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Calvin Sanford is this month's student spotlight. Sanford, a former Southwest Tennessee Community College student and CEO of marketing company Marketality, is a 2023 Alumni of the Year award recipient. During his time at Southwest, Sanford was a member of Project MOST, an organization that provides helpful resources, scholarships, and support to students while they are completing their academic studies. Sanford shares the impact Southwest had on his life academically, personally and professionally. To hear more about Sanford's Southwest Story, click the photo above or watch the video on the college’s YouTube channel.
Special Events
If you are new to FAFSA (Free Application for Federal Student Aid) or need more information, seize the opportunity to attend one of our information sessions throughout April at our Macon Cove Campus. This year’s FAFSA form has some changes from last year, so you won’t want to miss out on attending these sessions. FAFSA is used to determine state and federal financial aid for college including the TN Promise. The sooner you apply, the greater your opportunity to receive financial aid.
Join us on April 13 at our Macon Cove Campus for our multilingual conference, a unique regional professional development opportunity focusing on building connections to serve second-language learning communities better. To learn more and register, visit Multilingual Conference. A free lunch is provided to all attendees who register by April 1. Submissions for presentation proposals and sign up for exhibit space are due March 15. For questions, contact Joshua Nave at jnave@southwest.tn.edu.
The public is invited to attend our second annual Open House and Career Fair on April 18. Come explore more than 140 academic, career and technical programs, hear from industry and community leaders, meet the next generation of workforce graduates, visit our expo, tour our Southwest Express mobile career labs and state-of-the art Fulton technologies building, and attend our community career fair! We are excited to have as our guest speaker William H. Gary, Sr., a national consultant on workforce, community, business and economic development. Please RSVP for this free event. For details and sponsorship opportunities, click here.