Build your network
Make connections that matter.
Joining a student organization is a great way to make friends, find job leads and improve the world around you.
Student Organizations
MSU organizations (program specific)
Team up with like-minded classmates outside of school.
If you’re interested in dietetics, there are also professional organizations you can join.
Student organization
Student Dietetic Association
Promote the values of dietetics, nutrition and overall wellness.
Pre-professional
Have bigger goals in mind? Join a pre-professional club.
You’ll have a head start on graduate school and a better idea of what you want to pursue.
Student Organization
Pre-Medical Society
Find resources and support that help you reach your top goal: Getting into a medical school.
Student organization
Pre-Pharmacy Society
Explore your options for pharmacy school and make connections in the field.
Student organization
Pre-Physician Assistant Society
Preview the role of a PA, do job shadowing and build your readiness for graduate school.
Student organization
Pre-Optometry Club
Discover what it takes to become an optometrist – someone who provides vision and eye care services.
Professional organizations
These organization don’t have direct ties to Missouri State, but they’re still worth joining.
You can expand your contacts and learn more about your future profession.
Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND)
Join the world’s largest organization of food and nutrition professionals.
If you’re a dietetics major, it’s recommended you join AND by the fall semester of your junior year.
As an AND member, you receive:
- The Journal of American Dietetics.
- Liability insurance.
- Reduced rates for products and meeting fees.
Missouri Academic of Nutrition and Dietetics (MOAND)
By joining AND, you’re automatically granted membership into the Missouri Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (MOAND). MOAND meets once a year.
The Missouri Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Southwest Region (SW-MOAND) holds four meetings a year. Registration fees are covered through your AND membership.
Students are welcome at MOAND and SW-MOAND events. Non-members will have a small fee to attend. Members may attend all events at no cost.