If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. That motto has been adopted by the Swain County 4-H students who have started a learning garden at Southwestern Community College’s Swain Center.

With a little over two months to go before the solar eclipse, Southwestern Community College is gearing up for the once-in-a-lifetime event by hosting a presentation by photographer Johnny Horne at 7 p.m. on Thursday, July 13, at Myers Auditorium on SCC's Jackson Campus.

More than 170 students made the president’s list, and 151 others made the dean’s list for the spring semester at Southwestern Community College.

Graduates of Southwestern Community College’s Human Services Technology program were honored during a pinning ceremony on May 2 at the Jackson Campus in Sylva.

In a photo finish, Jackson County narrowly edged out Macon County by raising the most money for this year’s virtual “Ducks on the Tuck” fundraising event for New Century Scholars.

For more than 50 years, Southwestern Community College has worked with community residents and area leaders to meet the educational and economic development needs of Jackson, Macon, Swain Counties and the Qualla Boundary.

Twenty-two graduates of Southwestern Community College’s nursing program were honored during a May 12 pinning ceremony at the Jackson Campus.