One of a series highlighting key practices undertaken by some of the many successful BEAMS (Building Engagement and Attainment for Minority Students) schools during the project's five years of data collection and action plan implementation, this practice brief demonstrates how emphasis on co-curricular activities can ultimately result in increased student engagement and success. Specifically, the brief looks at campus programs at four BEAMS institutions who searched for ways to create and sustain co-curricular activities designed in collaboration with faculty, staff, students, and community members with a focus on enhanced campus engagement. They included new and expanded clubs and organizations; faculty/staff/student university-sponsored activities; orientation and orientation courses; learning communities; service-learning; and so on. The four institutions profiled herein are Alcorn State University, California State University-Monterey Bay, Claflin University, and Morris College.