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Scoop June 2019 Edition
Welcome aboard, new team members
Southwest Tennessee Community College proudly welcomes the following employees to the Southwest family:
Freshman Josue Flores finds a home in America at Southwest
If there is such a thing as a model Saluqi, then Josue Flores may be the very picture of one. Flores came to Southwest in the fall of 2017 from Cordova High School as a Tennessee Promise student and has truly embraced the “Southwest way.” He...
Summer Institute explores ways to close student achievement gaps
The Division of Faculty Support held its 17th annual Summer Institute for faculty and staff at the Macon Cove Campus, May 20-23. The Institute featured a week-long lineup of sessions about new ways to help Southwest students succeed. This year’s...
EMPLOYEE OF THE MONTH: Business and Technologies Secretary Karen Taylor
Congratulations to the Employee of the Month, Division of Business and Technologies Secretary Karen Taylor!
New Student Orientation takes show on the road with NSO on the Go
When you serve a diverse student population, sometimes you have to try new a new approach. In an area where 93.3 percent of students who attend Shelby County Schools are on free or reduced lunch, things others take for granted like getting in a car...
Macon Cove Campus ambulance simulator adds real life feel to EMT training
Rachel Trigg used to set up chairs inside her classroom to simulate where the benches would be inside of an ambulance. Another student would sit in a chair holding a pie plate for a steering wheel driving the “ambulance.” And in drills, Trigg...