Student Government Board is attending a conference this week in Washington D.C. to meet with representatives and other student government boards. Its weekly meeting was hosted Monday night over Teams. 

President Marley Pinsky said SGB is attending the Atlantic Coast Conference Advocacy Days program conference, an event hosted by a different ACC school each year allowing students across ACC colleges and universities to connect with state officials. Virginia Tech is hosting the conference this year. 

“[Students at the conference] have meetings with representatives and senators with the goal to advocate for issues related to higher education or issues that are pertinent for students,” Pinsky said.

Pinsky said SGB’s goals for this conference are to push for an increase in funding towards research and student aid programs at Pitt and to talk with state representatives. 

“We have five meetings tomorrow with representatives from Pennsylvania on a federal level,” Pinsky said.

Along with SGB’s collaboration with state representatives, Pinsky added that the conference is an opportunity to bridge multiple student government programs across other ACC colleges and universities. 

“We [will] do a lot of networking with other student governments as well, so we can learn and benchmark with each other,” Pinsky said. 

Pinsky said SGB will return to campus before the weekend. 

Allocations: 

Some of God’s Children Gospel Choir requested $2,500.00 for general funds. The board approved this request in full. 

Sigma Tau Delta requested $10,423.96 for a conference. The board amended and approved this request to $3,186.85. 

Rainbow Alliance requested $7,000.00 for an on-campus program. The board approved this request in full. 

African Student Organization requested $6,642.89 for an on-campus program. The board amended and approved this request to $5,560.18. 

Asian Student Alliance requested $2,024.83 for a conference. The board approved this request in full. 

Chinese American Student Association requested $2,037.16 for a conference. The board approved this request in full. 

Men’s Water Polo Club at Pitt requested $2,750.00 for a competition. The board approved this request in full. 

Engineers for a Sustainable World requested $2,314.95 for a conference. The board approved this request in full.