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TCC OPEN HOUSE
SET FOR JUNE 4, COLLEGE-WIDE – IN FOUR CITIES
Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach campuses to
offer demos, tours, advising
SOUTH HAMPTON
ROADS, Va. – (May 19, 2005) – Tidewater Community
College invites the public - including students graduating from
high school - to a college-wide open house, from 10 a.m. to 1
p.m. on Saturday, June 4.
Each of the college’s four campuses - in Chesapeake, Norfolk,
Portsmouth and Virginia Beach - will open its doors for a range
of activities, from facility tours and classroom demos to financial
aid and academic advising. On top of information and advice, students
can pick up assorted TCC memorabilia such as pens and key chains
as well as take part in brief surveys and prize drawings.
Activities include:
Chesapeake Campus - examples of student work
in theatre and an overview of the theatre program; demonstrations
or displays in automotive technology, horticulture, information
technology and biology
Norfolk Campus - tours of the culinary arts labs
and science labs, dance demonstrations and information sessions
on admissions, financial aid and College Placement Exams
Portsmouth Campus - graphic design and art demonstrations
by Visual Arts Center faculty; demonstrations in welding, heating,
air-conditioning, ventilation, and Computer Aided Drafting and
Design (CADD); truck-driving simulation; and open science labs
Virginia Beach Campus - demonstrations or displays
in drafting, emergency medical technology, fire and police science,
engineering, industrial technology, information technology and
healthcare professions including a ventilator and other medical/diagnostic
equipment; and electronics lab demonstrations in the Advanced
Technology Center
Campus addresses, below, pinpoint where visitors should go to
start their tours, meet TCC staff and faculty, and gather information.
CHESAPEAKE
CAMPUS
1428 Cedar Road, Whitehurst Building, Lobby
NORFOLK
CAMPUS
340 Granby
St., TCC Roper Performing Arts Center, Room 4235
PORTSMOUTH
CAMPUS
7000 College Drive, Beazley Building, Waterfront Conference Room
(Room 520)
VIRGINIA
BEACH CAMPUS
1700 College Crescent, Kempsville Building Cafeteria
For more information and driving directions, call TCC’s
Information Center, 822-1122; for admissions information,
visit TCC’s web site, http://www.tcc.edu/students/admissions.
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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 35,000 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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