Student Groups
Eco-Rep Program
The Eco-Rep Program is a student facilitated peer-to-peer environmental education program that strives to promote environmentally responsible behavior in the University of Massachusetts Amherst residence halls, the Eco-Rep Program strives to create an environmentally literate student population and to help residential students reduce their individual impacts on the environment.
SGA Environment Committee
The Student Government Association Environmental Committee works to collaborate with UMass Amherst administration, staff, students, and the Student Government Association in order to implement environmentally sustainable initiatives in all realms of campus life. We aim to focus campus-wide efforts to create policies that contribute to sustainability and are financially efficient practices. Above all, we as a Committee work to minimize the ecological footprint we generate today for the benefit of future generations in the UMass community.
Sustainable UMass Action Coalition (SUMAC)
The Sustainable UMass Action Coalition is a new student group on campus that was created to help create a place for students just becoming interested in issues of environmental sustainability to go to learn more and become involved. The main priority that SUMAC has is to increase the energy of the student body around environmental issues and create a large amount of student support for environmentally proactive projects and initiatives across campus.
Outing Club
The University of Massachusetts Outing Club is a Registered Student Organization (RSO) of long standing. Its active membership includes undergraduates, graduate students, faculty, and alumni. Activities go on throughout the school year, and to a lesser extent during the summer. The club owns an impressive array of equipment available for club trips, including canoes, kayaks, skis, sleeping bags, portable stoves, ice-climbing gear, rock climbing gear, caving gear, and wet suits for canoeing. It also owns a cabin in the White Mountains of New Hampshire, which is a great jumping-off point for outdoor activities up there including hiking and skiing.
NetImpact
Net Impact UMass Amherst is a diverse community of graduate students dedicated to using the power of business to make a positive net social, environmental, and economic impact. Originally started at UMass in the Isenberg School of Management, our membership today includes both full and part time students from numerous departments around campus.
