Student Governments In The United States
In the United States, these groups are often known as student government, associated students, student senate, or less commonly a student's union. In the U.S., the phrase "student union" often refers to a "student activity center" (also known as a "student center" or "student commons"), a building with dining halls, game rooms, lounges, student offices, and other spaces for student activities. At institutions with large graduate, medical school, and individual "college" populations, there are often student governments that serve those specific constituencies.
Universities that call their legislative councils "Student Assembly" include the University of Michigan, Michigan State University, Dartmouth College, Cornell University, Wesleyan University, the College of William and Mary, Christopher Newport University, Penn State University, the State University of New York (SUNY), and Bentley University. To this date the University of Colorado Boulder has the largest budget for a student government in the country, overseeing a $36.6 million dollar budget annually at University of Colorado Student Government.
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