Jacquelyn Boykins grew up appreciating Martin Luther King Jr. Today the 66-year-old Tidewater Community College student shares a bond with the legendary Civil Rights leader and reverend. Boykins is the 2020 recipient of TCC’s Martin Luther King Jr., student scholarship, which will be presented at a ceremony presented by the Intercultural Learning Center at noon […]
Designing your own version of Fortnite? Channeling your inner entrepreneur? Learning to publish original content on YouTube? Tidewater Community College ramped up its camp offerings for the summer to include a plethora of new options. Among them: Battle Royale: Make your first Fortnite-style video game Unreasonable Kids: A social entrepreneurship program for teens (separate camp […]
Tidewater Community College arts students can now benefit from a new transfer agreement with Old Dominion University. TCC students who have completed an Associate of Applied Arts in Studio Arts will receive junior class standing at Old Dominion University, where all their credits will be accepted toward a Bachelor of Fine Arts. TCC’s studio arts […]
Tidewater Community College’s Skilled Trades Academy offers hands-on, short-term instruction for in-demand trade jobs. This is the first part in a series. Kyle Cooke is ready to build a future. Navy wife Marcy Camacho wants to prepare for a leadership position. Devin Wilson needed a new career after more than a decade as a trucker. […]
Tidewater Community College celebrates Black History Month 2020 with a keynote address by Vernon J. Hurte, associate vice president and dean of students at Iowa State University, on Feb. 28 at noon in the multi-purpose room at the Portsmouth Campus Student Center. Pre-registration is required. To save your spot click here. Hurte formerly directed the […]
College Board Chair Cindy Free and President Marcia Conston led a contingent of 16 Tidewater Community College representatives to the General Assembly on Jan. 29 to press the case for G3, Gov. Ralph Northam’s signature program to put community college within reach of more Virginians. G3 stands for “Get Skilled, Get a Job, Give Back.” […]
Nita Wood loved books and writing and treated her English students at Tidewater Community College as family. “She always had someone from TCC for me to meet whenever I came home,” said her son, Claudius, an attorney in Atlanta. “My mother was very, very loving and caring to her detriment. She’d overextend herself sometimes. That’s […]
First trip to In-N-Out Burger? Done. Posing with Snoop Dogg’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame? Yep. Sitting alongside singer-songwriter Kelly Clarkson on her very own talk show? That’s another boxed checked for Tidewater Community College students Erica Church and Kierra Brothers, who went all the way from here to Hollywood for a special […]
Tidewater Community College will feature “Happenstance: Southern Tour” from Jan. 18 through March 22 at the TCC Perry Glass Wheel Arts Center. The artist’s reception will be held on Feb. 6 at 7 p.m., with an informal gallery talk beginning at 6:30 p.m. Galleries and events are free and open to the public. In this […]
Are you hungry for something new this semester? Check out the fresh food options available at TCC’s Campus Cafés and Campus Cups. The college’s new food vendor is The Farley Experience LLC., a family business that aims to provide quality food and exceptional services. Its motto: “Good food and good vibes.” The menu includes breakfast […]