The Student Administrative Council (SAC) is the major policy making body at Fanshawe. New council members hold a lot of power to make changes at the school.

You voted, and the results are in.

The Student Administrative Council (SAC) for the 2015 to 2016 academic year are as follows:

School of Design Melanie Rintjema

Lawrence Kinlin School of Business Morganna Sampson

School of Health Sciences and Nursing Allison Cleveland

School of Contemporary Media Bruno Prado

School of Human Services and School of Public Safety Jahmoyia Smith

School of Language and Liberal Arts Jasmine Henderson

School of Information Technology Christopher Mark Lee

School of Transportation and Aviation and Technology Abdirashed Yousuf

Students on the council are the major policy making body of the Fanshawe Student Union (FSU). They represent the voice of students and make sure their issues are heard. If students in a department want changes to be made at Fanshawe they have to talk to their SAC representative.

All SAC members have their position included in their co-curricular record, a document that showcases a student's involvement in activities outside of the classroom.

There was a tie for the election of the council member for the School of Contemporary Media between Bruno Prado and Zachary Blackwell, with Prado being elected after a revote.

Prado said it was nerve-wracking to have to wait for the revote and that it was hard considering how long he's known Blackwell for, but overall he is happy with the result.

“It feels really nice to know that so many people voted for SAC elections in my academic school, and that so many people helped and supported me for me to be able to achieve this victory,” Prado said.

Prado said he ran his campaign like a real election and even got to know many of the students in his department in the process.

“So many students have told me that they don't go to the FSU for help with issues, or don't go to FSU events, and don't participate in things like the elections because they feel distant from the process,” Prado said.

He said the disengagement many students felt about Fanshawe and the FSU diminished after he talked to them.