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Vernon Hurte

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,...

Ryan Muldowney

“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...

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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...

Dual Enrollment Students

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...

2018 Radiography Students

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...

Briley Thomas

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....

Computers for Student Success

Giving the gift of Chrome

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...

Latonia Darien-Grundy walked her mom, Marie Grimes, to her first class on Tidewater Community College’s Chesapeake Campus in 2014.

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,...

Students studying in a common area on campus.

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...

Generations Exhibit

Visual Arts Center exhibit features works by family of artists

Yellow Collar Man by TCC Professor Ryan Muldowney The exhibition “Generations: Influences of the Pennsylvania Academy” will open at Tidewater Community...

Happy Holidays from TCC

Help available over the holidays if you want to enroll for spring classes at TCC

Tidewater Community College is open for the holidays to help students enroll in spring classes, explore career options and learn about financial aid...

2017 Fall Commencement

Saluting TCC grads and the military at 65th Commencement Exercises

One week before Christmas, Tidewater Community College celebrated its graduates along with a military milestone at the Ted Constant Convocation Center....

Jessica Evans

She had a brain injury. Now military vet has a college degree and a future in engineering

Jessica Evans knows what it’s like to fall asleep on a park bench and to hear the words “traumatic brain injury” applied to her. On Dec. 18, she’ll...

Geneva Lawton

Walking the stage is bittersweet after 17-year journey

Three different types of cancer, homelessness and raising children, including four who aren’t her own, didn’t prevent Geneva Lawton from attaining...

Travis Ward

First-generation grad enjoys setting up other students for success

Money was an object when Travis Ward realized he wanted more than just a job in materials handling. The 2003 Landstown High School graduate researched...

Maritime Workers

Maritime Centers of Excellence legislation is signed into law

The Domestic Maritime Centers of Excellence Act was signed into law by President Trump on Dec. 12 as part of the National Defense Authorization Act...

Dieudonne Sogbossi

International student was right at home at TCC

When Dieudonné “GG” Sogbossi took flight from Togo to America, he spoke only a little English. A native French speaker, Sogbossi, 22, began taking...

Kareem Etheridge

He had no footsteps to follow. So TCC grad forged his own path

If Kareem Etheridge had mirrored what he saw growing up, he might be in jail like one of his brothers. Or dead, like another brother. Instead, Etheridge...

Diverse college/ university students in class.

New TCC program helps youth 16-24 earn a GED and a workforce credential

If you didn’t graduate from high school and have yet to earn a GED, Tidewater Community College can help with the transition into college. The college’s...

TCC Culinary Gingerbread Auction

TCC’s sweetly designed gingerbread houses to be auctioned for charity

If gumdrop rooftops and candy cane driveways sound yummy, bid on a gingerbread house crafted by the culinary arts students of Tidewater Community College....

2017 Diverse Issues Ranking

TCC earns national nod as a top associate degree producer for African Americans

Tidewater Community College continues to receive national recognition in awarding degrees to African-American students. Diverse: Issues in Higher Education...

Rickkita Taylor

Wishing upon a star didn’t get her to Disney World. TCC did

Rickkita Taylor never thought she’d be able to take her two boys to Disney World. But the family recently took that trip of a lifetime. Thanks to...

Health Professions Career Fair

TCC hosting health professions and human services hiring event on Dec. 7

If you’re looking for employment in health care or human services, visit Tidewater Community College’s Health Professions and Human Services Career...

TCC 65th Commencement

TCC graduation also a celebration of Naval Station Norfolk’s 100th anniversary

Tidewater Community College will celebrate the 100th anniversary of Naval Station Norfolk during its 65th Commencement Exercises on Dec. 18. The event...

Langley For Families

Langley for Families Foundation helping TCC students become tomorrow’s leaders

Pictured above, from left: James Edwards, dean of student services; Vanessa Christie, TCC educational foundation board member; Gary Hunter, associate...

Military Times 2018 Best Colleges

TCC recognized by Military Times as one of nation’s best for vets

Tidewater Community College is among the top two-year schools in the nation for veterans, according to rankings released by Military Times on Nov. 20....

Debra Duffy

From the research lab to the classroom – professor finds her passion in teaching

Meet Debra Duffy, who teaches geology and oceanography at Tidewater Community College’s Norfolk Campus. Duffy joined the college as a full-time faculty...

TCC SMART Center

SMART Center announces new principal investigator, director

The Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center has named Thomas Stout as its principal investigator and Jennifer Palestrant as its director....

TCC Credits 2 Careers

New web tool helps TCC’s military-related students earn credit for prior learning

Pictured above, from left: Chancellor Glenn DuBois, Virginia’s Community Colleges; Coby Dillard, veterans resource liaison at TCC’s Center for Military...

TCC Chorus

Dream of a white Christmas with TCC Chorale and Blue Moon Jazz

Fa-la-la-la-la-la-la-la! Cheers from Tidewater Community College’s chorus and jazz ensembles. Two holiday concerts are on tap this holiday season....