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Scoop March 2019 Edition
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Southwest Tennessee Community College Scoop Newsletter
When assessing a College’s assets and resources—from paperclips to facilities and everything in between—by far its most valuable asset is its people—its faculty, staff and students. This is not just a fact; it is a value at Southwest.
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Southwest ready to take flight as finalist in two of three SOAR award categories
Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) announced the establishment of the SOAR Awards last fall to recognize excellent students, faculty and staff across the state. Southwest is flying high with two finalists—one in the student category and the other...
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Southwest Community Relations Ambassadors luncheon is March 28
President Tracy D. Hall cordially invites current Southwest Community Relations Ambassadors and Southwest faculty and staff who want to join them to the Southwest Ambassadors Luncheon Thursday, March 28 at 11:30 a.m. in the Bert Bornblum Library...
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Faculty and staff tout Colleges growth at Spring Convocation
If there is one word to describe the prevailing message at Spring Convocation Feb. 8 in Nabors Gymnasium, it is “progress.” Faculty, staff and administration came eager to hear about the great strides the College has made over the course of...
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Students passionate spirit and insight on display at recent Pizza with the President
President Tracy D. Hall proclaimed the Pizza with the President (PWP) event held Feb. 26 at the Whitehaven Center as one of the best she’s had since joining Southwest as president in 2015. Southwest students stepped to the mic to ask intuitive...
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SACSCOC approves Funeral Service Education program
The Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has approved Southwest’s new Associate in Applied Science degree in Funeral Service Education that launched in January, allowing the program...