It's summer!

Summer can be a busy time for everyone at Southwest Florida College. We're confident that with some time management, you can juggle classwork and leisure time. Check out books to help you succeed in your classes, and find some that are just fun to read!

If you have children or siblings at home, remember that there are a lot of ways to keep them occupied during the summertime. They can get a free book from Barnes & Noble, just by doing their summer reading program!

If you're a Tampa student, click here for free library workshops and events. Port Charlotte students can find library happenings on this page. Or, our Fort Myers and Bonita Springs students can find listings from this link.

To get a personalized recommendation, tell your SWFC librarian what you're interested in. We will help you find a good fit!

Congratulations, SWFC graduates!

To all of you graduating this term from SWFC... We are so proud of you! Although we will miss all of you, we hope you come back to visit and share about the great job you have and the fulfilling life you're leading.
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"Think, if you will, of some of the people who helped get you to today, people who’ve loved you and without whose care and generosity you might not have found yourself here... Think for one minute of those who have loved you up into this day.

Let me submit to you that this is the actual definition of a good life. You want to be the kind of person who other people—people who may not even be born yet—will think about in their own silences years from now at their own commencements. We may be taught that the people to admire and emulate are actors and musicians and sports heroes and professionally famous people, but when we look at the people who have helped us, the people who actually change actual lives, relatively few of them are publicly celebrated. We do not think of the money they had, but of their generosity. We do not think of how beautiful or powerful they were, but how willing they were to sacrifice for us—so willing, at times, that we might not have even noticed that they were making sacrifices.

You have probably figured out by now that education is not really about grades or getting a job; it’s primarily about becoming a more aware and engaged observer of the universe. If that ends with college, you’re rather wasting your one and only known chance at consciousness."

-John Green's commencement address