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. Tony Bourne
Vice President for Enrollment Management
Phone: 901.678.3471
E-mail: vp_enrollment@memphis.edu 
Office: 200 Wilder Tower

Tony most recently served as the Vice President for Enrollment Management and Marketing at Heidelberg University where he oversaw admissions, marketing, financial aid and the development of one-stop services. Prior to Heidelberg, Tony was with Rhodes State College where he was Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs overseeing admissions, advising and financial aid and at Wright State University moving through admissions and academic positions culminating in the role as Director of Enrollment Management for the College of Engineering. Tony has focused his work in enrollment management on student success, retention and graduation as well as improving the operations and finances of institutions through optimizing student enrollment profiles.

Tony earned his PhD in Engineering focusing in cognitive systems from Wright State University. His research interests were in student success, curricular intervention and innovation and how those areas impact student enrollment and university success. He has an MPA from Walden University and earned his BA in Economics from Wright State University. He also earned a certificate of leadership in enrollment management from the University of Southern California and a certificate in Digital Marketing Analytics from the MIT Sloan School of Executive Education.

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.

Kenya Sanders
Associate Director for Strategic 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.  Nearly eighteen years of working in higher education, Kenya's experience and years of knowledge has afforded her the opportunity to provide budgetary leadership and executive support for Strategic Enrollment Management. She currently serves as the Associate Director for Strategic Enrollment Management Administration for the Strategic Enrollment Management Vice President's Office and the Enrollment Management Division.

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.

Adam Johnson
Assistant Director for Recruitment and Strategic Enrollment Management-Lambuth Campus
Phone: 901.678.1964
E-mail: ljhnsn35@memphis.edu
Office: 705 Lambuth Blvd, Jackson, TN

Adam has worked in higher education for the past decade, starting out as an admissions counselor at UT Martin in the fall of 2008. Adam joined the University of Memphis to coordinate recruitment efforts at the UofM Lambuth Campus in 2013. Adam has a great passion for higher education and strives to make the transition easy for students and parents as they enter college. Adam values the many relationships that he is able to develop with students, guidance counselors, and other people in the Admissions field.

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.