Southwest Tennessee Community College Scoop Newsletter
In This Issue...
- Message from President
- Tennessee Reconnect gains momentum with information sessions
- Technologies sponors Engineering Week
- Phi Theta Kappa students earn top awards at state convention
- Tennessee Small Business Development Center celebrates banner year at SBDC Day
- RETIREMENT: Yolanda Smith, Payroll Director
- Welcome aboard, new team members
- Final curtain
- Nicholas Howze promoted to Financial Aid associate director
- STUDENT KUDOS: Joey Brock chosen to represent Phi Theta Kappa International
- Public Safety officers now CIT certified
- Child Care is affordable at Southwest
- FACULTY KUDOS: Dr. Steve Katz, recieves the Steinway Award
- SPECIAL TO SCOOP: My American Dream by Hammam Alomari
- 2018 Faculty and Staff Awards
- Southwest goes to the dogs with Stress Free Zone event
- Title VI training is due May 16
- Saluqi Success Pathway welcomes two new coaches
- Don’t miss Summer Institute 2018
- Dates to Remember
Tennessee Small Business Development Center celebrates banner year at SBDC Day
More than 120 business and community leaders, area small business owners and elected officials assembled March 21 at the Whitehaven Center to celebrate National SBDC Day with the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSDBC). The event also marked the return of Google's Get Your Business Online program to Memphis.
![SBDC Day - Capacity crowd of business owners celebrate small business development and learn valuable tips during SBDC Day at the Whitehaven Center.](../../images/images/sbdc-small.jpg)
Capacity crowd of business owners celebrate small business development and learn valuable tips during SBDC Day at the Whitehaven Center.
TSBDC Executive Director Rory Thomas says SBDC Day is a national celebration of the impact of small businesses. “It’s also a celebration of the impact America’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) have on the success of our nation’s dreamers, innovators, and doers – America’s small businesses,“ he said. America’s SBDC network is a partnership that includes the United States Congress, U.S. Small Business Administration, the private sector, and the colleges, universities and state governments that host SBDCs across the nation. “We were honored to have public officials representing federal, state and local offices participate,” Thomas said. The offices of Congressman Steve Cohen and mayors Mark Luttrell and Jim Strickland presented proclamations to declare SBDC Day throughout Shelby County and to congratulate the efforts of TSBDC.
Google’s Get Your Business Online program returned to Memphis to help small businesses connect with more customers and achieve lasting success. SBDC Day featured two Google interactive workshops: “Sharing Your Story through Video” "Intro to Online Marketing."
Thomas says last year was a banner one and SBDC Day was their chance to share the great news. “We provided assistance to more than 2,500 small business owners, entrepreneurs and individuals with a business idea in Shelby County,” he said. “We wanted to use SBDC Day to highlight our successes and truly inform the community that free help is available to help you achieve your small business goal.”