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September/October 2020

STUDENT NEWS: Project M.O.S.T. takes students on virtual trip to Africa
Men of Southwest Tennessee members travelled to three African countries and two American cities this summer during Project M.O.S.T.’s first virtual Introduction to College Excellence series of seminars.

STUDENT NEWS: Southwest launches National Society of Leadership and Success chapter
Southwest Tennessee Community College estimates more than 3,000 Southwest students who are freshman, adult learners, international students, veterans, men of color, single mothers and/or athletes and maintain a 2.75 GPA or higher are eligible for...

Welcome aboard, new team members
Southwest Tennessee Community College proudly welcomes our new employees to the Southwest family.

STAFF KUDOS: Chief L. Angela Webb appointed to international committee for campus public safety
Congratulations to Police Services/Public Safety Director L. Angela Webb on her appointment to the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators Education and Learning Committee. As a member of this prestigious international...

STAFF KUDOS: Dr. Mary Palmer touts benefits of outdoor learning in Science and Education article
Congratulations to Dr. Mary Palmer, Director of Campus Child Care Centers, on the publication of “Shape, Bake and Grow!”, an article she co-authored with Dr. Shelly Counsell and Felicia Peat for the July/August issue of Science and Children....

FACULTY NEWS: Join the Academic Master Plan conversation in October
The Office of Academic Affairs is set to develop an Academic Master Plan (AMP) to reimagine teaching and learning at Southwest. The plan will reflect the College’s academic goals and priorities and provide a framework for analyzing Southwest’s...
In This Issue...
- FROM THE PRESIDENT: Where education, training and business merge
- FACULTY NEWS: President Hall asks faculty to help TN Reconnect students keep moving forward
- President’s Leadership Retreat focuses on reimagining student success
- Southwest convenes first virtual legislative town hall
- STUDENT NEWS: New AFA program nets four Memphis Ostrander awards
- STUDENT NEWS: Honors Convocation salutes perseverance during pandemic
- STUDENT NEWS: Project M.O.S.T. takes students on virtual trip to Africa
- STUDENT NEWS: Southwest launches National Society of Leadership and Success chapter
- Welcome aboard, new team members
- STAFF KUDOS: Chief L. Angela Webb appointed to international committee for campus public safety
- STAFF KUDOS: Dr. Mary Palmer touts benefits of outdoor learning in Science and Education article
- FACULTY NEWS: Join the Academic Master Plan conversation in October
- FACULTY NEWS: Southwest rolls out faculty externship program
- FACULTY KUDOS: Dr. Eddie Baker appointed chair of business and technologies department
- FACULTY KUDOS: Cisco Networking Academy recognizes Brenda Phillips and Forrest Smith as top level instructors
- Adjunct Appreciation Awards go virtual
- Faculty and Staff Awards reward attendees with spectacular multi-media program
- Fall Convocation features student poetry and budget outlook
- Center for Access awarded $50,000 SERS grant; plans autism camp
- Virtual Data & Equity Conference offers insights on equity inside and outside the classroom
- Reimagine Southwest online!
- Want to help Reimagine Southwest? Join a governance council!
- Mandatory annual Title IX training begins Oct. 12
- ITS launches security awareness campaign; mandatory training to come
- College officials mobilize to promote health and safety in wake of COVID-19 cases
- Local health department impressed with campus safety measures
- Southwest launches COVID-19 activity dashboard
- ‘Tis the season for a flu shot
- FROM INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SERVICES: How to spot fake work-at-home job offers
- SPECIAL TO SCOOP: Avoid COVID-19 phishing scams
- SALUQI CORNER: Student-athletes score big at TCCAA achievement awards
- Southwest: In the News