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TCC
ENTERS PUBLIC PHASE OF $10 MILLION CAMPAIGN
Funds
will support 5 key areas across the college's campuses and centers
| During the public launch of the Campaign for TCC, donors and parents Laura and Jerry Miller, right, watched a high-tech human simulator run by John Morea and Gary Cross. President Deborah DiCroce spoke to TV reporters, citing fundraising needed to "make access and excellence possible through technology" at TCC. |
HAMPTON
ROADS, Va. - (Feb. 1, 2006) - Tidewater Community College has
announced the public phase of the largest fundraising campaign
in its 38-year history - The
Campaign for TCC.
At a Feb.
1 event with local dignitaries, community, business, industry
and TCC leaders, the college revealed its $10 million goal to
support five funding priorities that reach across its centers
and campuses in Chesapeake , Norfolk , Portsmouth and Virginia
Beach :
" In the world
of higher education, the difference between a good institution
and a great institution is becoming increasingly dependent on
the institution's ability to diversify its funding base - specifically,
to raise private funds," says TCC President Deborah DiCroce. "Hampton
Roads values TCC and our contribution to the local economy and
educational landscape. The community has responded in a very affirming
way - evident in the $5.8 million raised thus far - to this new
opportunity to support our mission of quality, accessible education
in the 21st century. "
TCC's large-scale
campaign effort represents a new trend for public community colleges
that historically have relied mainly on government funding. TCC,
leading the trend, has the highest targeted goal to date in a
single community-college campaign in Virginia , notes Wendy McGrady,
TCC director of development. The college, which has run two smaller
campus-based campaigns in the past, will raise funds in Hampton
Roads and will re-invest in Hampton Roads through the education
of its citizens.
In this
crucial effort, the Campaign's silent phase has reached over half
the goal, with nearly $6 million raised or pledged to date. Key
initial donors include Frank Batten Sr., Beazley Foundation, Earl
Industries Inc., The Norfolk Foundation, Optima Health, Patricia
and Douglas Perry Foundation, The Virginian-Pilot, and
The Wachovia Foundation.
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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 36,000 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-four
percent of the region’s residents attending a college or university
in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC. For more information,
visit www.tcc.edu
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