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noun

a building or rooms on a college or university campus, set aside for recreational, social, and governmental activities of the students.

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Origin of student union

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby student union

studentship, Student's t, Student's t distribution, Student's t-test, student teacher, student union, studenty, stud fee, studfish, studhorse, studhorse poker

How to use student union in a sentence

He started in student activism in high school and in 2011, while studying law at the University of Chile, he was elected leader of its student union.
The Leftist Millennial Who Could Lead One of Latin America's Wealthiest and Most Unequal Countries|Ciara Nugent|November 19, 2021|Time
As head of a major student union, he shook Chile’s establishment by leading rallies that brought reforms to Chile’s privatized education system.
The Leftist Millennial Who Could Lead One of Latin America's Wealthiest and Most Unequal Countries|Ciara Nugent|November 19, 2021|Time
As its name suggests, on-campus employment — like a barista at a student union or a cashier at a campus bookstore — is only permissible on the campus at which the student is enrolled.
One Group Of Student-Athletes Is Conspicuously Absent From NIL Deals|Josh Planos|November 15, 2021|FiveThirtyEight
Nearly every night, till I got in my car in the wee hours of the morning to go home and sleep a little, I sat at a table in the student union and worked on homework.
The best $130 I ever spent: A Major League Baseball TV pass|Alissa Wilkinson|May 31, 2021|Vox

Marc Klein, senior event manager for Populous, likened the convention center to a mix between a college’s student union and a recreation center.
Men’s Sweet 16 teams might be stuck in Indy with idle time, but they don’t want to leave.|Emily Giambalvo|March 26, 2021|Washington Post
According to the USDA, student participation began to fall, with 1.4 million students opting out of the lunch program entirely.
The Republican War on Kale|Patricia Murphy|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In February, Slovakia will have a referendum on whether marriage should be defined as a union between a man and a woman.
‘Only God’ Can Stop Gay Marriage|Tim Mak|January 6, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Unlike the Soviet Union at a certain period in history, the Russian economy does not hold a candle to that of the United States.
Oliver Stone’s Latest Dictator Suckup|James Kirchick|January 5, 2015|DAILY BEAST
In his State of the Union address 50 years ago, LBJ laid out his vision for the Great Society.
Thank Congress, Not LBJ for Great Society|Julian Zelizer, Scott Porch|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST
Abraham, a yellow cab driver and student, feels that blacks are targeted unfairly by the police.
Ground Zero of the NYPD Slowdown|Batya Ungar-Sargon|January 1, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It was one day when a student from the Stuttgardt conservatory attempted to play the Sonata Appassionata.
Music-Study in Germany|Amy Fay
The student who does not intend to arouse himself need hope for no keen sense of beauty.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
A pupil of her father until his death, when she became a student under Gabriel Max, in Munich, for a year.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
The first commencement of Union College for conferring degrees in the arts and sciences.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology|Joel Munsell
One of them had taken four years of theology, and is an excellent student, and not so fitting for other things.
The Philippine Islands, 1493-1898, Volume XX, 1621-1624|Various