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Welcome to the Southwest Tennessee Community College newsroom. Here you can access official Southwest press releases, news articles and publications.
Health Department lifts mask mandate May 15; Southwest ends health assessment requirement May 31
Southwest Tennessee Community College will no longer require campus visitors to take an online health assessment beginning June 1. The requirement ends two weeks after May 15 when the Shelby County Health Department Health Directive No. 21 relaxed...
Dawson Simmons Voted to the All-TCCAA West Division Baseball Team
Outfielder Dawson Simmons, who led the Southwest baseball team with a .386 batting average, was named to the All-TCCAA West Division Team. Simmons also led the Saluqis with 32 hits, nine doubles, 22 runs batted in and a .554 slugging average and...
Brandon Mason Named NJCAA Honorable Mention All-American
Brandon Mason, who helped lead the Southwest men’s basketball team to the Region VII Championship and a berth in the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division 1 National Tournament, has been named honorable mention All-American...
Southwest Tennessee Community College to hold 21st commencement at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium May 1
Southwest Tennessee Community College President Dr. Tracy D. Hall will confer more than 1,500 associate degrees and certificates to graduates at the College’s 21st commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 1, 2021 at the Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium...
Southwest to open second Covid-19 vaccination site at Gill Center
Southwest Tennessee Community College will open its second COVID-19 vaccination site at the Gill Center, 3833 Mountain Terrace in Memphis, April 20, 2021. The new site is a partnership with the state of Tennessee Health Department, Shelby County...
Southwest leaders announce full return to campus this Fall
Southwest Tennessee Community College officials announced during a virtual Town Hall Forum for faculty and staff yesterday a full return to campus this Fall. After 13 months of primarily remote learning, officials said the College’s Back to Campus...
Southwest Tennessee Community College announces return to campus for Fall 2021
Southwest Tennessee Community College officials announced during a virtual Town Hall Forum for faculty and staff yesterday a full return to campus this Fall. After 13 months of primarily remote learning, officials said the College’s Back to Campus...
Southwest Tennessee Community College Men’s Basketball Team to Take on Coffeyville in NJCAA National Tournament
The bracket for the 2021 NJCAA Division 1 Men’s National Basketball Tournament was announced on Sunday with 23rd-seed Southwest Tennessee Community College (11-4) taking on 10th-seed Coffeyville Community College (22-3) in a first- round game at...
Room 214 in Macon Cove Campus Fulton Building closed for sanitation; Reopens April 7
Southwest Tennessee Community College has closed Room 214 in the Fulton Building on the Macon Cove Campus for sanitation following a reported case of COVID-19. The classroom reopens Wednesday, April 7 at 8 a.m. The room was identified as visited...
Tennessee Board of Regents selects Southwest Tennessee Community College police director for statewide recognition
The Tennessee Board of Regents has named Southwest Tennessee Community College Director of Police Services and Public Safety, L. Angela Webb, Staff Member of the Year. Webb received the recognition during the College System of Tennessee’s virtual...
Media Contacts
Diana Fedinec
Director of Public Relations and Media
901-333-4247 or 901-482-2939
dfedinec@southwest.tn.edu