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2020 News
Generation’s Partnership with Southwest Tennessee Community College Offers Free Access to Online Training Programs
(Washington, DC) - Generation USA, a nonprofit organization that transforms education to employment systems, is excited to announce its partnership with Southwest Tennessee Community College, a public community college in Memphis, Tennessee, to offer...
Southwest Tennessee Community College President Tracy D. Hall Elected to SACSCOC Board of Trustees
(Memphis, Tenn.) - Southwest Tennessee Community College President Tracy D. Hall has been elected to serve on the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) Board of Trustees, effective Jan. 1, 2021. Her term runs...
Southwest’s Center for Access awarded $50,000 TBR grant to expand services to students with disabilities; Launches autism camp next summer
Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Center for Access (formerly the Office of Student Disabilities) was awarded a $50,000 Student Engagement Retention and Success grant from the Tennessee Board of Regents to advance the academic success of...
Southwest Named 2021 National Finalist for Prestigious Bellwether Award
Southwest Tennessee Community College is the only college in Tennessee to be selected as one of 10 national finalists to compete in the Planning, Governance and Finance category for the prestigious and highly competitive Bellwether Award.
Clifton Taulbert to keynote virtual launch of Southwest’s Entrepreneurship Institute Nov. 4
Renowned American author, international business consultant and acclaimed speaker Clifton L. Taulbert will keynote the virtual launch of Southwest Tennessee Community College’s M.O.S.T. (Men of Southwest Tennessee) Entrepreneurship Institute Nov....
Southwest postpones Oct. 29 Drive-In Event for High School Students
Due to inclement weather, Southwest Tennessee Community College has postponed its Oct. 29 Drive In To Your Future event for area high school students. The new Drive In event date is Nov. 5 at 5:30 p.m. on the Macon Cove Campus.
Tennessee Promise deadline for tuition-free college is November 2
Want to go to college tuition-free? Southwest Tennessee Community College is here to help area high school students get ready for college during a special drive-in event Oct. 29 at the Macon Cove Campus. The event starts at 5:30 p.m.
Southwest launches $1M U.S. Department of Labor IT apprenticeship program
Southwest Tennessee Community College launched its new apprenticeship program this fall that will provide 800 apprentices with a pathway to Information Technology (IT) careers over the course of four years. The College received funding for the program...
Southwest to help students get ready for college this fall with special onsite registration August 17-28
Southwest Tennessee Community College is hosting an in-person, onsite fall registration event August 17-28 at its Macon Cove and Union Avenue campuses. Appointments for the event will be assigned between 8:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. each day, except Fridays,...
Southwest Tennessee Community College announces reopening of two campuses July 8, revamped academic calendar and new laptop rental program
Southwest Tennessee Community College’s COVID-19 Task Force announced the College’s reopening and a shift to year-long learning during the College’s Back to Campus Plan – Phase I at an interactive Virtual Town Hall Meeting June 15.