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Three TCC graduates and one former instructor among those who lost their lives in Virginia Beach shooting

Several who lost their lives in the shooting at the Virginia Beach Municipal Center on May 31 had ties to Tidewater Community College. Tara Welch Gallagher, Mary Louise Gayle and Alexander Gusev were all graduates of the college. Richard Nettleton taught here and was an inaugural member of the advisory board for TCC’s Civil Engineering […]

SMART Center
TCC’s SMART Center to host national maritime education conference

Tidewater Community College’s Southeast Maritime and Transportation (SMART) Center will host the 2019 National Maritime Education conference at the Norfolk Sheraton, June 9-11. The “All Hands on Deck” conference will feature speakers and panel discussions addressing national opportunities to enhance and expand maritime training, marine technology, ship building and repair, as well as port management, workforce training […]

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TCC’s accredited Diagnostic Medical Sonography program recognized for quality, affordability

Tidewater Community College’s nationally accredited Diagnostic Medical Sonography program is the most affordable one in the Commonwealth of Virginia, according to HealthGrad.com, a leading online provider of comprehensive information about the medical community. TCC’s 67-credit Associate of Applied Science in Diagnostic Medical Sonography (DMS) can be completed in five semesters at the Virginia Beach Campus. […]

Cory Blume
From here, go to work as a mechatronics technician

Many of Tidewater Community College’s certificate programs and associate degrees lead to immediate employment or, in some cases, employment while you’re still in college. We feature these on an occasional basis in our series “From here, go to work.” Here’s a look at one option. From grocer to IMS Gear After high school, Cory Blume […]

STEM scholars 2019
TCC introduces class of 20 for its third STEM Promise Program scholarship

Tidewater Community College’s third class of Women’s Center STEM Promise Program scholars aspire to be engineers, cyber security specialists, entrepreneurs and software developers. The TCC Educational Foundation introduced the new class of 20 scholarship recipients on May 19 in a ceremony at the Virginia Beach Campus. Doug Wilson, chief executive officer of Elizabeth River Crossings […]

STEM grads 2019
STEM Scholar Program grads on their way to four-year schools with associate degrees in hand

Robert Sutton found friends and resources at Tidewater Community College, but perhaps the best part of all is the passport his associate degree provided. After graduating with his Associate of Science in Engineering, Sutton leaves TCC debt-free and bound for Virginia Tech this fall. Sutton and four others who were recipients of the Women’s Center STEM […]

HRT driver
Regional partnership helping those who face employment barriers train to be HRT operators

Tidewater Community College’s Job Skills Training Program, Hampton Roads Transit and the City of Norfolk are new regional partners in a unique career readiness initiative designed to boost qualified applicants in the transit business who may otherwise face barriers to full employment. The DriveNOW program, available to Norfolk residents only, seeks citizens who want a stable […]

TCC students
TCC to freeze tuition and mandatory fees

Thanks to a unanimous decision by the State Board for Community Colleges to maintain current in-state tuition and mandatory fees for the 2019-2020 academic year, Tidewater Community College joins institutions across Virginia in announcing a tuition and fee freeze for the upcoming academic year. The State Board’s decision means TCC’s in-state tuition and mandatory fees […]

TCC Dual Enrollment Graduates
TCC marks 68th Commencement Exercises with milestones, including huge numbers of dual enrollment grads

Tidewater Community College’s 68th Commencement Exercises celebrated several significant milestones on Monday evening at the Ted Constant Convocation Center.  Among them: Five students from the inaugural STEM Promise Program cohort graduated; each is planning to transfer. Four of them, Deloren Perry, Devon Singleton, Kasen Martel and Kathryn Synowiec are bound for Old Dominion University. Robert […]

Northam, Skilled Trades
Gov. Northam visits TCC Skilled Trades Academy to sign bill that bridges gap between apprentices, skilled jobs

Tidewater Community College’s Skilled Trades Academy in Portsmouth received a visit from Gov. Ralph Northam on Wednesday and a gift from the Hampton Roads Workforce Council that will allow the new training center to better serve its apprentices preparing for some of the most in-demand jobs in the commonwealth. Gov. Northam signed bill  HB2020, which […]