Published April 29, 2024 4:48 pm
Southwestern Community College (SWCC) career and technical education students came home from the Iowa SkillsUSA Championships in Ankeny, held April 25-26, with six first place finishers, two second place finishers, and one third place finisher.
All students finishing in the top spot earned gold medals and qualified for the national SkillsUSA competition from June 24-28 in Atlanta, Georgia.
Published April 24, 2024 1:33 pm
Plant Kindness and Spread It grew in a new direction this year during Southwestern Community College’s (SWCC’s) annual Pay it Forward (PIF) Week, held April 22-27, 2024!
Published April 18, 2024 9:59 am
Southwestern Community College (SWCC) announced today Paul Purvis will be the college’s next athletic director. He will begin his duties on April 30, 2024.
Purvis comes to Southwestern from Bellevue, Nebraska, with over 30 years of high school and collegiate coaching and administrative experience. As a student-athlete, Purvis played football for the University of Mississippi. After his playing days concluded, Purvis spent over 30 years teaching and coaching at the high school and collegiate levels. Most notably, he was part of the University of Tennessee football staff from 1997 to 2001 and won a national championship in 1998.
Published April 11, 2024 9:53 am
Apr. 11, 2024, CRESTON, IOWA—The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) board of directors met on Tuesday, Apr. 9, 2024, at 5:30 pm in the Administration Center board room.
Published April 11, 2024 8:33 am
Dr. John Franklin of Creston was named as Southwestern Community College’s (SWCC’s) vice president of instruction during the regular April board of trustees meeting held Tuesday, April 9, 2024, at 5:30 p.m., in the Administration Center board room.
Published April 8, 2024 3:55 pm
As a part of 2024 Pay it Forward (PIF) Week, a jersey retirement ceremony will be held for former student-athlete and Spartan first baseman Halsie Barnes of Tingley, on Saturday, April 27, 2024, during the softball games vs. Southeastern.
Published April 8, 2024 10:05 am
Please join us this Wednesday, April 10, 2024, from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m., in the Student Center gym for Spring Poster Day.
Published April 5, 2024 10:38 am
High school students were on Southwestern Community College's Creston campus on Thursday, April 4, from 9 a.m.-2 p.m., competing in the 2024 Welding Skills Challenge.
Published March 20, 2024 9:56 am
The Southwestern Community College (SWCC) board of trustees held its regular meeting on Tuesday, March 12, 2024, at 5:30 p.m., in the Administration Center board room.
Published March 11, 2024 10:35 am
A groundbreaking ceremony for the ORBIT Center in Osceola took place on Friday, March 8, 2024, at 10 a.m., at the Southwestern Community College (SWCC) Osceola Center.