News From Southwest


Southwest Men's Basketball Team Ranked 11th in National Pre-Season Poll

The Southwest men's basketball team will begin the season as one of the top-ranked teams in the country. The National Junior College Athletic Association has released its Division 1 pre-season poll and the Saluqis are ranked 11th.

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Southwest Basketball Teams Open Season

The Southwest basketball teams will open the 2014-15 season this week with the men hosting Bethel University's JV team on October 31 at 6 p.m. at the Verties Sails Gymnasium and the women travelling to Baton Rouge, Louisiana, for two games in the...

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Southwest to Host a Community Informational and Job Training Recruitment Fair

Southwest Tennessee Community College is pleased to announce that the Recruitment and Workforce Development offices are taking a giant leap forward to inform Mid-Southerners about its educational and job-training opportunities for the adult student....

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Top Notch Security, Inc. Lands Top Entrepreneurship Award from TSBDC

The owner of Top Notch Security, Inc., Alfred Washington was awarded the 2014 Memphis Rising Star Award from the Tennessee Small Business Development Center (TSBDC) at Southwest Tennessee Community College. Rory Thomas, executive director of TSBDC...

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Southwest and TSU Sign a Student Transfer Partnership Agreement During the 25th Annual Southern Heritage Celebration

Southwest Tennessee Community College (Southwest) President Nathan L. Essex and Tennessee State University (TSU) President Glenda Glover signed a Student Transfer Partnership Agreement today that guarantees all the courses Southwest students complete...

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Southwest Basketball Schedules Released

Southwest Women's Basketball Coach Andrea Martre and Men's Basketball Coach Jerry Nichols have released their 2014-15 schedules. Collectively they feature 26 home games at the Verties Sails Gymnasium, including nine women's/men's Tennessee Community...

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Tennessees Community Colleges Host Scholarship Saturday to Encourage Students to Sign up for Tennessee Promise

Southwest Tennessee Community College will open its computer lab from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 20, for area high school seniors to sign up for Tennessee Promise and fill out their college applications as part of a statewide Scholarship...

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Southwest and TSU to Sign a Student Transfer Partnership Agreement During the Annual Southern Heritage Classic Festivities

Southwest Tennessee Community College (Southwest) and Tennessee State University (TSU) will sign a Student Transfer Partnership Agreement that guarantees all the courses Southwest students complete on the Tennessee Transfer Pathways (TTP) will be...

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Enrollment Deadlines for the Tennessee Promise Scholarship

Beginning Fall 2015, the Tennessee Promise (TNPromise) Scholarship will provide Tennessee May 2015 high school graduates the opportunity to attend Southwest for two years free of tuition and fees. TNPromise is both a last-dollar scholarship and mentoring...

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Southwest Student-Athletes Receive TCCAA Academic Awards, Allen Receives "Highest Honors"

Eighteen Southwest student-athletes have been honored by the Tennessee Community College Athletic Association (TCCAA) for their work in the classroom, receiving the TCCAA's Distinguished Scholar Athlete award. To qualify for the honor, sophomores...

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