Media Coverage

June 24, 2024

Community College Daily: Community colleges: A public good

June 1, 2024

Memphis Business Journal: From crime to CEO: One alumni’s journey at Southwest Tennessee Community College

December 22, 2022

Business News This Week: Southwest Tennessee Community College Named Among Best Community Colleges in Tennessee by Intelligent.com


December 7, 2022

Tri-State Defender: Need help completing college degree? STCC’s free session can help reconnect


December 1, 2022

American Association of Community Colleges Community College Daily: Flexible schedules for staff

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October 23, 2022

Daily Memphian: Southwest’s first chief of staff and chief strategy officer begins tenure


October 10, 2022

Local Memphis ABC-TV 24: Here's how you can win in the Memphis Area FAFSA challenge.


October 7, 2022

Journal of Blacks in Higher Education: Colleges and Universities Announce the Appointments of Six Black Administrators (Dr. Jacqueline Taylor) 


October 1, 2022

Memphis Business Journal: 10 alternative funding sources for small businesses and how TSBDC can help

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February 7, 2022

Memphis Business Journal: MBJ's 2022 Power 100 (Tracy D. Hall) 


February 4, 2022

Memphis Business Journal: TSBDC reignites Spark the Dream series featuring Memphis-based Youdle

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April 28, 2021

FOX 13 Memphis: Applications open for new SCS collegiate high school set to open in Medical District

WMC Action News 5: SCS to open collegiate school for high-performing students


April 26, 2021

Local 24 Memphis: Southwest Tennessee Community College gears up for graduation


April 23, 2021

Fox 13 Memphis: Permanent vaccine sites opens in Frayser, but demand low during first week


April 22, 2021

Daily Memphian: Next four weeks ‘critical’ as federal vaccine help likely to move on in May

WMC-TV: Shelby County offering more incentives in hopes of increasing vaccine totals


April 21, 2021

Business Insider: JFF and Generation USA Announce Partnership with 9 Colleges for Verizon Reskilling Program


April 19, 2021

Fox 13 Memphis: SWTCC to open second COVID-19 site at Gill Center

The Daily Memphian: Southwest opening Frayser COVID-19 vaccine site

WMC-TV: Frayser COVID-19 vaccination site to open Tuesday

WREG-TV: New Covid vaccination site to open in Frayser at Southwest Tennessee Community College


April 16, 2021

Local Memphis 24 News: Can colleges and universities require a COVID-19 vaccine?

Memphis Business Journal: Local colleges plan wider return to campus; SWTCC to open second vaccination site


April 15, 2021

The Commercial Appeal: How a group of forgotten Memphis players reached the pinnacle event of juco basketball

WMC-TV: Unorthodox season leads to Hutch for Southwest TN CC basketball


April 14, 2021

Fox 13 News: SWTCC will return to in-person learning Fall 2021, officials say

Local Memphis 24 News: Southwest Tennessee Community College announces plan for return to campus in fall


April 11, 2021

The Daily Memphian: Colleges plan on full fall returns, but who will be there?


April 9, 2021

Chronicle of Higher Education: Community Colleges Face a Long Road to Recovery


April 8, 2021

WREG-TV: Chef Steven Leake’s cooks up fluke and summer vegetables en papilotte


April 7, 2021

The Daily Memphian: Movers & Shakers: L. Angela Webb


April 2, 2021

New York Times: The Pandemic Hit the Working Class Hard. The Colleges That Serve Them Are Hurting, Too.


April 1, 2021

Local Memphis 24 News: "60 days to a career pathway" program to help domestic violence survivors put abuse in the past

Pittsburgh Post Gazette: Tennessee Board of Regents Selects Southwest Tennessee Community College Police Director for Statewide Recognition

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February 24, 2021

Daily Memphian: City takes charge of vaccination sites, eyeing 40,000 in arms this week


February 22, 2021

Daily Memphian: Whitehaven vaccination site gives makeup shots over the weekend


February 18, 2021

Daily Memphian: Worried about second dose? It’s OK, there’s time, experts say


February 17, 2021

Daily Memphian: Post-pandemic life: Is the mask here to stay?

Diverse Issues in Higher Education: Achieving the Dream Conference Highlights Student Success Models


February 13, 2021

The Daily Memphian: Health department announces new vaccine dates

The Daily Memphian: Health department COVID-19 vaccination sites open Saturday


February 11, 2021

The Daily Memphian: Health Department closed, postpones Thursday vaccines due to weather


February 09, 2021

CityCurrent:Southwest Tennessee Community College – 2021 Bellwether Award Winner!


February 08, 2021

The Daily Memphian: Whitehaven welcomes vaccine site with relief, gratitude


February 05, 2021

WREG-TV: Vaccination site at SWTCC’s Whitehaven campus to open Friday


February 02, 2021

20 With Tonyaa (Commercial Appeal): Community College in a Time of COVID


February 01, 2021

FOX 13 Memphis: COVID-19 vaccination site opens in Whitehaven

Commercial Appeal: Appointments for COVID-19 vaccine first dose are available in Whitehaven. Here's how to register

Commercial Appeal:Whitehaven COVID-19 vaccine site open for registration

The Daily Memphian: Whitehaven COVID-19 vaccine site open for registration

WMC-TV: Appointments available now for COVID-19 vaccine site in Whitehaven

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October 22, 2020

U.S. News and World Report: Tennessee Colleges Get Grants for Free Learning Materials

News Channel 3: Southwest Tennessee Community College gets grant for free learning materials


October 21, 2020

Fox 13 Memphis: TN Board of Regents awarding grants to 7 community colleges in the state


October 15, 2020

Commercial Appeal: Southwest Tennessee had to fight the streets for students. Now it must fight COVID-19


October 2, 2020

Local 24 News: University of Memphis awarded $1 million grant to establish Mid-South Advanced Automation and Robotics Center (Southwest to partner with U of M in providing training opportunities)

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May 26, 2020

WMC-TV (Action News 5): Mid-South business headlines: U of M, Rhodes, SWTCC leaders talk enrollment, academics


May 24, 2020

Memphis Business Journal: Work Home Balance: Sunup to sundown with the president of SWTCC

Daily Memphian: Residency gives Southwest’s 2-year nursing students edge in public health


May 22, 2020

Memphis Business Journal: U of M, Rhodes, SWTCC leaders talk enrollment, academics, and 'life and death'


May 13, 2020

Local 24 ABC News: Southwest Tennessee Community College to hold virtual ceremony for 2020 spring graduates June 13

FOX 13 Memphis: Southwest Tennessee Community College announces online 2020 commencement

WREG News Chanel 3: Southwest Tennessee Community College to host virtual commencement

La Prensa Latina: Southwest Tennessee Community College Announces Online 2020 Commencement, Official Says


May 12, 2020

FOX 13 Memphis: Southwest offers ten free business, marketing online classes during pandemic


May 11, 2020

Daily Memphian: Southwest holding virtual commencement


May 8, 2020

The Commercial Appeal: Locked down by COVID-19? Why not lock in a new skill online from Southwest Tennessee? For free!


May 7, 2020

Local 24 ABC News: Southwest Tennessee Community College instructor turns his kitchen into a small face shield factory

WREG News Chanel 3: Memphis nurses fight COVID-19 in New York


May 6, 2020

WREG News Chanel 3: Free classes offered at Southwest Tennessee Community College during pandemic


May 4, 2020

Local 24 ABC News: It was chaos.: Two Southwest TN Community College graduates help on the front lines in New York City

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