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AWARDED FOR EXCELLENCE IN TWO RECENT COMPETITIONS
The college wins southeast and state marketing/communication
awards
HAMPTON
ROADS, Va. – (Oct. 6, 2005) – Tidewater Community
College stood in the winner’s circle 21 times for two contests
this fall to accept awards for excellence in communication and
marketing.
TCC won 12 Medallion Awards from the National Council for Marketing
and Public Relations, Region 2 - which covers community colleges
in 12 states. TCC took three golds (brochure, newsletter, radio
spot), five silvers (brochure, feature article, homepage, logo,
print ad) and four bronzes (brochure, feature article, print ad,
poster). The next highest number of awards went to Miami Dade
Community College with eight winners.
The Virginia Community Colleges Association’s Excellence
in Communications Competition 2005 awarded TCC five first-place,
two second-place and two third-place awards, with the college
sweeping the brochures, bookmarks and flyers category. The contest
received 116 entries from 14 colleges and the Virginia Community
College System central office. Among the competition’s 13
categories, top place went to TCC for booklet, brochure/bookmark/flyer,
feature writing, poster, and newsletter.
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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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