SIGN-UPS BEGIN FOR NEXT CLASS FOR UVA DEGREE AT TCC
Open to TCC students and alumni
Info sessions scheduled for February
HAMPTON
ROADS, Va. – (Feb. 16, 2005) – Tidewater Community
College and the University of Virginia invite TCC students and
TCC graduates to consider a UVA bachelor’s degree taught
by UVA faculty on TCC campuses.
Preparing for its second year, the Bachelor of Interdisciplinary
Studies (BIS) program is open to current and former TCC students
who completed high school at least four years ago, have 60 hours
of transferable credit, and a 2.0 GPA. The second cohort of the
BIS program begins fall, 2005.
To be considered for fall 2005, prospective students should attend
an Information Session with UVA on TCC’s Norfolk Campus
on Feb. 21. For times and details, go to www.tcc.edu
(http://www.tcc.edu/academics/programs/BIS/index.htm#info).
As a second step to enter the program, students can schedule an
appointment with a UVA advisor (send e-mail to mf2z@virginia.edu)
at the Virginia Beach Campus Feb. 22, 23 or 24.
For questions call 822-7211 or TCC’s Information Center
at 822-1122.
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Laurie White |
Media Relations |
757-822-1085 |
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Tidewater Community College
is the second largest of the 23 community colleges in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, enrolling more than 35,000 students annually. The 37th
largest in the nation’s 1,600 community-college network, TCC
ranks among the 50 fastest-growing large community colleges. Founded
in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, the
college serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake,
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne
and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the theater district
in downtown Norfolk, the Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth
and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. Forty-four
percent of the region’s residents attending a college or university
in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC. For more information,
visit www.tcc.edu
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