News From Southwest
Forty-nine Saluqi Student-Athletes Receive TCCAA’s L. Quentin Lane Award
Forty-nine Southwest student-athletes received the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association’s L. Quentin Lane Award for Academic Achievement for their work in the classroom during the 2024-2025 academic year.
Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis Honored with Prestigious Regents Award for Excellence in Philanthropy
The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) today presented the Regents Award for Excellence in Philanthropy to the Women’s Foundation for a Greater Memphis (WFGM) during a ceremony at Southwest Tennessee Community College’s (Southwest) Macon Cove Campu...
FAA Grants Prestigious Part 141 Provisional Designation to Southwest Tennessee Community College
Southwest Tennessee Community College is proud to announce that the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has granted the College a provisional Part 141 designation. To celebrate this achievement, Southwest will have a presentation ceremony on June...
Southwest TN Community College receives $500,000 grant from Assisi Foundation of Memphis for major entertainment project
Southwest Tennessee Community College looks to produce the next generation of creatives with a $500,000 grant from The Assisi Foundation of Memphis.
Southwest Tennessee Community College announces successful reaffirmation of SACSCOC accreditation
Southwest Tennessee Community College is proud to announce the successful reaffirmation of its accreditation by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC). This milestone follows a comprehensive decennial review...
Thirty-one Saluqi Student-Athletes Receive NJCAA All-Academic
Thirty-one Saluqi student-athletes have been honored as NJCAA All-Academic for their work in the classroom, the most ever for the Southwest athletic program. Cameron Baker, Chris Henson, Mason Little, Owen Phillips, Charlie Smith, and Bryce Turner...
Southwest prepares its smallest graduates for the next chapter, kindergarten
Commencement season is in full swing with graduations for high school and college students locally and across the country. Southwest Tennessee Community College is proving that its smallest students are just as deserving of all the pomp and circumstance....
Different Paths, One Goal: Southwest Tennessee Community College Graduates Change Course and Find New Purpose
Southwest Tennessee Community College’s 2025 Commencement will celebrate graduates whose paths often reflect reinvention and reimagining what is possible. Kennedy Pettet began a career in biotechnology before graduating and LeGerald Collier returned...
Southwest Tennessee Community College Graduate Defies the Odds to Reach Special Day
As Southwest Tennessee Community College prepares to celebrate its 2025 commencement, one standout graduate—Mary Ann Fleij — is proving that there’s no single path to success, and that perseverance and passion can redefine what’s possible...
Southwest Tennessee Community College to Celebrate Historic 2025 Commencement May 15
A remarkable group of high school seniors from Medical District High School (MDHS) will be the first in their class to graduate as college sophomores during Southwest Tennessee Community College’s 2025 Commencement Ceremony, to be held at 7 p.m....