The University is located in Denver, Colorado, a city known for its
dynamic blend of business, innovation and world-class recreation. Denver is
consistently ranked by Forbes and Kiplingers Magazine as one of the top cities
for young professionals and recent college graduates. The University of Denver
is a private institution founded in 1864. It serves a population of more than
5,200 undergraduate and 6,200 graduate students as a research-intensive
institution. The beautiful campus is located approximately seven miles from
downtown with easy access to public transportation.
With a long tradition of excellence and innovation, the Daniels College of
Business prepares students to succeed in a dynamic, changing world. We are a
high-achieving community of students, staff and faculty that inspires one
another to think in new ways, perform at higher levels, and transform
organizations and communities. Daniels is ranked among the top business
schools and is the only business school in Colorado to receive rankings and
recognition from BusinessWeek, the Financial Times, U.S. News & World
Report and Forbes. The Daniels College of Business (DCB) offers a variety
of baccalaureate, graduate, PhD and certificate programs which are
detailed at https://daniels.du.edu/
Position Summary
The Manager of Student Engagement, Executive MBA Program reports to the
Executive MBA Program Director. Extensive faculty and student interface is
required. The Student Engagement Manager and the Program Director are the
points of contact for all students in the program, and provide continuity
throughout the prospect, student and alumni experience. Extensive student
and faculty interface is required.
This position is responsible for providing an outstanding
prospect/student/alumni experience as well as class operations and student
support. This role has responsibility for the integration of all MBA student
experiences, where possible. The outcome of this position should ultimately
be a high sense of an engaged MBA student/alumni community.
Essential Functions
Class Operations and Student Support: Assist with scheduling and management
of all logistics for class day including but not limited to IT coordination,
catering, guest relations, class day signage, and student & faculty
support. Serve as one of two main points of contact and coordinate services
through excellent communication with the Joy Burns Center leadership and
staff. Serve as one of the key student and faculty support resources on class
day. Assist Program Director with prospective student visitors as needed.
Provide leadership to student workers on class day to
deliver outstanding class day operations and student support.
EMBA Annual Sailing Experiential Learning: Lead planning and execution of
two annual EMBA experiential learning sailing events including but not limited
to travel bookings, venue and boat services reservations, hotel
reservations planning, itinerary booklet development and production,
faculty support, skipper support, on-site event management and point of
contact for all stakeholders, and arrival and departure coordination of
students, skippers, faculty and staff.
Prospective Student and Guests: Host prospective student guests and program
guest speakers with excellent customer service by greeting them upon
arrival, showing them to appropriate classrooms, hosting them over lunch
and ensuring that they have a most positive experience while visiting the EMBA
program.
EMBA Students:
• Work with Graduate Student services to support
orientation/launch experience for EMBA students.
• Lead the planning and execution of the graduation day
activities and reception experience for students, faculty, staff and
family. Work with Daniels Office of Communication & Marketing team to
deliver an excellent graduation day experience.
• Manages content for and sends the weekly student Need to Know
newsletter to students, facult and staff with the student marketing
assistant.
• Interface with Cohort Leaders to monitor the cohort
experience, manage Cohort Leader meetings, disseminate information and
surveys both to and from ambassadors/leaders to Program Director and Faculty
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EMBA Alumni: Assist the Program Director in supporting the EMBA Alumni
council in organizing regular alumni council meetings, project and
communication management and execution.
Other duties as assigned by the Program Director.
Class Management: Proofread class/professor schedule, cross-referencing
with schedule archives, managing changes with Daniels scheduler. Manage book
orders/purchases and library reserve system for all classes. Register
students for classes. Manage Canvas (our learning management system) for
each class as appropriate, working with class instructors to make sure that
full use is made of Canvas, and filing copies of each syllabus on the EMBA
OneDrive. Add self as TA to classes to assist faculty as needed. Assure
students are registered for graduation when
appropriate.
Team Collaboration: Maintain and deepen positive working relationships with
all DU partners, both within and beyond the EMBA team. Oversee logistics
planning for weekly EMBA leadership team meetings, weekly student employee
team meetings, faculty meetings, cohort leader meetings, and EALC
meetings including space reservation, coordination of IT support,
catering, and any other necessary support. Assist with obtaining,
tracking, and recording program data by providing any data needed for
current. projects. Lead student employees as needed to complete projects