Published April 10, 2025 8:57 am
Creston— The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) board of directors met on Tuesday, April 8, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the college’s Administration Center for its regular board meeting.
Published March 17, 2025 1:06 pm
Creston— The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) board of directors met on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, at 5:30 p.m. in the college’s Administration Center for its regular board meeting.
Published March 13, 2025 10:00 am
In 2024, the SWCC marketing department decided to unveil the SWCC Mag--a sleeker, more concise version of the college magazine. Read the articles from this issue online or download a PDF to read later.
Published March 11, 2025 10:27 am
Southwestern Community College’s business training partnerships were featured during the 2025 Community College Day on the Hill, held Wednesday, Feb. 19, at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.
Published March 3, 2025 10:27 am
Throughout the past year, Southwestern board members, administrators, and employees have invested a tremendous amount of time and effort in developing a vision to drive the college forward. The first key pillar was the development of a new master facilities plan during 2023-24. This process was instrumental in identifying a blueprint and vision for future renovation and construction projects with input from students and employees. Several top priority projects and themes emerged from this process, and this issue of the SWCC Mag will provide you with a glimpse into the projects that are moving forward, as well as several other key emerging themes. It has been exciting to see the progress!
Published March 3, 2025 10:26 am
Here are some ways SWCC has assisted Creston and the surrounding communities.
Published March 3, 2025 10:26 am
Southwestern Community College’s vision for the future made incredible advancements during 2024, with assistance from the college’s updated 10-year master facilities plan, put in place to drive future renovation and construction plans at the college.
Published March 3, 2025 10:26 am
During late-2023, the college was awarded a CDL Infrastructure Grant through the Iowa Workforce Development in the amount of $665,000 to be used for building, purchasing, or remodeling CDL training infrastructure.
As part of the college’s ongoing master facilities planning process, options were explored and following an April 2024 board approval a 1,860 square foot addition was constructed on the south side of the Agricultural Sciences Center at the SWCC ag site, north of the Creston campus. The majority of the construction took place during summer and fall 2024.
Published March 3, 2025 10:26 am
The 2023-24 academic year was banner-worthy for Southwestern Community College athletics, as two programs received national honors.
As a whole, the SWCC athletic department recorded a cumulative grade point average (GPA) of 3.39 during the Spring 2024 semester, an all-time high for the department.
Published March 3, 2025 10:26 am
After a Hall of Fame coaching career spanning more than 40 years, adding a new career highlight to the top of the list can be a challenge.
But, when SWCC Head Softball Coach Danny Jensen received word he was this year’s winner of the BSN Sports #DunkdChallenge and the $10,000 grand prize that came with it, he knew he’d added another achievement to that list.