News From Southwest
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...
Three Southwest Softball Players Named All-TCCAA
Sophomore Hannah Finley and freshmen Jennie Bryant and MaKayla Pugh were each selected first team All-TCCAA softball in a vote by the conference’s coaches. It’s the first time in the program’s history that multiple Southwest softball players...
Southwest Baseball To Take On Volunteer State State In Play-In
The Southwest baseball team will take on Volunteer State in a TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament Play-In game at noon on Sunday, May 5 at Columbia State’s Dave Hall Field in Columbia, Tennessee. The winner will advance to the eight-team double-elimination...
Southwest Softball To Take On Cleveland State State In Play-In
The Southwest softball team will take on Cleveland State in a TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament Play-In game at 12:30 p.m. Sunday, May 5 at Columbia State’s Eddie Campbell Field in Columbia, Tennessee. The winner will advance to the eight-team...