Dr. Brian Jones, Student Affairs and Enrollment Management
Brian Jones is the Acting Vice President for Student Affairs and Enrollment Management at Minnesota State University, Mankato. As the chief student affairs officer, Dr. Jones is responsible for managing enrollment growth and providing excellent student services including campus housing, campus recreation, career services, counseling, student health, student union, university security, university admissions, and New Student and Family Programs for the University.
Background
Brian Jones has worked in college admissions and enrollment management at Minnesota State University, Mankato for 24 years and has three degrees from the university. As an admissions professional he has worked extensively with students and families from around Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, and South Dakota, coordinated scholarship programs, and implemented policies to remove barriers to higher education and expand college readiness. As an enrollment management professional Brian has selected and implemented a variety of software products and electronic workflow processes to enhance the experience students have with the university. He has provided the vision for and led the undergraduate student recruitment efforts for the university for more than 15 years and during this time enrolled eight of the ten largest new first-year student classes in MSU’s history.
Brian served in the Presidents Cycle for the Minnesota Association for College Admission Counseling (MACAC) from 2021-2024 and as the chair of the Minnesota state ACT council in 2018. He is married to fellow-alumna Christianne Jones (’02) and they have three daughters, Lalayna, Lola, and Hattie. Needless to say he knows his place at the bottom of the family organizational chart and takes direction well.
