SGB offers mental health training
Student Government Board member Matt Sykes announced Tuesday night that SGB will partner with the Counseling Center to host mental health training sessions this semester. At the Board’s weekly public...
View ArticleUniversity Senate talks diversity, assaults and budget impasse
Pitt’s graduate and undergraduate student governments, along with other members of a working group, have called on the University Senate Council to commit to focusing on diversity and inclusion in the...
View ArticleDall, Sykes debate for presidency
With only one chance to face their competitors head-on, Student Government Board presidential candidates Matt Sykes and Natalie Dall faced off during the election debate in Nordy’s Place Monday night....
View ArticleSGB proposes changes to constiution
Students may get to make Student Government Board’s constitution gender-neutral in next week’s election, the Board announced Tuesday night in the William Pitt Union. President Nasreen Harun announced...
View ArticleCandidate count: As the number of SGB candidates dwindles, students are left...
For the third year in a row, Student Government Board elections aren’t much of a competition. Tuesday’s ballot will show only eight candidates running for eight Board seats and two candidates vying for...
View ArticlePresidential snapshot: Matt Sykes
With five semesters of Student Government Board under his belt, Matthew Sykes has his eyes on the President’s gavel. Starting in his first year of college, the senior industrial engineering major first...
View ArticleSGB polls open today: What you need to know
The polls are officially open for the 2016 Student Government Board election. It’s the first SGB election since the fall of 2014, when the Board passed a referendum to align its terms with the academic...
View ArticlePresidential snapshot: Natalie Dall
Natalie Dall has never been idle on campus — and she doesn’t want to be. A month and a half after she joined the Resident Student Association in her first year of college, Dall ran for the group’s...
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Gallery: SGB Elections 3/2/2016
Slideshow • 11 PhotosNatalie Dall celebrating after winning the presidential seat. Kate Koenig | Visual Editor Close The post Gallery: SGB Elections 3/2/2016 appeared first on The Pitt News.
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Students speak out against Yiannopoulos
In the spirit of free speech, Pitt’s Student Government Board passed the microphone Tuesday to a line of students speaking out about a controversial speaker whose visit SGB partially funded. At its...
View ArticleNatalie Dall wins SGB Presidency
Running late into the night, the Student Government Board meeting that preceded this year’s election nearly overshadowed the results’ unveiling. Following a mostly open-floor meeting in which Pitt’s...
View ArticleSGB goes green with zero waste events
The one-year anniversary celebration for University of Thriftsburgh, Pitt’s on-campus thrift shop, produced no waste, thanks to the Student Government Board’s environmental committee. Wednesday,...
View ArticlePitt’s budget woes continue
Pitt has gone eight months without state funding. Now state lawmaker’s latest proposal, and a bill that would fund Pitt, are in jeopardy. Pennsylvania legislators have passed a budget and four bills...
View ArticleGallagher and students petition Wolf to sign budget, bill that would fund Pitt
HARRISBURG, PA — Chancellor Patrick Gallagher’s message is clear: With Pitt, Pennsylvania wins. That was his mantra Tuesday as he and about 200 faculty, staff and students met with lawmakers during the...
View ArticleSGB amends allocations manual
By amending its manual, the Allocations Committee of Pitt’s Student Government Board is working to give a competitive edge to non-athletic clubs. Nick Reslink, chair of the Allocations Committee,...
View ArticleStudents critique Biden event
Though about 1,000 students cheered for the vice president on Tuesday, hundreds were turned away and others complained about the event’s tone. After waiting in line for more than an hour to hear Vice...
View ArticleSGB considers resolution to make campus smoke free
Pitt Student Government Board member Jack Heidecker wants Pitt’s campus to breathe easy. At SGB’s weekly public meeting Tuesday, Heidecker introduced a resolution supporting the ban of tobacco use on...
View ArticleSGB drops resolution to support tobacco ban on campus
After gauging student feedback, Student Government Board has extinguished a resolution to support a tobacco-free campus. At its weekly public meeting Wednesday night, SGB member Jack Heidecker made a...
View ArticleQuick Zone to stay open 24/7
This fall, Quick Zone’s hours will accommodate late-night study sessions, early risers and everything in between. At Student Government Board’s last public meeting this semester, Food Committee...
View ArticleSGB starts year with full agenda
In its first meeting of the new school year, Pitt’s Student Government Board picked up where it left off on the most pressing projects from the spring. Chief among those were its efforts to improve...
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