Southwest: In the News
Links to recent online news reports on community college trends, Tennessee Board of Regents coverage and more.
TnAchieves exceeds its 2019 statewide mentor recruitment goal
By TN Achieves staff
Franklin News
December 3, 2018
Next up for college programs in Tennessee as Gov. Bill Haslam leaves office: Think smaller
By Adam Tamburin
Nashville Tennessean
December 13
Schooling the feds: what national higher-education policy can learn from Tennessee
By Joey Hatch
Nashville Tennessean
December 14
Southwest TN Community College will help displaced Vatterott, L’ECole Culinaire students
By WMCActionNews5.com Staff
WMC Action News 5
December 18
Southwest community college to help students after Vatterott closing
By Fox 13 News staff
Fox 13 News
December 18
Randy Boyd outlines two-year plan at UT helm while ruling out Senate run
By Meghan Mangrum
Times Free Press
December 18
Students give back over 2 million hours through tnAchieves
By tnAchieves
The Greenville Sun
December 19
Southwest: helping Vatterott College, L’Ecole Culinaire students
By WREG News Channel 3
Live at 9
December 20
Southwest helps Vatterott College Students
By Local 24 News staff
Local 24 News
December 21
Live at 9: Mayor Lee Harris, Amy Weirich, Marvel Universe Live & Chef StevenLeake
By WREG News Channel 3
Live at 9
December 27
Bill and Crissy Haslam honored as Tennessean People of the Year for their service
By David Plazas
Nashville Tennessean
December 30
Southwest Makes The Best Times list for “Best Continuing Education”
By Best Times staff
The Best Times
January 2019
My turn: Higher Ed is a prerequisite for our future. Community colleges are key to that
By Eloy Ortiz Oakley
Special to CALmatters
January 2, 2019
Live at 9: Fixing the truancy problem, free programming classes & ReaganStrange
By WREG News Channel 3
Live at 9
January 4, 2019
In This Issue...
- Message from President
- Southwest chosen to debut LaunchCode’s first free computer programming courses in Tennessee
- RETIREMENT: Barbara Wells, registrar
- Students celebrate Southwest Leadership Institute completion
- Southwest: In the News
- Southwest opens new location at UT Martin - Somerville Center
- Southwest achieves medical device finishing first
- Sindy Abadie named special assistant to the vice president, Academic Affairs
- Holiday open house showcases faculty and staff holiday spirit
- Institutional Effectiveness and Equity and Compliance announce new leadership
- FACULTY KUDOS: Southwest faculty Bev Johnson to make history as Tennessee Radio Hall of Fame inductee
- Southwest Foundation celebrates generosity and student success at holiday reception
- New Year's resolution tips on new gym memberships
- Southwest and TCAT-Memphis celebrate economic impact at 2018 Legislative Luncheon
- President Hall elected to lead TBR Presidents' Council
- Welcome aboard, new team members
- Farewell: Retiree Vera Jane Williams
- STAFF KUDOS: Executive Assistant to the President Sherman Greer elected to Memphis City Council
- Saluqi Basketball enters 2019 among top-ranked TCCAA teams
- Mental Health Corner: Why weight loss as a new year’s resolution can harm your mental health
- Monika Johnson named special assistant to the president
- STAFF KUDOS: Robert Jackson named Maxine Smith Fellow
- Prospective students learn why Southwest is “Your Best Choice” at Campus Day 2018
- Former All-American Ashley Shields inducted into Memphis Amateur Sports Hall of Fame
- Saluqi Success Pathway (SSP) Hubs serve as lifelines for Southwest students
- Southwest to host 26th National African American Read-In Feb. 25
- CMT’S Empowering Education initiative seeks to encourage residents to pursue higher education
Fuel for Finals
nourishes students taking winter finals- The Diversity Club and Club of the Arts to honor Memphis State Eight pioneer Bertha Rogers Looney
- Project MOST (Men of Southwest Tennessee) to host Men in Black Awards Feb. 8
- Vice President for Institutional Advancement Karen Nippert retires January 31
- Brenda Rayner returns to Southwest as new Saluqi Success Pathway Coach