For Shanice Mills, giving back isn’t an idea reduced to special times and holidays. It’s woven into her life, partly because that’s how her grandparents raised her and also because she knows what it’s like to be on the receiving end. “You never know when you’re going to need help,” said Mills, recipient of Tidewater […]
Tidewater Community College’s Visual Arts Center will host the solo exhibition “Alison Stinely: Gilded Splinters & Other Work” from Feb. 2 through March 13. The opening reception will be held on Feb. 7 at 7 p.m. A gallery talk will precede the event at 6:30 p.m. Galleries are free and open to the public. The […]
What a year 2018 proved to be for Tidewater Community College, which marked its 50th anniversary with a number of milestones. A few highlights: The college celebrated its new footprint in Norfolk’s NEON District with the announcement of a new visual arts, culinary arts and restaurant management center coming in 2021, and it will benefit […]
Tidewater Community College is the recipient of a seven-figure donation to support the building of the Patricia & Douglas Perry TCC Center for Visual & Culinary Arts and Hospitality Management. President Gregory DeCinque announced the gift from Houston “Hu” Odom, president and founder of BOTH, Inc., a franchisee of Golden Corral Restaurants, at a news […]
The newest Tidewater Community College graduates received warm congratulations and prudent advice from one of their own at the college’s 67th Commencement Exercises on Monday evening at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Keynote speaker Jared Cotton, who became superintendent of Chesapeake Public Schools over the summer, graduated from TCC in 1990 before going on to […]
Tidewater Community College is open for the holidays to help students enroll in spring classes, explore career options and learn about financial aid and student support services. TCC’s New Student Support Team will be available to assist new and prospective students from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Dec. 20, 21, 27 and 28 by […]
Sen. Tim Kaine and Rep. Bobby Scott used reciprocating saws to slice the ceremonial ribbon of Tidewater Community College’s Skilled Trades Academy at a Monday morning dedication event, presided over by President Gregory DeCinque in Portsmouth. The new 20,000-square-foot academy at 3303 Airline Blvd., is one of the largest run by a community college on […]
Belinda Drew immersed herself in life at Tidewater Community College, where she was two classes shy of earning an associate degree. Drew, 53, died unexpectedly on July 23. The college will award the Norfolk resident a posthumous Associate of Science in Social Sciences at its 67th Commencement Exercises on Dec. 17 at the Ted Constant […]
Tidewater Community College alumnus Jared Cotton, superintendent of Chesapeake Public Schools (CPS), will be the keynote speaker for the college’s 67th Commencement Exercises on Dec. 17 at the Ted Constant Convocation Center. Commencement, which begins at 6 p.m., will be streamed live at tcc.edu/commencement. Nearly 2,000 will graduate, earning degrees or certificates. Gregory DeCinque, who […]
Tidewater Community College will bring its homemade gingerbread houses and student-created artwork to the NEON Holiday Market, a holiday shopping event sponsored by the Downtown Norfolk Council. Come to the newly named TCC Pat & Douglas Perry Glass Wheel Studio, 128 W. Olney Road in Norfolk, between noon and 5 p.m. on Dec. 8 to […]