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Scoop January/February 2020 Edition
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FROM THE PRESIDENT
Welcome to a new decade as we prepare to celebrate turning 20 in 2020! With our theme, “A Generation of Dreams”, we will commemorate our anniversary all year long through a mixture of long-standing traditions infused with a few signature special...
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Women of Worth seeks new members
Women of Worth is seeking new mentors (faculty/staff) and mentees (students) this semester to join the group in uplifting, empowering and supporting women students at Southwest. All women are welcome and encouraged to join today.
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32nd Annual Carter G. Woodson Award Ceremony is Feb. 13
The Honors Academy at Southwest will present Veda McNeil Ajamu the 2020 Carter Godwin Woodson Award of Merit at 11 a.m., Feb. 13, in the Verties Sails Gymnasium on the Union Avenue Campus. This year marks the thirty-second anniversary for the award...
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THEC awards Southwest and TCAT-Memphis $145K Veteran Reconnect grant
The Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) awarded Southwest’s Veterans Affairs and the Tennessee College of Applied Technology at Memphis (TCAT-Memphis), a Veteran Reconnect Program grant of $145,696 this past fall to help veterans and service...
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Students travel to state capitol to learn law-making process
The Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature (TISL) is a four-day mock legislative session for college students across the state. Each student serving in the mock legislature is required to write a piece of legislation that will be debated and...
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STUDENTS: Print 2019 Tax Forms in My.Southwest portal
All Southwest employees should have received their official 2019 1098-T Tax Forms in the mail last month.