Tidewater Community College has earned a 2020-21 Military Friendly® Schools designation. In rankings released Tuesday, compiled by Military Friendly, TCC earned a bronze designation. Military-related students make up about one-third of TCC’s enrollment. The designation recognizes colleges, universities and trade schools that are doing the most to embrace America’s military service members, veterans and spouses […]
Jacquelyn Boykins grew up appreciating Martin Luther King Jr. Today the 66-year-old Tidewater Community College student shares a bond with the legendary Civil Rights leader and reverend. Boykins is the 2020 recipient of TCC’s Martin Luther King Jr., student scholarship, which will be presented at a ceremony presented by the Intercultural Learning Center at noon […]
As Tidewater Community College’s new president, I would like to tell you why the “Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back” (G3) initiative, which represents a fraction of Gov. Ralph’s Northam’s proposed $135 billion budget, has my full support. Hampton Roads already feels like home to me after moving here just a few weeks ago. […]
Designing your own version of Fortnite? Channeling your inner entrepreneur? Learning to publish original content on YouTube? Tidewater Community College ramped up its camp offerings for the summer to include a plethora of new options. Among them: Battle Royale: Make your first Fortnite-style video game Unreasonable Kids: A social entrepreneurship program for teens (separate camp […]
Tidewater Community College arts students can now benefit from a new transfer agreement with Old Dominion University. TCC students who have completed an Associate of Applied Arts in Studio Arts will receive junior class standing at Old Dominion University, where all their credits will be accepted toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts. TCC’s studio arts […]
Tidewater Community College’s Skilled Trades Academy offers hands-on, short-term instruction for in-demand trade jobs. This is the first part in a series. Kyle Cooke is ready to build a future. Navy wife Marcy Camacho wants to prepare for a leadership position. Devin Wilson needed a new career after more than a decade as a trucker. […]
Tidewater Community College Interior Design student Colleen Garrettson recently placed in the top five in a student competition sponsored by Delos Custom Carpets and Rugs. Students from colleges including UCLA, Canada College and the Art Institute of Atlanta submitted designs that ranged from whimsical to structured. Garrettson’s design, “Poolside,” is a multi-hued blue, gray and […]
Tidewater Community College celebrates Black History Month 2020 with a keynote address by Vernon J. Hurte, associate vice president and dean of students at Iowa State University, on Feb. 28 at noon in the multi-purpose room at the Portsmouth Campus Student Center. Pre-registration is required. To save your spot click here. Hurte formerly directed the […]
College Board Chair Cindy Free and President Marcia Conston led a contingent of 16 Tidewater Community College representatives to the General Assembly on Jan. 29 to press the case for G3, Gov. Ralph Northam’s signature program to put community college within reach of more Virginians. G3 stands for “Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back.” […]
Nita Wood loved books and writing and treated her English students at Tidewater Community College as family. “She always had someone from TCC for me to meet whenever I came home,” said her son, Claudius, an attorney in Atlanta. “My mother was very, very loving and caring to her detriment. She’d overextend herself sometimes. That’s […]