Pittsburgh Student Governments Work in Citywide Coalition

Pittsburgh student leaders meet with Mayor Peduto.
Pittsburgh student leaders meet with Mayor Peduto.

We recently spoke with Dave Gau, the President of the Pittsburgh Student Government Council (PSGC). The PSGC is a coalition of student governments from eleven colleges in the Pittsburgh area. Together, they advocate on local issues that affect students.

Please tell us your name and current position in student government. Please also tell us a little bit about who you are: your year, area of study, any other background info you’d like to share.
My name is Dave Gau, President of the Pittsburgh Student Government Council and also President of the University of Pittsburgh Graduate and Professional Student Government. I graduated from Pitt in 2011 with a BPhil in Bioengineering and BS in Math and Economics. I am currently a third-year PhD student in Bioengineering at Pitt. I am originally from Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, and also went abroad from 2011-2012 to work in Australia with a Whitaker Fellowship and Rotary Ambassadorial Scholarship prior to returning to work on my PhD.Read more