Enrollment Management

Enrollment Management includes the offices of Undergraduate Admissions, Recruitment, New Student Orientation, Financial Aid, Scholarship, and the Registrar. Our offices are located in Wilder Tower and are open Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 4:30 pm.

The office staff and the unit leadership are featured below. We are committed to offering excellence in service to our current and prospective students in an effort to support the attainment of higher education goals for our students.

Enrollment Management Administration

Dr. Brian W. Meredith
Interim Vice President for Enrollment Management
Phone: 901.678.1403
E-mail: bmeredth@memphis.edu 
Office: 200 Wilder Tower

Dr. Brian W. Meredith is a native Memphian and alum of The UofM! As a member of the University of Memphis family for over 20 years, Brian has served in various leadership roles. He began his career in higher education in 1996 with The University of Memphis Office of Student Relations (currently known as the Office of Undergraduate Admissions and Orientation). Brian has moved through many leadership opportunities within The UofM’s Enrollment Services division ranging from Transfer Recruiter, Corporate Recruiter, Associate Director of Student Recruitment and Orientation, Director of Recruitment and New Student Orientation all culminating in the Director of Admissions role. With an extensive background in enrollment management, Brian’s most recent appointment as The UofM’s Associate Dean for the Graduate School allowed him to enhance the graduate school’s strategic enrollment planning. Brian is a past recipient of the Distinguished Administrator of the Year Award.

In previous roles, he has served as an Associate Vice President for Enrollment Management where he built partnerships across the region and the globe. He utilized his creation of the International Enrollment organizational structures to support and expand enrollment management at all levels including domestic and international students. Brian is committed to the Ascend Strategic Plan which will successfully drive the UofM’s enrollment profile all the while working to ensure the Memphis brand is front and center for students and families.

Dr. Darla Keel
Assistant Vice Provost for Strategic Enrollment Management and University Registrar
Phone: 901.678.5775
E-mail: darkeel@memphis.edu 
Office: 003 Wilder Tower

Dr. Darla Keel came to the University of Memphis as an undergraduate student in 1991 and after graduating, she began her higher education career here in Institutional Research. She has worked as the Associate Registrar and Director of Technical Services and Support at Arkansas State University, the Registrar at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, and as a senior consultant for Ellucian. She was excited to have the opportunity to become the Registrar at the University of Memphis in August 2016. Dr. Keel continuously seeks ways to improve all processes through the use of technology and new approaches.

Dr. Eric M. Stokes
Assistant Vice Provost Strategic Enrollment Management
Phone: 901.678.2111
E-mail: mstokes3@memphis.edu
Office: 204 Wilder Tower

Dr. Eric Stokes is the Assistant Vice Provost Strategic Enrollment Management at the University of Memphis. He proudly joined the Tiger family in the summer of 2017. In his 14 year admissions career he has traveled nationally to recruit students, coordinated overnight visit programs, and mentored students to become college graduates, leaders, and young professionals.

Eric is an enthusiastic educator with a passion to serve his community. His mission at the UofM is to increase freshmen and transfer enrollment, while also enhancing the academic quality and diversity of the class.

Eric is a native of Knoxville, TN. He is an alumni of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga (2002) and The University of Tennessee in Knoxville (2004, 2017). His dissertation title was: The impact of non-cognitive factors on first-year GPA for university eligible students from low-performing high schools. Eric is a 2017-2019 board member of SACAC (Southern Association of College Admissions Counselors), as well as the 2015-2018 co-chair for NACAC’s (National Association of College Admissions Counselors) African American Special Interest Group.

Andrew Linn
Executive Director
Phone: 901.678.4825
E-mail: ablinn@memphis.edu
Office: 103 Wilder Tower

Andrew Linn began his career in higher education administration in 2006 before moving to the Student Financial Aid Office in 2009. He has held leadership positions in scholarship administration, customer service, and financial aid operations at several public four-year universities. He enjoys the extraordinary comradery within the financial aid profession and working with colleagues across the campus to better serve University of Memphis students. In addition to his service at the University of Memphis as Executive Director of Student Financial Aid and Scholarships, Andrew is a peer reviewer for the National Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ (NASFAA) Standards of Excellence program and has served on the Tennessee Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators’ (TASFAA) Executive Board. Andrew holds professional credentials in the following areas: Administrative Capability, Application Process, Campus-Based Programs, Consumer Information, Cost of Attendance, Direct Loans, Professional Judgment, Student Eligibility, Verification, and Return of Title IV Funds.

Kenya Sanders
Director Enrollment Management Administration
Phone: 901.678.1375
E-mail: klsander@memphis.edu
Office: 200 Wilder Tower

Kenya Sanders started her career at the University of Memphis in 2006.  For nearly nineteen years of working in higher education, Kenya's career has afforded her the opportunity to work in the Office of the Provost as well as having the privilege of supporting numerous of Vice Provosts through the years. In her current role as Director of  Enrollment Management Administration, Kenya provides budgetary leadership guidance and executive support for the entire Enrollment Management Division and the Office of the Vice President for Enrollment Management. She enjoys the culture of collaborating with fellow colleagues and communicating with staff, students and others.  

Courtney Orians
Associate Director for Dual Enrollment and Special Programs
Phone: 901.678.3995
E-mail: cckelly@memphis.edu
Office: 200 Wilder Tower

Courtney Orians has over twelve years of combined experience in secondary and higher education that includes dual enrollment course design and six years of experience teaching Business Technology, dual enrollment courses for a public school system. Currently, Courtney serves as the Associate Director of Admissions for Dual Enrollment & Special Enrollment Programs. Other work that Courtney has enjoyed while at the U of M include External Activities Coordinator for the Center for Innovative Teaching & Learning, adjunct instructor for University College, Program Coordinator and Instructional Designer for the Adult and Higher Education program under the Department of Leadership.

Assistant Director for Recruitment and Strategic Enrollment Management-Lambuth Campus
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Office: 705 Lambuth Blvd, Jackson, TN

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Britney McGhee-Walls
Assistant Director, Strategic Engagement and Communication
Phone: 901.678.3983
E-mail: bmcghee2@memphis.edu
Office: 200 Wilder Tower

Britney Walls graduated from the University of Memphis in 2017 with a Bachelor of Arts in Journalism and concentration in Public Relations.  After graduation, she began to build her career in communications, working for notable organizations across the city of Memphis.  She built relationships with key stakeholders to increase funds and program attendance at ALSAC St. Jude Children's Research Hospital and led a donor relations and communications team through a pandemic with a donor management revitalization project and website redesign at the Mid-South Food Bank. Most recently, she helped build the enrollment of the new Medical District High School and improve retention rates of College, Career, and Technical Education programs within Memphis-Shelby County Schools.

Britney rejoined the University of Memphis as the Assistant Director of Strategic Engagement and Communication in June 2021.  With years of communication and recruitment experience, Britney hopes to improve communication strategies to increase the enrollment and retention of undergraduate students.