Neighborhood People
Get to Know Your Oaks Neighbors
Neighborhood Leadership Team
Jen Cole is the Community Director for the Oaks Neighborhood.
Matt Wittstein is the Faculty Director of the Oaks. He is an associate professor of exercise science. He lives in the Williams Building with his wife, Christina, and their two dogs. Matt’s campus office is located in Koury Athletics Center 201A.
Annie Hester is the Program Assistant for Oaks Neighborhood. Her office is located in McCoy Commons.
Together, Matt and Jen oversee the development of the social and intellectual life of the Oaks Neighborhood. They are the co-chairs for the Oaks Neighborhood Association (ONA), which consists of students who reside in the neighborhood as well as faculty and staff. The ONA works to serve the interests of the residents in the Oaks/Park Place community, while planning and implementing programming that fulfills the goals and outcomes of the Oaks Neighborhood Plan. The ONA offers leadership opportunities for students and an easy way for faculty and staff to become more engaged in the life of our neighborhood. Neighborhood Association meetings are held twice per semester.