Student Leadership

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The Camp Cowboy experience is coordinated by students for students. Four student directors and a team of coordinating council leaders work together to plan activities to help new OSU students learn what means to be a Cowboy and grow their sense of orange pride, while making new friends before classes begin.

 

Join the Leadership Team

The 2026 Camp Cowboy Leadership Team application is currently closed. Check back in July 2026 for the 2027 Camp Cowboy leadership team applications. 

 

Camp Cowboy Leadership Selection Timeline:

• • Application opens - Early July
  • Application deadline - Aug. 10
  • Candidate interviews - Mid-August
  • Camp Cowboy Leadership Team announced - By Sept. 1

Additional position requirements and expectations are detailed on the application within CampusLink.

 

For further information about becoming a member of the Camp Cowboy leadership team, please email us at campcowboy@okstate.edu.

 

Camp Leadership Team FAQs 

• What are the minimum requirements to apply for a position on the Camp Cowboy Leadership Team?

  To serve as a Camp Cowboy Student Director, you must:

  • Have served previously as a Camp Cowboy student director, small group leader and/or wrangler.
  • Have a minimum 2.75 cumulative college GPA, and be in good standing
  • Not plan to enroll in classes for Summer 2026, unless approved by the Camp Cowboy Advisor

  To serve on the Camp Cowboy Coordinating Council, you must:

  • Have attended Camp Cowboy
  • Minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA, and be in good standing

  All Camp Cowboy Leadership Team members must be enrolled in classes at OSU for Fall 2025 and maintain enrollment in good academic standing for Spring 2026 and Fall 2026.

• What is the commitment level for Student Directors during the fall and spring semesters?

  Camp Cowboy Student Directors commit to manage and follow through with the responsibilities outlined of their specific student director role and serve as a supportive teammates for other Camp Cowboy directors, leaders and staff.

   

  Student Directors schedule approximately five weekly in-office hours at the Camp Cowboy desk in Campus Life during the fall semester and ten weekly in-office hours during the spring semester. Directors also participate in a full-day teambuilding and planning retreat during the fall semester, lead bi-weekly meetings of their respective Coordinating Council Committees throughout the spring semester, and help facilitate three camp staff trainings and a camp rehearsal in the spring.

• What is the commitment level for Coordinating Council Leaders during the fall and spring semesters?
  Camp Cowboy Coordinating Council Leaders commit to actively contributing to committee work for one of the four camp planning committees - the Marketing and Communications Committee, the Programming Committee, the Logistics Committee, or the Internal and External Engagement Committee. This commitment includes participating in a teambuilding and planning retreat during the fall semester, attending bi-weekly committee meetings throughout the spring semester, and participating in the three camp staff trainings and camp rehearsal during spring.
• Are Camp Cowboy Leadership Team positions paid?

  Camp Cowboy Student Directors do receive a $4,000 stipend for their service. Full summer housing is also available for Student Directors, if needed.

   

  Coordinating Council Leaders are not paid for their leadership service.

   

  Additional compensation and professional development opportunities are under development for Camp Cowboy leadership and staff. Details will be made available as developments materialize.

 

Meet Our 2026 Student Directors

• Kaitlyn Delaney, Student Director of Programming
   

  • Year & Major: Sophomore, Recreation Therapy: Pre-Occupational Therapy
  • Hometown: Colleyville, TX
  • Kaitlyn's Thoughts about Camp: 
• Kamila Gorritti, Student Director of Logistics
   

  • Year & Major: Sophomore, Cell and Molecular Biology: Medical Laboratory Science
  • Hometown: Stillwater, OK
  • Kamila's Thoughts about Camp: 
• Makenna Larsen, Student Director of Marketing and Communications
   

  • Year & Major: Sophomore, Landscape Architecture
  • Hometown: Edmond, OK
  • Makenna's Thoughts about Camp: 
• Cam Luedke, Student Director of Internal and External Engagement 
   

  • Year & Major: Sophomore, Secondary Education
  • Hometown: Yukon, OK
  • Cam's Thoughts about Camp: 

Meet the Coordinating Council Leaders

Coming Soon!