About the Kanter Student Center
The Kanter Student Center is always active with life. Signature architecture and windows filtering in natural light add to its liveliness and beauty. The center is often the first stop for visitors, especially prospective students, when they arrive on campus, and there is always a student worker ready to receive and help guide them on their way.
Information Desk
The Information Desk is where you check out game equipment and get your questions answered about events and activities on campus.
ATM machine
Located in the lower food court area
Copy machine
The copy machine is located in the atrium by the stairs that go down to the lower level and is available for students, organizations, or personal use. A campus ID card is required. To use the copy machine, you can load money onto your ID card in the library.
Student Center hours
Regular hours (during academic year)
Monday through Friday: 7 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Saturday: 8 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Sunday: 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.
Summer hours (May 11 - Aug. 20, 2026)
Monday through Friday: 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.
Saturday and Sunday: Closed
(Hours vary depending on events in the building.)
Student Center location
1300 Schreiner Dr. (east side of campus)
Questions?
Contact:
Joel Johnson
Coordinator of Conferencing
Kanter Student Center 12F
402-375-7322
[email protected]
Rooms and reservations
The Kanter Student Center has several conference rooms available for meetings and other functions. Students, faculty, and staff can reserve rooms for events. The public may use rooms for a fee.
The Bluestem, Cottonwood, Goldenrod, and Meadowlark rooms are smaller conference rooms used for small meetings, breakout sessions, and interviews. Each provides a TV, PC system, wireless connection, chairs, and rectangular tables.
The Elkhorn Room is a larger room that can be used for large meetings, breakout sessions, and luncheons. It provides a projector screen, PC system, wireless connection, chairs, rectangular tables, round tables, and a podium.
The Niobrara Room is another larger room that can be used for large meetings, breakout sessions, luncheons, club/organization events, small dances, and presentations. It offers a movable wall that can split the room in half, projector screen, PC system, wireless connection, chairs, and rectangular tables, round tables, and a podium.
The Frey Conference Suite is the largest event room, used for banquets, luncheons, large club/organization events, dances, funerals, and presenters. It can be split into up to four sections with movable walls. It offers four projector screens, PC system, chairs and rectangular tables, round tables, movable stage, and podium. (No wireless connection in Frey; must use an HDMI cord.)
The Kanter Student Center features two dining facilities: the dining hall (main cafeteria), located on the upper level of the Student Center, and Cat’s Corner, a retail venue located on the lower level of the Student Center.
The main dining hall serves fresh food and healthy options - all you care to eat - in a continuous dining setting. This means you can eat between standard meal periods, allowing greater flexibility for meals. Cat’s Corner offers made-to-order concepts of Smoked BBQ + Melt Lab, Erbert & Gerbert's Sandwich Shop, Build Pizza, and We Proudly Serve Starbucks. It also features Grab Goodness convenience meal items and C-Store retail items.
Game room
The game room in the Student Center is open to everyone and features two pool tables and a ping pong table.
Esports Den
The Esports Den, or simply “The Den” is a dedicated esports arena that is reserved for WSC’s esports team and athletes only. The Den was built during the summer of 2020 and is located in the lower level of the Student Center. Learn more about the Esports Den.
Student Center spaces for reservation
Spaces in the Kanter Student Center can be reserved for meetings and other functions. Browse images of each space available to you here.

Bluestem Room
Bluestem Room 202 in the Student Center. Audience seating: 40 chairs. Hollow square: 24 chairs. U-shape: 21 chairs. Classroom: 18 chairs.
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Bluestem Room
Bluestem Room 202 in the Student Center. Audience seating: 40 chairs. Hollow square: 24 chairs. U-shape: 21 chairs. Classroom: 18 chairs.
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Cats Corner
Cat's Corner (lower food court) in the Student Center. Seating: 135 chairs.
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Cats Corner
Cat's Corner (lower food court) in the Student Center. Seating: 135 chairs.
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Cottonwood Room
Cottonwood Room 203 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 27 feet x 21 feet. Audience seating: 40 chairs. Hollow square: 24 chairs. U-shape: 21 chairs. Classroom: 18 chairs.
