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Single Stop
TCC students in need of support services can find them at a Single Stop

Tidewater Community College is now offering Single Stop, a “one-stop shop” for students to get resources to assist in keeping them enrolled. The free nonprofit program connects students to comprehensive social support and financial resources so they can achieve academic success.  Among them: Benefit screening for federal and state food and nutrition programs, health insurance […]

Glenda Benion
Alumna’s agency providing needed mental health care during COVID-19 crisis

Alumna Glenda Benion is gearing up to provide even more help to those with mental health needs in Hampton Roads. “The current COVID-19 crisis is certainly going to have an impact on the mental health of many in our community, and we are preparing for an uptick in service needs once the Commonwealth reopens,” she […]

TCC District Building
State Board for Community Colleges to Consider 2020-21 Fees at May Meeting

In accordance with Section 23.1-307 (D) of the Code of Virginia, the State Board for Community Colleges provides notice that it will consider tuition and mandatory fee increases for Virginia’s Community Colleges, effective fall 2020, at 9 a.m. on May 21, 2020, via a virtual meeting. The address for that meeting will be posted on […]

Olivia Brichter
TCC student named to the All-USA Academic Team and is a New Century Pathway Scholar

Scholarship winner Olivia Brichter has a message for Professor Manisha Trivedi. “I’m sending you a big fat thank you for taking the time, for believing in me, for all of it,” said Brichter, who will graduate from Tidewater Community College in May with an Associate of Science in General Studies. Brichter was named to the […]

Black Rocket
Black Rocket summer camps at TCC now virtual

Due to COVID019, all Tidewater Community College summer camps for the week of June 22 will be canceled. Refunds will be issued via credit card. All Black Rocket camps will be virtual for the weeks from June 8 to Aug. 24. The online cost per camp will be $129 for most Black Rocket camps; a […]

Fashiona
Visual Arts Center’s Annual Student Art & Design Exhibition goes virtual

Jacqueline Kay wanted to capture a playful, vibrant image celebrating femininity and a black woman being confident and beautiful in her own skin. Her image, “Fashionista,” won the President’s Award at the 49th  Annual Student Art & Design Exhibition at Tidewater Community College’s Visual Arts Center. The show is virtual due to COVID-19. “My aspiration […]

OP-ED: Tidewater Community College offers hope in crisis

We are amidst an unsettling time when, every day, headlines remind us of soaring unemployment as more businesses close their doors because of COVID-19. Economists expect there will be a recession, if not a depression. It is at times like this that community colleges offer hope. Across Virginia, our community colleges are open. Classes are […]

A TCC Student
Interested in fall scholarships at TCC? It’s time to apply.

Whether you’re a woman studying STEM, a recent high school graduate or a military-related student returning to school, we have scholarships to help you pay for classes. Don’t miss out on free money to further your academic goals. Applications for Tidewater Community College’s 2020 fall scholarship cycle are being accepted April 15 through June 5. […]

Green District Building
TCC to hold its 70th Commencement Exercises Virtually

Tidewater Community College will hold its 70th Commencement Exercises virtually due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 11 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 […]

TCC volunteers at Rosetta Man's home.
Respiratory Therapy program prepared TCC alum to be on front lines of COVID-19

Walking into a clinical simulation lab at Tidewater Community College, Justin Seemueller never knew what to expect. The unique possibilities – a child suffering from an asthma attack to a lung cancer patient gasping for breath – ranged from moderate to life-altering. As a student in the college’s Respiratory Therapy program, he understood that reacting […]