Clubs & Co-ops

The Block and Bridle Club is made up of students who have an interest in working with livestock and the livestock industry. Throughout the year, club members work with the WSU Beef Center to train, fit, and sell heifers and steers. This allows the members to work with animals, earn money for club activities, learn to fit and train large animals, and to interact with producers on sale days. Other Club activities include hat sales and occasional working trips to western ranches. Students interested in a social organization that allows the development of leadership skills should consider joining. The Block and Bridle Club welcomes all new members regardless of livestock experience.

Collegiate Horsemen's Association

E-Mail: wsu_cha@yahoo.com

Collegiate Horsemen's Association (CHA) is a club for students interested in any aspect of the horse world. Our members represent a broad spectrum of interests, from horse production and business to equine medicine. At the twice-monthly meetings, CHA offers its members the opportunity to participate in social and equine related activities. Past activities have included clinics, volunteer days, tours of local farms, and guest speakers such as Dr. Vanderwall from the Northwest Equine Reproductive Laboratory.

Cooperative University Dairy Students (CUDS)

Advisor: Dr. John McNamara
Phone: (509)335-4113
E-Mail: mcnamara@wsu.edu

Each year students are selected for participation in the award-winning CUDS Program. Students manage a working dairy herd of registered Holstein cows and an equal number of replacements. All members work together as a group to make decisions regarding all phases of management in their herd. CUDS members are exposed to formulating and executing management decisions as well as performing the day-to-day duties of milking, feeding, record keeping, barn maintenance, heat detection, and artificial insemination. CUDS provides excellent background experience for any careers associated with the dairy industry, or other multi-dimensional careers.

Cougar Cattle Feeders

Advisors:
Dr. Charles Gaskins
Phone: (509)335-6416
E-Mail: gaskins@wsu.edu

Mr. Tom Cummings
Phone: (509)335-2280
E-Mail: tmcummings@wsu.edu

The Cougar Cattle Feeders is a group of undergraduate students, who have a strong interest in the beef industry. Each year 10-15 students are selected to participate in this intensive program. Students contact producers to solicit the donation of steers or heifers to the Cougar Pride Program, which is a way for producers to support WSU Animal Sciences. Students in consultation with advisors are responsible for all aspects of feeding, caring and management of both donated and custom fed animals. Students make decisions about diet formulation, health and harvest programs and provide donors with monthly reports and a final report complete with carcass information. Students also keep detailed financial records of the complete program. Students make presentations at county cattle associations, participate in the Washington Cattlemen's Association Annual Meeting, collect carcass data at a major packing plant and have the opportunity to make many industry contacts. Monies earned go to support undergraduate scholarships and the Livestock Judging Team.

Dairy Club

Advisor: Dr. Larry Fox
Phone: (509)335-0786
E-Mail: fox@wsu.edu

Dairy Club has a membership of about 20 students who have an interest in the dairy industry. Dairy Club meets every week to plan both social and educational activities for the members and the college community, as well as to participate in discussion of dairy issues with faculty or invited guest speakers. Major activities include Cougar Cheese Sale, field trips, retreats, barbecues, maintenance of the WSU Dairy Club Web Page, a fall recognition banquet, Cougar Youth Instructional Weekend, participation in the Student Affiliate Division (SAD) of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA), Hoard's Dairyman Cattle Judging Contest, and the Back-to-School Farm Olympiad. Milk and cookies are served at all meetings.

Student Swine Cooperative

Advisor: Asa Timm
Phone: (509)335-2287
E-Mail: atimm@wsu.edu