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College News | 09/21/2018
TCC continues casting call for real students!
Calling all TCC students! We want to see YOUR bright, shining faces reflected in Tidewater Community College’s marketing initiatives! The Marketing...
Alumni Profiles | 09/20/2018
After learning he could learn at TCC, alumnus wants to teach others
Rudy Wingate could have become another statistic – another special-education student left behind in life. Instead, he is a college graduate working...
Alumni Profiles | 09/18/2018
A whole building dedicated to art? Photographer finds his time at the VAC illuminating
Jason Stick went from snapping photos of friends snowboarding to becoming an award-winning photographer thanks to the foundation he got at Tidewater...
Alumni Profiles | 09/17/2018
After flipping careers, alumna living Happily Ever Now
Whitney Regan never thought she’d flip houses. Nevertheless, the hair-stylist-turned-interior-designer is doing just that. “I’m using my degree...
Alumni Profiles | 09/10/2018
An associate degree is all she needed to land dream job at Armada Hoffler
Amanda Mills didn’t want to cripple herself with student debt and needed a flexible class schedule to balance three kids, two jobs and a husband on...
Alumni Profiles | 09/06/2018
Back to school with TCC Alum Jared Cotton, superintendent of Chesapeake Public Schools
Great Bridge High graduate Jared Cotton could have attended some of the commonwealth’s best universities after high school, but he chose to start...
College News | 09/05/2018
Tidewater Community College’s Marketing Department is looking for real TCC students to model in upcoming college-wide photo and video shoots. Calling...
College News | 09/04/2018
TCC’s natural gas training program recognized for its positive impact
Tidewater Community College’s partnership with Virginia Natural Gas and Virginia Gas Operators Association to train veterans and transitioning military...
Alumni Profiles | 08/30/2018
How a personal training certificate turned Navy vet’s passion for fitness into a dream job
At 38 years old, Ann Scott retired from the Navy and needed a new career. GI Bill benefits in hand, she explored a plethora of options at Tidewater...
College News | 08/29/2018
Renowned playwright part of TCC’s celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month
Tidewater Community College will recognize Hispanic Heritage Month with a keynote program featuring world-renowned playwright Dino Armas, Professor...
Alumni Profiles | 08/24/2018
Hokie engineer with TCC roots bound for Taiwan
Kenneth Moody is a graduate of Virginia Tech’s engineering program headed for a transformative year in Taiwan. His road started at Tidewater Community...
Program Spotlights | 08/23/2018
It’s one thing to decorate. It’s another to design. Learn how at TCC
Is your Pinterest feed flooding with the latest home design trends? Do you have an eye for color and space planning? If so, a career in interior design...
Alumni Profiles | 08/21/2018
Computer-savvy alum at work for IBM
Hezroy Hammil identifies as a Virginia Tech Hokie thanks to starting at Tidewater Community College. Now he’s putting his education to work at IBM’s...
College News | 08/20/2018
Local artists show off their whimsy at Visual Arts Center
The exhibition “It Figures: New Work by Bob Sites, Virginia Van Horn and Bill Wagner” will open at Tidewater Community College’s Visual Arts Center...
College News | 08/15/2018
TCC annual award winners to be honored on Aug. 16
Tidewater Community College will recognize six faculty and staff members from across the college with annual special awards on Aug. 16. Selected by...
College News | 08/10/2018
Recent gifts benefit TCC’s truck driving program
Tidewater Community College’s truck driving program received two significant gifts that will allow the college to better serve its students to fill...
Program Spotlights | 08/06/2018
TCC’s personal fitness and training certificate will get your career moving
If you’re always checking your Fitbit to increase your steps, love to motivate others to exercise and encourage your friends to go for the Greek yogurt...
Program Spotlights | 08/03/2018
The byte-by-byte breakdown of a career you can jumpstart with just a certificate
Look around you or better yet, stare at your phone. It’s full of data. So is the grocery store you shop in, the college you attend and that company...
College News | 07/25/2018
TCC’s Early Childhood Education program earns national accreditation
Tidewater Community College’s Early Childhood Education program has achieved first-time national accreditation from the world’s largest organization...
Faculty & Staff Profiles | 07/23/2018
Knowing this code can get you a job – fast. Meet the TCC instructor who teaches it
If learning building codes sounds dry, you’ve never taken Christina Jackson’s class at Tidewater Community College. The code team leader for the...