student union

noun

|Updated on: 22 Jul 2018

Definition of student union

: a building on a college campus that is devoted to student activities and that usually contains lounges, auditoriums, offices, and game rooms

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Recent Examples of student union from the Web

Luis Andino, president of the student union at UNAN-Managua, told local radio that at first the UNEN supported the demonstrations.

— Washington Post, "Nicaraguan students enraged at repression turn on government," 15 May 2018
Marquette University and Sodexo at Marquette University Dining Services aim to change that with the launch of the Innovation Kitchen, a blended teaching kitchen classroom and event space in the student union.

— lucy saunders, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, "Cooking 101: New Marquette classes aim to raise students' kitchen GPA," 27 Apr. 2018
The student unions also make efforts to help people through difficult times.

— The Economist, "London has excellent universities—but unhappy students," 5 July 2018
On May 12, Pougetoux appeared on French television channel M6 to discuss some of the protests the student union has been organizing over the country’s educational system.

— karina piser, The New Republic, "Inside France’s Growing Identity War," 29 May 2018
In an unprecedented move last December, the Education Ministry sued a student union that tried to set up meetings for students of color.

— karina piser, The New Republic, "Inside France’s Growing Identity War," 29 May 2018
One day, in the student union, before lunch, my new friends were talking about an off-campus party that was going to happen the following weekend.

— Town & Country, "I Was a Victim of Sexual Assault at Boarding School," 9 Sep. 2016
When a guest of the student union, Kwame Ture (a.k.a.

— manohla dargis, New York Times, "Spike Lee Turns a Period Piece Into a Protest of the Trump Era," 15 May 2018
Georgetown University initially refused to entertain the idea of a graduate-student union but ultimately agreed to workers holding a vote.

— washington post, BostonGlobe.com, "Harvard agrees to negotiate a contract with graduate-student union," 1 May 2018

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