In addition, the Office of Student Relations coordinates funds from several sources that help support many of the groups' activities. Other ethnic groups represented by campus organizations include Filipinos, South Asians, Jews, Iranians, Koreans, Vietnamese and Native Americans. Many of the student ethnic groups hold annual awareness days. Several organizations emphasize community service as part of their mission. Some sponsor health fairs in underserved parts of the city such as the Mission district and Bayview-Hunters Point, or plan various recruitment days to encourage minorities to pursue careers in the health sciences.
Groups come and go as interests change.
For example, a new student group formed this year to address deaf cultural awareness has sponsored a health fair and speaker series and plans to offer beginning sign-language interpretation classes. Other groups focus on common recreational interests. One venerable group, the Golf Sports Club at UCSF, coordinates monthly golf outings, NCGA membership and handicapping services. For those who want to explore shared interests in the arts, the campus boasts a gospel choir, a capella singing ensemble, and orchestra. Campus organizations also exist for gay and lesbian students and staff and those with particular religious affiliations.