The Student Political Awareness Association (SPAA) was founded in the fall of 1998 by students of the Department of Political Science at CSU. The association is open to political science students as well as to non-political science students, to undergraduates as well as to graduate students.

• to foster awareness about issues present in the political arena and relevant especially to the student body, but also to society at large. In pursuit of this objective, the SPAA organizes formal debates, brings in speakers and otherwise tries to focus on issues and events that matter.
• to engage in service activities that enhance the quality of life on campus and in the community.
  
  Some projects that are either planned or that already engage the members of the SPAA are:
  • child safety finger printing
  • public information forums with the League of Women Voters
  • voter registration drives