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Student Success @ Southwest: E-Weekly - February 22, 2021

Southwest Tennessee Community College wants you to succeed in all your classes, extracurricular activities and work life. Below are some timely announcements from Retention & Student Success @ Southwest! If you have any burning questions and haven't found the answers, let us know at studentsuccess@southwest.tn.edu or any of the other amazingly helpful offices @ Southwest!

Your Week in Brief… 02/22/21

  1. Resumes, e-Portfolios, and Appointments with Career Services
  2. Schedule Your Summer Courses Now
  3. Interested in Connecting with a Peer Mentor?
  4. Tutoring Available

Create or Update Your Resume

Join us virtually on Weds, Feb 24. for “How to Create a Professional Resume” from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m . Learn helpful tips including how to use Optimal Resume® - a free resume-building software for Southwest students and alumni.  Save this MS-Team link on your calendar to join the resume session: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_Zjg5YmRiYTEtNjljMC00NDgwLTg2NWEtZjc0Y2E3MTkxZmI4%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%2256bebae4-ab54-4607-9300-22d0d72c2f5a%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%221f0e2165-038e-4c59-86df-c79c65ba3f68%22%7d

Start Building an E-Portfolio

An electronic or e-Portfolio is a great way to keep track of your academic achievements, class projects, club involvement, leadership experience, and volunteer activities during college while you prepare for your career!  To start building your e-Portfolio, follow these step-by-step instructions and contact careerservices@southwest.tn.edu if you have any questions.

Schedule an Appointment by Phone, Email or MS-Teams with Career Services

We also offer career exploration and planning, job search, interview, and internship services.  To learn more about our resources and how they can help you prepare for your career, we invite you to schedule an appointment with Career Services.  It’s easy!  Just follow this link: https://swtn.navigate.eab.com and select “Career Services” as the care unit, then follow the prompts to choose your preferred appointment day and time.

Click on Student Navigate Icon

Click on Appointments (Left side).

Click “Schedule an Appointment”

Answer the Prompts

On the staff Prompt:

  • For first available appointment, do not select a Staff member, click “Done” at the bottom of the page.
  • To schedule with your Professional Academic Advisor, select their name and click “Done.”

Select your available time

Confirm your appointment, but read the entire page before confirming your appointment. You can update your contact number.

Congratulations, you can scheduled your Academic Advising Appointment!!

Peer Mentors are available to mentor and assist in connecting you with resources about campus activities and services. They are there to encourage you and help you move forward towards your degree. If you would like to be connected to a peer mentor, please reach out to Mrs. Alma Rutledge at anhernandez@southwest.tn.edu.

If your grade could be improved, know that tutoring is available! If you have the Navigate app, follow the instructions to Get Assistance and make an appointment for tutoring just like you made an appointment for Advising.

If you’re on a computer, please log into Navigate (https://swtn.navigate.eab.com) either in the My.Southwest.tn.edu portal or select below “Make An Appointment” on the ASC webpage. Once you’ve logged in, please Select “Get Assistance.” Locate in the dropdown menu “Academic Support/Tutoring,” and then select your Service as “Tutoring.” Please, then select your course, tutor, and time.

Remember, you can contact ASC@southwest.tn.edu for any help with tutoring! WritingTutor@southwest.tn.edu is also available for Writing Assignments.