Stefanie West accepted the position of assistant director for the CSCC Athens Center
Stefanie West was hired as the new assistant director for the Cleveland State Athens Center.
Prior to accepting the position at Cleveland State, the McMinn County native was employed with Tennessee Wesleyan College since 2007 where she served as the associate director of Enrollment Services for the ME Degree Evening Program and her most recent role, as the director of Admissions for Evening and Professional Studies.
While at TWC, Ms. West’s responsibilities included meeting or exceeding enrollment goals for the Athens and Cleveland evening programs, creating and executing a strategic plan for recruiting efforts, organizing events, advising new students and assisting in retention for applicants to the Athens and Cleveland sites. She was also responsible for supervising admissions counselors including hiring, conducting annual performance evaluations, assessing training needs, conducting monthly departmental staff meetings, managing a program budget, and preparing department reports for the Board of Trustees.
Ms. West said, “I am loving it at Cleveland State! When I worked for TWC, I spent at much time on CSCC’s campus as I did at TWC. The CSCC faculty and staff have always made me feel welcome and at home, so my transition has been easy and natural.”
“We are very excited to have Stefanie with us at Cleveland State,” stated Patty Weaver, director of Off Campus Sites. “She comes to us with a tremendous amount of knowledge and experience in the areas of recruitment, admissions, students services and financial aid.”
Ms. West said after reading the CSCC 2020 Community First Plan, CSCC’s new strategic plan, she became excited about the future at CSCC. “The team at the Athens Center is energized to achieve growth and expansion in the northern hub of our service area. I am thankful to be a part of this team, and I hope to make significant contributions to those efforts by taking a proactive approach to tightening the bond between the main campus and off-campus sites and maintain strong communications of special events and activities for our students.”
Ms. West said although she has many goals for her new role, she is especially looking forward to administering a student survey to access what programs or curricula are in demand to maximize enrollment, retention and graduation rates. “Providing excellent service and extraordinary academics as we engage our students at the off-campus learning centers is a priority.”
Ms. West received her bachelor of science degree in business administration with emphases in human resource management and CIS from TWC and will complete her master of business administration in August of 2016, also from TWC.