DePaul University Student Government Association (SGA)

01/10/2022

Self-Care during Chicago Winters

Join in for a panel discussion with some self-care tips during the Chicago winter months. The session will feature information about DePaul resources you can utilize throughout winter quarter.

10/25/2021

Now it's easier to send DePaul University Student Government Association (SGA) a message.

Now it's easier to send DePaul University Student Government Association (SGA) a message.

04/23/2021

DePaul University Student Government Association April 22, 2021 Meeting | Visit from Soumitra Ghosh- VP for Enrollment Management

12/11/2020

Self-Care for Holiday Stress and Anxiety

The holidays can be stressful for some, and this season is bringing on new and different levels of stress as we experience this season during the pandemic. This session will explore tips for self-care and dealing with anxiety for students during the holiday season.

11/14/2020

Email DePaul administration, Faculty Council and College Deans advocating for end of quarter grading relief
Email template: https://tinyurl.com/y66zktav

11/10/2020

SGA will be hosting a Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Town Hall on Wednesday, November 11th at 5:30 pm. This is a space for our community to voice their concerns and explore solutions and advocacy on these issues.
All are welcome!! Register here: http://dehub.cglink.me/r10079

11/06/2020

On November 5th, 2020 SGA passed a resolution concerning the end of quarter grading for fall 2020.
As students are carrying out their courses during worsening conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic, a historical presidential election, and increased civil unrest, SGA believes that students deserve relief during these challenging times. We the students deserve appropriate accommodations, should we need them, to complete the quarter successfully.

We encourage you to sign and support this resolution by signing this form: https://forms.gle/xR2LpmgNEcsCTjXw8

11/02/2020

Self-Care for Political Stress & Anxiety

The 2020 Election is bringing a new level of stress and anxiety for students. This session will explore tips for self-care and dealing with anxiety for students as the election draws near.

This session is brought to you by the SGA Mental Health Ad Hoc Committee.

10/27/2020

Civic Engagement & Social Change Series ft. Valerie Johnson, PhD

SGA’s Civic Engagement & Social Action Series will feature the opportunity for students to learn about how they can engage in important issues that affect the world around them. This series will connect a student interviewer with DePaul students, faculty/staff, alumni, and campus partners. This series will begin the week of September 1 and will occur weekly until the election. Each session will end with a reminder for students to register to vote utilizing TurboVote.

In the series, DePaul SGA President Alyssa Isberto and other members of SGA’s cabinet will interview various individuals to learn about how they became civically engaged. The interviews will be designed to last 15-30 minutes and will be streamed to DePaul’s Student Government Association page.

10/23/2020

Congratulations to our newly elected student representatives!
We are excited to welcome our new members & begin supporting their initiatives! Thank you to all of the candidates who ran in SGA’s fall elections, your commitment and passion for change are vital to our student body.

10/20/2020

Civic Engagement & Social Change Series ft. Brianna Catalinotto- DAB Social Change Chair

This event will be starting at 5pm this week instead of 5:30pm.

SGA’s Civic Engagement & Social Action Series will feature the opportunity for students to learn about how they can engage in important issues that affect the world around them. This series will connect a student interviewer with DePaul students, faculty/staff, alumni, and campus partners. This series will begin the week of September 1 and will occur weekly until the election. Each session will end with a reminder for students to register to vote utilizing TurboVote.

In the series, DePaul SGA President Alyssa Isberto and other members of SGA’s cabinet will interview various individuals to learn about how they became civically engaged. The interviews will be designed to last 15-30 minutes and will be streamed to DePaul’s Student Government Association page.

This week's session features Brianna Catalinotto, Social Change Chair for the DePaul Activities Board

10/16/2020

Applications for the Monarch Scholarship are due October 30th at 4:00 pm. You can find the application and more details here:https://offices.depaul.edu/student-affairs/support-services/for-specific-populations/Documents/Monarch_Butterfly_Scholarship_App_2020-2021.pdf

10/13/2020

Civic Engagement & Social Action Series ft. Caroline McAteer

SGA’s Civic Engagement & Social Action Series will feature the opportunity for students to learn about how they can engage in important issues that affect the world around them. This series will connect a student interviewer with DePaul students, faculty/staff, alumni, and campus partners. This series will begin the week of September 1 and will occur weekly until the election. Each session will end with a reminder for students to register to vote utilizing TurboVote.

