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Over the past two years, students in Southwestern Community College’s Radiography program have been attending classes and training in clinical settings in preparation for becoming professional medical radiographers. On May 7, family and friends of those nine students attended a pinning ceremony to celebrate their completion of that rigorous program. Upon successfully passing their national…

By Addison Bevlin, SCC Public Relations Intern SYLVA – Sixty-seven Southwestern Community college students celebrated their academic accomplishments with family and friends during a dual ceremony for the Alpha Beta Gamma and National Technical Honor Societies on April 9 at the Jackson Campus.  To be eligible for membership into Alpha Beta Gamma, students must be enrolled…

Southwestern Community College today announced a new partnership with BibliU, a provider of digital learning content and campus store solutions, to operate SCC’s Jackson Campus store and support the college’s launch of a flat-rate course materials program. This initiative aims to reduce course material costs and ensure students have access to required digital resources from…

Written by SCC Public Relations intern, Jazzie Blankenship  More than 200 aspiring entrepreneurs, business owners and community leaders attended “EmpowHer Jackson” – a women’s breakfast hosted on May 13 by Southwestern Community College’s Small Business Center on SCC’s Jackson Campus. The free event brought together women from across Jackson County in a welcoming and supportive…

In order to mount a comeback, one must first encounter a pitfall. For Katelynn Ledford-McCoy, the pitfall was a doozy. It began with a foray into drugs, advanced to a crippling addiction and culminated with some jailtime. At some point along the way, she realized it was time to climb out – so she got…

As Southwestern Community College prepares to launch a Dental Hygiene associate degree program, The Cannon Foundation and Charles A. Cannon Charitable Trust No. One awarded SCC $225,000 toward the purchase of new state-of-the-art dental simulation equipment for a new Dental Simulation Lab. Southwestern already has a thriving Dental Assisting program and completed a brand-new clinic…

NC Asheville and Southwestern Community College signed a Memorandum of Understanding on Wednesday, April 29, to launch the Bulldog Promise Program, a pioneering direct-entry admissions partnership designed to make a bachelor’s degree more accessible, more affordable, and more achievable for students across Jackson, Swain, Macon Counties and the Qualla Boundary. Effective fall 2026, the program…

Written by SCC Public Relations intern, Jazzie Blankenship  Southwestern Community College’s Small Business Center is hosting EmpowHer Jackson, a women’s breakfast from 8:30-10:30 a.m. on May 13 in the Burrell Conference room on SCC’s Jackson Campus. The free event is designed to bring together women from across Jackson County in a welcoming and supportive environment…

Anyone interested in attending North Carolina State University has a new guaranteed pathway to admission through Southwestern Community College.  Joined by NC State’s Senior Vice Provost, Dr. Don Hunt, SCC President Dr. Don Tomas recently signed an agreement to join Wolfpack Connect, a statewide guaranteed admissions partnership. Wolfpack Connect creates a new pathway for SCC…

About a year ago, a grant from the Duke Energy Foundation gave Southwestern Community College’s Automotive Systems Technology students the opportunity to construct and program an Electric Vehicle. A second round of funding received this month will allow SCC’s instructors to take their EV show on the road. Recently announced Duke Energy Foundation funding is…