Student Groups and Activities | The Heller School

Student Groups and Activities | The Heller School
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Student Groups and Activities
Students dance at Africa Night, celebrating African food and culture
Team Nomad Dairy presents at Hult Prize @ Brandeis
Sin Fronteras, the Brandeis Latinx graduate student group
International students celebrate Thanksgiving with food from their home countries
Students perform at Vari-Asian, celebrating Asian food and culture
Across Heller and Brandeis, you’ll find student groups that fit every interest. And if you don’t? Create your own!
Join the
Heller Student Association
—which includes representatives from each of the six programs—or a Heller
student working group
, including ones focused on gender, disability, culture and the environment. You’ll have the chance to bring in experts to speak on subjects important to you; share the food and music of your culture; discover new research or internship opportunities; and more. Want to flex your entrepreneurial muscles? Heller offers an array of pitch competitions for students looking to start their own social entrepreneurship ventures, from the Heller Startup Challenge to the Hult Prize at Brandeis.
But you’re not limited to just what’s available at Heller. As part of Brandeis University, you have to opportunity to
connect with fellow graduate students
, regardless of discipline. Ajai Scott, MA SID/MBA’19, for example, founded the Black Graduation Student Association in 2017; Joanna Banegas, MA SID/MBA'18, co-founded Sin Fronteras, the Latinx graduate student association; and Ryan Mishler, MPP’18, served as president of the Queer Graduate Student Union during the 2017-18 school year, its first year.
Across Brandeis, you’ll also have access to a wide array of
artistic venues
, like the renowned
Rose Art Museum
intramural athletic teams and facilities
; and
spiritual offerings
with chaplains of various faiths.
Rose Art Museum
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