In the series, DePaul SGA President Alyssa Isberto and other members of SGA’s cabinet will interview various individuals to learn about how they became civically engaged. The interviews will be designed to last 15-30 minutes and will be streamed to DePaul’s Student Government Association page.

This week's session features Caroline McAteer from DePaul University.

10/08/2020

Student Org Virtual Workshop Series: Managing your Student Government Association in a Virtual Environment

This fall, we know that student organization involvement will look quite different than when we started the last school year. In order to assist our student leaders in ensuring they have the skillsets they need to be successful as they head into their student leadership positions in 2020, DePaul's Office of Student Involvement has partnered with a number of institutions around the country to offer the Virtual Engagement for Student Organizations Series. Sessions will be live streamed to DePaul Student Involvement's page at facebook.com/dpustudentinvolvement. Recordings will also be available following the events on the DEN at go.depaul.edu/den.

Topics, dates and times include:

Thursday, September 3 at 3 CST - Organizing a Virtual Meeting
Thursday, September 10 at 3 CST - Ideas for Virtual Events
Thursday, September 17 at 3 CST - Team Building through Virtual Experiences
Thursday, September 24 at 3 CST - Effective Marketing in a Virtual Environment
Thursday, October 1 at 3 CST - Engaging your Fraternity & Sorority Life Community Virtually
Thursday, October 8 at 3 CST - Managing your Student Government Association in a Virtual Environment

10/06/2020

Civic Engagement & Social Change Series ft. Donald Bell- Heartland Alliance

SGA’s Civic Engagement & Social Action Series will feature the opportunity for students to learn about how they can engage in important issues that affect the world around them. This series will connect a student interviewer with DePaul students, faculty/staff, alumni, and campus partners. This series will begin the week of September 1 and will occur weekly until the election. Each session will end with a reminder for students to register to vote utilizing TurboVote.

10/03/2020

Run in SGA’s fall elections!
To run, you will be required to complete the following to validate your candidacy by Wednesday, October 14th at 5:00 pm!
Online Candidate Application
Online petition (25 signatures)
A copy/screenshot of all campaign materials sent to the EOB Chair.
Read the Candidate Information Packet or attend an info session to run down the election process.
All links listed here: linktr.ee/depaulsga
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If you have any questions or concerns, please contact the Election Operations Board Chair: [email protected]

09/29/2020

DePaul Civic Engagement & Social Action Series featuring Tracy Siska from the Chicago Justice Project

SGA’s Civic Engagement & Social Action Series will feature the opportunity for students to learn about how they can engage in important issues that affect the world around them. This series will connect a student interviewer with DePaul students, faculty/staff, alumni, and campus partners. This series will begin the week of September 1 and will occur weekly until the election. Each session will end with a reminder for students to register to vote utilizing TurboVote.

In the series, DePaul SGA President Alyssa Isberto and other members of SGA’s cabinet will interview various individuals to learn about how they became civically engaged. The interviews will be designed to last 15-30 minutes and will be streamed to DePaul’s Student Government Association and Student Involvement's pages.

09/22/2020

Civic Engagement & Social Action Series ft. Ed Yohnka from ACLU-Illinois

SGA’s Civic Engagement & Social Action Series will feature the opportunity for students to learn about how they can engage in important issues that affect the world around them. This series will connect a student interviewer with DePaul students, faculty/staff, alumni, and campus partners. This series will begin the week of September 1 and will occur weekly until the election. Each session will end with a reminder for students to register to vote utilizing TurboVote.

In the series, DePaul SGA President Alyssa Isberto and other members of SGA’s cabinet will interview various individuals to learn about how they became civically engaged. The interviews will be designed to last 15-30 minutes and will be streamed to DePaul’s Student Government Association page.

