College News | 05/08/2023
Summer programs help high school grads prepare for next steps
Tidewater Community College has been awarded a Title III grant to provide summer programs for recent high school graduates of Norfolk and Portsmouth...
Program Highlights | 10/21/2020
Live! Inside a Physical Therapist Assistant lab
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 News Faculty & Staff Profiles | 08/20/2020
TCC announces annual award winners
Tidewater Community College recognized four faculty and staff members from across the college with annual special awards on Aug. 20. Selected by their...
College News | 06/02/2020
Navigating unprecedented times and uncharted waters
Dear TCC Family, On Sunday, we remembered the one-year anniversary of the mass shooting in Virginia Beach. While I was not here during that tragic...
College News | 03/13/2020
Important update on Spring Semester
As concerns regarding COVID-19 continue to unfold and activities in our community are changing, I want to inform you of TCC’s current status regarding...
College News | 06/29/2018
ASHRAE’s hot scholarship helps HVAC/R students land a cool degree
Over the last 30 years, the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) has awarded more than $2 million in scholarships...
College News | 06/21/2018
Parents establish $10,000 endowed scholarship in memory of their son
Christopher Garrett’s parents established a scholarship to help a Tidewater Community College student like him fulfill his dreams. Chris was just...
College News | 06/13/2018
An Enduring Love: Donors embrace love and honor the past after loss
When Doug and Pat Barner finished raising their blended family, they followed their hearts to Chic’s Beach in Virginia Beach. They built a house...
College News | 05/22/2018
Chancellor appoints interim president for TCC
Dr. Glenn DuBois, the chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, announced today that he is appointing an interim president to lead Tidewater Community...
College News | 05/17/2018
Theater scholarship honors late student’s memory
Joshua Hastings was 22 years old and just months away from graduating with a degree in theater from Tidewater Community College when he died tragically...
College News | 05/03/2018
TCC donor’s scholarship plants seeds for student success
Sarah “Tata” White Kellam was 33 when she started selling plants from her greenhouse in a vacant lot on Virginia Beach’s Shore Drive. Her company,...
Student Profiles | 04/25/2018
Perseverance pays off for TCC scholarship recipient
Dakota Bernacki always knew he would be paying his own way through college. So when the time came for him to consider his educational options, Tidewater...
Faculty & Staff Profiles | 04/23/2018
What’s on your Kindle these days?
In celebration of World Book Day, a few of TCC’s English professors shared their favorite reads. Monica McFerrin, assistant professor of English on...
College News | 04/19/2018
Pictured, from left: Carol Curtis, TCC Educational Foundation Board; Marian Anderfuren, vice president for Institutional Advancement; TCC President...
College News | 02/13/2018
Remembering former TCC board chair and longtime faculty member LaVonne Ellis
LaVonne Parker Ellis, the former chair of the Tidewater Community College Board, died last week at the age of 76. Appointed to the college board in...
College News | 02/07/2018
Law enforcement, fire, EMS hiring event at TCC on Feb. 22
If you’re looking for a job in law enforcement, fire protection or emergency medical services, visit Tidewater Community College’s Law Enforcement...
College News | 02/01/2018
TCC Recognized for Online Learning Excellence
Tidewater Community College was named one of the Best Online Colleges in Virginia in 2018 by Affordable Colleges Online. TCC is among the top five accredited...
Faculty & Staff Profiles | 01/31/2018
Uruguay native and TCC Spanish professor authors first book
Gabriela Christie Toletti just completed a work of a lifetime. She recently wrote and published in Spanish “On the Scene with Migration and Dictatorship:...
Alumni Profiles | 01/30/2018
When Trisha McPherson started Tidewater Community College, it was without an idea of how she would secure a future for herself and her twin daughters....
Program Highlights | 01/29/2018
TCC veterinary technology program starting this fall will be lone one in Hampton Roads
Tidewater Community College will start a veterinary technology program for Fall Semester 2018 that will be the first in Hampton Roads. Students who...
Program Highlights | 01/25/2018
Need help with writing, English or ASL? Hop online!
Google Hangouts isn’t just a great way to connect with friends and family. Now you can use the tool to get help from an online tutor at Tidewater...
College News | 01/24/2018
TCC Celebrates Black History Month 2018
Tidewater Community College celebrates Black History Month 2018 with an inaugural half-day conference, TCC 360: A Dialogue on Black Life and Legacies,...
Faculty & Staff Profiles | 01/23/2018
“Generations” exhibit at VAC showcases eclectic collection from prof and his family
Talk to Ryan Muldowney about art, and you’re in for a rich conversation. Those spring flowers in the vase that look so brilliant on the canvas? While...
College News | 01/22/2018
YWCA South Hampton Roads’ Child Development Centers at TCC continue to make strides for quality
YWCA South Hampton Roads’ four Child Development Centers at Tidewater Community College have each earned another level of distinction from Virginia...
Program Highlights | 01/19/2018
New dual enrollment programs prepare students for in-demand careers
Nearly 500 high school students in Chesapeake are getting a head start on college and careers with dual enrollment courses and pathways at Tidewater...
Program Highlights | 01/16/2018
TCC’s Radiography program earns re-accreditation
Tidewater Community College’s Radiography program received an eight-year continuing accreditation term from the Joint Review Committee on Education...
College News | 01/11/2018
Short-term programs lead to long-term career gains
When Briley Thomas began exploring medical assisting programs, she was shocked. Sticker shocked. “Some of them were $27,000 or more,” she said....
Johvanny Torres knows firsthand what it’s like to be a single parent struggling to balance classes and kids. So the Marine Corps veteran and president...
Alumni Profiles | 01/10/2018
Family is the recipe for success
Latonia Darien-Grundy walked her mom, Marie Grimes, to her first class on Tidewater Community College’s Chesapeake Campus in 2014. Last month,...
College News | 01/04/2018
TCC spring classes to begin Wednesday, Jan. 10
Spring classes at Tidewater Community College will start on Wednesday, Jan. 10, because of the winter storm affecting Hampton Roads. Classes scheduled...