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Tidewater Community College’s Portsmouth Campus is home to the area’s largest welding lab. On most weekday mornings, students from Portsmouth Public Schools are transported from their high schools to the Portsmouth Campus, where they are learning a trade that will last a lifetime. Instructor Marcus Moody, a TCC graduate, provides instruction and guides students with […]

Caroline Mahoney skipped a grade in high school. Now she’s about to skip a year of college, too. The Virginia Beach native is a 2020 graduate of Kellam High. By spring of 2021, Mahoney will earn her Associate of Science in Business Administration from Tidewater Community College. Mahoney, 18, is one of 34 students currently […]

A new pathway by Tidewater Community College offers credentialed paramedics and respiratory therapists an avenue for admission into the college’s Beazley School of Nursing through prior learning credit. Paramedics and respiratory therapists who complete a 20-credit career studies certificate and all co-requisites can be placed into the second semester of TCC’s associate degree program in […]

Tidewater Community College is holding a special enrollment day to help those unemployed or underemployed due to the COVID-19 pandemic. For community members who have lost jobs, or seen a reduction in hours, TCC is here to help. Students and prospective students are invited to attend an online session: Saturday December 5, 10 a.m. – […]

Homeschool families in search of educational options are invited to take part in a special virtual information session hosted by Tidewater Community College. The session will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, Dec. 16, from noon to 1:30 p.m. RSVP here to receive the Zoom link. The session is designed for homeschooled juniors and seniors who […]

The program can be completed 100% online. Every professor is either an active or senior retired fire officer, including program head Rick Dienst, a deputy fire chief in the Air Force for 22 years. He is in his 18th year at TCC. Other faculty are TCC alumnus, Ed Elliott, former fire lieutenant for the City […]

Tidewater Community College will hold its 71st Commencement Exercises virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic.  On Dec. 21 at 6 p.m., the college will recognize the achievements of its graduates with an online ceremony that will include remarks by President Marcia Conston, student speakers and a conferring of certificates and degrees.  Graduates will have the opportunity […]

Stan Turbeville has been named vice president of Institutional Advancement at Tidewater Community College. He brings 25 years of leadership experience to the position, which includes the TCC Educational Foundation, public relations and marketing, grants management, alumni relations and college events. A first-generation college student, Turbeville grew up with few resources on his family’s farm […]

Whatever happened to the girl in the Tidewater Community College commercial? Chances are you’ve seen the TV spot that first aired in 2016 featuring Elissa Sanford, whose 4.5 high school GPA and AP credits would have stacked up for admission to just about any college. But the Hickory High graduate chose TCC, where she graduated […]

In this series, we provide a closer look at hands-on learning during COVID-19.While COVID-19 means online learning for most Tidewater Community College students, some are in the classroom for hands-on training. In fact, more than 400 sections of classes in interior design, automotive, health professions, welding, veterinary technology, culinary arts, visual arts, electronics technology and other […]