Southwest Express: Mobile Career Exploration Lab

Southwest Express: Career Exploration Lab

Connecting You to College and Career Skills

Southwest Express is a mobile career exploration lab that travels to your school, business or community site to provide an accessible and convenient way to explore science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) careers and other technologies fields.

When you enter our labs, you will experience an immersive, interactive educational and career exploration that provides real-world discovery activities and work-based learning.

Students will encounter the different types of health and/or STEM-related programs offered by Southwest - careers that are high growth occupations in the Mid-South. They will also have the opportunity to be exposed to various technical tools and equipment they may not experience in a traditional educational setting.

For the local business and industry community, the Mobile Career Exploration Lab provides an opportunity to showcase and introduce to career seekers, the technologies and skills training needed for today’s workforce.

Connecting our college to the workforce development needs of our community is what makes Southwest - The Workforce Solutions Center of the Mid-South.

Program Offerings

Welding Simulation
Forklift Simulation
Aviation – Flight Simulation
Mechatronics
- Electronic
- Industrial Maintenance
- Robotics
Virtual Reality Career Exploration: Explore hundreds of careers, from healthcare and hospitality, to automotive and manufacturing.