[citation needed] The Puente Project is a program offered at De Anza that helps underserved students transfer to 4-year institutions.

[9] Established as the ICCE in fall 2005, It was initiated by then new president, Brian Murphy and was led by faculty members Jackie Reza and Cynthia Kaufman.

The Flint Center is De Anza's main theater, seating about 2,400 people, and hosts concerts, Broadway shows, dance and speaking events.

[13][14][15] In January 1985, Jobs came back to Flint Center to introduce the LaserWriter laser printer and its built-in PostScript technology, which launched the desktop publishing revolution of the 1980s.

Hank Baum wrote in the California Art Review:[19]"Established with a bequest by E. F. Euphrat in memory of his wife Helen, the gallery opened its doors in 1977. .

"In addition, Director Jan Rindfleisch presents exhibits that address philosophical and social issues, challenge taboos, and allow artists to be resurrected who have been obscured by the prejudice of their day.

In addition to classrooms and labs, students can work in self-paced programs at special open study stations throughout the building.

The Fujitsu Planetarium, with its 50-foot dome and seating for 139, teaches De Anza students, field trip groups, and the public.

It also includes an evening musical laser light show on its Saturday public schedule from September to April.

It is located next to the Kirsch Center on the southeast corner of campus, and it was built by a group of De Anza students and faculty in 1971, after having received a US$12,000 grant.

[33] The student body association also operates The De Anza Flea Market held on every first Saturday of a month.

The Mountain Lion was chosen in December by the college mascot working group, which included DASB student representatives, student-athletes and coaches, after extensive input and campus-wide participation.

[37] Over 10,000 students and over 1,000 staff were evacuated from De Anza the next day out of fear that DeGuzman had already possibly planted bombs on campus, although none were found.

[38] In the following weeks, Bennett was praised and credited with averting a massacre; she appeared on local news, Good Morning America and the Today Show.

[40] In 2007, the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office investigated an inquiry into allegations of gang rape of a 17-year-old unconscious female student, arising from an off-campus party on March 4, 2007, by eight members of the De Anza College baseball team.