News From Southwest


Southwest Tennessee Saluqis Basketball Roundup: Saluqis Basketball: December 3, 2018

The Southwest men's basketball team improved its record to 6-3 overall and 3-1 in the TCCAA with wins over Walters State and Roane State over the weekend at the Verties Sails Gymnasium.

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Saluqis Basketball Roundup: Saluqis vs. Holmes C.C.

Takya Bennett scored a career-high 31 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and Tamia Curry nearly had a quadruple-double to lead the Southwest women's basketball team to a 68-58 overtime victory over Holmes Community College last night at the Verties Sails...

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November 21, 2018 - LaunchCode makes its debut in Tennessee at Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis

Launch Tennessee (LaunchTN) announced today its new partnership with , the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and Southwest Tennessee Community College to bring LaunchCode’s LC101 free computer programming course to Tennessee for the first...

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Governor-elect Lee focuses on training for tech education, careers

There’s a renewed focus from Tennessee’s new governor training Memphians in the career and technical field.

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Southwest extends MTSU Promise to its students

Middle Tennessee State University signed an agreement Tuesday (Nov. 6) to extend the MTSU Promise to Southwest Tennessee Community College, the third such pathway established for students with associate degrees to move seamlessly to the four-year...

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Community college now offering program for funeral services

Doing business with the dead is the goal of a new program at Southwest Tennessee Community College in funeral services.

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Dew Voted Offensive Player of the Year, Four Named All-TCCAA

Sophomore Caitlan Dew, who led the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) in goals and points this season, was named the TCCAA Offensive Player of the Year in a vote by the coaches. Sophomore goalkeeper Taylor Savage, freshman defender...

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Southwest To Host Inaugural TCCAA Soccer Tournament

Southwest Tennessee Community College has been chosen as the host institution for the inaugural Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) soccer tournament, to be held October 25-26 at St. George’s Independent School in Collierville....

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Southwest Tennessee Community College to Launch First Publically-Funded Funeral Service Program in Tennessee

For Mid-South individuals interested in pursuing a career as a funeral services director or embalmer in Tennessee, the nearest drive to obtain an associate degree is in Nashville. That changes January 2019 with the launch of the first publically-funded...

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Area Colleges and Businesses Announce January 2019 Launch of Construction Apprenticeship Program

Thousands of skilled labor jobs go unfilled in Memphis every day. Presidents from Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Memphis (TCAT-Memphis), Southwest Tennessee Community College, and The MMBC Continuum announced earlier today a joint venture...

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