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Welcome to the Southwest Tennessee Community College newsroom. Here you can access official Southwest press releases, news articles and publications.
Southwest Tennessee Community College awarded $2.1M grant to close academic achievement gaps between White students and students of color
The Strengthening Institutions Program (SIP) recently announced Southwest Tennessee Community College has been awarded a federal Title III grant of more than $2.1 million to foster equity and inclusion and student success through IDEAS—Inclusive...
Live Off Beale jazz concert featuring gospel and pop music to benefit Southwest music program
Southwest Tennessee Community College will debut Memphis’ new choral ensemble, Memphis Community Voices, at Live Off Beale, a musical benefit for Southwest music students, 7-8:30 p.m., Sept. 26, at Southwest’s Union Avenue Campus Theatre, 737...
Southwest officially opens new Somerville location with ribbon cutting
The Fayette County community came out in force Tuesday to celebrate the grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony for Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Somerville Site located within The University of Tennessee at Martin Somerville Center....
Southwest to Host Grand Opening Celebration of Somerville Site Aug. 13
Southwest Tennessee Community College will host an official Ribbon Cutting & Open House for its newest location at the University of Tennessee at Martin in Somerville, Tennessee, 4- 6 p.m., August 13, at 214 Lakeview Road in Somerville.
Southwest Appoints Roger Ogden as Director of Athletics
Southwest Tennessee Community College has appointed Roger Ogden as its new director of athletics, taking over for executive assistant to the president for government relations, Sherman Greer, the departing director of athletics who held the position...
White House-Appointed Official Visits Memphis to Aid Small Business Owners
Aspiring and emerging small business owners are invited to meet Regional Administrator for the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Ashley Bell and learn about free help and certifications available through SBA and its largest funded program,...
Greater Memphis Medical Device Council Offers Local Training Sessions for Medical Device Companies
A room full of 27 engineers from three major area medical device companies assembled at the Greater Memphis Medical Device Council (GMMDC) headquarters in Bartlett, June 27 - 28, for a two-day Root Cause Analysis (RCA) workshop that offered a systematic...
Tennessee’s First-ever LaunchCode Class Set to Graduate Coders July 24 at Southwest Tennessee Community College
When LaunchCode and Southwest Tennessee Community College announced this past February they were teaming up to teach Memphians how to code for free, more than 900 residents signed up to take the aptitude test. More than 200 were enrolled in the groundbreaking...
Southwest President appointed to American Association of Community Colleges’ Commission on Economic and Workforce Development
The board of directors of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) has appointed Southwest Tennessee Community College (Southwest) President Dr. Tracy D. Hall to the Commission on Economic Workforce Development. Hall’s three-year...
Nine Southwest Student-Athletes Honored as Academic All-Americans
A total of nine Southwest student-athletes have been honored by the National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) for their outstanding work in the classroom. Freshman Sarah McKinley from the women’s soccer team was named first team NJCAA...
Media Contacts
Diana Fedinec
Director of Public Relations and Media
901-333-4247 or 901-482-2939
dfedinec@southwest.tn.edu
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