Leader. Advocate. Luminary. Those are words Tidewater Community College’s Katina Barnes attributes to Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Fittingly, those are words that also apply to Ms. Barnes, the inaugural director of the Portsmouth Campus Student Center, which opened in 2013. She assumed the new role of coordinator of dual enrollment academies on the Portsmouth […]
Walk into Jennifer Hopkins’ classroom at Tidewater Community College’s Chesapeake Campus, and you’ll see students actively listening to a lecture, drawing room schematics with colored pencil or designing a floorplan using AutoCAD software. Hopkins is the only full-time faculty member for TCC’s interior design program and head of the department. She joined the college in […]
Tidewater Community College’s David Warren has been selected by the Virginia Community College System (VCCS) as an inaugural recipient of the George B. Vaughn Award for Outstanding Adjunct Faculty. Warren joined the college faculty in 2002 after retiring as choral director with Portsmouth Public Schools. At TCC, he added chorus classes, including the history of […]
A basket filled with a variety of colorful Lifesavers by the window inside Dana Singleton’s office is a fitting metaphor for her role as dean of student services on Tidewater Community College’s Portsmouth Campus. Singleton is a problem solver and sounding board, a resource for those she meets in her office or during her regular […]
Tidewater Community College will hold its 47th Annual TCC Art Faculty Exhibition from Nov. 19 until Jan. 5 at its Visual Arts Center (VAC). The opening reception will be Nov. 18 at 6 p.m. A sale of student work will take place from 5 to 8 p.m. in an adjoining space. Events are free and […]
Peter Shaw has become the go-to guy for local business commentary. In fact, you’ve probably seen him on TV or read his thoughts in The Virginian-Pilot, where he often provides the local business perspective on breaking news. A professor of business administration and management at Tidewater Community College, Shaw actually got his start on the […]
Bruce Bremer spent most of his career working electronics on Navy submarines. But while stationed in Hawaii, he became a Master Training Specialist and discovered his passion for teaching. “I come from a long line of teachers,” said the retired Chief Petty Officer now a professor for marine electrical and marine electronics at Tidewater Community […]
Melody Boone promises she can teach you to draw. Her students at Tidewater Community College not only learn to draw what they see, they understand shape, value, color, texture, harmony, balance and control after completing her Fundamentals of Design class, a requirement for every program at the Visual Arts Center. Don’t worry if you don’t […]
When Professor Bill Simmons steps into a TCC classroom, he often feels as if he’s taken a step back in time. “I started working as an electrician apprentice after high school. After six years, I recognized that I needed education to move forward in a career path,” he said. Simmons came to TCC to study […]
Tidewater Community College professor Linda Williams is the recipient of a 2016 Excellence Award from National Institute for Staff and Organizational Development (NISOD). Williams, a Kill Devil Hills, N.C., resident, was named Professor of the Year for the college in 2015. Williams is the face of TCC’s textbook-free Z-Degree in business administration. As the faculty lead, […]