Student clubs and organizations are a great way to make friends, build connections on campus, and gain leadership skills outside of the classroom. Working as a teaching or learning assistant builds your academic and learning skills, and develops great relationships with your professors and fellow students. Check out the many opportunities to get involved within our department and across campus. For employment opportunities click here or scroll down.
Student Clubs and Organizations
University Student Organizations
If there is something you enjoy, there is a club for it. Check out Campus Connect to find a group or club that fits your interests!
Send us a message through Campus Connect or come to our meetings!
Join us this fall for our opening social and elections! More details TBA!
The Philosophy of Physics Club (PHYL) seeks to provide a space for meaningful discussion of the physical sciences on campus. The organization also seeks to forge stronger bonds both within and extending from the physics department, and to broaden member’s understanding of the world at large through group conversation. Open to anyone interested.
Other Opportunities
Bennion Community Service Center
Our mission is to inspire and mobilize people to strengthen communities through learning, scholarship, and advocacy. Whether you have a few minutes in between classes, an occasional hour on a Saturday morning, or time to engage every week, there are plenty of ways for you to get involved.
Join our College of Science Ambassadors—a group of University of Utah students who are passionate about science and committed to leadership. Ambassadors support college events, recruit new students, and help keep our community engaged and excited about science. Find out more on this College of Science website page.
SRI-CAP program is designed to support students interested in life science research and careers.
Find out more on the SRI-CAP page.
We share the LSSB building with the Wilkes Center for Climate Science & Policy.
Check out their website to find out about events, resources, hackatons, scholarships, and more.
The Math Tutoring Center and the Learning Center are great resources for you as a student, and they may also provide opportunities for you to become a tutor.
Check out their tutoring job openings on their website:
- Learning Center: Tutoring Jobs
- Math Center Employment Information (scroll to the bottom of the page)
Find out more at: https://teachforutah.utah.edu/about-the-program/
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Undergrad Paid Opportunities
-Responsibilities: LAs help transform large-enrollment courses by creating environments in which students can interact with one another, engage in collaborative problem solving, articulate and defend their ideas, and explicitly discuss the nature of science.
-LAs must have room in their schedule to lead their assigned lab sections (at least two), attend the associated class lectures, and enroll in a SCI-5050, (The Science of Learning), course. Additional hours may be spent doing prep work for the lab, holding office hours and attending team meetings with the course instructor.
-Flexible time commitment (5-10 hours per week)
-Get paid and have a job on campus!
-Mentor and planning committee positions available! Click below for more info.
Contact Professor Rhett Zollinger (rhett.zolinger@utah.edu) with any questions.
- We also do outreach around the state of Utah For questions, please reach out to Paul Ricketts (Paul.Ricketts@utah.edu)
- Deliver reports on any faculty up for retention, promotion, and tenure.
- Serve as the bridge between the physics department and undergraduate students.
- Host events promoting student involvement such as socials or town halls.
-Get paid – $16/hr!
If you have not been a TA before but would like to apply, please reach out to the Associate Chair Prof. Zheng Zheng (zhengzheng@astro.utah.edu) for more info !
Why should I get involved?
- It helps round out your university experience. You are more than just a scientist- you have interests beyond the classroom. Getting involved helps you explore new things in a unique setting of a university and develop new skills.
- It looks great on job and graduate school applications. Employers are often looking for more than just technical skills you learn with your degree. They look for communication skills, leadership, and other "soft" skills that come with being involved with an organization.
- It connects you to faculty, mentors, and people within the department and on campus. Want to make friends in the department? Want an inside scoop on what is happening in the department? Want to get to know faculty better? Join a club or organization. You never know when that connection could lead to letters of recommendation, future internships or jobs, or lifelong friendships down the road.
- It helps maintain balance! Find a group of people you connect with to help balance out the workload and stress of school. Clubs and groups give you an outlet to do something outside of your studies and find a sense of community and purpose.