Southwest Tennessee Community College News
Browse past news stories for Southwest Tennessee Community College in Memphis, TN:
- UTEP basketball duo Jeremy Williams and Myron Strong have history of winning (El Paso Times)
posted on November 13, 2009 at 06:39:51 am
EL PASO -- Magic Johnson, one of the greatest winners of all time, used to talk about "winning time. - Megan Murphy: Big flavor, beta carotene benefit in small pumpkin bar serving (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on November 9, 2009 at 02:02:35 am
This is the time of year for pumpkin dishes, and today's recipe, recommended by a Memphis reader of this column, won't disappoint pumpkin lovers. In fact, you may just decide to serve these bars instead of pumpkin pie at your Thanksgiving meal. Pumpkin is an excellent source of beta carotene, so any dish made with it will also provide a good amount of this antioxidant nutrient that gives ... - UTEP men's basketball team host exhibition today (El Paso Times)
posted on November 7, 2009 at 07:54:10 am
EL PASO -- UTEP moves from the bottom floor of its spanking new Foster-Stevens Basketball Center to center stage -- under the bright lights of the Don Haskins Center -- tonight for an exhibition against New Mexico Highlands. - Otis L. Sanford: Expectations, achievement in different worlds (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on November 6, 2009 at 04:32:53 am
The Memphis school system "is not falling off the face of the Earth," Dr. Freda Williams reminded me last week. "The Earth just continues to move." So there you have it, ladies and gentlemen, boys and girls. A capsule explanation for why students in Memphis City Schools keep bringing home a depressing report card to city taxpayers and all of us who want our kids to do better. I would expect ... - UTEP newcomers have Division I experience (El Paso Times)
posted on November 5, 2009 at 06:55:37 am
EL PASO -- Though there is not a senior to be found on its roster, UTEP has a talented, veteran roster this season, a roster that Miner hoop fans know well. - Exchange Club Family Center Names Ratcliff Marketing, Special Events Director (The Memphis Daily News)
posted on November 4, 2009 at 06:07:03 am
Karen Ratcliff has joined the Exchange Club Family Center as director of marketing and special events.Ratcliff will be responsible for overseeing inte.... - Conference USA (USA Today)
posted on November 2, 2009 at 04:10:01 pm
Conference USA-Around Conference USA - UTEP Miners continue to prepare for season (El Paso Times)
posted on November 2, 2009 at 06:23:31 am
EL PASO -- The UTEP men's basketball team has been grinding through practice after practice, day in and day out. - ASU's Boone looking to share more (Jonesboro Sun)
posted on November 2, 2009 at 06:10:22 am
JONESBORO — Ask Arkansas State’s Donald Boone where he hopes to improve this basketball season and he doesn’t talk about shooting or scoring. Boone showed he could put the ball in the basket last season, when he averaged 13.6 points per game to lead the Red Wolves. - In brief: Tree falls, cuts power to 3,500 (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on October 31, 2009 at 04:33:34 am
A tree knocked out power to about 3,500 homes and businesses when it fell across a power line near the intersection of Messick and Kirby Roads about 2:15 p.m. Friday. Although about half of the customers affected had their power back within an hour, it took at least four Memphis, Light, Gas and Water Division electrical crews until about 8:30 p.m. to completely restore power to the area. Chris ... - Kennedy looking for production from frontcourt (Northeast Mississippi Daily Journal)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 11:23:30 am
OXFORD – In a paraphrase of a classic line by Oakland Raiders owner Al Davis, Andy Kennedy offers this bit of encouragement to his lightly experienced frontcourt players. - Memphis-area colleges lay out plans for use of stimulus funds (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on October 30, 2009 at 04:03:01 am
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act will funnel $228 million over two years into Tennessee higher education, and public schools say maintenance projects will benefit from stimulus stipends. At Southwest Tennessee Community College that means repairing roofs, replacing the cooling tower at the Macon Cove campus and renovating the Whitehaven campus, said Ron Parr, vice president for ... - What to do (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on October 28, 2009 at 02:32:41 am
Wednesday MPACT Memphis civic engagement committee meeting:6 p.m., Otherlands, 641 S. Cooper. For more information, e-mail civicengagement @mpact memphis.org. MPACT Memphis Grizzlies Night at FedExForum: 7 p.m., 191 Beale. For more information, call LaTonya Lane, 205-1455. Faith-based Memphis Area Business Referral Network: 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Coletta's Italian Restaurant, 2850 Appling. For ... - Brotherly love (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on October 26, 2009 at 06:02:53 pm
Three years ago, Kenneth Carpenter of Whitehaven decided that he wanted to help in the fight against sickle cell disease. His good friend and fraternity brother, Trevor Thompson of Bartlett, lives with the disease and had experienced a lot of suffering in 2006 and was hospitalized for several weeks. Sickle cell disease is an inherited blood disorder that affects red blood cells. People with ... - Hudson hopes to make a point (Boston Globe)
posted on October 26, 2009 at 06:53:50 am
WALTHAM - Lester Hudson didn’t have another plan. He wasn’t thinking about going overseas and coming back. He wasn’t thinking about going to the D-League and working up. Not when he considered where he had come from. - Southeastern Conference (USA Today)
posted on October 23, 2009 at 12:38:26 pm
Southeastern Conference-Around the SEC - In brief: Council: Turn in old tire and collect $1 (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on October 21, 2009 at 04:36:59 am
