Published June 30, 2023 3:50 pm
Southwestern Community College (SWCC) came home with two national medal winners—Brady Pearson (pictured at left) of Knoxville received gold in electrical technology and Lucas Lynch (pictured at right) of Creston placed silver in collision repair—following the 2023 SkillsUSA Championships, held June 19-23, in Atlanta, Georgia.
Published June 19, 2023 8:38 am
The Copy Center, located in the upstairs of the Instructional Center on SWCC's Creston campus, will be closed until Tuesday, June 27, due to unforeseen circumstances. The Learning Resource Center (LRC)/library staff, 641.782.1462, has access to the Copy Center and will assist with basic copy needs if they are time sensitive. The LRC is located in the Instructional Center, main floor.
Published June 16, 2023 2:07 pm
Southwestern Community College (SWCC), the Union County Planning Coalition, and Union County Emergency Management are participating in a disaster drill on Tuesday, June 20, beginning at 2 p.m., on SWCC’s Creston campus. Please do NOT be alarmed. This is only a drill.
Published June 16, 2023 10:03 am
Creston— The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) board of directors met on Tuesday, June 13, 2023, at 5:30 p.m., in the SWCC Administration Center, for their regular board meeting.
Published June 13, 2023 10:54 am
Tuesday, June 13, 2023, CRESTON, IOWA—Brandi Shay of Tingley was announced today as Southwestern Community College’s chief financial officer.
Published June 5, 2023 3:55 pm
Planning is underway for the Junction Town Showdown, a truck show and tractor pull, scheduled for June 30-July 2, 2023, at the Clarke County Fairgrounds in Osceola. A portion of the proceeds from this event will be donated to Southwestern Community College's Education Foundation for the purpose of funding career and technical education scholarships for students.
Published June 5, 2023 10:10 am
Last week, Southwestern Community College's TRIO-Student Support Services (SSS) program was notified two SWCC TRIO-SSS members--Alexis Beberniss, of Lenox, and Brenna Bruns, of Greenfield--were selected for scholarships from the state TRIO-SSS organization.
Published June 2, 2023 8:35 am
In honor of Merlin & Ann Magneson, a fund has been established through the SWCC Education Foundation to donate toolboxes to SWCC auto collision repair/refinish graduates. During the first year of the program, the Magneson family generously provided toolboxes to five 2023 grads.
Published May 26, 2023 2:34 pm
CRESTON, Iowa—Southwestern Community College (SWCC) auto collision repair/refinish Career Academy student Jayden Dierks of Lorimor was named as the 2023 SWCC Gordon Bills Auto Body Scholarship recipient during an informal presentation held on Monday, May 22, at 9 a.m., in the college’s auto collision repair/refinish lab, located in the SWCC Instructional Center.
Published May 12, 2023 10:53 am
The W.D. and Shirley Schafer-Ray Educational Trust awarded more than $273,000 to 45 local students, 28 being Southwestern Community College (SWCC) students, for the 2023-24 academic year.