News From Southwest
U.S. Department of Labor awards Southwest $1M to upskill Mid-Southerners for IT jobs
The United States Department of Labor awarded Southwest Tennessee Community College a $998,405 Apprenticeship: Closing the Skills grant to provide 800 apprentices with a pathway to IT careers and continued education.
Ten Colleges Earn Leader College Status for Student Success Outcomes
Ten community colleges from across the country earned Leader College status, based upon metrics intended to encourage colleges to sustain aggressive efforts that result in far greater student success and equity. The honor recognizes ATD Network colleges...
Southwest, EDGE partner to offer free hospitality training
Have you seen the number of hotels newly built and under construction all over Downtown and Midtown Memphis? The hospitality industry is booming. With national travel magazines like Trip Savvy touting Memphis as the “Best Overall Travel Destination...
Southwest’s Culinary Institute’s Chef Steven Leake awarded 2020 AACC Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty distinction
Chef Steven Leake, Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Culinary Institute Program Coordinator, has received national recognition as a recipient of the of the American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) 2020 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished...
Southwest and CodeCrew to offer software developer bootcamp beginning Feb. 3; applications open now until Jan. 17
CodeCrew and Southwest Workforce & Community Solutions have partnered to offer a six-month, 40-hour per week, software developer bootcamp beginning Feb. 3 at Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Union Avenue Campus, 737 Union Ave., Memphis,...
Southwest to host holiday open house at Millington Center Nov. 26
Southwest Tennessee Community College will host a Holiday Open House at its Millington Center, 4-6 p.m., Nov. 26, at 6500 Navy Road in Millington, Tennessee, inside the University of Memphis Millington Center. Visitors will meet college leadership,...
Southwest Women’s Soccer to Take on Columbia State in TCCAA Tourney
The Southwest women’s soccer team (8-6 overall, 4-2 in TCCAA), enters the 2019 conference tournament for the second straight season as the number two seed and will play the host school and third seed Columbia State (8-6, 3-3) at 4 p.m. on October...
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....