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Student Union building on the campus of Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, USA.
A student activity center or SAC, is a type of building found on university campuses. In the United States, such a building is more often called a student union, student commons, or student center. The term "student union" in the USA refers to the building, while internationally, students' union means the student government.

Broadly speaking, the facility is devoted to student recreation and socialization. It may contain lounges, wellness centers, dining facilities or vendors, and entertainment venues. The student activity center is often the center of student affairs and activities and may house the offices of the student government or other student groups. The first student union in America was Houston Hall, at the University of Pennsylvania, which opened January 2, 1896.[1]

Some examples of student activity centers include:

See also

References

1. ^ Building America's First University: An Historical and Architectural Guide to the University of Pennsylvania George E. Thomas, David Bruce Brownlee, p3
City of Laredo

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Student Activity Center
The SAC

Facility statistics
Location 5208 St. Claudia Lane Laredo, Texas 78040
Opened 2004
Owner UISD
Operator UISD
Surface FieldTurf
Former names

Tenants
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The Student Center (Student.com, formerly studentcenter.org) is a large online community website aimed at teens, college students, and young adults. It is approaching 1,000,000 registered users.
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university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees at all levels (bachelor, master, and doctorate) in a variety of subjects. A university provides both tertiary and quaternary education.
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Motto
"In God We Trust"   (since 1956)
"E Pluribus Unum"   ("From Many, One"; Latin, traditional)
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A students' union, student government, student leadership, student council, students' association, or guild of students is a student organization present in many elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities.
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Houston Hall is the student union at the University of Pennsylvania, established in 1896. The idea of a student union was first established at Oxford University in 1823.[1]
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University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn[3][4]) is a private, coeducational research university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to the university, it is America's first university[5] and is the fourth-oldest
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Houston Hall is the student union at the University of Pennsylvania, established in 1896. The idea of a student union was first established at Oxford University in 1823.[1]
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MountainLair, or Mountainlair, commonly called "the Lair" by students, is the three floor student union building at West Virginia University. The building offers many services to students including an information desk, lounges, a United States Post Office, movie theater,
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West Virginia University is an institution of higher learning based in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West
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Oklahoma State University Student Union is a student activity center for meetings, conferences, meals, recreation, and shopping for students and alumni on the campus of Oklahoma State University in Stillwater, Oklahoma.
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Williad Straight Hall is the student union building on the central campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York

History

When Williard Straight Hall opened, it was one of the few student unions in the country.
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Cornell University is a private university located in Ithaca, New York, USA. Its two medical campuses are in New York City and Education City, Qatar. The youngest member of the Ivy League, Cornell was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White as a coeducational,
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HUB-Robeson Center, commonly referred to as the "HUB" is the student union building centrally located on the University Park campus of the Pennsylvania State University. It was originally built in 1953 and had major renovations done in 1973 and 1983.
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The Pennsylvania State University (commonly known as Penn State) is a state-related, land-grant university. The University has 24 campuses throughout the U.S. state of Pennsylvania, including a virtual World Campus.
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Michigan Union is a student union at the University of Michigan. It is located at the intersection of South State Street and South University Avenue in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

The original Michigan Union was built in 1917 on the site of the former Thomas Cooley House.
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University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (U of M, UM or simply Michigan) is a coeducational public research university in the state of Michigan. The university was founded in 1817 in Detroit, about 20 years before the territory of Michigan officially became a state,
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Memorial Union, also locally known as the Union or the Terrace, is located on the shore of Lake Mendota on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison in Madison, Wisconsin.

The exterior was designed by University Architect Arthur Peabody.
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University of Wisconsin–Madison (also known as UW–Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin, or UW) is a highly selective public research university located in Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
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A students' union, student government, student leadership, student council, students' association, or guild of students is a student organization present in many elementary schools, middle schools, high schools, colleges and universities.
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