Scoop September/October 2021 Edition


Upward Bound

Upward Bound engages students with creative adventures during the Coronavirus pandemic

Southwest’s Upward Bound program provided some unique and inventive ways to engage students during the Coronavirus pandemic this summer. Due to COVID-19 restrictions, the program was not able to offer its traditional residential component where...

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Question Persuade Refer

TBR offers QPR suicide prevention training for faculty and staff

Question. Persuade. Refer. These are actions we all can take to help someone who is in a crisis, prevent a suicide and save a life. The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) in partnership with the Tennessee Suicide Prevention Network is providing...

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Welcome Aboard

Welcome Aboard!

Southwest Tennessee Community College welcomes the following new employees to the Southwest family

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Taste Too

The Taste at Southwest dishes out with take out

The Taste at Southwest cafeteria continues to dish out your favorite food selections with take-out service. Now that students and employees have returned to campus, the cafeteria is following safety measures by offering food delivery via curbside...

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TECTA Coordinator Melissa Joiner wrote and published Danny the Nanny Cares for Granny, a children’s book on Alzheimer’s disease.

TECTA’s Melissa Joiner’s children’s book teaches us all about Alzheimer’s disease

Congratulations to Melissa Joiner, orientation coordinator for the Tennessee Early Childhood Training Alliance (TECTA), on the release of her first self-published children’s book, Danny the Nanny Cares for Granny! The book follows the adventures...

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 James Scott-Healy

Alumnus Scott-Healy hails benefits of IT Apprenticeship Program

Alumnus James Scott-Healy is quick to hail the benefits and opportunities of Southwest’s IT Apprenticeship Program that launched in March 2020.

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