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Scoop March 2019 Edition
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HUMAN RESOURCES CORNER: Human Resources hosts inaugural pre-retirement seminar
The Office of Human Resources held its first pre-retirement seminar Feb. 20. at the Macon Cove Campus where employees were informed of their retirement options. Representatives from the Social Security Administration, Tennessee Consolidated Retirement...
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Southwest adopts new diversity statement
Southwest is committed to creating a diverse academic community that fosters cultural awareness, mutual respect and understanding. To this end, the College has adopted a new diversity statement under the direction of Vice-President of Student Services...
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New travel procedures should ease the process
Southwest, I have wonderful news! We have overhauled our travel procedures. The policy remains unchanged; however, how approved travel is booked has. The changes were effective March 4 and many of you may already be experiencing our new, streamlined...
![Farewell: Dr. Norma F. Parrish](/stories/scoop/2019/03/images/norma-parrish-small.jpg)
Farewell: Dr. Norma F. Parrish
Southwest mourns the loss of Dr. Norma Parrish who passed away Jan. 24. Parrish was the wife of the late Dr. Jess Parrish, former President of Shelby State Community College.
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Thanks a million to Karen Nippert for 33 years of fundraising service
How does one summarize 33 years of a person’s work life? That was the question Southwest President Tracy D. Hall asked in her remarks celebrating the retirement of Vice-President of Institutional Advancement Karen Nippert Jan. 30 at the Bert Bornblum...
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College hosts TYCA-Southeast conference at Peabody Hotel
Southwest and the Department of Languages and Literature hosted the 2019 conference of the Two-Year College Association-Southeast (TYCA-Southeast) Feb. 14-16 at the Peabody Hotel. Nearly two hundred English professors travelled to Memphis from Virginia,...