Seventh Street Plaza was brought to life with the help of student organizations showing what their clubs have to offer.
San José State’s Fall 2025 Student Organization Fair included more than 100 recognized student organizations, according to Student Involvement.
Stephanie Rudd, SJSU’s Recognized Student Organization student engagement coordinator, said events like these are hosted by Student Involvement.
“Student Involvement has specific areas to help students get involved on campus,” Rudd said. “Specifically being involved in clubs, attending events like Kickoff, fraternity and sorority life and leadership development.”
Student Involvement is the office behind organizing most of the engaging campus-wide events, such as Weeks of Welcome and Kickoff events, according to SJSU’s Campus Life webpage.
The fair was divided into two different time blocks to accommodate the large number of organizations.
“Because we have so many organizations on campus, we want to have as many people come out to inform students of the clubs,” Rudd said.
SJSU recognizes over 450 different student organizations, according to the same SJSU webpage.
From academic and professional clubs to cultural groups and many more, the range of organizations showcased the diversity of student life on campus.
Zephra Blake, a third-year political science student, is a member of the San José Dragon Boat team.
“It’s a paddle-based sport and we’re trying to get more newbie members for the semester so we can get them ready for our race in November,” Blake said.
Dragon Boating is described as a team paddling sport, in which crews race in long-canoe-like boats. These boats often hold about 20 paddlers and the races can range from 200m to 2km, according to an SJSU Club Sports webpage.
She said that the challenges that the club and other club sports face is not having the same funding opportunities as much. In recent years, SJSU’s club sports have faced funding problems. This can be distressing to our sport clubs due to their popularity.
Connor Ghione, a fifth-year civil engineering student, said he was taking advantage of the event beyond looking to join an organization.
“I’m just looking to make connections and have fun with the rest of my time here,” Ghione said.
Jet Lau, a third-year business administration, management information systems student, is a current member of the SJSU Ski & Snowboard Club.
“We actually started up last semester,” Lau said. “There is huge demand for skiing and snowboarding here – surprisingly, even in the Bay Area. We’ve had over 100 people sign up in just the last three weeks.”
With fall 2025 enrollment at an all time high reaching approximately 40,000 students, as reported by NBC news. This is great for the organizations and clubs on campus, as that means more participants and engagement.
“I think we’ve had a good turnout so far,” said Rudd. “Especially in the morning when students were arriving on campus.”
