Southwest Tennessee Community College Scoop Newsletter
In This Issue...
- Issue Home
- Message from President Tracy D. Hall
- Welcome aboard, new team members
- Orange the new Red and Blue on Amazon Day
- Retirements: Nell Patterson, 26 years of service
- Southwest shows the money
- Compliance Carnival a hit with faculty, staff and students
- KUDOS: Shawn Boyd receives Top 40 honors
- KUDOS: Dr. Jacqueline Taylor named Lakin Fellow
- President Hall special guest at Memphis Innovate IT
- Southwest shakes it out for national earthquake drill
- Retirements: William G.
Bill
Turner Jr., 38 years of service - Spread the word about Southwest
- College launches Commit to Complete
- KUDOS: Phi Theta Kappa wins Spirit Award
- Pizza with the President
- Saluqi Athletics Corner
- Dates to Remember
KUDOS: Shawn Boyd receives Top 40 honors
![Shawn Boyd](images/shawn-boyd-small.jpg)
Southwest congratulates Shawn Boyd on his selection as a Top 40 Under 40 of Urban Elite Professional. This group celebrates young professionals and awards them for serving in the community in five areas: Outstanding Citizen, Entrepreneurship, Community Advocacy, Arts and Entertainment and Education. Shawn was nominated by peers, fraternity brothers, work colleagues, friends and former students.
He has worked as a recruiter, retention counselor and coordinator of student affairs
in higher education and now serves as Associate Director of K-12 and Community Partnerships
at Southwest. When asked about his new position Boyd says, Of all my former institutions, I love the students here the most and that Southwest
is open to all regardless of GPA or ACT scores which gives them an opportunity to
succeed.