News From Southwest
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 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...
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...
NASA Scholar Erin Mullinax is Southwest's 2012 Student Speaker
To be successful, it is said that one needs to have stability, determination, and a goal. For most, stability means attending similar schools, meeting friends at a favorite hangout, and developing bonds that last a lifetime. This was not the path...
Shelby County Mayor Mark Luttrell to Address Southwest's 2012 Graduates
The Honorable Mark Luttrell, mayor of Shelby County, will deliver the commencement address to Southwest Tennessee Community College's Class of 2012 on May 5, at 10:30 a.m. at the Landers Center in Southaven, MS.