At its weekly meeting on Tuesday at Nordy鈥檚 Place, Student Government Board President Sarah Mayer announced the , Marlin Nabors.聽
鈥淒r. [Carla] Panzella recently announced the incoming dean of students, who鈥檒l be coming to us from Endicott College, which is really exciting,鈥� Mayer said. 鈥淚鈥檝e been in discussion with the vice provost to set up a meeting for us to discuss how admin can better support students.鈥�
The search for the new dean of students has been ongoing since September. The position has been vacant since May and is filled on an interim basis by Lorraine Craven, who serves as the acting dean of students.
鈥淚 had the privilege of meeting with all the candidates and getting to know them. I also met with Dr. Panzella to give student insight on the search and give further recommendations,鈥� Mayer said. 鈥淸Nabors] will begin his work next semester.鈥澛�
Facilities, Transportation and Technology Chair Olivia Budike discussed her committee鈥檚 developments to improve , a complimentary transportation service that provides non-emergency service from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. for Pitt students, faculty and staff.聽
鈥淲e鈥檙e going to try to advocate to improve SafeRider, whether it’s little things like them updating their website or putting a sign that they鈥檙e a SafeRider on their van, just little improvements like that,鈥� Budike said.聽
Budike announced her committee will begin doing 鈥渞andom SafeRider checks鈥� to monitor progress in improving SafeRider conditions.聽
鈥淭he first week of the spring semester, we鈥檙e going to split up into three groups and take SafeRider to see if they鈥檙e making the changes they said they were going to,鈥� Budike said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e also been discussing bigger changes we want to implement, like making shuttle routing more efficient and putting bus stop signs in the right places.鈥�
Board member and Support, Advocacy and Prevention Liaison Shanthi Bhaskar introduced a Civic Collective ad hoc committee charter. The committee would aim to 鈥渦nite and impact engagement efforts across various student groups and student organizations.鈥澛�
鈥淕uided by the senate鈥檚 past engagement work, it will focus on groups affected by common social and community challenges,鈥� Bhaskar said. 鈥淲e hope to have a diverse landscape of civic initiatives and, through shared partnership, initiate social outcomes.鈥�
Board member Mercy Akanmu introduced a charter for the Social Innovation Summit ad hoc committee. The committee would aim to 鈥渄iscuss and coordinate a conference that fosters dialogue, collaboration and innovation among the topics of diversity and social wellness.鈥�
“Through this conference, the committee seeks to bring things together through various university focus areas, community leaders and professionals to create solutions to make social change.”
Both charters will be voted on at SGB鈥檚 next public meeting to allow time for public review and commentary.聽
Allocations:
Movement Exchange requested $19,980 to go on a trip. The board denied the request in full.聽
African Students Association requested $19,058.55 to hold an event. The board amended and approved the request to $18,866.79.
Student Emergency Medical Services requested $3,881 to attend a competition. The allocations committee recommended reducing the amount to $2,000, but the board approved the full request.
Archery Club requested $2,345 to attend a competition. The board voted and approved the request asynchronously.
National Panhellenic Council requested $2,058.16 to hold an event. The board voted and approved the request asynchronously.