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Many of Tidewater Community College’s certificate programs and associate degrees lead to immediate employment or, in some cases, employment while you’re still in college. We feature these on an occasional basis in our series “From here, go to work.” Here’s a look at one option. From grocer to IMS Gear After high school, Cory Blume […]

Tidewater Community College’s third class of Women’s Center STEM Promise Program scholars aspire to be engineers, cyber security specialists, entrepreneurs and software developers. The TCC Educational Foundation introduced the new class of 20 scholarship recipients on May 19 in a ceremony at the Virginia Beach Campus. Doug Wilson, chief executive officer of Elizabeth River Crossings […]

Robert Sutton found friends and resources at Tidewater Community College, but perhaps the best part of all is the passport his associate degree provided. After graduating with his Associate of Science in Engineering, Sutton leaves TCC debt-free and bound for Virginia Tech this fall. Sutton and four others who were recipients of the Women’s Center STEM […]

Tidewater Community College’s Job Skills Training Program, Hampton Roads Transit and the City of Norfolk are new regional partners in a unique career readiness initiative designed to boost qualified applicants in the transit business who may otherwise face barriers to full employment. The DriveNOW program, available to Norfolk residents only, seeks citizens who want a stable […]

Thanks to a unanimous decision by the State Board for Community Colleges to maintain current in-state tuition and mandatory fees for the 2019-2020 academic year, Tidewater Community College joins institutions across Virginia in announcing a tuition and fee freeze for the upcoming academic year. The State Board’s decision means TCC’s in-state tuition and mandatory fees […]

Tidewater Community College’s 68th Commencement Exercises celebrated several significant milestones on Monday evening at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.  Among them: Five students from the inaugural STEM Promise Program cohort graduated; each is planning to transfer. Four of them, Deloren Perry, Devon Singleton, Kasen Martel and Kathryn Synowiec are bound for Old Dominion University. Robert […]

Charleston Yancey fell in love with Virginia Wesleyan University the first time he toured the campus. After graduating from Tidewater Community College on May 13, he will transfer there with junior class standing thanks to a new agreement. Yancey, student speaker for TCC’s 68th Commencement at the Ted Constant Convocation Center, leaves with an Associate […]

Boudnoma Convolbo knows the road to be an orthopedist is a long journey. The West African native values expediency, the prime reason why earning an associate degree while still in high school appealed to her so much. Norcom High’s salutatorian will graduate from Tidewater Community College first with an Associate of Science in Science. The […]

Tidewater Community College’s Skilled Trades Academy in Portsmouth received a visit from Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday and a gift from the Hampton Roads Workforce Council that will allow the new training center to better serve its apprentices preparing for some of the most in-demand jobs in the commonwealth. Gov. Northam signed bill  HB2020, which […]

Tori Grissom spent her first semester at Tidewater Community College with her nose in a book. When she wasn’t in class, the home-schooled Chesapeake native read for pleasure. It wasn’t until her second semester, spring 2017, that she stepped out of her comfort zone by participating in the Student Government Association Health and Wellness Initiative, […]