Achievers

West Nominated for Distinguished Athena Award
Dr. Susan West, Vice President for Presidential Affairs at Belmont University, was nominated for the distinguished Athena Award, an honor given to one Nashville woman each year for their extraordinary accomplishments. The Athena Award honors those women who have attained and personify the highest level of excellence within family, vocation and community service. West was nominated by Women in Higher Education in Tennessee (WHET).
Pictured here, Dr. West with husband, John, daughter, Shandra, sisterfriends, Gina Brown and Kyshia Carey, and Belmont staff members Angie Bryant and LaKiesha Armstrong.
The 17th Annual Athena Awards was held Thursday, March 29, 2007, at the Parthenon in Nashville, and is held in March each year in honor of women’s history month.
Raines to Appear on Nashville Business This Week
Dr. Pat Raines, Dean of the College of Business, will appear on Nashville Business This Week, a weekly television show with the Nashville Business Journal and WTVF News Channel 5. He will discuss the impact of the inverted yield guide on community banks. Tune in to News Channel 5+ at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, March 30, 7 p.m. on Saturday, March 31 and 9:30 a.m. on Sunday, April 1.
Belmont Student Awarded by NIRSA
Belmont student, Caroline Cox, will receive the Star Trac NIRSA Region 2 Student Excellence Award at the NIRSA annual conference in Minneapolis next month. This is the highest award Region 2 bestows upon students for their engagement in recreational sports. The award was created in 2006 to recognize top undergraduate and graduate students who are participants of and/or employed in their respective campus recreational sports program. This award gives the professional members of Region 2 an opportunity to honor outstanding student leaders. In addition to the award, Caroline will receive a grant in the amount of $200.00 for travel expenses to the conference.