The Student Center also houses needed services such as a bookstore, meeting rooms, and six separate food facilities and lounges. An Information Desk supplies a multitude of services from giving directions to selling MUNI fast passes and BART passes. Student fees help support these varied activities. The facility generates revenue from off-campus conferences and workshops. An elected governing board decides upon funding allocations, thus allowing direct student input into the Student Center operations.
Elections occur every fall.
Student directors are required to maintain minimum academic qualifications as specified by the Chancellor's Office to maintain their position as a director. The center provides comfortable lounge areas for rest, relaxation, conversation, or studying. Live entertainment or movies are often scheduled in the Union Depot. Student art works and travelling exhibitions are shown in the gallery. Recreational areas are equipped with video and pinball machines, billiards, and table tennis.