Program Highlights

Tidewater Community College will launch a new cybersecurity certificate beginning with its summer session 2020. The Career Studies Certificate in Cyber Security and Networking Foundations will introduce students to information technology concepts and skills so they will be able to recognize, prevent and defend against threats to information and information systems. Students will learn about operating […]

Walk into Tidewater Community College’s Regional Automotive Center and you’ll see highly polished floors and new vehicles on display. But don’t let the quiet lobby fool you. Step into one of the 15 instructional laboratory bays and you’ll hear a cacophony from impact guns, wrenches and other machinery mixed with the hum of student and […]

TCC Theatre presents the Tony Award-winning play “Doubt: A Parable” for seven shows in late February and early March. All performances will be held in the Black Box Theater in the Academic Building on TCC’s Chesapeake Campus, 1428 Cedar Road. “Doubt,” a 2004 play by American playwright John Patrick Shanley, is set in a fictional […]

Tidewater Community College Interior Design student Colleen Garrettson recently placed in the top five in a student competition sponsored by Delos Custom Carpets and Rugs. Students from colleges including UCLA, Canada College and the Art Institute of Atlanta submitted designs that ranged from whimsical to structured. Garrettson’s design, “Poolside,” is a multi-hued blue, gray and […]

Weston Craig found a new career after one phone call to Tidewater Community College. After being laid off from Norfolk Naval Shipyard two years ago, the married father of two knew he needed to retrain quickly for another opportunity. “I didn’t have time for a long program,” Craig said. “I called TCC and asked when […]

If you’re looking for a last-minute gift, stop by the TCC Perry Glass Wheel Arts Center on Saturday, Dec. 14. Student-crafted glasswork will be on sale. The center, located at, 128 W. Olney Road, will be open 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. You can also enjoy two exhibits: “The TCC Revolving Art Faculty Exhibition” and […]

Tidewater Community College horticulture students will hold their annual poinsettia sale Dec. 10 – 12 from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m., at the Chesapeake Campus greenhouses, located behind the Whitehurst Building. All crops are grown by TCC’s students with inspiration from White’s Nursery & Garden Center, where poinsettias and chrysanthemums are in full bloom. Professor […]

Set on Christmas Eve, “The Seafarer” comes to life on stage at Tidewater Community College for two weekends in December. All performances will be held in the Black Box Theater in the Academic Building on TCC’s Chesapeake Campus, 1428 Cedar Road. “The Seafarer,” a 2006 play by Irish playwright Conor McPherson, is set in a […]

Tidewater Community College’s Chesapeake Campus celebrated the opening of its new robotics lab on Nov. 18 at a community event that included the city’s mayor, Rick West.   “Once again, Tidewater Community College is leading the way in training, and this is especially important as we continue to grow in the manufacturing sector and other […]

High school seniors, adult learners and military-related students who want to pursue careers in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) can apply to Tidewater Community College for a scholarship that pays four semesters of tuition and fees in full. The TCC Women’s Center STEM Promise Program will award 20 scholarships for the 2020-21 academic year. […]