Southwest Tennessee Community College is a

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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. The Tennessee Board of Regents operates it.

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.

Campuses

Southwest throughout the Mid-South: *Macon Cove Campus- located in Northeast Memphis () *Union Avenue Campus- located in Downtown Memphis () ** Medical District High School is located in Building E. * Maxine A. Smith Center- located in Southeast Memphis *Millington Center- located in

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*Whitehaven Center- located in Whitehaven Southwest previously had a campus located in Frayser but sold it to Libertas School of Memphis in 2024 due to declining enrollment.

Academics

Southwest offers more than 140 programs and has an agreement with LeMoyne–Owen College to make transferring easier. Southwest also offers an

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in aviation operations technology with three career tracks: pilot, flight dispatch, and aviation administration.

References

External links

Official website
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