News From Southwest
St. Louis Fed Memphis Branch Announces Changes to Board of Directors
Tracy D. Hall, president of Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis, Tenn., has been elected board chair for 2024 by the Branch board of directors. She has served on the board since 2022.
Southwest Tennessee Community College named national Finalist for 2024 Bellwether Award
The Bellwether College Consortium has selected Southwest Tennessee Community College as a national Finalist to compete in the category of Planning, Governance and Finance category for the prestigious 2024 Bellwether Award.
Tennessee’s community and technical colleges honor veterans, including 37 recipients of the Chancellor’s Commendation for Military Veterans for 2023
Tennessee’s community and technical colleges are honoring veterans of military service – including students, faculty, staff and alumni – in Veterans Day activities this week. As part of those ceremonies, one veteran at each college will be...
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...