Southwest Tennessee Community College
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Coordinates: 35°08′16″N 90°02′13″W / 35.13791°N 90.036864°W
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Type | Public |
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Established | Consolidation completed July 1, 2000 |
President | |
Location | , , United States |
Campus | Urban |
Athletics | 5 varsity teams |
Nickname | Saluqis |
Website | www.southwest.tn.edu |
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Southwest Tennessee Community College is a public community college in Memphis, Tennessee. As the product of a merger between two colleges in 2000, the school has two campuses in Memphis and several satellite centers. It is operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents.
History[]
The college resulted from the 2000 merger between two institutions, the former Shelby State Community College and the former State Technical Institute at Memphis ("STIM"). Nathan Essex, the school's founding president, announced in 2014 that he would retire the next summer.[1]
The merger was an attempt to reduce the overhead of maintaining two separate institutional managements and a recognition of the increasing convergence of academic and technical education. It also has made credits earned at the former Technical Institute more readily transferable to other institutions of higher learning, which was an additional goal of the merger. Southwest is one of the largest two-year colleges operated by the Tennessee Board of Regents.
Southwest Tennessee Community College is a comprehensive, multicultural, public, open-access college. Southwest is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
Administration[]
- Dr. Charles M. Temple (president, State Technical institute at Memphis, 1983-1995)
- Dr. M. Douglas Call (president, Shelby State Community college-2000)
- Dr. Nathan Essex (president 2001-2015)
- Dr. Tracy D. Hall (president 2015–present)
Campuses[]
Southwest has several campuses and centers. These include:
- Macon Cove Campus- located in
- Union Avenue Campus- located in Downtown Memphis
- Gill Center- located in Frayser
- Maxine A. Smith Center- located in Southeast Memphis
- Millington Center- located in Millington, Tennessee
- Whitehaven Center- located in Whitehaven
Athletics[]
The college maintains collegiate sports teams in the following sports:
- Men's Basketball
- Women's Basketball
- Baseball
- Softball
- Women's Soccer
- Cheerleading
The mascot is the Saluqi.
Both basketball teams have a winning tradition and regularly advance to the national tournaments. Basketball games are played at the Verties Sails Gymnasium on the Union Avenue Campus.
The Saluqi's baseball program plays at USA Stadium in Millington, Tennessee.
References[]
- ^ Sheffield, Michael (August 19, 2014). "Southwest Tennessee Community College president announces retirement". Memphis Business Journal. Retrieved September 19, 2016.
External links[]
- Community colleges in Tennessee
- Universities and colleges in Memphis, Tennessee
- Educational institutions established in 2000
- Universities and colleges accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools
- Education in Fayette County, Tennessee
- Education in Shelby County, Tennessee
- NJCAA athletics
- 2000 establishments in Tennessee
- Southern United States university stubs
- Tennessee school stubs