Neeley resource center changes staff
By John Ashley Menzies
Staff Reporter

This semester, three new faces were added to the staff of the M.J. Neeley School of Business’s Resource Center, said Bill Moncrief, senior associate dean.

Lynn Cole will serve as its new director while Aisha Torrey-Sawyer will serve as assistant director, a position that was added this summer. Linda Staller, the newly appointed academic adviser, takes the place of two previous advisers who moved elsewhere in the university.

“The players have changed, but the role and philosophy are still the same,” said Cole, who takes the place of Kim See, who left TCU in the summer to start her own business.

The NRC, located in Dan Rodgers Hall, room 130, is responsible for advising business students in their course selection, providing orientation for new students and certifying potential graduates, Cole said.

Cole said the NRC hopes to build on the tradition of excellence of the predecessors.

There are no plans currently to change anything about how the way the center is run, she said.

“It just so happened that everyone left at one time,” Moncrief said. “We just changed the people and nothing else.”

Sawyer, who came from TCU’s undergraduate admissions, said she will help advise students in their classes and make sure they have everything they need to graduate.

Staller said she has spent two years with TCU. She said she handles the application process for the business school and makes sure students are on the right track.

Students find the center helpful, especially when switching to business as a major, sophomore Melinda Coyne said.

“They are very helpful,” she said. “They explained everything I needed to know.”

The NRC also coordinates special events during the year, Cole said. Neeley Week, which is Oct. 26 to 31, is put on to help business students get involved with business clubs and other areas of the Neeley school, she said.

For more information on the NRC or special events call (817) 257-7522.

John Ashley Menzies