Board’s Travel Grant Program picks up speed
Student Government Board’s chief of staff will this week review applications for the Undergraduate Conference Travel Grant Program. SGB’s chief of staff, who Student Government Board President Graeme...
View ArticleSGB, Chancellor push for real food
The Student Government Board traded in its usual free fare of popcorn and slushies for some “real food” at its Tuesday night meeting. Before the Board started its weekly public meeting, members of the...
View ArticleChancellor Gallagher at SGB
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View ArticleSGB to begin referenda to change name
Starting next year, the Student Government Board will not exist as we currently know it. The Board announced at its public meeting in Nordy’s Place on Tuesday night that it intends to change its name...
View ArticleRainbow remembers Holocaust’s impact on LGBT+ community
Kate Shindle’s triangle flag emphasized the importance of individual identity. Shindle crouched over the slice of fabric and painted the words, “All parts of you deserve respect.” Shindle, an...
View ArticleBoard debates neutrality, discusses name change
Change its name, change its name — the Student Government Board will have students vote to change the Board’s name to the Student Government Association. Students can vote on the name referendum...
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View ArticleSGB President Graeme Meyer resigns
Less than five months into his term, Pitt’s Student Government Board President Graeme Meyer has resigned. In a release Friday, SGB said Meyer resigned, effective immediately. Executive Vice President...
View ArticleCiting personal reasons, former SGB President Meyer resigns, hands reins to...
Graeme Meyer has resigned as Student Government Board President, but he’s chosen to keep his reasoning private. In a release Friday, May 29, SGB said that effective immediately, Meyer was resigning...
View ArticleA fresh face: Harun transitions smoothly into new role as SGB President
In the wake of former Student Government Board President Graeme Meyer’s resignation, Nasreen Harun has had a bittersweet rise to power. Despite the sad ending to Meyer’s presidency, Harun says she’s...
View ArticleStudent Government Board update: Fall 2015
Pitt Student Government Board members have seen a lot of change this year, including welcoming a new President. Now members are talking about instituting changes of their own. Elected president Graeme...
View ArticleIn Case You Missed It…
May 12 – Pitt to build Iranian Nationality Room After two unsuccessful attempts dating to 1958, Pitt will transform room 352 of the Cathedral of Learning into an Iranian Nationality Room — once it...
View ArticleMore empty seats on SGB
Student Government Board Allocations Chair Nick Reslink has four committee seats to fill before student groups start filing funding requests. Though SGB purposefully left two seats open in the spring...
View ArticleSGB to offer lawyer
Away from home and combatting a nefarious landlord, students might feel like they are up against the world alone. Little did they know, Pitt Student Government Board has a not-quite-secret weapon. For...
View ArticleSGB to fill open seat
Pitt’s Student Government Board is looking for a student to fill an open Board member seat by the end of September, President Nasreen Harun said. SGB currently has one empty Board member seat to fill...
View ArticleSGB votes against plastic bags
Students can no longer receive free plastic bags from campus dining services, including Market Central’s Quick Zone, per a new Student Government Board resolution passed Tuesday. SGB voted unanimously...
View ArticleMental health: breaking the silence
In 2007, seventh grader Matthew Sykes needed guidance and found it in a friend and fellow Boy Scout — a “man of principle,” as he called him — who he could look up to. Sykes’ friend, who he referred to...
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