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2021

Alumnus Scott-Healy hails benefits of IT Apprenticeship Program

Alumnus James Scott-Healy is quick to hail the benefits and opportunities of Southwest’s IT Apprenticeship Program that launched in March 2020.

$Southwest President Tracy D. Hall kicked off the College’s third Leadership Retreat August 16, 2021, with the theme, Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity: Harnessing Collective Intelligence. The phrase, “Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity,” is attributed to Benjamin Franklin and perfectly sums up Southwest’s transformative journey since Dr. Hall joined the College as president in 2015. When Dr. Hall arrived, Southwest was facing enormous challenges, including a 7-year enrollment decline, bogged down internal processes and a fractured culture. Southwest joined Achieving the Dream and ushered in an era of transformation that saw the College reinvent the way it does business and reimagine the student experience. The results were Achieving the Dream Leader College status in 2020 and the Bellwether Award for Planning, Governance and Finance in 2021.$

2021 Leadership Retreat challenges mindset to harness collective intelligence

Southwest President Tracy D. Hall kicked off the College’s third Leadership Retreat August 16, 2021, with the theme, Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity: Harnessing Collective Intelligence. The phrase, “Out of Adversity Comes Opportunity,” is...

Policy Matters: Policies crafted to minimize cost of textbooks and much more

Three policies that impact students are in this spotlight this month. They are the Costs of Textbooks, Student Conduct and Disciplinary Sanctions, and Retention and Progression Standards policies. Southwest also has a new Minors on Campus policy...

Southwest and SCS officials celebrate opening of Medical District High School

Southwest welcomes Medical District High School to Union Avenue Campus

Southwest Tennessee Community College welcomes new Medical District High School to the Union Avenue Campus. Students will study allied health or information technology at Southwest while they earn their high school diploma and an associate's degree...

Summer Institute tackles virtual teaching and learning

The Teaching Academy’s annual Summer Institute held May 10 – July 28, 2021, offered a variety of professional development sessions for faculty and staff that covered topics ranging from budget preparation to using data to inform instruction.

Physical Plant Director Jonathan Welden gives President Tracy D. Hall and governance and student leaders a tour of the safety installations at the Union Avenue campus.

FROM THE PRESIDENT

We all have our words and phrases to describe these most unusual past 14 months. Challenging. Disruptive. Unpredictable. These are just a few. Unprecedented is the word that comes to mind for me. However, there is light at the end of the tunnel....