News From Southwest
UTHSC College of Nursing, Southwest Tennessee Community College To Open Health Center on Southwest’s Union Avenue Campus
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center’s (UTHSC) College of Nursing and Southwest Tennessee Community College (STCC) will offer a free health resource center to STCC students, faculty, and staff beginning this month. A ribbon cutting...
Nationally Recognized Abstract Artist Exhibits at Bert Bornblum Art Gallery Starting Nov. 1
Abstract artist Chuck Johnson brings his unique perspective of botanical and geometric abstractions to Southwest Tennessee Community College (STCC) from Nov. 1 until Dec. 1 at the Macon Cove Campus Bert Bornblum Library at 5983 Macon Cove in Memphis,...
Shelby County Achieves Certification as ACT® Work Ready Community
Shelby County today announced that it has met all criteria to become a certified ACT® Work Ready Community. This achievement caps an ACT Work Ready Community Boot Camp process and begins a two-year growth and maintenance phase to retain certification....
Southwest Tennessee Community College announces first surge in fall enrollment since the COVID-19 pandemic
Southwest Tennessee Community College has released to the College the census-data student headcount for Fall ’23. As of Sept. 3, 2023, the headcount of students is 6,981, an increase of 3.6% over the Fall ’22 enrollment of 6,736 students. The...
Twenty-Six Saluqi Student-Athletes Receive TCCAA’s L. Quentin Lane Award
Twenty-six Southwest student-athletes received the TCCAA’s L. Quentin Lane Award for Academic Achievement for their work in the classroom during the 2022-2023 academic year. To qualify for the award, they needed to achieve a 3.0 grade point average...
TBR raises tuition and fees for Southwest Tennessee Community College’s 2023-2024 academic year for first time since 2021
Southwest Tennessee Community College tuition will increase by 3 percent for the 2023-24 academic year.
Southwest Tennessee Community College awarded more than $500,000 to provide tutoring services for students in Grades 1-3 in Shelby County
Southwest Tennessee Community College was awarded $512,915 for the Connected Literacy Partners Grant by the Tennessee Department of Education to provide a tutoring support program for students in Grades 1-3 throughout the Memphis and Shelby County...
Fourteen Saluqi Student-Athletes Named NJCAA All-Academic
Fourteen Southwest student-athletes have been honored as NJCAA All-Academic for their work in the classroom. Brady Holloway and Connor Brinkley from the baseball team and Mariah Morgan from the softball team earned first team recognition for achieving...
Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Macon Cove Campus and Gill Center shift to virtual learning and work
Southwest Tennessee Community College’s Macon Cove Campus at 5983 Macon Cove Road and Gill Center at 3833 Mountain Terrace in Memphis are temporarily closed for in-person classes and operations due to power outages from the severe weather that...
TBR, Southwest selected for First Scholars Network
The Center for First-Generation Student Success, an initiative of the National Association of Student Personnel Administrators (NASPA) and The Suder Foundation, recently welcomed the thirteen community colleges in the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR)...