2021

Published August 23, 2021 9:24 am

The student activities department has a lot planned for the months of August and September! All of the following events are free to SWCC students.

Published August 12, 2021 9:58 am

CRESTON—Southwestern Community College (SWCC) recently received word from the United States Department of Education that funding has been renewed for the college’s TRIO Talent Search (TS) program. The $2.1 million grant will be funded at $438,253 per year for five years. This is an increase of $300,000 from the previous grant, which was a total of $1.8 million over five years.

Published August 11, 2021 4:13 pm

The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) board of trustees met for their regular meeting on Tuesday, August 10, 2021, at 5:30 p.m., in the Administration Center board room.

Published August 4, 2021 2:39 pm

Southwestern Community College will be offering three vaccination clinics during Fall 2021 Move-In Weekend. The clinics, which will offer the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine as well as the flu vaccine, will be held:

• Aug. 21 and 22, 11 a.m.-3 p.m., Student Center
• Aug. 25, 9 a.m.-1 p.m., Instructional Center, room 220

Published July 20, 2021 10:57 am

The 2021 issue of the Southwestern Magazine is now available online! The magazine is a joint effort of the SWCC Education Foundation and the college's marketing department. Features in this year's issue include Dr. Barb Crittenden's retirement as SWCC president, an introduction to SWCC's incoming president Dr. Marjorie Welch, an overview of Spartan athletics during 2020-21, an article detailing how the COVID-19 pandemic affected SWCC courses, and a feature on Chris Guess, SWCC alumni and the 2021 All-Iowa Girls' Basketball Coach of the Year.

Published July 14, 2021 4:09 pm

Creston— The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) board of directors met on Tuesday, July 13, 2021, at 5:30 p.m., for its regular board meeting.

Tom Lesan, SWCC vice president of economic development, shared with the board information about the agreement reached with the Education Association. The agreement included a salary increase of 2.54% to last year’s base, plus $2 per day. Full-time regular contracts are based upon 167 days of employment. The board moved to approve the Collective Bargaining Agreement between the SWCC Education Association and SWCC as presented.

In personnel, the board accepted the resignation of Jina Checketts, nursing instructor, and Elyse Lovell, psychology instructor. The board also approved the employment of Jenni Downing as psychology instructor.

Lindsay Stoaks, SWCC vice president of instruction, shared information with the board about SWCC’s building partnership contract with Habitat for Humanity. This is the eighth year of the joint project, which will see the construction of a home on Habitat for Humanity owned property at 509 S. Maple St. in Creston. The project provides required lab experience for students without incurring the expense and risk associated with building a spec home. The board moved to approve the building partnership contract with Habitat for Humanity.

The board moved to approve amendments to three board policies: Speech and Expression at Public Institutions, Executive Limitations: Budgeting, and Executive Limitations: Financial Condition.

During the president’s report, Stoaks provided a virtual tour of last year’s Habitat for Humanity home located at 706 N. Jarvis St. The home is 1,092 square feet, with three bedrooms and two bathrooms.

Board Member Jerry Smith provided a brief update of June’s virtual IACCT meeting. Emily Shields, executive director at IACCT, will attend the September board meeting.

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