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TIDEWATER TECH PREP
CONSORTIUM HOSTS ANNUAL
TECH TREK TOUR JULY 21
Counselors see careers in action;
aids in tech-career awareness for students |
HAMPTON ROADS, Va. - (July 19, 2004) - Tidewater
Tech Prep Consortium, which includes Tidewater Community College
and secondary schools in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia
Beach, hosts its annual Tech Trek Tour on July 21. The tour takes
40 school system counselors to local businesses that represent
business, information technology, health sciences, engineering
and industrial technology. Participating businesses include Chesapeake
General Hospital, E.V. Williams Inc., Dam Neck Naval Base and
Hall Honda.
The Tidewater Tech Prep Consortium - the second largest of the
23 consortiums in the state - coordinates communication and collaboration
among the 31 middle and high schools in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth
and Virginia Beach, the four TCC campuses and the business community.
The goal is to assure students have access to avenues of academic
and technical education for career preparation.
The tour exposes counselors to local businesses to learn about
different types of jobs available in the region. Each business provides
insight into target career categories such as health, construction,
information technology and automotive. The program provides counselors
with insight into career information including educational and skill
requirements. "By providing an awareness of the local industries
and a clear path to advancement, we will significantly improve upon
the overall workforce development of the Hampton Roads region,"says
Jinxey Poniatowski, tech prep coordinator.
For more information, call 757-822-7028.
TCC Tech Prep website
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Laurie White |
Media Relations |
757-822-1085 |
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Tidewater Community College
is the second largest of the 23 community colleges in the Commonwealth
of Virginia, enrolling more than 34,000 students annually. The 37th
largest in the nation’s 1,600 community-college network, TCC ranks
among the 50 fastest-growing large community colleges. Founded in
1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, the college
serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake,
Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne
and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the theater district
in downtown Norfolk, the Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth
and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. Forty-three
percent of the region’s residents attending a college or university
in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC.
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