Alex Fletcher turned his passion into a paycheck, and he has Tidewater Community College to thank. “TCC changed my life,” said Fletcher, who finished his Certificate in Welding last summer and will graduate officially on Dec. 19. “If it wasn’t for TCC, I don’t know what I’d be doing.” The Newport News native and graduate […]
Luz Middleton is graduating from Tidewater Community College for the second time this December. With her love of numbers, she had planned to be an accountant. But after earning an Associate of Science in Business Administration, she was questioning everything about her career choice. “I struggled with every class the first time around. I got […]
Terrance Howell has come full circle. He grew up traveling the country with his musical family, The Scotts. Now he is running his own record label, Revival Music Company, LLC. “I basically grew up on tour buses traveling the country with my family who performed Southern gospel in churches and other venues. I fell in […]
Nobody would have laughed harder than Nicole Brailer if you had told her five years ago she’d be making a career in mathematics and attending the College of William & Mary. Yet that’s exactly the plan for the first-generation college graduate, who will leave Tidewater Community College with three degrees when she walks in the […]
Bo Chattin underachieved in high school. Now he’s a success story from Tidewater Community College making a career. Just one year into the mechatronics program, he is a full-time mechanic with benefits at the Target Distribution Center. Chattin maintains the equipment and prepares for emergency breakdowns in the Suffolk building, the second largest building in […]
Disappointment turned into delight when displaced ITT Tech student Earnest Simpson discovered Tidewater Community College. “TCC saved my bacon,” said Simpson, enrolled in four 12-week classes at the college and working toward his Associate of Applied Science in Electronics Technology. “And that’s an understatement.” Simpson is among several former ITT Tech students who turned to […]
Griffin Leach traded his skates for school and has never been happier. A California native, Leach found a home in Hampton Roads when he was recruited by the Hampton Roads Whalers, a junior hockey club. He made the decision to leave the sport he loved when he saw limited opportunities. “I saw my career stagnating […]
Tim DeBusk, 24, came to Tidewater Community College with no experience in information technology. Less than two years later, the Salem High School graduate holds a position as a systems analyst with a local firm. “Most people start in a call center right out of school, but I leap-frogged and got really lucky with a […]
Tidewater Community College engineering students spent part of the Summer Session designing and building robots to race during the American Society of Engineering (ASEE) Model Design Competition, held in New Orleans, June 26-29. STEM Club students receive first place award And it paid off. Students on the Chesapeake Campus in the Science, Technology, Engineering and […]
Behind the scenes work has always appealed to Chelsea Meeks, whose previous jobs ranged from dishwasher to radio programming assistant prior to her husband’s deployment to Hampton Roads. When the Navy wife explored programs at Tidewater Community College, she wanted to nurture her creative side, too. She found her niche in an area many might […]