Southwest celebrates the holidays with faculty and staff open house
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Faculty and staff mingle and enjoy a holiday buffet during the 2019 Holiday Open House.
The ABC room in the Farris building was filled with holiday cheer, music and dancing as faculty and staff gathered at the annual holiday open house Dec. 4 at the Macon Cove Campus.
Southwest culinary arts students prepared a scrumptious spread for all to enjoy that included beef brisket, oven roasted chicken, gumbo, alfredo pasta, fruits and vegetables, cheese, dips, and handmade pastries and desserts. Culinary Arts Program Coordinator Chef Steven Leake and his students received a warm thank you for preparing the feast. “We couldn’t have all this great food without Chef Leake and his students,” said Associate Director of Recruitment Shawn Boyd, who emceed the gala.
President Dr. Tracy D. Hall welcomed everyone to the event and extended a special thank you to faculty and staff for their hard work in moving the College in the right direction. “We are gaining national attention for our unprecedented successes,” Hall said. “Our laser focus on students is working. Thank you for teaming up for the benefit of our students.”
The College also collected 1,207 donated canned goods and other food items for the Memphis Food Bank as part of Tennessee Board of Regents’ state-wide food drive benefitting local food banks. Each donated food item earned the donor a chance at winning a 55-inch big screen TV and other prizes. Professor of Natural Sciences Juliann Waits was the big winner, walking away with the TV. Other winners won an Amazfit Bip Smart Watch and an Echo Show 5.
In This Issue...
- FROM THE PRESIDENT
- Southwest Foundation takes center stage at cityCURRENT Signature Breakfast
- Welcome aboard, new team members
- Human Resources to kick-off redesign of employee experience in 2020
- MENTAL HEALTH CORNER: Charting a new path
- HIPs teaching methods a ‘game changer’ for student success
- Project M.O.S.T. hosts “De-Stress” fest during finals
- SGA Angel Tree Program brings holiday spirit to Alton Elementary students
- FACULTY: Schedule Library Instruction session for your students today
- STUDENTS: Print 2019 Tax Forms in My.Southwest portal
- AACC names Chef Steven Leake a 2020 Dale P. Parnell Distinguished Faculty recipient
- KUDOS: Memphis Grizzlies select VP of Student Affairs Jacqueline Faulkner for annual HBCU Empowerment Award
- US Secret Service trains Southwest SERT team on workplace security
- U.S. State Department selects Dr. Christopher Hastings specialist assignment
- THEC awards Southwest and TCAT-Memphis $145K Veteran Reconnect grant
- Writers series showcases works by Southwest faculty
- Students travel to state capitol to learn law-making process
- Early FAFSA completers win book scholarships
- Culinary arts graduate opens ‘Cool Beans’ coffee shop in Cordova
- Southwest and TCAT-Memphis tout growth and expansion at 2020 Legislative Luncheon
- Southwest establishes Innovation Funds to fuel success; Now accepting grant applications
- Scholarship recipients thank Foundation donors for making dreams come true
- Southwest celebrates the holidays with faculty and staff open house
- Women of Worth accepting new members
- Shelby County Government and Southwest Allied Health and Sciences drill nursing students on disaster triage
- Business and Technologies joins National Cyber Watch Center
- SALUQI CORNER: Saluqis start new year with impressive wins
- Southwest: In the News
- 32nd Annual Carter G. Woodson Award Ceremony is Feb. 13