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September 2024 Edition

Sprouts Farmers Market employees and Southwest Community Community College staff members take a photo at a grant donation ceremony on Sept.7, 2024.

Sprouts Farmers Market grants Southwest Tennessee Community College donation for Saluqi Grows Program

Southwest Tennessee Community College is expanding its Saluqi Grows program thanks to a $10,000 Neighborhood Grant from Sprouts Farmers Market presented Sept. 7.

Saia Reddy and Nacaria Royal receive their prize money at the Imagine U Summer Entrepreneurship Awards held at the University of Memphis.

Ingenuity Leads to Southwest Winning Imagine U Competition

Imagine U requires students to immerse themselves in a 12-week hands-on entrepreneurship experience. Over the course of three months, those involved in the program learn the ins and outs of what it is like to develop and start a company or business...

Students, Alumni Honored During Local Theatre Awards

Southwest students and alumni were honored Aug. 26 for their contributions to collegiate, community and professional theatre in the Greater Memphis area during the 40th Annual Osteranders Awards at the Orpheum Theatre. Named for the late actor Jim...

Southwest Tennessee Community College staff attend the ribbon cutting event of The Pantry along with Sheleah Harris (at right), corporate affairs director at Kroger, on Aug. 29, 2024.

Southwest, Kroger partner to open The Pantry for campus students

With the opening of The Pantry on the Macon Cove Campus, Southwest Tennessee Community College students in need of essential food supplies now have access to free food items. It officially opened on Aug.29 during a ribbon-cutting ceremony held inside...