College News

Published September 19, 2014 11:51 am

CRESTON—Southwestern Community College (SWCC) will sponsor the 2014 SmartStart Kickoff for high school students from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Wednesday, October 8, 2014, on the SWCC Creston campus.  

The event—an open house for students—will be a great chance for high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors to check out SWCC and its campus!  Students will be able to sit in on college classes, visit program areas, talk with instructors and students, and tour the residence halls.  High school students in attendance will receive lunch, a SWCC T-shirt, and have the opportunity to win door prizes.  The college will be awarding two-$250 SWCC scholarships for senior attendees.

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Published September 19, 2014 8:39 am

Creston, IA—Southwestern Community College (SWCC) has announced Creston’s Randy Cook will be the college’s next chief financial officer (CFO), replacing Teresa Krejci, who recently relocated to Des Moines after serving as the college’s CFO since 1997.

Cook, a certified public accountant, received his bachelor’s degree in accounting in 1987 from Northwest Missouri State University.  He has been employed as an audit manager by Draper, Snodgrass, Mikkelsen & Co., P.C. since June 1994.  Prior to that, he was the senior accountant for Harold Voggesser, CPA.  Cook is a 1982 graduate of Creston High School and a 1984 graduate of SWCC.

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Published September 10, 2014 3:58 pm

Elevate Advanced Manufacturing, a statewide outreach campaign to promote careers and training in advanced manufacturing, announced Gibson Memorial Library in Creston, is the recipient of a $500 grant to implement programming to educate young people and their parents about the varied career opportunities in advanced manufacturing.

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Published September 4, 2014 4:02 pm

SWCC will host its annual Community Awareness Day on Wednesday, September 10, from 9-11 a.m. in the main hallway of the Instructional Center.  A variety of community agencies will be on hand to provide information to SWCC students and staff about the services they provide.

Agencies that will be providing information include:

• Crest Area for Life
• Crisis Intervention and Advocacy Center
• First National Bank
• Iowa Works
• Life Care Pregnancy Center
• Matura
• Neighbors Loving Neighbors Outreach
• PCSB Bank
• Proteus
• TRIO--Student Support Services
• Vocational Rehabilitation

Published August 27, 2014 2:59 pm

Due to the weather, volleyball tailgating tonight (starting at 5 p.m.) will be inside the Student Center. The volleyball game vs. DMACC will follow at 6:30 p.m. in the Student Center gymnasium.

Go Spartans!

Published August 14, 2014 3:57 pm

The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) board of trustees met on Tues., August 12, 2014, at 5:30 p.m. in the board room of the college’s Administration Center.

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Published July 31, 2014 10:21 am

During the Iowa Association for Lifelong Learning (IALL) Summer Conference, held July 16-17 in Ames, Kim Oaks, SWCC business coordinator, received the Distinguished Service Award.

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Published July 18, 2014 10:06 am

CRESTON — Southwestern Community College (SWCC) automotive collision repair/refinish students Zach Mullen of New Market and Garrett Hogue of Lenox took home second and fifth place finishes respectively at the 2014 SkillsUSA Championships held June 25-26, 2014, in Kansas City, MO.

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Published July 9, 2014 2:51 pm

Creston— The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) board of directors met on Tuesday, July 8, 2014, at 8:30 a.m. in the president’s office of the Administration Center for their regular board meeting.

The board approved the annual dues of $3,288 to the Higher Learning Commission, Chicago, IL.

Tom Lesan, SWCC vice president for economic development, reported to the board regarding progress being made at Spartan Court, the new residence hall being constructed on campus.  Lesan said the concrete work is near completion and progress continues to take place on finishing the inside of the building.

Beth Kulow, SWCC dean of student services, reported the college’s summer 2014 enrollment is 517 students.  Kulow stated this was an increase of 35 students from summer 2013.

Lesan said an insurance adjustor was expected to be on campus later in the day July 8 to inspect the water damage in the Administration Center.  The damage happened on Sun., June 22, following a break in a water line leading into the Administration Center.