MEMPHIS The City Council approved a resolution Tuesday that it hopes will help prevent the proliferation of illegal tire dumps. The resolution establishes $50,000 in city funding for a tire redemption program. The money will be used to pay citizens who bring used tires to an authorized tire disposal or recycling facility. For every tire citizens turn in, they will be paid $1. The funding ... - Some students blocked from federal loans (Chattanooga Times Free Press)
posted on October 21, 2009 at 04:07:48 am
Many community and technical college students in Tennessee and Georgia have no access to federal student loans, causing some to turn to more expensive private loans, a new report shows. - Coffee Break: Cellular South will buy Corr (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on October 17, 2009 at 03:06:26 am
Cellular South announced Friday plans to buy Corr Wireless in Alabama. The move will expand Cellular South's service in Alabama and Georgia, an area covering 18 counties and with a population of 1.3 million. "The acquisition of Corr Wireless by Cellular South is an important step forward in Cellular South's growth plans, and also for Corr Wireless employees and customers," said Ben Pace ... - Mental Health Advocate To Accept National Honor (The Memphis Daily News)
posted on October 14, 2009 at 05:10:41 am
Marian Bacon is the person on the other end of the phone line who saves people’s lives. She does it by listening compassionately and giving soothing .... - Police ID body found in hotel room (Nashville City Paper)
posted on October 6, 2009 at 11:49:57 pm
Kentucky man was known to drive to Nashville to meet friends More - MCS, UT Knoxville to open 'pipeline' (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on October 2, 2009 at 05:06:56 am
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and Memphis City Schools are working to funnel more of the system's top students to the university. UT Knoxville chancellor Jimmy Cheek met MCS Supt. Kriner Cash for the first time this week to discuss building a relationship between Tennessee's largest school district and the state's flagship institution. "Understand that UT Knoxville is very interested ... - Partners in higher ed (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on October 2, 2009 at 12:05:07 am
The University of Memphis and Southwest Tennessee Community College have always seemed like a natural fit. It was good to hear this week that the two schools have forged a pact that will give students at the two-year school an easy transition to the U of M. The new relationship sounds a lot like the 2+2 program at the University of Mississippi, which offers a seamless transition to Ole Miss ... - Memphis, Southwest forge co-admissions plan (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 05:35:50 pm
The University of Memphis and Southwest Tennessee Community College have created a co-admissions program to give Southwest students an easy transition to the U of M. University President Shirley Raines and Provost Ralph Faudree signed an agreement with Southwest President Nathan Essex and Provost Joanne Bassett during a brief ceremony this morning at Southwest’s Macon Cove Library. The ... - MHA Plans Renovations To College Park Apartments (The Memphis Daily News)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 05:10:43 am
Memphis Housing Authority has filed a $500,000 multifamily building permit to renovate the College Park Apartments at 838 Walker Ave.MHA is listed as .... - U of M, Southwest To Announce Joint Program (The Memphis Daily News)
posted on September 30, 2009 at 05:10:33 am
University of Memphis and Southwest Tennessee Community College officials will announce a new program today to strengthen ties between the two schools.... - Enrollment at state institutions tops 200,000 (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 04:04:56 pm
A record number of students are attending Tennessee's state-run universities, community colleges and technical centers, as Tennessee Board of Regents Chancellor Charles Manning said the system has reached its highest enrollment with 202,020 students. David Gregory, vice chancellor for administration and facilities, said the enrollment increase is a "mixed blessing" because administrators ... - Expo educates job seekers to career changes (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on September 25, 2009 at 02:34:34 am
Piggly Wiggly founder Clarence Saunders fell on hard times in the 1920s and found himself out of sorts, out of money and out of a house. So it seemed fitting Thursday that the famous Memphis entrepreneur's pink Georgian marble mansion -- the Pink Palace -- on Central Avenue was the site for the first Opportunity Expo, a joint effort between OppCities, Brother Industries and the Bartlett Chamber ... - Neighbor foils burglary in Cordova; suspect injures leg jumping from roof (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on September 24, 2009 at 10:33:47 pm
At about 12:30 Thursday afternoon on Cully Road in Cordova, two strangers dressed in black long-sleeve shirts and black pants presented Stacie Al-Chokhachi with an opportunity to be a good neighbor. She took it. While she was driving, she saw the two men enter through an open gate and into a backyard. "One had a black do-rag, the other a black and red ball cap," she said. "It just didn't ... - Belz to upgrade mall site for city school (Memphis Commercial Appeal)
posted on September 22, 2009 at 08:03:07 pm
Belz Enterprises has agreed to fund half of the $350,000 that it will cost for the Mendenhall Square Mall to meet fire codes as a charter school under the Memphis Board of Education. Memphis City Schools in return will receive either a rent reduction over the term of the five-year lease or a first-year rent credit from Belz. The 50,000-square-foot mall at Winchester and Mendenhall meets ...