09/15/2020

Civic Engagement & Social Action Series ft. Sarah Zavislan

SGA’s Civic Engagement & Social Action Series will feature the opportunity for students to learn about how they can engage in important issues that affect the world around them. This series will connect a student interviewer with DePaul students, faculty/staff, alumni, and campus partners. This series will begin the week of September 1 and will occur weekly until the election. Each session will end with a reminder for students to register to vote utilizing TurboVote.

In the series, DePaul SGA President Alyssa Isberto and other members of SGA’s cabinet will interview various individuals to learn about how they became civically engaged. The interviews will be designed to last 15-30 minutes and will be streamed to DePaul’s Student Government Association page.

09/08/2020

Civic Engagement & Social Action Series ft. Vanessa Cadavillo

SGA’s Civic Engagement & Social Action Series will feature the opportunity for students to learn about how they can engage in important issues that affect the world around them. This series will connect a student interviewer with DePaul students, faculty/staff, alumni, and campus partners. Each session will end with a reminder for students to register to vote utilizing TurboVote.

In the series, DePaul SGA President, Alyssa Isberto, and other members of SGA’s cabinet will interview various individuals to learn about how they became civically engaged. The interviews will be designed to last 15-30 minutes and will be streamed to DePaul’s Student Government Association page.

09/01/2020

Apply to serve as Vice President of DePaul SGA!
*The deadline to apply is Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 at 6:30 pm CST.*
We realize that this is a tight deadline, but it is important that we fill this role by our first General Body of the school year on September 10th.
Please email your resume and cover letter to [email protected]
Our President, Alyssa, will be reaching out and conducting interviews before Thursday (9/10) at 5:30 pm!

09/01/2020

A statement from the SGA President, Gisselle Cervantes.

Thank you, Gisselle, for sharing your leadership, charisma and hard work with the DePaul community these past three years. SGA was so lucky to have you!

08/13/2020

On August 12, 2020 the Department of Housing released a statement with updates to on campus housing for the Fall Quarter of the 2020-2021 school year. Read the entire statement here: https://resources.depaul.edu/coronavirus/updates/Pages/8-12-housing-update.aspx
* Students who would like to request an exemption to live on campus must fill out an online form by 5:00pm on Monday, August 17th. *
Please contact DePaul Housing with any questions or concerns.

Housing Request Form: https://depaulhousingforms.wufoo.com/forms/m12ksfwl000dmgv/

DePaul Housing Website: https://offices.depaul.edu/housing/Pages/default.aspx

07/15/2020

A message from the SGA President, Gisselle Cervantes:
“In order to begin to end racism at DePaul, we need to begin listening to our Black community, and taking action to meet their needs. The Black Student Action Coalition has been actively working to uplift the Black student voice, and they have expressed that the University must cut ties with CPD.”
We need to continue to center, uplift and support the issues that Black voices on campus are organizing for:
The Black Student Action Coalition
The Black Student Union
S.T.R.O.N.G
The Office of Multicultural Student Success
The Department of African and Black Diaspora Studies

06/02/2020

Please read this statement by the DePaul SGA 2020-2021 Cabinet

05/25/2020

We are looking for students to join our SGA team to fill our open staff positions. Please consider applying for these positions and joining our team of students dedicated to making change on-campus! Applications are due June 7th at 5pm.

05/22/2020

Celebrating the SGA Seniors from the Class of 2020

While our virtual quarter has changed how our organization meetings, one thing that hasn't changed is our appreciation for our graduating seniors. Congrats to the class of 2020 and thank you for all you have done from SGA and DePaul!

05/15/2020

Congratulations to our 2020-2021 DePaul Student Government Association representatives!

05/07/2020

SGA Spring Elections are May 11th-14th!
Join us for a conversation with future student government representatives at our official Meet the Candidates event on Tuesday, May 12th at 5:00 pm on Zoom!� Check out the SGA elections site to read candidate bios and campaign platforms! Links below

Meet the Candidates Event: http://dehub.cglink.me/r6543

SGA Elections site: http://go.depaul.edu/sgaelections