Once a nervous freshman, now a guiding voice: Trevecca honors Lena Welch
Jasmin Enriquez Martinez
Features Editor
Far away from her Arkansas home, a shy Trevecca freshman, Lena Hegi, sat in the Tennessee Hall lobby, nervous for her first day of college, praying for someone to befriend her.
Four decades later, Lena Hegi Welch helps students find their sense of belonging on campus.
“I knew one person on campus. I was terrified, very introverted,” said Welch, dean of the school of arts and social sciences.
After 37 years as a professor and administrator at Trevecca, Welch received this year’s TNU Generation Impact Award. Current or former Trevecca employees who worked for more than three decades qualify for the award, according to the Treveccan.
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