Their main event is the Annual International Optometric Student Convention. A volunteer group of students, faculty members, and practitioners offering primary eye care services to the disenfranchised populations in Puerto Rico and Latin America. They receive donations of eyeglasses which they distribute to the patients they serve. The Student Optometric Honor Society. Members are selected based on their scholastic and clinical achievement.
Members serve as counselors and tutors to other optometry students.
A total of 39 students with voice and vote participate in the Academic Senates of the individual Campuses. Three students, two undergraduate and one graduate, participate in the University Council. All of these students are elected by the students bodies of their respective instructional units. The procedures for the election of these students provide for direct participation of the greatest number of students possible from all the units.