
Student Activities
The Student Activities Center is charged with providing an element of students’ lives that coexists with their academic endeavors.
The Student Activities building offers students:
- Small computer lab
- Small student lounge
- Food Bank
- Game room
- Conference room
- Associated Students executive office areas
- General work area for student club projects
The Student Activities Office:
- Facilitates student participation in shared governance for the college
- Coordinates a variety of events/activities for the student population of the campus
- Provides a focus point for approximately 15-20 clubs on campus
- Serves all of the day time students of Cypress College

Student Activities Funds:
The source of funds for the Student Activities Center and its various programs:
- General funds
- Interest drawn on a CD at Bank of America
- Game room revenues
- The AS Benefits sticker
- Photo ID fee
- On campus phone booth/ATM ads
- School newspaper kiosks ads
- Miscellaneous income derived from AS fundraisers and Clubs also use a variety of fundraisers as their main source of funding
Student Activities Staff:
- Dave Okawa, Student Activities Director
dokawa@cypresscollege.edu - Jay Shonkwiler, Student Activities Administrative Assistant
jshonkwiler@cypresscollege.edu
(714) 484-7199 - Rae Requena, Food Bank Assistant
rrequena@cypresscollege.edu
(714) 484-7198
The Student Activities Advisor is responsible for:
- The Associated Student organization
- Promotion of the student benefits sticker
- Promotion of the photo ID card
- The Student Activities Center
- Campus Publicity Guidelines
- Coordinating the Annual High School Senior Day Event and Graduation Ceremony