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Cottonwood Room
Cottonwood Room 203 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 27 feet x 21 feet. Audience seating: 40 chairs. Hollow square: 24 chairs. U-shape: 21 chairs. Classroom: 18 chairs.
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Elkhorn Room
Elkhorn Room 150 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 44 feet x 25 feet. Audience seating: 60 chairs. Hollow square: 30 chairs. U-shape: 20 chairs. Classroom: 54 chairs. Round tables (five rounds with seven chairs per table): 35 chairs.
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Elkhorn Room
Elkhorn Room 150 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 44 feet x 25 feet. Audience seating: 60 chairs. Hollow square: 30 chairs. U-shape: 20 chairs. Classroom: 54 chairs. Round tables (five rounds with seven chairs per table): 35 chairs.
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Frey Conference Suite
Frey Conference Suite 105 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 74-85 feet x 68 feet | Frey full suite: Auditorium seating: 312 chairs. Classroom: 120 chairs. Fair tables: 64 chairs. Round tables (36 rounds with seven chairs per table): 252 chairs. | Frey half suite: Auditorium seating: 200 chairs. Classroom: 60 chairs. Round tables (14 rounds with seven chairs per table): 98 chairs. | Frey quadrant: Audience seating 84 chairs. Classroom: 24 chairs. Round tables (five rounds with seven chairs per table): 35 chairs.
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Frey Conference Suite
Frey Conference Suite Room 105 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 74-85 feet x 68 feet | Frey full suite: Auditorium seating: 312 chairs. Classroom: 120 chairs. Fair tables: 64 chairs. Round tables (36 rounds with seven chairs per table): 252 chairs. | Frey half suite: Auditorium seating: 200 chairs. Classroom: 60 chairs. Round tables (14 rounds with seven chairs per table): 98 chairs. | Frey quadrant: Audience seating 84 chairs. Classroom: 24 chairs. Round tables (five rounds with seven chairs per table): 35 chairs.
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Goldenrod Room
Goldenrod Room 204 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 23 feet x 21 feet. Audience seating: 30 chairs. Hollow square: 20 chairs. U-shape: 15 chairs. Classroom: 12 chairs.
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Goldenrod Room
Goldenrod Room 204 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 23 feet x 21 feet. Audience seating: 30 chairs. Hollow square: 20 chairs. U-shape: 15 chairs. Classroom: 12 chairs.
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Meadowlark Room
Meadowlark Room 206 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 27 feet x 20 feet. Audience seating: 50 chairs. Hollow square: 24 chairs. U-shape: 21 chairs. Classroom: 24 chairs.
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Meadowlark Room
Meadowlark Room 206 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 27 feet x 20 feet. Audience seating: 50 chairs. Hollow square: 24 chairs. U-shape: 21 chairs. Classroom: 24 chairs.
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Niobrara Room
Niobrara Room 152 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 49 feet x 31 feet. | Niobrara full: Audience seating: 108 chairs. Hollow square: 45 chairs. U-shape: 39 chairs. Classroom: 60 chairs. Round tables (10 rounds with seven chairs per table): 70 chairs. | Niobrara half (Rooms 152A/152B): Audience seating: 50 chairs. Hollow square: 25 chairs. U-shape: 18 chairs. Classroom: 24 chairs. Round tables (four rounds with seven chairs per table): 28 chairs.
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Niobrara Room
Niobrara Room 152 in the Student Center. Room dimensions: 49 feet x 31 feet. | Niobrara full: Audience seating: 108 chairs. Hollow square: 45 chairs. U-shape: 39 chairs. Classroom: 60 chairs. Round tables (10 rounds with seven chairs per table): 70 chairs. | Niobrara half (Rooms 152A/152B): Audience seating: 50 chairs. Hollow square: 25 chairs. U-shape: 18 chairs. Classroom: 24 chairs. Round tables (four rounds with seven chairs per table): 28 chairs.
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Upper Deck
Student lounge area in the lower level of the Student Center
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Upper Deck
Student lounge area in the lower level of the Student Center
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Upper Deck
Student lounge area in the lower level of the Student Center
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Upper Deck
Student lounge area in the lower level of the Student Center
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