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
Southwest shakes it out for national earthquake drill
On October 19, Southwest Tennessee Community College participated in the Great Central
U. S. Shake Out, the region’s largest earthquake drill ever! All colleges and universities
were encouraged to participate.
When an earthquake hits, seconds count if lives are to be saved. This was our chance to practice and demonstrate how prepared we are to protect ourselves,
Southwest Police Services Director Lezley A. Webb said. The goal of the drill was to prevent a major earthquake from becoming a catastrophe
for the college community. To respond quickly, it takes practice, practice, practice.
The drill began promptly at 10:19 a.m. with 1,845 participants at all campus locations,
including the child care facilities and Southwest Early College High School (SECHS).
Everyone did a great job of dropping to the floor or ground, covering their heads
and holding on to a table or desk until 10:22 a.m. when the drill was concluded,
Webb said. Even Tennessee Board of Regents officials who were visiting for a meeting
in the Nursing, Natural Science & Biotechnology Building on the Union Avenue campus
participated. We had a very successful drill and full participation at all of Southwest Tennessee
Community College locations,
Webb said.
Webb says the key to the successful drill was teamwork and that Police Services/Public
Safety department could not have pulled the drill off without the invaluable contributions
of Southwest Emergency Response Team (SERT) members like Computer Laboratory Technician
Brian Stuckey. Stuckey’s creativity and tech know-how helped the College navigate
the large-scale drill. Since this was a college-wide drill, we didn’t have enough police radios to successfully
communicate with everyone on the SERT team,
Webb said. Brian had the creative idea for the team to download the free Zello Walkie Talkie
App.
Webb used the app to create the STCC SERT channel that members were able to access
as a group, allowing the entire team to communicate in real time over the airwaves.
Kudos to the Southwest SERT members and the entire campus for a job well done!
![Genie Younger’s Anatomy and Physiology class does an excellent job of responding to the Shake Out Drill.](images/shakeout1.jpg)
Genie Younger’s Anatomy and Physiology class does an excellent job of responding to the Shake Out Drill.
![Students in the Nursing, Natural Science & Biotechnology Building seek refuge under their workstations during the Shake Out Drill.](images/shakeout2.jpg)
Students in the Nursing, Natural Science & Biotechnology Building seek refuge under their workstations during the Shake Out Drill.
![Union Campus Child Care SERT Members help children take cover.](images/shakeout3.jpg)
Union Campus Child Care SERT Members help children take cover.
![Southwest Early College High School Instructor ensures students are in the correct position](images/shakeout4.jpg)
Southwest Early College High School Instructor ensures students are in the correct position
![Student takes cover under his desk in a classroom at the Macon campus.](images/shakeout5.jpg)
Student takes cover under his desk in a classroom at the Macon campus.