SAIC Student Government

Every Node Counts💗📡

Join Helen and Nickii our recipients of the art for impact workshop Tuesday May 5th in the MacLean electronics lab. There you'll build your own off grid communication network using meshtastic and LoRa devices. NO TECH EXPEREINCE NECESSARY!! 📱✨️

What does it mean to create YOUR OWN network in community?!?

MAY 5TH 2PM

Recognize an outstanding SAIC faculty member by nominating them for the Faculty of the Year Award ✨

The selected faculty member will be honored at the Spring 2026 Graduation Ceremony!!

‼️Submit by April 19 at 11:45 PM.

Scan the QR code, visit the link in bio, or go to engage.saic.edu.

The Peanut Butter & Jelly Award🌟

A self-nominating award for SAIC students, celebrating those who embody both artist and leadership skills!

Open to currently enrolled, degree-seeking students. Win up to $700.

🌟Deadline: April 19 at 11:45 PM.

Apply via the QR code, link in bio, or at engage.saic.edu.

🚨Elections for StuGov 26' - 27' are now open🚨

Vote on engage.saic.edu, scan the qr code, or click the link tree in our bio.

✨️Keep up with our instagram to see their upcoming campaign posters of our lovely candidates.✨️

You can vote up to four representatives that you wish to see on student government.

Anyone requesting accommodations can go to saic.edu/access

Any questions regarding voting can be directed to Laura Llamb at [email protected]

All student government branded election promotional materials like this are made by current stugov member Tiana Westbrook ._.tiana

Apply to be a candidate for atudent government!

Applications open til Feb 27th

Email [email protected] for any questions

Applications close at 11:59pm

🌟Join SAIC Poetry Society🌟

SAIC Poetry Society aims to create a poetry community that is not only based on campus, but that also connects to the greater Chicago writing/poetry scene. The club is a combination of on campus meetings and off campus events. The on campus portion includes activities such as workshops, group reads, zine making, talks with faculty, and more. Off campus events focus on performance poetry, and include going to poetry events around Chicago such as spoken word nights, slam poetry, and artists’ talks.

Our first student group feature is XCB🌟

Xerox Candy Bar was initially founded in order to give students in the SAIC comics community a place to publish their work alongside other passionate student contributors. The publication has always been run by students, for students. ❤️

XCB is an important staple of the SAIC comics community and has been for years. Now, we are trying to expand the club beyond merely existing as a publication to also include events for club members to interact in, thus fostering community amongst those interested in comics at SAIC!

They do 2 issues each year and are taking submissions at [email protected] 🌟🌟

Come meet your student government representatives in Sharp Room 202 during their open office hours! ❤️

We would love to hear any recommendations you have to better campus/student enviroment, student led activities, student groups, affinity groups or anything else!

Feel free to send us an email at [email protected] incase you missed us at our office hours🌟

Thank you for taking the time to report on student group budgets and for interviewing us about the realities we've been navigating this year. We deeply appreciate the care and dedication your team continues to bring to your work, especially during a moment of major school wide budget shifts and staff layoffs. Your commitment to bring student voices towards and holding space for important conversations within your high quality journalism is seen and valued.

Remember fellow student fnews has their December issue out. We encourage everyone to read. You can find many articles such as shopping local, campus layoffs, student group budgets, and even vibrant poems and comics all made by SAIC students. Its amazing to see the strong talent within our community. Make sure to give it a read and support the artists and writers who make things like this possible.

I hope everyone is doing well during this time of year especially with finals and recent changes. Make sure to stay informed, take care of yourself, and dont hesitate to use our campus health resources.

As seen in first photo Student Government members left to right: Aalika, Tiana, Oliver

Take a break, roll the dice, and play a round or two! Visit the student government/SPB office on the second floor of Sharp to check out board ganes during building hours. Just make sure to return them by end of day. Game night starts here! Ready to play?🎲🧩