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TECTA Coordinator Melissa Joiner wrote and published Danny the Nanny Cares for Granny, a children’s book on Alzheimer’s disease.

TECTA’s Melissa Joiner’s children’s book teaches us all about Alzheimer’s disease

Congratulations to Melissa Joiner, orientation coordinator for the Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance (TECTA), on the release of her first self-published children’s book, Danny the Nanny Cares for Granny! The book follows the adventures...

Alumnus Scott-Healy hails benefits of IT Apprenticeship Program

Alumnus James Scott-Healy is quick to hail the benefits and opportunities of Southwest’s IT Apprenticeship Program that launched in March 2020.

$Southwest President Tracy D. Hall kicked off the College’s third Leadership Retreat August 16, 2021, with the theme, Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity: Harnessing Collective Intelligence. The phrase, “Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity,” is attributed to Benjamin Franklin and perfectly sums up Southwest’s transformative journey since Dr. Hall joined the College as president in 2015. When Dr. Hall arrived, Southwest was facing enormous challenges, including a 7-year enrollment decline, bogged down internal processes and a fractured culture. Southwest joined Achieving the Dream and ushered in an era of transformation that saw the College reinvent the way it does business and reimagine the student experience. The results were Achieving the Dream Leader College status in 2020 and the Bellwether Award for Planning, Governance and Finance in 2021.$

2021 Leadership Retreat challenges mindset to harness collective intelligence

Southwest President Tracy D. Hall kicked off the College’s third Leadership Retreat August 16, 2021, with the theme, Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity: Harnessing Collective Intelligence. The phrase, “Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity,” is...

Policy Matters: Policies crafted to minimize cost of textbooks and much more

Three policies that impact students are in this spotlight this month. They are the Costs of Textbooks, Student Conduct and Disciplinary Sanctions, and Retention and Progression Standards policies. Southwest also has a new Minors on Campus policy...