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TCC Security
New TCC security phone number and mobile app to launch Jan. 13

Beginning Jan. 13, 2020, Tidewater Community College is using one single phone number for TCC security at all TCC locations. Simply dial 757-822-7777 and you will be connected to the new TCC Central Security Center located on the Virginia Beach Campus. Experienced dispatchers will receive your call and take the necessary actions to resolve it. […]

Marcia Conston, David Wright
A Top 10 look at a year to remember at TCC

A new president, a professor gone viral and a celebration of generous donors and collaborative partnerships are among a year of highlights for Tidewater Community College in 2019. Check out our TCC Top 10 list of storylines that made a mark. 10. The college’s Norfolk and Portsmouth campuses celebrated their first-generation students, faculty and administrators […]

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

Tidewater Community College is open virtually over the holidays to help students enroll in spring classes, explore career options and learn about financial aid and support services over the phone and via email. TCC’s New Student Support Team will be available on Dec. 27 and 30, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., by phone at […]

TCC Graduation
Savoring milestones at the 69th Fall Commencement

The week before Christmas, Tidewater Community College celebrated its newest graduates at the 69th Fall Commencement Exercises at Chartway Arena inside Norfolk’s Ted Constant Convocation Center. The evening graduation on Dec. 16 was the final one presided over by interim President Gregory T. DeCinque. Marcia Conston, sitting in the stands with her husband, Clidell and […]

TCC Perry Glass Wheel Arts Center
Enjoy the season with TCC at the NEON Holiday Market

If you’re looking for a last-minute gift, stop by the TCC Perry Glass Wheel Arts Center on Saturday, Dec. 14. Student-crafted glasswork will be on sale. The center, located at, 128 W. Olney Road, will be open 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. You can also enjoy two exhibits: “The TCC Revolving Art Faculty Exhibition” and […]

Poinsettia
It is that time of year again for beautiful holiday flowers

Tidewater Community College horticulture students will hold their annual poinsettia sale Dec. 10 – 12 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the Chesapeake Campus greenhouses, located behind the Whitehurst Building. All crops are grown by TCC’s students with inspiration from White’s Nursery & Garden Center, where poinsettias and chrysanthemums are in full bloom. Professor […]

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Virginia Wesleyan president will be keynote for TCC’s 69th Commencement Exercises on Dec. 16

Virginia Wesleyan University President Scott Miller will deliver the keynote address for Tidewater Community College’s 69th Commencement Exercises on Monday, Dec. 16, at Chartway Arena in the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Commencement, which begins at 6 p.m., will be streamed live at tcc.edu/commencement. Nearly 900 students will graduate from the college with either certificates or […]

The cast of The Seafarer
Holiday-themed play “The Seafarer” to be presented by TCC Theatre in December

Set on Christmas Eve, “The Seafarer” comes to life on stage at Tidewater Community College for two weekends in December. All performances will be held in the Black Box Theater in the Academic Building on TCC’s Chesapeake Campus, 1428 Cedar Road. “The Seafarer,” a 2006 play by Irish playwright Conor McPherson, is set in a […]

Give Thanks
TCC is closing at noon on Nov. 27 – Dec. 1

Tidewater Community College will close on Wednesday, Nov. 27, at noon through Sunday, Dec. 1 for the Thanksgiving holiday. The college will reopen on Monday, Dec. 2. No placement testing, academic advising or classes will be held while the college is closed. The Joint-Use Library is closed Nov. 28 – Dec. 1. You can find […]

Patricia & Douglas Perry TCC Center for Visual & Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management rendering
TCC Perry Center honored with design award by commercial real estate group

Tidewater Community College’s culinary and visual arts center, planned for Norfolk’s NEON District, was recognized with an Excellence in Developmental Design Award by the Hampton Roads Association for Commercial Real Estate (HRACRE). TCC’s Perry Center for Visual & Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management, which is scheduled to open in fall 2021, was honored with a […]