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![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.](/stories/scoop/2020/05/images/skills1-small.jpg)
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...
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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...
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Saluqis conquer academic goals in spite of COVID-19
The 2020 season for Southwest’s baseball and softball teams was cut short by the Coronavirus pandemic, but it did not derail student-athletes from continuing their education.