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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...
HR CORNER: Tennessee adopts new workers compensation injury claim reporting guidelines
Tennessee Treasury Department Division of Claims and Risk Management has adopted a new incentive program to encourage state agencies to report in a more timely manner employee injuries that may give rise to a workers’ compensation claim. The new...
Quality center trains ER chief/brigadier general in Lean Six Sigma
Cassandra Howard, M.D., the chief medical officer for Methodist Le Bonheur Germantown Hospital and a brigadier general in the Air National Guard, is among the students in this year’s class studying and applying Lean Six Sigma principles to their...