Campus Life’s mission is to enhance the student experience through intentional opportunities that promote belonging, engagement, and support. Through meaningful student connection, active involvement, personal development, and dynamic co-curricular programming, Campus Life cultivates a vibrant campus culture. These experiences not only enhance students’ sense of belonging and overall collegiate journey but also equip them with essential career readiness skills that prepare them for success beyond graduation. 

Student and Family Engagement is part of Campus Life within the Division of Student Affairs at Oklahoma State University. With regards to Student Engagement, the unit works to develop and maintain students’ sense of belonging by cultivating individual connection, involvement, and development that leads to emotional, cognitive, and behavioral engagement. From a Family Engagement perspective, the unit facilitates the connection of students’ immediate, extended and/or chosen family members with Oklahoma State University, creating partnerships of support for student learning, development and success. 

Learn more about Campus Life at https://campuslife.okstate.edu and learn more about Student and Family Engagement at https://campuslife.okstate.edu/camp-cowboy/ and https://go.okstate.edu/family/. 

The Family Engagement Coordinator plays a critical role in enhancing meaningful connections between students’ families and the university community as well as with each other. This position is responsible for developing, implementing and maintaining programs, resources, and events that enhance family awareness of campus processes, traditions, and opportunities. Additionally, the position works to engage families in activities that promote student well-being, career readiness, and citizenship, while also managing family volunteer involvement and providing training to faculty and staff on family-related concerns. The role collaborates extensively with campus partners to create varying, family-focused programming and supports onboarding efforts for families of new students. The Family Engagement Coordinator also manages family communications, responding to inquiries and maintaining accurate, timely information across digital platforms. 

 In addition to role-specific responsibilities, the coordinator provides programmatic and administrative support across the Student Engagement function, contributes to assessment efforts, and participates in other Campus Life functions, departmental communication and outreach efforts as an essential part of the team. This position reports to the Director of Student and Family Engagement within Campus Life and works collaboratively with units across both Student Affairs and Academic Affairs.