Technology
In This Issue...
- Message from President
- Southwest shines at Memphis Pride Parade
- Welcome aboard
- News Roundup
- Southwest announces launch of Funeral Service Education program
- Beat the holiday blues
- Southwest teams up with TCAT-Memphis and the MMBC Continuum to launch construction apprenticeship program
- Southwest to host inaugural TCCAA, District 7 Soccer Tournament Oct. 25-26
- 2018-2019 Southwest Basketball Schedule Released
- Farewell: Retiree Pamela Powell passes after bout with pneumonia
- From the Office of Human Resources: “Give a little…Change a Lot” with the TBR Employee Charitable Giving Campaign
- High Impact Practices and Innovation seeks assistant dean
- Employee of the Month
- Area colleges present intercollegiate celebration of playwright Lynn Nottage
- Important Dates
- Beware of vehicles damaged in Hurricane Florence
Technology Division and the Small Business Development Council present Dr. Vernon L. Carraway Nov. 15
Southwest’s Business and Technology Division and Small Development Council will host two professional development sessions Nov. 15 featuring noted community college expert Dr. Vernon L. Carraway.
![Dr. Vernon L. Carraway](images/carraway.jpg)
Dr. Vernon L. Carraway
The professional development session How New Leaders Can Take Charge More Effectively will cover
- Self-promotion,
- Accelerating your learning,
- Matching strategy to your situation,
- Securing easy wins and negotiating success, and
- Achieving alignment.
Young is President & CEO of the Langston DuBois Institute, a minority-owned performance consulting firm specializing in developing professionals and designing programs through an effectiveness-based approach inside community colleges and small-to-medium size business organizations. He has co-authored two books: Community College Leaders on Workforce Development: Opinions, Observations and Future Directions (2017), and The Workforce of the Future: What Community College Workforce Developers Need to Know (In Press).
A session for the public will take place at the Small Business Development Council offices downtown and the second session, especially geared for students, will be at the Bornblum Library, Macon Cove campus. Contact Karen C. Taylor in the Business and Technology Division at (901) 333-4121 or kcampbell@southwest.tn.edu for more information.
Session Schedule
Nov. 15 (Open to the public.)
9 a.m. – 11 a.m.
Satellite Office of Tennessee Small Business Development Council
555 Beale Street
Memphis, TN 38103
Nov. 15 (Geared to students: Faculty are encouraged to bring their classes.)
2 p.m. – 3 p.m.
Macon Cove Campus – Bert Bornblum Library, ML-122
5983 Macon Cove, Memphis, TN 38134