Southwest Tennessee Community College is a public

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. 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

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History

The college resulted from the 2000

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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. 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

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. 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. Floyd "Bud" Amann (president Shelby State Community college 1996–2000) *Dr. Floyd "Bud" Amann (president Southwest Tennessee Community College 2000–2001) *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 Northeast Memphis *Union Avenue Campus- located in

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*Gill Center- located in Frayser * Maxine A. Smith Center- located in Southeast Memphis *Millington Center- located in

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*Whitehaven Center- located in

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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

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References

External links

Official website
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 {{Tennessee-university-stub