Student Service
In Govt. 184, Introduction to Urban Politics, Professor Stan Oden used this strategy for students who were able to volunteer up to four hours per week in a community setting. One student worked with the Carmichael Community Action Planning Group, focusing on issues of public safety. Other students worked with the Sacramento Neighborhood Services Department in Area 4, assisting the department in neighborhood association development.
Our political internship program is in fact another form of “service learning” as students are placed in unpaid internships in government settings, for example the state legislature or offices in the executive branch of California government, or with organizations or associations that lobby the legislature. They may also serve an internship with a political party or in a political or ballot measure campaign. In these settings students learn, through direct participation and observation, about some aspect of the governmental process, depending on the site of their service learning or internship. In both service learning settings and internships, our students provide valuable service to the program or office where they work.
Our students also participate in the following clubs:
MODEL UNITED NATIONS CLUB
The Model United Nations' major activity is to prepare CSU, Sacramento's delegates to the Model United Nations Convention held in New York each Spring. Interested students are urged to contact Professor Ron Fox or the Government Department office for additional information at 278-6202.
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ASSOCIATION FOR POLITICAL STUDIES
The Association for Political Studies is an informal group started
and run by students in the Government Department. Their aim is to
foster social and intellectual contact among Government Department
students and faculty and to increase the political knowledge and
awareness of students at CSU Sacramento generally. APS does this
by sponsoring informal get-togethers, usually at the homes of faculty,
to hear various speakers and exchange views. They have also sponsored
symposia and brought distinguished speakers to the campus.
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PHI ALPHA DELTA, LAW FRATERNITY INTERNATIONAL
This pre-law association presents an opportunity for students
planning to go to law school to gain important information while
meeting other students with common goals. This is done through the
presentation of guest speakers from various areas of the legal profession,
as well as through field trips and outside activities.
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PI SIGMA ALPHA
Pi Sigma Alpha is the national political science honor society.
Membership is open to students who have a 3.0 grade point in twelve
or more units of Government courses. Membership is by invitation
only sent to students via USPS during the senior year.
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POLITICAL THEORY FORUM
The Political Theory Forum is an informal organization formed for
the purpose of promoting discourse in the field of political theory.
It sponsors group discussions of current theoretical issues. There
are no dues or fees for membership and participation is open to
everyone with an interest in political theory.
