Student Profiles

Tidewater Community College’s Portsmouth Campus is home to the area’s largest welding lab. On most weekday mornings, students from Portsmouth Public Schools are transported from their high schools to the Portsmouth Campus, where they are learning a trade that will last a lifetime. Instructor Marcus Moody, a TCC graduate, provides instruction and guides students with […]

Caroline Mahoney skipped a grade in high school. Now she’s about to skip a year of college, too. The Virginia Beach native is a 2020 graduate of Kellam High. By spring of 2021, Mahoney will earn her Associate of Science in Business Administration from Tidewater Community College. Mahoney, 18, is one of 34 students currently […]

One-third of our students are military-related. This week we highlight some of them in honor of Veterans Day, Nov. 11.  Snapping pictures, Matthew McCarthy forgets. Instead of reflecting on his lost Navy career or the Multiple sclerosis diagnosis that unexpectedly ended it, the California native focuses on the subject in front of the lens. “When […]

In this series, we provide a closer look at hands-on learning during COVID-19. While COVID-19 means online learning for most Tidewater Community College students, many are in the classroom for hands-on training. In fact, more than 400 sections of classes in interior design, automotive, health professions, welding, veterinary technology, culinary arts, visual arts, electronics technology and […]

In this series, we provide a closer look at hands-on learning during COVID-19. While COVID-19 means online learning for most Tidewater Community College students, many are in the classroom for hands-on training. In fact, more than 400 sections of classes in interior design, automotive, health professions, welding, veterinary technology, culinary arts, visual arts, electronics technology and […]

Tidewater Community College made perfect sense for veteran Jacob Beagle. After separating from the Navy in August 2019, the Michigan native who was stationed in Norfolk started college two weeks later at TCC determined to fulfill his lifelong ambition of becoming a doctor. “It was just so convenient,” he said, noting the process of using […]

Dasha Chaney wasn’t ready for college the first time around. Now the 23-year-old is close to completing her Tidewater Community College cyber degree in just one year. “I’ve gone from nothing to something in three semesters,” Chaney said. “I actually have the mindset for college now. I’m ready to push and meet my goals.” A […]

Single mom Teosha Taylor is determined to make a difference. Taylor, 34, is studying Human Services at Tidewater Community College. After graduating next spring, she hopes to establish a charity to help teen moms, runaways and youth who have been neglected and abused. Taylor is passionate about being the light for youth who are the […]

Landry Bernard weathered a three-hour roundtrip twice weekly to attend Tidewater Community College. Jessica Littlefield had a similar haul — an hour each way from Carrsville to Virginia Beach. The classmates are part of TCC’s inaugural group of graduates from the Veterinary Technology program that launched two years ago. The only program in Hampton Roads […]

Rachel Wilson is making waves. At 17, she’s a pro surfer, but she’s also a college student. Wilson is getting a head start on a degree with dual enrollment courses at Tidewater Community College. The Virginia Beach native began taking dual enrollment courses at TCC last fall.  When she finishes high school in December, she […]