SGB’s priorities for the academic year
By Emily Drzymalski, Staff Writer
September 2, 2019
Ahead of the first Student Government Board meeting of the year on Tuesday, this year's members tell the Pitt News their priorities.
Across the board: Meet this year’s student government
By Emily Wolfe, Contributing Editor
July 1, 2019
As a first-year student arriving at Pitt, it can be tricky figuring out exactly what SGB does, or even what it stands for. The answer to the latter is pretty easy: SGB is Pitt’s Student Government Board, the official undergraduate student government organization.
SGB announces new chairs, recaps accomplishments
By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer
April 16, 2019
On Tuesday night at its final meeting of the academic year, Pitt Student Government Board shared memories of late nights in the office and members falling asleep during meetings.
SGB welcomes new members, announces Counseling Center changes
By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer
April 9, 2019
With the academic year coming to a close, Pitt’s Student Government Board spent its Tuesday meeting passing new legislation and introducing new members for SGB 2019-20.
Campus organizations host first Pride month
By Neena Hagen, Senior Staff Writer
April 8, 2019
Pitt’s campus is home to many LGBTQ+ organizations — Rainbow Alliance, oSTEM and the Gender and Sexuality LLC, to name a few. But until this year, none of those organizations came together for a large-scale project celebrating Pitt’s LGBTQ+ community as a whole.
SGB will vote on sustainability measures
By Maureen Hartwell, Staff Writer
April 2, 2019
Following a 15-minute board meeting, Pitt Student Government Board held its final town hall of the academic year Tuesday night, facilitating a discussion on sustainability.
Pitt’s first big spring Pride is just around the corner
By Emily Wolfe, Assistant News Editor
March 28, 2019
“The LGBTQIA+ community on campus is enormous,” Tabitha Barnes said. “We wanted to make sure that Pride was something everyone could take part in...kind of using the resources that we have to make that happen.”
Pitt Police offer resources at biannual Safety Fair
By Brian Gentry, Assistant News Editor
February 27, 2019
Students walked from table to table at this semester’s biannual Safety Fair, which lasted from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday in the William Pitt Union’s Assembly Room.
SGB to hold runoff election for executive VP spot
By Emily Wolfe, Assistant News Editor
February 26, 2019
There’s one election left before the lineup is completely decided for next year’s Student Government Board. SGB announced Monday the office of executive vice president will be decided by a runoff election between the top two candidates on March 5.
Gallery: 2019 SGB Election
By Hannah Heisler and Thomas Yang
February 20, 2019
Zechariah Brown will serve as president of Pitt’s Student Government Board during the 2019-20 school year, after winning 62 percent of the vote against Albert Tanjaya Tuesday. Brown said he felt “grateful and thankful and overwhelmed” when Katie McLaughlin, chair of SGB’s Elections Committee,...