Talk:Student center

4 examples is plenty
If anybody adds more examples, I say we delete them. We don't need that many, people can get the idea. --Awiseman 17:05, 20 September 2006 (UTC)

Do we need any examples?--158.125.9.4 01:30, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

Early co-ed student unions/activity centers
Can anyone help me with information on when student unions/activity centers began allowing full use to both male and female students? I know at some schools with older unions there are two, one historically for men and one historically for women, such as Michigan Union and Michigan League at the University of Michigan, and Houston Hall and Bennett Hall at Penn. In both of those cases they became co-ed in the late 1960s, but I know that there are some schools that only ever built one such building and allowed co-ed use at an earlier date. Can anyone suggest any sources for information about this? Thanks, cmadler (talk) 15:15, 20 February 2010 (UTC)
 * http://ohiounion.osu.edu/about_the_union/history has a little on the two built for men and women. Pwojdacz (talk) 19:03, 21 March 2012 (UTC)

American examples
Every example listed, along with all of the history, is from American universities.

Are there no experts in other countries who can contribute?

--Andrewaskew (talk) 23:24, 17 July 2012 (UTC)

I am no expert but that is what the article Students' union is about. Having a specific building dedicated to student relating things in the united state are typically refereed to a student center, student union or Student activity center. Internationally that building is controlled by a specific group of students where in the US it's typically not. Pwojdacz (talk) 06:58, 18 July 2012 (UTC)


 * The articles are about two different things. Students' union is a single organization, which is most commonly called a "student government" in the US, Student activity center is a building, which might house a students' union/student government as well as other student organizations. To give concrete examples, the Michigan Union is a student activity center at the University of Michigan (owned and operated by the university -- the standard arrangement in the US), where it is commonly called "the union" and the Michigan Student Assembly is the students' union (student government). On the other hand, Teviot Row House also seems to be a student activity center (at Edinburgh University), but it seems that it is operated by the students' union, the Edinburgh University Students' Association. cmadler (talk) 14:04, 18 July 2012 (UTC)
 * Most British universities other than Oxford and Cambridge have a Student Union building (containing bars, performance halls, meeting rooms etc) which is owned by the university but which is administered by the local Students' Union (a quasi-political students' organisation). This isn't mentioned at all here. The Student union disambig page is also misleading, implying that Student Union buildings only exist in the US. It's US style frat houses that are unknown in Britain, not student unions. --Ef80 (talk) 14:30, 27 November 2015 (UTC)

Requested move 22 March 2015

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The result of the move request was: Moved per request Mike Cline (talk) 15:14, 7 April 2015 (UTC)

Student activity center → Student center – the words "Student union and "Student's union" has a close similarity that causes confusion. Outside the US a Student's union is a student government or a governing body for students in the US the "student union" is typically a physical building. In the US there are either a "Student center" or "Student union" few if not NONE called it a "Student activity center". Currently "Student union" is being used as a disambiguation page to define the two, which is why this article shouldn't be renamed "student union". That page helps define the confusion between the two. Since the creation of "Student activity center" this article is encompassing the true meaning of a "Student center" or "Student union" at Universities."Student Center" page is being used as a redirect. This article should be truly called a "Student center" which is a physical building that encompasses an environment for students of a university or college. No school calls this a "student activity center" but the use of any "student center" or "student union" is dependent on the school, the word "student center" or "student union" is the language used at universities and colleges across the US. You can google and school or find almost one or the other. Beyond this, very few or if any are managed by students or a student governing bodies in the US. Even outside the US Universities that do a "student center" or "student union" are usually a welcome location or hub of uses similar to the uses by US colleges and universities --Relisted.  Sunrise    (talk)  10:22, 30 March 2015 (UTC) Pwojdacz (talk) 05:36, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment. Since when have students been active?  However, see results on "Student activity center".  If this is the common name for student common areas in the US, then so be it.  GregKaye 10:56, 22 March 2015 (UTC)
 * Comment For example, ISU Student Activities Center and the University of Texas (Austin)'s Activity Center is in their campus Unions. The way most schools set up their "activity center" it's more like a sub area of their unions where there is a bunch of student org offices, mailboxes or offices that serve student orgs (greek life, large campus events, student government) it's not really a hangout location. There are probably exceptions to this but I believe this is overwhelmingly common at most schools. Another option is to create a separate page from Student Activity Centers from Student Centers but I don't believe SACs are noteworthy enough. Pwojdacz (talk) 16:46, 22 March 2015 (UTC)


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