STEM

The Advanced Manufacturing Club is a student-led organization dedicated to exploring the future of modern manufacturing.  Our mission is to bring together students from all colleges and disciplines to collaborate, innovate, and prepare for careers in advanced technologies.

What is Advanced Manufacturing?

The Advanced Manufacturing Club explores the latest innovations, technologies, and practices shaping the future of manufacturing.  Our mission is to provide hands-on learning opportunities, foster collaboration among students, faculty, and industry professionals, and prepare members to excel in a rapidly evolving global manufacturing environment.  Through workshops, guest speakers, plant tours, and project-based activities, the club creates a platform for developing technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and professional networks that support both academic and career success.

The roles we play

Club students bring knowledge of project management, supply chains, and entrepreneurship to help turn technical ideas into market-ready solutions, contribute design, technical skills, robotics, and software expertise to build and improve manufacturing systems, add problem-solving, creativity, and communication skills that strengthen teamwork, design thinking, and outreach, as well as support training, workforce development, and teaching practices that make advanced manufacturing accessible to all.

What to Expect in the Club

• Guest speakers from industry leaders and faculty advisors

• Opportunities to tour local companies and manufacturing facilities

• Networking with peers across disciplines to prepare for internships and careers

The Advanced Manufacturing Club is more than just a student organization, as it is a community where collaboration, innovation, and leadership come together to shape the future.

Beta Beta Beta, or more simply, TriBeta, is a national biology honors society that supports and promotes scientific research, especially among undergraduates. The Athens State Chapter, Mu Kappa Beta, is involved in student research, attending scientific conferences, and educational outreach.

The national website can be found here: https://tribeta.org.

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The MACS Club is open for any student to join. We highly encourage students majoring in mathematics, computer science, information technology, bioinformatics to join us along with any other students who just have an interest in everything STEM.

Traditionally, club members assist with one of the largest music festivals held in the Southeast hosted by the University, raise funds to contribute to worthwhile causes, and aspire to raise awareness of the importance of Math and Computer Science. Occasionally, MACS members enjoy group networking events and sponsor guest lecturers.

Our goal is to encourage STEM education, networking, and community services. Your classes will teach you the skills to be successful in your career – MACS will allow for you to show that it’s not all about what happens within the walls of a building, but how you are also capable of impacting those in the community.

How We Achieve Our Goals

• Volunteer at the Fiddlers Convention to raise money for an endowed MACS Club Scholarship
• Set up “hands-on” booth activities during Athens State sponsored public events to raise awareness of Math and Computer Science.
• Participate in local conferences and challenges
  • AlaMatyc Conferences
  • B-side Conference
  • National Cyber Summit
  • MIT’s Battlecode competition
  • NASA Space Apps Challenge
  • Biotech Hack-a-thon
• Take part in industry-sponsored networking events
• Host Resume & Career Prep Workshops
• Help the Athens community by
  • collecting care bags for needy children
  • collecting canned goods before/during the annual Athens Mardi Gras parade
  • sponsoring children from Angel Trees during the holidays
  • assist in special events with Limestone County Schools and Athens City Schools

Join the MACS Club today! Get connected and help us make an impact on society by bringing awareness to STEM and what Athens State University is all about!

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The purpose of the Health & Science Career Club is to promote interest in the field of science, provide educational and training opportunities in the health and science fields, and provide opportunities for participation in co-operative and volunteer work in health and science professions. The club sponsors group hikes, presentations, tours of facilities, and community service activities.