Student Government Archives - Page 23 of 44

SGB unveils Town Hall to reach students

By Sid Lingala, Staff Writer • September 26, 2018

The Student Government Board announced the creation of a Town Hall at Tuesday night’s meeting, aimed at bringing more students into the conversation about various campus issues.

SGB hosts bi-annual Safety Fair

By Ashley Priore and Janine Faust, The Pitt News Staff • September 19, 2018

Kevin Caruso, a fire safety specialist and emergency preparedness coordinator at Pitt, said people always get something out of the fire extinguisher training exercises, from how to properly use an extinguisher to how to react to a real fire.

SGB approves $28.5k for Black Action Society in contested allocation vote

By Emily Wolfe, For the Pitt News • September 12, 2018

After listening to Augustin, Mercer proposed amending the allocation from the Allocation Committee’s recommendation. The new allocation was passed — instead of denying the Black Action Society’s request in full, the board approved all $28,500.

Campus grocery store on the menu at SGB kickoff meeting

By Brian Salvato, Staff Writer • September 5, 2018

Board member Albert Tanjaya made a notable announcement about his focus for the semester. Along with improving the user accessibility of Saferider, the late-night transportation service available to students in Oakland, Tanjaya is looking to help the grocery store installation to Pitt’s campus.

Pitt Board approves budgets for 2018-19 school year

By Grant Burgman and Christian Snyder • July 16, 2018

Pitt received $4.4 million more from Pennsylvania than in 2017. “The vast majority of in-state students” will not face a tuition increase, according to Chancellor Gallagher. Out-of-state, engineering and graduate students face an increase.

Get to Know Your Government: Introducing SGB

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer • May 30, 2018

Most students can’t speak one-on-one with administration to discuss issues most important to them or muster up enough support from the student body to get administration’s attention. This is where...

SGB President Maggie Kennedy is ready for the year ahead

By Grant Burgman | News Editor • May 30, 2018

Maggie Kennedy has hardly had a chance to relax since winning Pitt’s Student Government Board election in February. Kennedy, a senior political science and communication rhetoric double major at Pitt,...

SGB bids farewell in final meeting

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer • April 18, 2018

Plenty of teary, emotional thank-yous and farewells occured at Tuesday night’s Student Government Board meeting — the last official meeting for the 2017-18 board. During his final report, President...

SGB brings the bills, renews NYT subscription

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer • April 11, 2018

It was a busy Tuesday night in Nordy’s Place as Student Government Board passed three bills and introduced four more. Of the total seven bills, six deal with internal SGB structure, adding new committees...

IFC addresses Greek life action plan at SGB meeting

By Madeline Gavatorta | Staff Writer • April 4, 2018

Pitt’s Interfraternity Council president, Christian Baker, spoke about a working action plan that was recently released for Greek life at Tuesday’s Student Government Board meeting. Dean of Students...