Some, like the Entrepreneurs Club or Darden Capital Management, provide students with networking opportunities or additional professional development. Others, such as the Outdoors Club or Darden Outreach, provide social outlets or help the community. Several organizations orchestrate annual conferences, often inviting Darden alumni or MBAs from other institutions to participate. Among these are the Black Business Student Forum, the International Business Society, and the Latin American Student Association. Darden also serves as national headquarters for Graduate Women in Business, a multi-university organization of female MBA students and alumnae, and supports an active local chapter.
Darden students are also quick to establish new organizations based on student interest.
One student developed the Global Speaker Forum as a way for international students to share with the Darden community a little about their home countries. Other students founded the Sports and Entertainment Management Club in 1999 to address issues in those particular fields. Like the city that surrounds it, Darden offers a community of support for international students. Darden's weeklong international orientation and the University's International Host Program make the transition easier. Several Darden clubs address the interests of foreign students, and the annual food festival gives Darden's international students and their families a chance to bring the tastes of their home cuisine to the entire student body.