Southwest Technical College

Southwest Technical College
Type	Public technical college
Parent institution	Utah System of Technical Colleges
President	Brennan Wood
Administrative staff	200 employees
Location	Cedar City, Utah, United States
Website	www.stech.edu

Southwest Technical College (Southwest Tech) is a public technical college in Cedar City, Utah. It serves Beaver, Garfield, Iron and Kane counties. In addition to its campus in Cedar City, Southwest Tech also operates a campus in Kanab, Utah. Southwest Tech focuses on certificate programs and is accredited by the Council on Occupational Education. It is one of eight regional technical colleges in Utah in the Utah System of Technical Colleges.

History

Southwest Tech was founded in the late 1990s. Dana Miller was the college's president in the early 2000s. He was succeeded by Brennan Wood who was appointed in 2014 following Miller's retirement.^[1] A new $19.3 million building was constructed and completed in 2016.^[2]^[3] In the summer of 2015, Southwest Tech received a $200,000 grant from the George S. and Dolores Dore Eccles Foundation to purchase classroom and lab equipment for the new campus, especially in support of the new Health Professions and Trades Building.^[4] In fall of 2016, Southwest Tech launched the Utah Aerospace Pathway Initiative. This initiative is a partnership between Southwest Tech, the Government Office of Economic Development, Iron County School District, and MSC Aerospace.

Accreditations

Council on Occupational Education

References

^ Wentz, Cathy (August 8, 2014). "New SWATC president appointed". The Spectrum. Retrieved May 27, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Miller, Carin (April 1, 2016). "Sen. Vickers headlines opening of new Southwest Applied Technology College building". St. George News. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
^ Coombs, Holly (August 29, 2014). "Officials break ground for $19.3M building for applied technology college". St. George News. Retrieved June 13, 2016.
^ "Southwest Applied Technology College receives $200,000 donation". The Independent. July 14, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2016.

External links

Official website

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[1] Wentz, Cathy (August 8, 2014). "New SWATC president appointed". The Spectrum. Retrieved May 27, 2016.^{[permanent dead link]}

[groundbreaking-2] Miller, Carin (April 1, 2016). "Sen. Vickers headlines opening of new Southwest Applied Technology College building". St. George News. Retrieved June 13, 2016.

[3] Coombs, Holly (August 29, 2014). "Officials break ground for $19.3M building for applied technology college". St. George News. Retrieved June 13, 2016.

[4] "Southwest Applied Technology College receives $200,000 donation". The Independent. July 14, 2015. Retrieved June 13, 2016.

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