Three different types of cancer, homelessness and raising children, including four who aren’t her own, didn’t prevent Geneva Lawton from attaining a college degree. It took 17 years, but more than two dozen friends and family will watch her cross the stage at Tidewater Community College’s 65th Commencement Exercises on Dec. 18 at the Ted […]
Money was an object when Travis Ward realized he wanted more than just a job in materials handling. The 2003 Landstown High School graduate researched colleges online and liked the fit he found at Tidewater Community College. He will graduate on Dec. 18 with an Associate of Science in Business Administration. The Virginia Beach native […]
When Dieudonné “GG” Sogbossi took flight from Togo to America, he spoke only a little English. A native French speaker, Sogbossi, 22, began taking English as a second language classes at Tidewater Community College. He mastered the subject and will earn an Associate of Science in Engineering at TCC’s 65th Commencement Exercises on Dec. 18 […]
If Kareem Etheridge had mirrored what he saw growing up, he might be in jail like one of his brothers. Or dead, like another brother. Instead, Etheridge is graduating from Tidewater Community College with an Associate of Applied Science in Culinary Arts and talking about the someday restaurant he wants to call Kareem the Dream […]
Ashlynn Thompson is not paying a penny to go to Tidewater Community College. She’s wildly ecstatic about her future as an elementary school teacher. Even better: Just one semester into college, she has a job lined up with Virginia Beach Public Schools. It wouldn’t be a reach, she said, to say her college experience tops […]
Three giant tuition bills all at once. That didn’t add up for triplets Hope, Steven and Perry Drew. Enrolling at Tidewater Community College for two years before transferring to a four-year university made all the sense in the world both economically and academically for the Nansemond River High School graduates. “It’s kind of hard to […]
And your 2017 Thomas Moss Scholars are… Aric Justice, who earned his Associate of Science in Business Administration, and is pursuing his bachelor’s in international business at Old Dominion University. David Vernon, who will graduate with his Associate of Science in Business Administration next spring. He plans to transfer to ODU for a bachelor’s in […]
Aspiring pediatricians, counselors, video game designers and firefighters make up a small sample of TCC’s newest students. Here’s what they had to say only a week after classes. Trevor Bransfield Campus: Virginia Beach Bransfield, a First Colonial High School graduate, is pursuing an Associate of Science in Science with a Specialization in Computer Science and […]
You want to join the military as an officer and attend Tidewater Community College? Why not join ROTC while at TCC? “It’s really worth it if you want to challenge yourself,” said Brandon Hobbs, an I.C. Norcom High graduate earning his Associate of Applied Science in Information Systems Technology at TCC. Hobbs along with TCC […]
Tidewater Community College welcomed its first class of STEM Promise Program scholars with colorful balloons and celebratory drumrolls at a “signing” ceremony held Aug. 16 on its Chesapeake Campus. Ten students will pursue science, technology, engineering and mathematics-related disciplines at TCC and complete two-year associate degrees at no cost for tuition and fees under the […]