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Debbi Gilbert always thought about going to college and knew that one day she would. It was just a matter of time. Gilbert has worked as a bookkeeper for 25 years and she came to Tidewater Community College to prepare for a new career. This Monday, May 10, Gilbert will graduate from TCC with an […]

President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden visited Tidewater Community College’s Portsmouth Campus today to talk about the American Family Plan, a proposed initiative to help working families. The plan would create four additional years of free public education and make preschool free for all 3- and 4-year-olds. In addition, the plan would cover […]

Tidewater Community College recently launched a new program designed to give recent high school graduates a head start on college. The LEAP (Learn. Explore. Accelerate. Persevere.) program is for students who will earn their high school diplomas in January – June of 2021. Student who are looking to start college sooner, lighten the fall semester […]

Tidewater Community College and the Foodbank of Southeastern Virginia and the Eastern Shore unveiled the Portsmouth Campus Community Feed at TCC during a grand opening and ribbon-cutting ceremony. The Portsmouth Campus site marks the partnership’s second location of The Community Feed — with the first opening at MacArthur Center in June 2020. The Community Feed […]

In accordance with Section 23.1-307 (D) of the Code of Virginia, the State Board for Community Colleges provides notice that it will consider tuition and mandatory fee increases for Virginia’s Community Colleges, effective fall 2021, at 9 a.m. on May 20, 2021, via a virtual meeting.  The State Board will consider mandatory fee increases of between […]

Tidewater Community College Visual Arts Center students are showcasing their work during the 50th Annual Student Art & Design Exhibition that has gone virtual for a second year. The event features more than 150 works, including studio arts, photography, graphic design, ceramics and glassblowing, created by students for art classes since last March. The judge […]

Tidewater Community College presents Quarantine Radio Theatre: “A Princess of Mars” on April 16 for two shows at 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. The performance is free and open to the public and will be streamed via Facebook on the TCC Theatre Livestreams page.   “The virtual radio format gives us an unlimited canvas with which […]

Tidewater Community College will offer tuition-free education to low- and middle-income students through Gov. Ralph Northam’s “Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back” initiative, or “G3” program, which was signed into legislation on March 29, 2021. The “G3” program includes $36 million to cover tuition, fees, and books and provide wraparound support for eligible students […]

Tidewater Community College received top honors from Best Value Schools for its Human Services program. The program ranked 11 out of 25 selected schools. Best Value Schools considers factors like cost of attendance, faculty experience, student feedback, the number of online offerings, student resources, graduation rate, job placement and total enrollment. Graduates from TCC’s Human […]

Tidewater Community College was named a top school by Intelligent.com for three programs: fire science, interior design and small business management. Intelligent.com ranks colleges and programs across the country using aggregated publicly available data. TCC was named “Best Community College” for the Associate of Applied Science in Fire Science. The program ranked 13 out of […]