Kenneth Moody is a graduate of Virginia Tech’s engineering program headed for a transformative year in Taiwan. His road started at Tidewater Community College. Five years ago Moody was directionless until he started at TCC, where he worked his first job, met professors who remain mentors and graduated with an Associate of Science in Engineering. […]
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 Client Innovation Center. Hammil develops and tests cloud applications for the government. His work is on the leading edge of the field and involves automation using mirco-services to build dynamic applications. […]
Coby Dillard stumbled into college one sunny afternoon while walking down Granby Street in Norfolk. The Navy veteran had just completed work with Gov. McDonnell’s campaign and was looking for a job to support his family. He realized he was on Tidewater Community College’s Norfolk Campus. “I stepped into the veterans services office and when […]
On Dec. 15, 2005, Chad Oxton was not qualified for an engineering technician opening with the City of Suffolk. That changed on Dec. 16, 2005, the day he graduated from Tidewater Community College. “TCC got me where I wanted to be,” said Oxton, distinguished by hair that reaches far below his shoulders, which is often […]
Christy Carroll-Hendricks was in fifth grade at Indian Lakes Elementary when she planted her first vegetable garden. Today, she is the team horticulturist at the Virginia Beach Community Garden (VBCG), which she designed as part of a class project while studying Landscape Design at Tidewater Community College’s Chesapeake Campus. VBCG is the brainchild of Virginia […]
From here, Daniel DeStefano has soared. The Smithfield native earned Tidewater Community College’s Associate of Applied Science in Emergency Medical Services (EMS) in 2005, and today he is a flight paramedic working for VCU LifeEvac in Richmond. The helicopter that doubles as his office has all the same capabilities of an intensive care unit, a […]
At Salem High, Grace Richardson was the PowerPoint queen. But she didn’t consider a career in interactive design until sitting in a class at Tidewater Community College’s Visual Arts Center. “Now I know what I want to do with my future,” said Richardson, in the midst of a summer internship with the digital mobile app […]
Karen Kee had a slate of marketable skills. She just needed the college degree to go with them. So she turned to Tidewater Community College, earning her Associate of Applied Science in Civil Engineering Technology. Today the construction program analyst for the Virginia Department of Transportation (VDOT) in Richmond teleworks from home one to three […]
Melissa Strong, 28, came to Tidewater Community College to train for a career. Two years later, she is a systems and network engineer with General Dynamics Information Technology earning three times more than before college. Before TCC “I was working as a receptionist in a salon and spa, and I was always hunting for things […]
Sterling Oliver is accustomed to the surprise she is frequently met with when she walks into a room where a family is grieving. The 26-year-old, named for her great, great grandfather, the founder of H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, does not fit the stereotypical image of a funeral director. But her education, which includes earning an […]