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Scoop January/February 2020 Edition
Scholarship recipients thank Foundation donors for making dreams come true
Southwest Foundation donors received a heartfelt thank you from scholarship recipients at a holiday reception Dec. 4 in the Bert Bornblum Library.
Culinary arts graduate opens ‘Cool Beans’ coffee shop in Cordova
When Alfredo Garcia was a student in the culinary arts program at Southwest, he and instructor Chef Steven Leake used to say “cool beans” to each other in class all the time.
Early FAFSA completers win book scholarships
Congratulations to Kamilah Fair (Union Avenue Campus), Glendoria Townsend (Macon Cove Campus), Patrick Garner (Maxine A. Smith Center), and Brianna Henderson (Whitehaven Center), all students who won a $250 book scholarship for completing their 2020-2021...
KUDOS: Memphis Grizzlies select VP of Student Affairs Jacqueline Faulkner for annual HBCU Empowerment Award
Vice President of Student Affairs Jacqueline Faulkner will be one of just four honorees to receive the Memphis Grizzlies HBCU Empowerment Award this month. The Memphis Grizzlies annually recognizes local Historically Black College and University...
FACULTY KUDOS: U.S. State Department selects Dr. Christopher Hastings for specialist assignment
Congratulations to Southwest’s English as a Second Language (ESL) Coordinator Dr. Christopher Hastings who completed his assignment to train English teachers in Islamabad, Pakistan this past December. Hastings was one of 80 United States citizens...
Shelby County Government and Southwest Allied Health and Sciences team up for disaster drill
A certified paramedic student tags a victim as “yellow” during the mock disaster event. A certified paramedic student tags a victim as “yellow” during the mock disaster event. The Nursing, Natural Sciences and Biotechnology Building on...