Student Affairs VP Todd Olson announced in a broadcast email this week that the long-promised LGBTQ Resource Center — one of GU Pride’s major demands throughout their yearlong conversation with the administration — has someone lined up to fill the director position. Her name is Sivagami Subbaraman, and she certainly sounds qualified for the job; she’s currently the Associate Director of the University of Maryland’s Office of LGBT Equity.

I’m a little surprised, though, that current Director of LBGTQ Community Resources Bill McCoy wasn’t tapped for the top job. McCoy is also the Associate Director of Student Programs, though, and perhaps he (or another admin) wanted him to stick with that rather than running the new center. Either way, choosing a director is a commendable concrete step forward for a process that’s been characterized by drawn-out working group negotiations and back-and-forth bureaucracy.