The University of Rhode Island Memorial Student Union offers students in the URI community an environment featuring a variety of cultural, recreational, social programs and activities. It contains several dining options. The offices for many student organizations and campus departments, an information desk and several businesses and services, such as the URI bookstore, a campus box office, a Rhode Island Credit Union, a hair salon, an optometrist and more are in the student union. It was opened in 1954, and is staffed in large part by student workers.