Stephanie Oakes is the associate director of graduate placement and employer relations in the Center for Graduate Student Success. In this role, she is responsible for cultivating and expanding employer relationships, developing branding and recruiting strategies to help firms source talent, and ensures the success of career placement efforts for all masters program. She has worked for the University of Oklahoma since 2009.
Oakes worked for OU Football as a Student Recruiting Assistant for four years, then as a full-time as a recruiting assistant for one year. Since 2015, she has worked in the Sooner Success Program as an academic life coach. She helped first-year students successfully transition from high school to college life through academic coaching and teaching the First-Year Foundations course. in her personal time, she is a group fitness instructor in the OKC community and has a passion for home cooking.