Southwest: In the News
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Links to Southwest news and other reports on community college trends, Tennessee Board of Regents coverage and more:
May 15, 2020
Will coronavirus problems mean even more ‘summer melt’ this year?
By Delece Smith-Barrow
The Hechinger Report
May 14
Northshore Technical Community College responds to COVID-19
By Newstaff
The Daily Star
We Need Tuition-Free College. For Adults.
By Michelle Miller-Adams
The New York Times
Senior Spotlight: Peabody Baseball
By Alex Northcut
WBBJ-TV
May 13
Southwest holding virtual commencement
By Daily Memphian Staff
Daily Memphian
Southwest Tennessee Community College to hold virtual ceremony for 2020 spring graduates June 13
By STCC News Release
WATN-TV Local 24 ABC News
Southwest Tennessee Community College announces online 2020 commencement
By STCC News Release
WHBQ-TV FOX 13
Southwest Tennessee Community College to host virtual commencement
By Melissa Moon
WREG-TV News Channel 3
Southwest Tennessee Community College Announces Online 2020 Commencement, Official Says
By STCC News Release
La Prensa Latina
May 12
Civil rights activist, civic leader, and accomplished businessman Fred Davis dies (Southwest Board Emeritus)
By Rudy Williams
WATN-TV Local 24 News
Southwest offers ten free business, marketing online classes during pandemic
By Kirstin Garriss
WHBQ-TV FOX 13
May 11
Regions Foundation Announces Additional Grants for CDFIs and Community Organizations Supporting Small Businesses
By Jeremy King
Businesswire
Southwest Tennessee Community College to hold virtual ceremony for 2020 spring graduates June 13
By STCC News Release
WATN-TV Local 24 News
May 9
Kenyan nurse a stand-out on frontline COVID-19 fight in Memphis (completed prerequisites at Southwest)
Dr. Sybil C. Mitchell
Tri-Sate Defender
Community Colleges essential to post-pandemic economic recovery in Alabama and nationwide
Dr. Vicki Karolewics, Tom Downs and Dawn Erlandson
Montgomery Advertiser
May 8
Locked down by COVID-19? Why not lock in a new skill online from Southwest Tennessee? For free!
By Tonyaa Weathersbee
The Commercial Appeal
May 7
Southwest Tennessee Community College instructor turns his kitchen into a small face shield factory
By Brittani Moncrease
WATN-TV Local 24 News
Memphis nurses fight COVID-19 in New York
By Symone Woolridge
WREG-TV News Channel 3
May 6
Free classes offered at Southwest Tennessee Community College during pandemic
By Stephanie Scurlock
WREG-TV News Channel 3
Motlow offers Career in a Year program
By News Staff
The Tullahoma Tennessee Times
May 4
It was chaos.: Two Southwest TN Community College graduates help on the front lines in New York City
By Brittani Moncrease
WREG-TV News Channel 3
Washington Watch: A look at the various CARES Act funding streams
By David Baime
Community College Daily
May 1
Arlington hires former WNBA first-rounder Ashley Shields as girls basketball coach
By Khari Thompson
The Commercial Appeal
April 27, 2020
President Tracy D. Hall discusses the future of community college enrollment in the USA Today.
By David Jesse
USA Today
April 20
An Instrument Of Public Good: Community Colleges In Tennessee
By Bryce Warden
SCORE
April 16
Lessons in home economics more valuable than ever amid COVID-19 pandemic
By Tonyaa Weathersbee
The Commercial Appeal
April 15
First-generation college student encourages others not to give up
By Amicia Ramsey
WHBQ-TV FOX 13 Memphis
Learning during the pandemic
By Doug Lederman
Inside Higher Ed
April 9
Technical, community colleges adapt to distance learning
By Christin Yates
Daily Memphian
In This Issue...
- FROM THE PRESIDENT
- President Tracy D. Hall serves on national ATD panel
- Welcome aboard, new team members
- Mental Health Corner: Tips to avoid burnout during summer semester
- FACULTY KUDOS: Julia Rhea selected 2020 Field Instructor of the Year
- FACULTY KUDOS: Dr. Robert J. Walker publishes textbook on effective teachers
- U.S. Census deadline extended to October 31 due to COVID-19
- COVID-19: Retrieving office mail from campus
- COVID-19 scams targeting college students
- Department of Education changes CARES Act student relief eligibility requirements
- Outstanding students honored at first virtual Honors Convocation
- TBR to use multiple measures for learning support placement
- Elections held for SGA and CAB student representatives
- Languages and literature department hosts inaugural student poetry contest
- Recruitment hosts live admissions sessions
- TSBDC assists small businesses seeking SBA disaster loans
- Career Services goes virtual to connect students, alumni and employers
- IAC Innovation Grant application extended to June 30
- Free online continuing education courses offered through June 30
- Tears and cheers at first-ever Curbside Cap & Tassel Pick Up event
- Forensics and criminal justice students compete in first SkillsUSA state competition
- Retention & Student Success welcomes IDEAS team members
- Virtual Spring Fling brings students together while apart
- Southwest’s TRIO graduates are “Upward Bound” for college
- ALUMNI NEWS: Former Lady Saluqi Ashley Shields new Arlington High girls basketball head coach
- Athletics department to pay tribute to health care heroes
- SALUQI CORNER: Saluqis conquer academic goals in spite of COVID-19
- Southwest: In the News