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2012 News Releases Archive

Southwest Executive Appointed as National Judge for the Robert W. Carey Performance Excellence Award

Donald C. Fisher, Ph.D., executive director/CEO of the Mid-South Quality/Productivity Center (MSQPC), a partnership between Southwest Tennessee Community College and the Greater Memphis Chamber, has been appointed to serve as one of six National...

Collisionworx Gets TSBDC's Rising Star Award

After an 18-year career in the automotive repair industry, Mike Whitlock partnered with his wife, Pattie, to open their own business, Collisionworx. The couple was recently presented the Rising Star Award, given annually to a small business that...

Southwest's Class of 2012 Encouraged to "Be a Part of the Solution"

Numbering 1,791; our largest graduation class ever, the candidates of Southwest's 2012 graduating class had marched three-point symmetry into the Landers Center arena in Southaven, MS and taken their seats to receive their seal of approval on May...

Southwest Softball Team To Play Walters State In Region Tourney Opener

The sixth-seed Southwest softball team will take on third-seed Walters State in the opening round of the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament at 2 p.m. on May 7 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Southwest enters the tournament with a 29-29 overall record including...

Southwest Baseball Team Faces Roane State In Region Play-In Game

The eighth-seeded Southwest baseball team will take on ninth-seed Roane State in a play-in game for the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament at 3 p.m. on May 6 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Southwest/Roane State winner will play regular season conference...

NASA Scholar Erin Mullinax is Southwest's 2012 Student Speaker

To be successful, it is said that one needs to have stability, determination, and a goal. For most, stability means attending similar schools, meeting friends at a favorite hangout, and developing bonds that last a lifetime. This was not the path...