News From Southwest
Veterans Retraining Assistance Program Benefits Available at Southwest Tennessee Community College
Congress passed, and the President has signed into law, the VOW to Hire Heroes Act of 2011. The Veterans Opportunity to Work (VOW) to Hire Heroes Act of 2011 provides seamless transition for servicemembers, expands education and training opportunities...
Southwest Tennessee Community College Delivers a Highly Effective Solution to the Industrial Skills Shortage in the Memphis Market
Southwest Tennessee Community College has collaborated with Scientific Management Techniques (SMT), Inc., local manufacturers, and the Tennessee Career Center to deliver customized industrial skills training designed to solve the industrial skills...
Southwest Students Explore Genomics and Biomanufacturing in France
Southwest’s International Studies - Study Abroad Program flew a team of eight BIOT 2990 students and faculty to Paris, France recently for a study-abroad project that included tours and lectures at Universite D’Evry-Val-D’Essonne (Evry) and...
End of an Era:
Legendary Southwest Men’s Basketball Coach and Athletic Director Verties Sails Jr. will retire effective June 30, 2012, ending a 33-year coaching career at the college in which he led the Saluqis to a 709-276 record, 16 Tennessee Community College...
TSBDC Empowers Four Women to Become E-Business Graduates and Owners
Electronic business (e-business) and the Internet have the capacity to change lives profoundly. Four women were given the opportunity through a sponsorship with SiteSell.org to create a personally fulfilling and economically stable future by building...
Southwest Executive Appointed as National Judge for the Robert W. Carey Performance Excellence Award
Donald C. Fisher, Ph.D., executive director/CEO of the Mid-South Quality/Productivity Center (MSQPC), a partnership between Southwest Tennessee Community College and the Greater Memphis Chamber, has been appointed to serve as one of six National...
Collisionworx Gets TSBDC's Rising Star Award
After an 18-year career in the automotive repair industry, Mike Whitlock partnered with his wife, Pattie, to open their own business, Collisionworx. The couple was recently presented the Rising Star Award, given annually to a small business that...
Southwest's Class of 2012 Encouraged to "Be a Part of the Solution"
Numbering 1,791; our largest graduation class ever, the candidates of Southwest's 2012 graduating class had marched three-point symmetry into the Landers Center arena in Southaven, MS and taken their seats to receive their seal of approval on May...
Southwest Baseball Team Faces Roane State In Region Play-In Game
The eighth-seeded Southwest baseball team will take on ninth-seed Roane State in a play-in game for the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament at 3 p.m. on May 6 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The Southwest/Roane State winner will play regular season conference...
Southwest Softball Team To Play Walters State In Region Tourney Opener
The sixth-seed Southwest softball team will take on third-seed Walters State in the opening round of the TCCAA/NJCAA Region VII Tournament at 2 p.m. on May 7 in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Southwest enters the tournament with a 29-29 overall record including...