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A&M-Commerce Bridge Builders recognized

By Bill Oliver

Commerce, TX –

Click on the mp3 icon to hear comments from Dr. Roy Rhodes, the keynote speaker at the Bridge Builder's luncheon at Texas A&M University-Commerce.

Over half the more than 800 employees at Texas A&M University-Commerce financially support the school. Each year, they are recognized at the Bridge Builder's luncheon.

Thanks were given by Dr. Keith McFarland, A&M-Commerce President and CEO, Mick Trusty, Chairman of the Alumni Association, Sylvia Kelley, A&M-Commerce Vice President for Institutional Advancement, and Alicia Wittkopf, A&M-Commerce Coordinator for Planned Giving.

The keynote speaker, Dr. Roy Rhodes, grew up in the cotton fields south of Royse City. Rhodes earned two degrees from A&M-Commerce before launching his career as an educator and for 25 years was a psychotherapist and consultant to the oil and gas industry.