News From Southwest
Southwest Tennessee Community College Basketball Schedules Released
Southwest Women’s and Men's Basketball teams have released their schedules for the 2012-2013 season. They include 18 women’s and men’s TCCAA doubleheaders, with nine of those at the Verties Sails Gymnasium on the college’s Union Avenue Campus...
Southwest Tennessee Community College Receives $100,000 Grant from the City of Memphis Division of Housing and Community Development
Southwest Tennessee Community College is pleased to announce that it has been awarded a $100,000 grant from the Division of Housing and Community Development for the City of Memphis through its Neighborhood Development Grant program.
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Former Saluqis player Benjamin Rhodes is beginning his first season as Southwest's Athletic Director and Head Men's Basketball Coach. In 19 seasons since his hiring as an assistant coach to Verties Sails Jr. in 1993, the Saluqis compiled a 365-165...
TNCPE Recognizes High Performing Organizations Committed to Organizational Excellence and Continuous Improvement
Donald C. Fisher, Ph.D., executive director of the MSQPC – Mid-South Quality Productivity Center, a partnership between Southwest Tennessee Community College and the Greater Memphis Chamber, has been appointed to the Tennessee Center for Performance...
Southwest Tennessee Community College Entering Students to be Surveyed on College Experience
[Memphis, TN]—What constitutes quality in the community college experience? Research shows that for many groups of students, the more actively engaged they are, the more likely they are to learn, to persist with their studies, and to attain their...
Southwest Softball Announces Signing Class
The Southwest softball program has announced the signing of eight student-athletes to NJCAA National Letters of Intent. They will enroll at Southwest in the fall of 2012.
Veterans Retraining Assistance Program Benefits Available at Southwest Tennessee Community College
Congress passed, and the President has signed into law, the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. The Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 provides seamless transition for servicemembers, expands education and training opportunities...
Southwest Tennessee Community College Delivers a Highly Effective Solution to the Industrial Skills Shortage in the Memphis Market
Southwest Tennessee Community College has collaborated with Scientific Management Techniques (SMT), Inc., local manufacturers, and the Tennessee Career Center to deliver customized industrial skills training designed to solve the industrial skills...
End of an Era:
Legendary Southwest Men’s Basketball Coach and Athletic Director Verties Sails Jr. will retire effective June 30, 2012, ending a 33-year coaching career at the college in which he led the Saluqis to a 709-276 record, 16 Tennessee Community College...
Southwest Students Explore Genomics and Biomanufacturing in France
Southwest’s International Studies - Study Abroad Program flew a team of eight BIOT 2990 students and faculty to Paris, France recently for a study-abroad project that included tours and lectures at Universite D’Evry-Val-D’Essonne (Evry) and...