On May 6, Southwestern Community honored its first set of Occupational Therapy Assistant graduates in 15 years with a pinning ceremony on the Jackson Campus
Two large segments of heavy, rusting metal arrived Tuesday morning at Southwestern Community College’s Public Safety Training Center in Franklin.
For a few anxious seconds on April 9 in Hickory, Southwestern Community College students clung to a large white weather balloon and the cargo box on which they’d been working for months.
Swain High senior and Southwestern Community College Upward Bound participant Heather Whitt has been awarded the Ronald A. Hammond Scholarship to attend the University of Miami in Coral Gables, Fla.
Swain High senior and Southwestern Community College Upward Bound participant Katharine Murray has been accepted to Berea College (Ky.) and received the school’s Tuition Promise Scholarship, which is currently valued at $97,200 over four years.
Eleven current participants in Southwestern Community College’s Upward Bound program set a goal last year to apply for $1,000,000 in scholarship funding.

