I have no immediate or useful feedback on this specific question, but just wanted to say that I'll be starting as an economics professor in the Fall at Middlebury. I'd be excited to meet and engage with y'all! If any of your identified bottlenecks are something a faculty member would be able to help with, keep me in mind :) 

Woah, huge congratulations on getting 80 pledges! That’s a really incredible achievement - I hope you all feel proud :)

I would guess that established uni groups at big schools don’t get 80 pledges per year; you might consider reaching out to GWWC ([email protected]) to brainstorm how to make the most of this momentum.

I don’t have experience in student group organizing (not starting an EA group at my college is my biggest regret in life), but I’d recommend looking into whether your campus career center is open to co-hosting events and working with students on applying to high-impact roles.

At the liberal arts school I went to, events hosted by the career center tended to be pretty well-attended. Plus, you can lean on the job boards from 80k, Probably Good, and Animal Advocacy Careers to direct students to real world opportunities.

Another idea is to look into whether you can teach a student forum about EA for college credit! It really lowers the bar for students to commit to weekly meetings/readings if they can substitute it for another class.

And if students in your club are ever interested in talking to someone about entry-level operations or grantmaking work, I’m always excited to call!

One thing that we at FarmKind have been thinking about is partnering with student groups who are advocating for their schools to improve the animal welfare and climate cost of their dining halls. Student groups are making great headway convincing administrations to move closer to plant-based, but in almost all cases college administrations aren't willing to go all the way yet. In these cases, they could offset the remaining animal welfare and climate cost through donations to effective charities (see here for a write-up, and here for the tool itself). If you're interested in this, we could help you customize the calculations to your university. DM me if you're interested :)

This is super encouraging - I'm impressed how you leaned into the areas where liberal arts students might already have a felt need and interest, both empathetic and smart.

1) Finding a meaninful job (apparently a big deal for Gen Z)
2) Diverse food options including vegetarian meals

No suggestions here unfortunately, at 38 I'm not sure what the youth are into ;).

There is a students channel on Hive, which is a community of farmed animal advocates. You could connect there to find various resources and connections. 

One that jumps to mind is the student led Food 4 Thought Innovations. They are having a festival in the Harvard for food transformation change next week. 

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Hi @Unwobblypanda! It’s honestly incredibly impressive to see how many pledges you’ve driven through your tabling. Amazing work! 

I'm Lucas, Partnerships Manager at Giving What We Can and I’d love to jump on a call with you all to hear more about what you’re doing and how you've had such success. We’d be really keen to explore how we might support your work and whether your approach could be replicated in other student groups as well.