The Painting II assignment called for staging and photographing a person interacting with an object and applying it to a canvas. Tidewater Community College student Alison Miller knew she wanted a creation that combined the mysterious with the unique. She considered replicating her son, Kaine, playing his viola, but it didn’t translate well into a […]
Imagine training for a new career and being hired in just six weeks. Tour Tidewater Community College’s Skilled Trades Academy on Saturday, April 27, for a firsthand look at available programs and specialized opportunities for in-demand construction and maritime trades that can lead to immediate employment. TCC’s new Skilled Trades Academy at 3303 Airline Blvd., […]
Tidewater Community College’s Educational Foundation is the recipient of a $5,000 gift from Builders & Contractors Exchange that will fund scholarships at the new Skilled Trades Academy in Portsmouth. The member-based organization that supports the regional construction industry wants to attract more candidates into the trades to address the critical workforce shortage in Hampton Roads, […]
A new partnership between Tidewater Community College and the Chesapeake Humane Society will benefit students in the college’s Veterinary Technology program. TCC’s Associate of Applied Science in Veterinary Technology, under the direction of Megan Taliaferro, is the only veterinary technology program in Hampton Roads and one of three in the state. Chesapeake Humane Society will […]
Nine Tidewater Community College students have been nominated to the Phi Theta Kappa 2019 All-Virginia Academic Team. They are Dakota Bernacki and Katelyn Solis from the Chesapeake Campus; Charleston Yancey and Jeffrey White from the Norfolk Campus; Cynthia Law and Jordan Caravas from the Portsmouth Campus; and Alethea Lim, Christopher Metzger and Jason Yarbrough from […]
Tidewater Community College’s Visual Arts Center will host the 48th Annual Student Art and Design Exhibition from March 23 through April 25. The event features more than 150 works, including studio arts, photography, graphic design, ceramics and glassblowing, created by VAC students during the past year. The exhibition’s awards presentation will be March 30 at […]
Tidewater Community College’s 18th annual Literary Festival reflects the theme “A Celebration of Written and Spoken Words” with keynote speaker Zelda Lockhart, author, expressive arts therapist and teacher. The week-long festival from April 1-4 features Lockhart on April 4 at 12:30 p.m. at the Portsmouth Campus Student Center. Events are free and open to the […]
Husband and wife Tyler and Sammi Walker both got hired while they were still students at Tidewater Community College. Graduating with zero debt allowed the Hickory High School sweethearts to become homeowners at Las Gaviotas. Sammi’s path: The 2015 Hickory graduate considered going away to college as her 4.2 GPA made her competitive at the […]
Homelessness. Hunger. Stress. Those are among the issues that impede many students at Tidewater Community College from completing their certificate or degree program. In fact, a recent survey reported that 42 percent of community college students deal with food insecurity while 12 percent are homeless. Last fall, Glenn Dubois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, urged […]
Many of TCC’s certificate programs and associate degrees lead to immediate employment or in some cases, employment while you’re still in college. We will be featuring these on an occasional basis in our series “From here, go to work.” Here’s a look at one option. Here’s how: Earn an Associate of Applied Science in Administrative […]