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title: Manhattanville College Engaged 98% of First-Year Students Using Involve's Co-Curricular Platform
description: “ Through Modern Campus Involve, students are now seeing how everything on campus is amounting to something bigger. They understand how their co-curricular
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# Manhattanville College Engaged 98% of First-Year Students Using Involve's Co-Curricular Platform

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### **T**hrough Modern Campus Involve, students are now seeing how everything on campus is amounting to something bigger. They understand how their co-curricular involvement connects to their internship or their job. It allows us to really help students become better-informed citizens and participants in a global society.

**Alex Barkley**Director, Center for Student Involvement & Leadership

## About Manhattanville College

  

 

**1,500+**

undergraduate students

 

**65%**

first-year students living on campus

 

**85+**

registered student organizations

> ![in this case study: Alex Barkley- Former Director, Center for Student Involvement & Leadership](https://moderncampus.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported_Blog_Media/in-this-case-study-alex-barkley-Mar-20-2026-07-52-21-8433-PM.jpg?width=2200&height=800&name=in-this-case-study-alex-barkley-Mar-20-2026-07-52-21-8433-PM.jpg)

## **The Challenge**

##### *Without a centralization platform, students didn't know how to get involved on campus*

 

Like many college students, Manhattanville learners are a spirited bunch, boasting a range of interests and an eagerness for putting ideas into action. Yet, they lacked a path forward. They didn’t know where to head on campus, whom to speak with, or what websites to visit to unearth opportunities that would excite them.

> “**There was a major communication issue wherein students didn’t know where they could find the information they needed.** And our professional staff didn’t often know what was happening either. Venues were getting double-booked and plans were getting lost. It was all very murky.” – Alex Barkley

All this murkiness also meant that the benefits of co-curricular involvement were hidden from everyone’s view. Student took pride in their clubs and events, but they didn’t know how to convince their peers — beyond insisting “trust me; it’ll be fun!”

 

## **The Solution**

##### *Manhattanville's branded web portal, powered by Involve, makes engagement easy, personal and rewarding*

 

By implementing Modern Campus Involve, Manhattanville is about to personalize student engagement pathways. **Starting at orientation, they direct each student toward co-curricular opportunities that support workforce-ready skills in line with each student's career interests. **

“

### **W**e’ve really closed the loop on how orientation transitions students into college and how their experiences in college transition them into career readiness. Modern Campus Involve — both the software and the wonderful team behind it — positively challenge us to emphasize core skills and competencies, and help us gamify pathways for student attainment.

**Alex Barkley**

Involve's gamification tools are key to Manhattanville's success. Students are awarded points for each experience, which allows them to visualize their progress toward tangible goals. The result? **Over 70% of students attended at least one event during the first six weeks of the semester, up from 57% previously.**

“

### **I**t’s substantially improved my work efficiency overall. I would not have made it through my first several months as a new director if it was not for how efficient I’ve been able to become because of Involve.

**Alex Barkley**

> Simplifying processes has also motivated more student leaders to plan events. They planned a whopping 45% more events than in the previous semester!

  

> **Manhattanville College's Favorite Features**

| #### Above-and-Beyond Customer Support | #### Comprehensive Event Registration Forms | #### Customizable Co-Curricular Frameworks |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Our Customer Success team is a collaborative partner, truly invested in your success—from initial training to ongoing consultation. | Say goodbye to dozens of forms for each event… and hello to just one, highly customizable form that can do it all.  | Guide students (and yourself) towards clear co-curricular competencies that tie into workforce-ready skills. |
| [Learn more](https://moderncampus.com/resources/customer-support.html) | [Learn more](https://moderncampus.com/products/involve/digitize-and-streamline-process-management.html) | [Learn more](https://moderncampus.com/products/involve/encourage-and-measure-experiential-learning.html) |

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