President’s Leadership Retreat focuses on continued excellence
By Marketing and Communications Staff
Southwest President Dr. Tracy D. Hall engages with
faculty and staff at the 2022 President’s Leadership
Retreat.
The 2022 President’s Leadership Retreat held July 13 at the Whitehaven Center focused on the pursuit of excellence and relevance within Southwest and the greater Memphis community. President Hall invited Greater Whitehaven Economic Redevelopment Corporation Executive Director Michael Harris to update the room full of Southwest department and division leaders and senior staff on the major initiatives underway in one of Memphis’s most revered neighborhoods.
“Through our collaboration with Southwest, I believe we can create mentorships, internships and pathway opportunities to higher education for elementary, middle and high school students in the greater Whitehaven community,” Harris said. “We are losing the battle to save our students. We can fight this battle and be successful when we come together.”
Harris was followed by none other than dynamic national speaker and leadership guru Derek Young, who managed to provide insight into shifting the change management mindset in a post-pandemic society. “Stop saying change and start saying relevant,” Young said. “Your opportunity today is to leave here with a new mindset and methodologies to be more innovative.”
Greater Whitehaven Economic Development Corporation
Executive Director Michael Harris provided Southwest
leaders details on the impact of such new businesses as
Muggins and Starbucks to the Whitehaven Community.
President Dr. Tracy D. Hall emphasized how Southwest’s journey to excellence and pursuit of relevance continues. “In 2016 when we joined Achieving the Dream, we had an urgent situation. We knew we had to make changes to the college,” Hall said. “We are a critical need for this community and must continue to redesign, reinvent and reset to remain relevant at Southwest.”
In This Issue...
- From the President
- Southwest graduate Aaron Turner lands IT internship with AutoZone
- Center for Access autism camp empowers students to succeed in college
- HONORS ACADEMY STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Where Are They Now?
- Southwest’s Brittani Morganfield and ImagineU students invent travel safety app
- Police Services and Public Safety Director Angela Webb appointed IACLEA’s vice president of finance
- Southwest student and advocate for Walker Holmes advocate credits Southwest for giving her a voice for change
- Former Southwest Workforce Development Vice President James Willis dies at 80
- Welcome Aboard!
- SALUQI CORNER: Saluqi-scholars win individual and team NJCAA and TCCAA honors
- Saluqi Saturday brings students ready to start their journey
- Shawn Loth named Southwest’s women soccer coach
- Southwest’s Summer Institute tackles topics and tactics, from pedagogy to the pandemic
- tnAchieves Summer Institute ends year two with 100 percent student completion
- Fall Convocation challenges college community to stay relevant
- President’s Leadership Retreat focuses on continued excellence
- Jacqueline Taylor named Southwest’s new chief strategy officer and chief of staff