Southwest Tennessee Community College

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. The Tennessee Board of Regents operates it.

Southwest Tennessee Community College

Type	Public community college
Established	Consolidation completed July 1, 2000
Parent institution	Tennessee Board of Regents
Accreditation	SACSCOC
President	Tracy D. Hall
Academic staff	164 full-time and 182 part-time (fall 2023)[1]
Students	6,980 (fall 2023)[1]
Location	Memphis , Tennessee , U.S.
Campus	Urban
Nickname	Saluqis
Website	www.southwest.tn.edu

History

Union Ave campus

Southwest was formed on July 1, 2000, by a merger between Shelby State Community College and the State Technical Institute at Memphis ("STIM").^[2] Nathan Essex, the school's founding president, announced in 2014 that he would retire the next summer.^[3]

Campuses

Southwest has four locations throughout the Mid-South:^[4]

• Macon Cove Campus- located in Northeast Memphis.
• Union Avenue Campus- located in Downtown Memphis.
  • Medical District High School is located in Building E.^[5]
• Maxine A. Smith Center- located in Southeast Memphis.
• 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.^[6]

Academics

Southwest offers more than 140 programs and has an agreement with LeMoyne–Owen College to make transferring easier.^[7] Southwest also offers an associate degree in aviation operations technology with three career tracks: pilot, flight dispatch, and aviation administration.^[8]