International and first-generation college students at NKU are inaugural recipients of scholarship named for first Northern Kentucky Tri-ED president

Three Northern Kentucky University students received funding this academic year from the James F. West, Jr. Economic Development Scholarship, named for the first president of the Northern Kentucky Tri-County Economic Development Corporation (now BE NKY Growth Partnership).

Jim spent 35 years working in economic development and association management in Columbus, Georgia, Northern Kentucky, and Augusta, Georgia. During his 11 years serving as president of Tri-ED, starting in 1987, Jim led the strategy to establish a regional economic development organization, and attracted major companies and a significant number of new jobs to Northern Kentucky.

Click here to learn more about Jim’s career and the three NKU students who received the scholarship.