Santos Manuel Student Union
building on the California State University, San Bernardino campus
The Santos Manuel Student Union is a student union located near the geographical the center of California State University, San Bernardino's campus, just east of John M Pfau Library. The Santos Manuel Student Union leads into the heart of the CSUSB campus and is located near many buildings, including University Hall, the College of Education, the Student Health Center, and the Serrano Village dormitories in addition to being close to administrative services.
Student Union
The Student Union offers a variety of services, places, and spaces geared to the needs of students including restaurants, meeting rooms, an arcade and various student organizations.
The public source identifies “Santos Manuel Student Union” as building on the California State University, San Bernardino campus. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Santos, Manuel and Student.
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Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7420627. Authority coordinates are 34.181, -117.324. 2 of 3 selected statements include explicit references; 1 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank.
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This entry incorporates text from “Santos Manuel Student Union” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.