Financial literacy: First Tennessee sponsors SWCC scholarship

Corporate Giving story for The Commercial Appeal

March 27, 2009

The First Horizon Foundation has given $15,000 to Southwest Tennessee Community College to establish the First Tennessee Business and Commerce Endowment Scholarship.

“The scholarship is primarily for students studying finance,” said Charles Burkett, president of banking for First Horizon National Corp., parent company of First Tennessee Bank.

First Tennessee, now in its 145th year, has previously supported efforts at Metropolitan Inter-Faith Association and the United Way, as well as education partnerships at University of Memphis, Christian Brothers University and Rhodes College.

Burkett says the new scholarship at Southwest acknowledges that, “Southwest trains a lot of our employees and customers, and it’s important that we give back.” … (read more)