There are three endowed scholarship funds specifically for Latin American Studies students. Students also have the opportunity to participate in the Teatro Universitario, the oldest continuous program of Spanish language theater production in the United States. Many graduates of the program continue their academic careers with further university study. Recent graduates have gone on to UCLA, UC Irvine, UC Riverside, UC Berkeley. One of these students now teaches History at the University of San Francisco and another is a member of the Department of History at California State University, Long Beach.
Several graduates are also on the faculties of local community colleges.
The Latin American Society is an active student organization that sponsors, in conjunction with the Latin American Studies Program, many educational and cultural programs on campus. It also provides students with the opportunity to work and socialize with each other and the faculty. The Program is noted for its history of major conferences on topics related to Latin American issues that have brought distinguished authorities and regional leaders to discuss topics of current importance. Subjects have included Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and the Southwest, Chilean literature in exile, a Latin American music festival, Central America, human rights, and the Quincentenial. Latin American Studies majors may join the campus chapters of Golden Key or Phi Kappa Phi national honor societies which are open to qualified students in all academic disciplines.