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2012 News Releases Archive

Southwest Softball Announces Signing Class

The Southwest softball program has announced the signing of eight student-athletes to NJCAA National Letters of Intent. They will enroll at Southwest in the fall of 2012.

Veterans Retraining Assistance Program Benefits Available at Southwest Tennessee Community College

Congress passed, and the President has signed into law, the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. The Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 provides seamless transition for servicemembers, expands education and training opportunities...

Southwest Tennessee Community College Delivers a Highly Effective Solution to the Industrial Skills Shortage in the Memphis Market

Southwest Tennessee Community College has collaborated with Scientific Management Techniques (SMT), Inc., local manufacturers, and the Tennessee Career Center to deliver customized industrial skills training designed to solve the industrial skills...

Southwest Students Explore Genomics and Biomanufacturing in France

Southwest’s International Studies - Study Abroad Program flew a team of eight BIOT 2990 students and faculty to Paris, France recently for a study-abroad project that included tours and lectures at Universite D’Evry-Val-D’Essonne (Evry) and...

End of an Era:

Legendary Southwest Men’s Basketball Coach and Athletic Director Verties Sails Jr. will retire effective June 30, 2012, ending a 33-year coaching career at the college in which he led the Saluqis to a 709-276 record, 16 Tennessee Community College...

TSBDC Empowers Four Women to Become E-Business Graduates and Owners

Electronic business (e-business) and the Internet have the capacity to change lives profoundly. Four women were given the opportunity through a sponsorship with SiteSell.org to create a personally fulfilling and economically stable future by building...