Scoop 2019


New travel procedures should ease the process

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...

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Farewell: Dr. Norma F. Parrish

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

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

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,...

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Director L. Angela Webb

Police Services/Public Safety Department selected as national award finalist

Congratulations to Director of Police Services/Public Safety L. Angela Webb and her department on their selection as one of three American Association of Colleges (AACC) 2019 Awards of Excellence finalists in the category of Community College Safety...

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SSO President Tilicia Washington presents the parking award to Ron Claxton.

Employee of the Month: Associate Director of Advising and Academic Support Ronald Claxton

Kudos to Associate Director of Advising and Academic Support Ronald Claxton, winner of the Employee of the Month award for March!

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