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![Joanitha Barnes named recipient of Southwest’s 2022 Faculty and Staff Award](/stories/scoop/2022/06/images/jbarnes.jpg)
Joanitha Barnes named recipient of Southwest’s 2022 Faculty and Staff Award
Congratulations to Criminal Justice Studies Interim Department Chair Joanitha Barnes on her selection as the recipient of the 2022 Faculty and Staff Farris Award.
![Southwest celebrates return to tradition at Twenty-Fourth Commencement](/stories/scoop/2022/06/images/commencement.jpg)
Southwest celebrates return to tradition at Twenty-Fourth Commencement
A windy, cloudy day with a few droplets of rain did not stop the show of families, friends, faculty and staff from enjoying a momentous occasion celebrating the Class of 2022. For the second consecutive year, the College returned to the Liberty Bowl...
![Southwest’s Business and Legal Studies faculty pose during a Youngprenuers virtual session. Top Row (L-R): Dr. Robin Cole, Dr. Nathan Washington and Dr. Joan McGrory. Bottom Row (L-R): Oyama Hampton, Dr. Eddie Baker and Dr. Twyla Waters.](/stories/scoop/2022/06/images/youngprenuers.png)
Southwest inspires more than 300 Memphis Youth in Entrepreneurship
Southwest Tennessee Community College business and legal studies faculty plus the Project M.O.S.T. (Men of Southwest) Team and Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) advisors teamed up with the Memphis Office of Youth Services in a 4-week...
![Faculty, staff and parents surround Saluqi freshmen during Southwest’s inaugural National Signing Day April 14, 2022.](/stories/scoop/2022/06/images/signing-day.jpg)
Freshmen Saluqis commit to Southwest during inaugural academic National Signing Day
It’s National Signing Day! Congratulations to Marisa Guevara, Sarah Jones and Tasha Jordan on signing their letter of commitment to join the Saluqi family in fall 2022. They were the first students to participate in Southwest’s academic...