign Student Council

  • PennDesign Student Government Information, Sponsored events etc.

Graduate and Professional Student Assembly

  • University-wide student government for all graduate and professional students at the University of Pennsylvania.

Black Graduate and Professional Student Assembly

  • Addresses academic, social, political and cultural needs and concerns for graduate and professional students of the African Diaspora.

PennDesign BSA

  • PennDesign Black Student Alliance

La Casa Latina

  • Center devoted to developing greater awareness of Latino/a issues, culture and identity on Penn's campus.

Greenfield Intercultural Center

  • Fostering intercultural understanding on campus

LGBT Center

  • Supports Penn lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender students, staff, alumni, and faculty and increases the general Penn community's understanding and acceptance of its sexual and gender minority members.

OutDesign

  • Working to promote awareness and foster a sense of community for the gender and sexual minorities of the School of Design. By hosting professional events and mixers, OutDesign seeks to generate new thought and build relationships within the design school and across disciplines.
    Contact: Chris McAdams or Laura Lo 

Makuu

  • A cultural resource center for Penn students who are interested in Black culture.

Pan-Asian American Community House 

  • Central resource for advising students and student organizations with a particular focus on students of Asian American and Pacific Islander heritage.

PennDesign Real Estate Club

  • The PennDesign Real Estate Club provides a platform for mentoring, speakers, panels, site visits, resume promotion and career strategizing. Through our various resources we seek to demonstrate how the interdisciplinary curriculum of PennDesign uniquely corresponds to the nature of real estate development and community-building today.
  • The PennDesign Real Estate Club also serves as the school’s student liaison to the Samuel Zell and Robert Lurie Real Estate Center at The Wharton School. In this capacity, the Club works closely with the Wharton Real Estate Club and the Law School Real Estate Club.
  • Contact: Jeff Kurtz or Susannah Henschel

Penn Women's Center

  • Addresses the continuing and evolving needs of women on the campus of the University of Pennsylvania

Environmental Planning and Ecological Design Club (EPED)

  • Provides students with the opportunity to engage with their community and peers in a cross-disciplinary exploration of policy and design solutions to environmental challenges. Through events and field trips, EPED strives to raise awareness and inspire action toward economic, social, and ecological sustainability.

African-American Resource Center

  • African-American Resouce Center's (AARC's) homepage. We are a resource center dedicated to enhancing the quality of life of faculty, staff, and students at the University of Pennsylvania with a particular focus on those of African descent.