Letting Their Voices Be Heard…

Issue Date: 
March 28, 2011
University of Pittsburgh students have mounted a letter-writing campaign to express their opposition to the Corbett administration proposed budget’s 50 percent cut in state funding for higher education. Pitt’s Student Government Board (SGB) and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly organized a March 22 campaign launch and a March 23 letter-writing day, both held in the William Pitt Union. Above: Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg (right) talks with SGB President Molly Stieber and President Pro-Tempore Matthew Riehle. The chancellor was invited to the March 22 meeting to address the impact of the proposed funding cuts. University of Pittsburgh students have mounted a letter-writing campaign to express their opposition to the Corbett administration proposed budget’s 50 percent cut in state funding for higher education. Pitt’s Student Government Board (SGB) and the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly organized a March 22 campaign launch and a March 23 letter-writing day, both held in the William Pitt Union. Above: Pitt Chancellor Mark A. Nordenberg (right) talks with SGB President Molly Stieber and President Pro-Tempore Matthew Riehle. The chancellor was invited to the March 22 meeting to address the impact of the proposed funding cuts.
The leadership and members of Pitt’s Staff Association Council (SAC) collaborated with the SGB on the daylong letter-writing event, helping to staff a table for those needing assistance. From left, Deborah Walker, student conduct officer in Pitt’s Division of Student Affairs; Angela Coldren, SAC treasurer and assistant director, administration and business, in Pitt’s Department of Housing; Karen Coulter Perkins, manager of marketing/communications in the Graduate School of Public Health; MaryBeth Mengel, SAC secretary; and Gwen Watkins, SAC president and community activities coordinator for Pitt’s Office of Community and Governmental Affairs.The leadership and members of Pitt’s Staff Association Council (SAC) collaborated with the SGB on the daylong letter-writing event, helping to staff a table for those needing assistance. From left, Deborah Walker, student conduct officer in Pitt’s Division of Student Affairs; Angela Coldren, SAC treasurer and assistant director, administration and business, in Pitt’s Department of Housing; Karen Coulter Perkins, manager of marketing/communications in the Graduate School of Public Health; MaryBeth Mengel, SAC secretary; and Gwen Watkins, SAC president and community activities coordinator for Pitt’s Office of Community and Governmental Affairs.