There are 58 article(s) tagged Southwest Tennessee Community College:

• September 2019

  • Southwest ends its relationship with Early College High School

    Southwest Tennessee Community College is cutting ties with the embattled charter school it partnered with to allow high school students to earn a diploma and an associate degree, according to a letter sent to the high school's parents.

    By Caroline Bauman September 30, 2019

• June 2019

  • Southwest renovating Whitehaven Center building for funeral degree

    The college’s new funeral services program is designed to prepare students to become either a funeral director or an embalmer.

    By Elle Perry June 28, 2019

  • Southwest to renovate building for industrial readiness training

    A $4.5 million building permit application was filed for one of Southwest Tennessee Community College’s main campuses.

    By Elle Perry June 10, 2019

• May 2019

  • Run, hide, fight: Local colleges, universities bolster security as campus shootings persist

    As school shootings continue to occur in America, local colleges and universities are investing in equipment, training and counseling services to take every measure against a shooting on their campuses. 

    By Michelle Corbet May 21, 2019

• December 2018

  • Local colleges step up to help L’Ecole and Vatterott students

    Two local colleges are hosting sessions this week for students who found themselves without a school when L'Ecole Culinaire and two local Vatterott Career Colleges campuses closed abruptly on Monday.

    By Jennifer Biggs December 18, 2018

• October 2018

  • Rhodes, Southwest, U of M theater programs team up for ‘NottageFest’

    Last year, a graduating senior at Rhodes College was directing scenes from Lynn Nottage’s “Fabulation or, The Re-Education of Undine,” for her final project in the directing class.

    By Elle Perry October 31, 2018

  • Southwest to offer Memphis’ first funeral services degree in 2019

    Students interested in a career as an embalmer or funeral director will no longer have to drive outside of Shelby County to pursue a degree.

    By Michelle Corbet October 09, 2018

• September 2018

  • Artesian Schools will be a catalyst for post-secondary opportunities

    “Just as tapping into an artesian aquifer helped restore the city of Memphis back to health after the yellow fever epidemic in the late 1880s, Artesian Schools Inc. will be the catalyst to restore vibrancy to post-secondary opportunities for students in our community.”

    By Mary C. McDonald September 27, 2018