The Association of Speech Communication Students (ASCS) assists students in obtaining funding for attending professional conferences, sponsors workshops, and social activities. In the past, our student association also has co-sponsored six intercultural conferences held at Cal State Fullerton.

Graduate students also have opportunities to work on research with faculty members. Many of the faculty/student projects lead to joint conference presentations at conventions, such as the International Communication Association, National Communication Association, and Western Communication Association, and/or publication in book chapters and journals, such as "Human Communication Research," "International journal of Intercultural Relations," "Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology," and "Western journal of Communication." Graduate students interested in intercultural training have the opportunity to work as trainers in the yearly Study Abroad Seminar. Other training opportunities are available as part of regular course work within the program. Graduate students interested in forensics have the opportunity to work with the Daniel Webster Project, a mentoring program that uses academic debate to teach responsible advocacy to students in local high schools. Graduate students gain experience in coaching, judging, publicity, grant writing and fund raising.