If gumdrop rooftops and candy cane driveways sound yummy, bid on a gingerbread house crafted by the culinary arts students of Tidewater Community College. Amber Coles and Shante Bond add piping and decorations to their gingerbread houses. All proceeds benefit Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters. The gingerbread houses will be on display Dec.13-14 from […]
A new partnership between Tidewater Community College and the Virginia Ship Repair Association (VSRA) offers a Pre-Hire Training Program in Pipefitting for students seeking immediate employment in an in-demand career field. The VSRA program is designed to help meet the workforce needs of regional shipbuilding and ship repair companies by providing hands-on training in pipefitting. […]
Bennett Logan plays Dr. Van Helsing alongside Jordan Tewari as Count Dracula. A spooky but family-friendly “Dracula” comes to life in Tidewater Community College Theatre’s fall production on Nov. 2-11. All performances will be held in the Black Box Theatre, which is in the Academic Building on TCC’s Chesapeake Campus, 1428 Cedar Road. The play […]
Hoping to rev your automotive career into high gear? Start by attending Tidewater Community College’s Regional Automotive Center (RAC) Open House on Oct. 26. The open house runs 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the center, which is located at 600 Innovation Drive, off Clearfield Avenue in Chesapeake’s Oakbrooke Business & Technology Center. The center welcomes […]
We’re taking a peek inside the classroom to offer students a sampling of what they might experience. This week we visited a music class at Tidewater Community College’s Norfolk Campus to see learning in progress. Inside the classroom: Like to jam? Students in Advanced Jazz Ensemble (MUS 239), also known as the Blue Moon Jazz […]
Tidewater Community College was the first college in the nation to offer a textbook-free Z-Degree. As of the Fall 2017 Semester, 10,221 students have taken a Z-course, which translates into $1 million in savings on the cost of textbooks. The textbook-free Associate of Science in Business Administration launched as a pilot program in 2013 when […]
We’re taking a peek inside the classroom to offer students a sampling of what they might experience. This week we visited a land surveying lab at the Advanced Technology Center on Tidewater Community College’s Virginia Beach Campus to see learning in progress. Inside the classroom: Students Hugh Bohny and Rose Harrell practice measuring positions using industry-standard equipment. Students […]
Pictured above, graduate Eli Stacy transferred from TCC to University of Virginia, and completed his bachelor’s in sociology in 2016. What’s Tidewater Community College’s most popular degree program? You’re right if you guessed social sciences. TCC graduates an average of 848 students in social sciences per year, more than double of its next popular degree program, business […]
We’re taking a peek inside the classroom to offer students a sampling of what they might experience. This week we visited a trauma care class at the Regional Health Professions Center on Tidewater Community College’s Virginia Beach Campus to see learning in progress. Inside the classroom: Students in Advanced Life Support (ALS) – Trauma Care […]
Ever seen pictures of the dreary factories from the old days? Walk in to an advanced manufacturing facility today and you will see the contrast. They’re clean, bright spaces with employees moving from project to project working on sophisticated machinery. A computer numerical controls (CNC) operator holds a highly specialized position in production companies. CNC […]