The Civil Engineering Graduate Students Association, established in 1971, represents over 200 graduate students in the Department of Civil Engineering. The association is responsible for organizing civil graduate social events, seminars, sports teams, orientation activities for new students and much more. The association also actively participates in the academic affairs of the Department of Civil Engineering by appointing graduate student representatives to departmental committees and councils that directly affect graduate education, such as curriculum and content, degree requirements, and graduate academic appeals.