2004 Southwest Press Release Archive

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Press Release Archive

December 2004

• Saluqis Win Kennedy-King Tournament In Chicago (December 21, 2004)
• Southwest Hosts Lady Saluqis Classic (December 21, 2004)
• Assisi Foundation grants Southwest $100,000 for Nursing and Biotechnology Facility (December 21, 2004)
• Southwest Honors Academy Sends Student To "Scholar Lauareate" Leadership Seminar (December 17, 2004)
• Saluqis To Play In Willie Little Classic In Chicago (December 15, 2004)
• Sails Inducted into Memphis Amateur Sports Hall of Fame (December 13, 2004)
• Southwest Basketball Teams Sweep Hiwassee (December 13, 2004)
• Southwest Sweeps Cleveland State (December 6, 2004)

November 2004

• Lady Saluqis Defeat Spartanburg Methodist, Lose To Georgia Perimeter In Tournament (November 29, 2004)
• Southwest Basketball Teams Swept In Weekend Games (November 22, 2004)
• Dance Works Holiday Extravaganza Encompasses a Gamut of Ballet Tales December 10 (November 12, 2004)
• Southwest Basketball Teams Open Conference Play This Weekend (November 11, 2004)
• TVA Grant Will Fund Upgrade of Mechanical Engineering Technologies Program at Southwest (November 9, 2004)
• Landmark Free Recital Will Feature Pioneering Piano Ensemble (November 9, 2004)
• Southwest Hosts Nationally-Ranked Northwest Mississippi (November 8, 2004)
• Southwest Basketball Teams Host Carl Albert and Kennedy-King in Regular Season Home Opener (November 5, 2004)
• Southwest Women Win, Men Lose to Alumni in Exhibition Games (November 1, 2004)

October 2004

• Southwest Basketball Teams Open Regular Season at Coahoma (October 29, 2004)
• TVA Honors Southwest with Grant for Mechanical Engineering Technology Program (October 29, 2004)
• Southwest to Present Memphis City Schools with Software Licenses to Encourage Internet Learning (October 22, 2004)
• Southwest Basketball Teams Open Season with Alumni Game (October 21, 2004)
• Southwest's "Just In Time Education" Sends High-Skill Workers to High Tech Companies (October 14, 2004)
• New partnership offers technical scholarships to high school students (October 14, 2004)
• "Taking Early Steps to College" Walk-A-Thon sponsored by Southwest (October 13, 2004)
• Southwest Softball Team Wins Four Games Last Week (October 11, 2004)
• Southwest Exchange Student Is Seeing and Eating Everything American She Can in One Year (October 8, 2004)
• Memphis Area Exchange Clubs hold student award luncheon at Southwest (October 7, 2004)
• Southwest Baseball Team to Participate in Nostalgia Man Classic (October 5, 2004)

September 2004

• Southwest Softball Team Defeats Mid-Continent (September 28, 2004)
• Southwest Baseball Team Defeats Vol State (September 28, 2004)
• Southwest Cheer Squad Selected (September 27, 2004)
• Southwest Names New Board Members to Foundation (September 21, 2004)
• Southwest Softball Team Defeats Northeast Mississippi (September 20, 2004)
• Saluqi's Baseball Team Wins Two games in the Southwest (September 20, 2004)
• Southwest Releases 2004-2005 Basketball Schedule (September 20, 2004)
• Southwest to Hold Cheerleading Tryouts (September 17, 2004)
• Southwest Piano Student Is Fast-Tracking To The Top By Way Of Mid-South Fair Competition (September 15, 2004)
• Lady Saluqis Softball Team Defeats Motlow State (September 13, 2004)
• Saluqis Baseball Team Hosts Fall Showcase (September 9, 2004)
• Private Investment In Homeland Security Does More Than Block Terror Attacks (September 9, 2004)
• Southwest's Credit Schedule Takes On A New High Tech Look For Spring 2005 Semester (September 7, 2004)
• Southwest and Georgia Tech Become Partners -- Training Partnership brings Premier Safety Training to Mid-South (September 7, 2004)
• Southwest Begins Second Season at Appling Complex (September 3, 2004)

August 2004

• Southwest's Professional Re-entry Education Program to hold orientation and workshops (August 27, 2004)
• Saluqis Softball Team Opens Fall Season (August 26, 2004)
• Saluqis Baseball Team Opens Fall Season (August 26, 2004)
• Southwest Baseball Team Signs Bennett (August 17, 2004)
• Future Miss America May Be Thanking Southwest's Dr. Steve Katz (August 17, 2004)
• Green Grows Their Garden With Two-Foot Cukes And 15-Pound Cabbages As Southwest Profs Revive A Greenhouse (August 11, 2004)
• Southwest's Gill Center taking novel approach to Fall registration in 2004 (August 11, 2004)
• Southwest Athletics Receive TJCCAA Academic Awards (August 2, 2004)
• Southwest Basketball Team Signs Four (August 5, 2004)
• Saluqi Basketball Players Sign With Four-Year Schools (August 5, 2004)

July 2004

• Germantown Resident Wins Longest Drive Competition (July 19, 2004)
• Former High School All-American Brendan Murphy Transferring To Southwest (July 16, 2004)
• Akin Signs with Saluqis' Baseball Team (July 14, 2004)
• Drive to Hawaii!!!!!!!!! Southwest Alumni Association to Hold Long Drive Fundraiser (July 8, 2004)
• Perfect Storm blowing up in the Studio: Southwest and Amro Music Stores Plan Concert Fund-Raiser to Build Endowment for Piano Excellence Scholarships (July 8, 2004)

