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Southwest Tennessee Community College

Southwest’s TRIO graduates are “Upward Bound” for college

Congratulations to the Class of 2020 graduating high school seniors who participated in Southwest’s TRIO program through the U.S. Department of Education Upward Bound program. We salute your determination to stay the course and rise above your...

TBR to use multiple measures for learning support placement

In response to COVID-19, the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) is piloting the use of multiple measures for learning support placement for summer and fall 2020 semesters. This means that a student’s placement in college level courses will be based...

Southwest students and SkillsUSA advisors at the 2020 SkillsUSA Statewide Competition: Criminal Justice Club Advisor Rosalyn Rogers, criminal justice student Miesha Wiggins, forensics student Alex Workman, criminal justice student James Rhyme, forensics student Hunter Ward, forensics student Dorothy Johnson, Forensics Advisor Dr. Juliann Waits, and SkillsUSA Campus Advisor Joanitha Barnes.

Forensics and criminal justice students compete in first SkillsUSA state competition

Crime scene investigation has become a popular genre on television. For Southwest forensics students, their true-to-life drama unfolded in a contest that tested their theoretical knowledge and industry skills at the first post-secondary SkillsUSA...

Ashley Shields receives her Memphis Amateur Sports Hall of Fame plaque at the Hilton Memphis in 2018.

ALUMNI NEWS: Former Lady Saluqi Ashley Shields new Arlington High girls basketball head coach

Former All-American Lady Saluqi Ashley Shields made history in 2007 as the first-ever community college player drafted into the WNBA. She won a title with Detroit a year later and went on to enjoy a professional career in Israel, Slovokia and Poland...