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Chesapeake Campus Mental Health Awareness Week to feature NAMI on campus

Feeling stressed? Struggling with anxiety or depression? Not sure where to turn? Tidewater Community College’s Chesapeake Campus will host Mental Health Awareness Week, March 4-7. Sponsored by TCC C.A.R.E.S. and National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), the week is dedicated to sharing mental health resources, support and education. Students from all campuses and the public […]

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Trailblazing train conductor from NNSY is the headliner for TCC’s Women’s History Month celebration

Tidewater Community College will recognize Women’s History Month with a keynote speech by the first African-American female train conductor at Norfolk Naval Shipyard, who is also an alumna of the college. Bianca Wilson’s talk will encourage students to work hard and follow their dreams. She will speak on March 7 at noon at the Norfolk […]

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TCC, Virginia Wesleyan formalize Fair Transfer Agreement

Tidewater Community College student Charleston Yancey has wanted to attend Virginia Wesleyan University since he was a kid. When he graduates with an Associate of Science in Social Sciences this May, his path to a four-year degree will be seamless thanks to the new Fair Transfer Guarantee agreement between VWU and TCC. “It takes a […]

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SimMom prepares nursing students for the real thing

When Amelia Sung gave birth, Tidewater Community College nursing students Kelli Kendall and Maggie Lane were right by her side for every contraction, welcoming her baby girl into the world just before 2 p.m. on a Friday afternoon. “I got goosebumps,” Kendall said. Sung isn’t real, she is SimMom, an advanced full body birthing simulator […]

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Computer science student earns prestigious Eisenhower Fellowship

As a youngster Anastasiia Melnikova delighted in her first train ride when she sipped tea while trekking south to the Black Sea in her native Russia. A career in transportation is a natural fit for the Tidewater Community College student studying computer science. Her future is certainly moving in the right direction. She recently received […]

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TCC offering more than 100 summer camps for youth of all ages

Are you looking for summer fun with a purpose for your children? Check out Tidewater Community College’s summer camps with offerings for budding scientists, engineers, artists, doctors, interior designers, computer wizards and more. Spark your child’s imagination with interactive and educational programs tailored to their interests and grade levels. This summer, TCC offers more than […]

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Priority Automotive sponsors the college’s first Jordan McNair Memorial scholars

Nate Parker and Omar Lezcano never met Jordan McNair, but they are grateful for his life and passion for Hondas. They are the inaugural recipients of the Jordan McNair Memorial Honda PACT Scholarship, sponsored by Priority Automotive. Priority established the scholarship following the death of McNair, a student in Honda’s Professional Automotive Career Training program […]

Regional Automotive Center students in the Toyota T-TEN program.
Learn how to qualify for TCC’s full-ride STEM Promise Scholarship at Q&A Session

Join us on Thursday, Feb. 7, at 3 p.m. on the Tidewater Community College Facebook page for a Facebook Live to learn about TCC’s exciting full-ride scholarship opportunity: The TCC Women’s Center STEM Promise Program. The TCC STEM Promise Program awards 20 scholarships each year to qualifying students. The scholarship pays tuition and fees for […]

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Original member of Black Lives Matter movement to speak at TCC on Feb. 22

Scholar, activist and playwright Funmilola Fagbamila is the keynote speaker for Tidewater Community College’s 2019 Black History Month celebration. The adjunct professor of Pan African Studies at California State University, Los Angeles, is an original member of the Black Lives Matter movement. She will speak on Feb. 22 at noon in the multipurpose room of […]

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Finding a way to give back a way of life for Portsmouth’s dean of Student Services

Dana Singleton lives by a simple mantra. We can all get along, and we can all give back. Service to others isn’t reserved for the wealthy. If you don’t have money to give, you have time or knowledge. The dean of Student Services at Tidewater Community College’s Portsmouth Campus doesn’t just talk the talk. She […]