June 2004

• Bright Named To All-Region Softball Team (June 28, 2004)
• Burleson Signs With Saluqis Baseball Team (June 24, 2004)
• Dancing with Distinction on the World Stage (June 24, 2004)
• Horn Lake Standouts Ink with Saluqis Baseball Team (June 22, 2004)
• Southwest Softball Team Signs Three To Letters Of Intent (June 15, 2004)
• Southwest's Computer Course Opens A World Of Possibilities For 50 Plus Crowd (June 14, 2004)
• Finney Signs with Southwest Baseball Team (June 14, 2004)
• Lady Saluqis Sign With Four-Year Colleges (June 10, 2004)
• Milan Standout Signs With Saluqis (June 10, 2004)
• Southwest offers imagination in motion: A CHANCE TO DANCE...PERHAPS TO FLY! (June 9, 2004)
• Smith First Saluqi To Be Named All-American in Baseball (June 4, 2004)
• Simman Heightens Training For Southwest's EMT Students (June 4, 2004)
• Southwest's Professional Re-entry Education Program to hold orientation and workshops (June 4, 2004)

May 2004

• Southwest To Produce "God's Favorite" At Union Avenue Campus Theater (May 24, 2004)
• Saluqis Baseball Team Has Record-Setting Season (May 24, 2004)
• Southwest/Memphis In May Business Conference Sets Local Sights On South Africa (May 19, 2004)
• Southwest Baseball To Play Middle Georgia In District (May 18, 2004)
• Southwest Baseball Team To Face Columbia State In first Round Of TJCCAA/REGION (May 7, 2004)
• Southwest Nurses Will Be Pinned At Ceremony On Friday (May 4, 2004)
• Southwest's Ligon Signs With Union University (May 3, 2004)

April 2004

• The Commercial Appeal Editor Will Be Commencement Speaker to 1,061 Southwest Graduates At May Ceremony (April 30, 2004)
• Southwest to honor Bornblum Brothers with TBR Chancellor's Award for Excellence in Philanthropy (April 26, 2004)
• Buford Named TJCCAA Pitcher Of The Week (April 21, 2004)
• Summer Registration Begins At Southwest (April 16, 2004)
• Southwest Kiddies Get Ready to "Shape and Bake" (April 2, 2004)
• Southwest Students Produce CD To Raise Awareness Of Music Program (April 1, 2004)

March 2004

• Gill Center At Southwest Celebrates 20th Anniversary (March 29, 2004)
• Southwest To Host Two Blood Drives During National Health Week (March 25, 2004)
• Saluqis Wins Four Games Last Week (March 22, 2004)
• Southwest Softball Team Splits with Itawamba, Loses to Columbia State in Conference Opener (March 22, 2004)
• Southwest Softball Team Opens Conference Play Saturday (March 18, 2004)
• Sails to be Inducted into National Junior College Basketball Hall of Fame (March 15, 2004)
• Southwest Baseball Team Sweeps Roane State (March 15, 2004)
• Southwest Softball Team Sweeps Coahoma in Doubleheader (March 15, 2004)
• Southwest Basketball Players Honored (March 15, 2004)
• Southwest Women Finish Season as Region Runnerup (March 8, 2004)
• Saluqi Men End Season in Region Quarterfinals (March 8, 2004)
• Saluqis Baseball Team Takes Two From Motlow (March 8, 2004)
• Southwest Basketball Teams To Compete in Region VII Tournament (March 1, 2004)
• Saluqis Baseball Team Wins One of Three Against Jackson State (March 1, 2004)
• Southwest Softball Team Wins Season Opener (March 1, 2004)

February 2004

• Lady Saluqis Softballl Opens Season (February 23, 2004)
• Saluqis Baseball Team Loses Season Opener to Bevill State (February 16, 2004)
• Dover Leads Saluqis Over Columbia, Lady Saluqis Defeat Jackson State (February 16, 2004)
• Author Richard Wright is Subject of Southwest Lunchtime Lecture Series (February 11, 2004)
• Southwest Opens 2004 Baseball Season (February 10, 2004)
• Hill Leads Lady Saluqis Past Vol State (February 9, 2004)
• Southwest Athletic Director To Be Inducted into Junior College Hall of Fame (February 9, 2004)
• Southwest Opens 2004 Baseball Season (February 9, 2004)
• Southwest Brown Bag Luncheon Series Continues with Presentation on Wright (February 9, 2004)
• Southwest Community Relations and Marketing Department wins national advertising awards (February 2, 2004)
• Nolen Leads Saluqis to Two Wins (February 2, 2004)

January 2004

• Nolen Leads Saluqis Past 17th-Ranked Jackson State (January 30, 2004)
• Southwest Schedules Free Spring Career/Education Counseling Program (January 30, 2004)
• Southwest Sweeps Dyersburg;Lady Saluqis Win Third Straight (January 22, 2004)
• Sails Honored at Halftime of Grizzlies Games (January 21, 2004)
• Thirteen Selected for Second Annual Southwest Saluqis Hall of Fame (January 19, 2004)
• Thirteen Selected for Second Annual Southwest Saluqis Hall of Fame (January 13, 2004)
• Spring Registration will be January 8 and 9 at Southwest (January 6, 2004)