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Scoop April 2019 Edition

Student Leadership Institute empowers and motivates adult learners

The Office of Student Development hosted its inaugural Student Leadership Institute (SLI) for Adult Learners May 16 on the Macon Cove Campus to empower adult students pursuing higher education to stay the course and become future leaders. Student...

Hieroglyph expands reach online and in Memphis bookstores!

Hieroglyph, Southwest’s literary journal, is expanding its reach into the community. The College’s literary journal is now available free of cost at two new off-campus locations – Novel Books at 387 Perkins Extended and Burke’s Bookstore...

STUDENT NEWS: Students spruce up campuses on Saluqi Clean Up Day

Eighty students participated in Salqui Clean Up Day March 19 at the Macon Cove and Union Avenue Campuses. Saluqi Success Pathway Coach Devin Foster organized the event in collaboration with the offices of Student Development and Physical Plant. Foster...

Students celebrate diversity, inclusion at Southwests first-ever second-chance prom

The Nabors gym was transformed March 29 by LED lights, a rainbow balloon arch, and a live DJ. Stacks of Papa John’s pizza beckoned students, some of whom sat quietly on the bleachers while others danced. To the casual observer, this scene resembled...

Women-owned small businesses focus of 2019 SBDC Day

Budding entrepreneurs heard sage advice from successful women-owned small businesses during Small Business Development Center (SBDC) Day March 20 at the Whitehaven Center. The Tennessee Small Business Development (TSBDC) hosts the yearly event that...

Summer Institute 2019 registration now open

Summer Institute is a great time for faculty and staff to learn new ways to help Southwest students succeed. Participants will receive information about what's happening in different areas of the College, attend sessions for personal and professional...