How to Use student government in a Sentence

student government

noun
  • She was president of the student government.
  • He is active in student government.
  • The student government will fund that project for three years.
    Washington Post, 3 Dec. 2020
  • Rafael Hicks, 21, the speaker of the Senate for the student government at UC was also at the town hall.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 22 July 2021
  • The conflict came to a head at a student government meeting on May 2.
    Kristen Taketa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2019
  • One of those members was Turner, the student government’s first Black chief of staff.
    al, 11 Nov. 2022
  • The student government has had to work with local nonprofits to obtain the drug, Shrestha said.
    oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2023
  • And on Saturday, at the start of the game, the student government association will lead the Tigers onto the field.
    Brittany Britto, Houston Chronicle, 11 Oct. 2019
  • At Franklin, Bathurst has been active in student government, band and dance programs.
    oregonlive, 2 Mar. 2022
  • The schools are working with student government to figure out how to best host events like homecoming, which were canceled in the fall.
    Leslie Postal, orlandosentinel.com, 7 Dec. 2020
  • The student government will help tell students about the program, Holland said.
    Ginny Monk, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2022
  • He was also elected to serve two years as a senator in the student government.
    Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 23 June 2023
  • During his junior year, Scott toyed around with the idea of running for president of the student government.
    Robert Samuels, The New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2023
  • That team would be my student government team at my college and my advisers as well.
    Jennifer Johnson, chicagotribune.com, 5 July 2019
  • In a close vote, Brown’s student government rejected DAB’s plea to remove the statues.
    Jack Wolfsohn, National Review, 9 Aug. 2021
  • Yale’s student government took a stance against the practice in November.
    Collin Binkley, ajc, 13 Feb. 2022
  • Until now, though, most events have looked more like the one held last week by the University of Alaska Fairbanks student government.
    Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2022
  • Members of the school’s student government are also working to spotlight Ball.
    Kathleen M. Wong, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 Mar. 2022
  • Smith, a senior, has played football, run track, held student government roles and served as president of the Black Student Union at Gallaudet.
    Donna M. Owens, USA TODAY, 4 Feb. 2022
  • The council, a kind of summertime student government, convened a few times every year.
    Mac Schwerin, Vox, 16 Aug. 2019
  • Around seventh grade, his focus turned to student government.
    Kimberly Dishongh, Arkansas Online, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Many of the tests have been for informal ballots, like student government groups and community projects.
    Nir Kshetri, The Conversation, 18 Oct. 2019
  • In April, the student government engaged in a heated debate over how to define antisemitism.
    Ben Sales, sun-sentinel.com, 22 Nov. 2021
  • Andrea Randle, who went to school with Hawley from second to eighth grades and served with him in student government, initially was impressed.
    Michael Kranish, Washington Post, 11 May 2021
  • At Grambling, Edler Davis is involved in student government, leads his student newspaper and is an escort for the royal court.
    Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic, 18 June 2023
  • The student government plans to publish transcripts and recordings later.
    Nathaniel Herz, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2022
  • Brick Street Bar, a popular campus watering hole, showed the live stream along with the big game for the crowd, said Villanueva, who is a member of Miami’s student government.
    Julie Washington, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2020
  • Last month, the three finalists each gave presentations to the faculty senate, the student government and in public hearings as to why they should be named to the position.
    Margaret Kates | Mkates@al.com, al, 19 May 2022
  • Washington and Lee's student government formally asked for Lee's name to be scrapped last week, and more than 200 faculty members had signed a petition with the same goal.
    TheWeek, 7 July 2020
  • Emmanuel Ukot, president of the student government at Xavier University of Louisiana, said tensions have been high in the wake of two threats at the school of more than 3,000 students.
    Collin Binkley, chicagotribune.com, 17 Mar. 2022

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