HackSC, a student organization that conducts and hosts hackathons as well as conferences for students and industry professionals, , will be hosting the first of its monthly Hack Nights in over three years on Friday. The event was halted due to the Covid-19 pandemic and will make a comeback at the Michelson Hall from 8-10 p.m.
Hack Nights will kick off with a welcome and mingle event for attendees and club members to get to know each other. Then there will be speaker introductions and special announcements before allowing everyone to network and build on feedback. HackSC announced Nam Duong, a senior consultant at Goldman Edwards, as the speaker of the night on their Instagram page @hackscofficial.
This year, the organization is placing an emphasis on making their events, especially Hack Nights, more inclusive and welcoming to all students who are interested in technology.
“We really want to make sure that this year, especially this returning Hack Night, we want everyone to be welcome to come in and feel comfortable in this build space and be able to meet new friends, do some pretty cool stuff and also learn a thing or two,” said Filip Graniczny, senior computer science major and president of HackSC, among other roles including marketing director..
Graniczny explained that the marketing team is focusing on making the entry barriers lower to attend Hack Nights. Additionally, they recognized that their main goal was to create a space for different people to come together, network and get to know each other over the shared interest in building and sharing technology. Also committed to hosting better events, HackSC expressed that they will be sharing feedback forms to really understand what the USC community wants.
“One thing is that people who are planning this night never attended a Hack Night, but heard a lot about it,” said hacker experience lead and computer engineering major junior Lynn Nguyen. “We heard great things about it and we’re trying to bring in our perspective of how to create a space that’s inclusive for all tech enthusiasts to come together.”