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A Student Support Services TRIO Program
Servicing the Norfolk and Portsmouth Campuses
"The greatest challenge facing the community college is to make good
on the promises of the Open Door."- Edmund Glazer
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 What
is the Open Door Project? |
The Open Door Project (ODP)
is a federally-funded Student Support Services TRIO Program. The
goal of the ODP is to help program participants improve
their academic performance, stay in college, graduate
and/or transfer from Tidewater Community College to a
four-year college or university.
The Project provides academic and personal
services to a select number of eligible students at the Norfolk
and Portsmouth campuses of Tidewater Community College. |
| What
Services Are Available? |
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Free Tutoring
Open Door provides you with individual tutoring in almost any subject
to supplement your classroom instruction.
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Study Skills Instruction/Workshops
ODP prepares you to organize your study time, overcome test anxiety,
and maximize study efforts.
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Academic Counseling
ODP helps you stay in school by working through any problems that
may prevent you from completing your work.
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Career Counseling
ODP helps you develop career goals by providing current career information
and helping you match your aptitudes and interests to appropriate
careers.
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Financial Aid Counseling
ODP helps you complete financial aid applications for financial assistance
to attend college.
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Cultural Enrichment
ODP gives you opportunities to broaden your background through trips
to dramatic and musical performances, lectures, historical sites,
and sporting events.
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Transfer Counseling
- ODP helps you plan and prepare for transfer to a
four-year college or university.
- Scholarship
Grant aid awarded to qualifying participants. Average dollar amount
is $900.00. See further information at the "Grant Aid Criteria" link.
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| How
Do I Qualify? |
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Be enrolled at TCC's Norfolk Campus
or the Portsmouth Campus.
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Be a citizen or a permanent resident
of the United States.
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Have an academic need.
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Meet the income eligibility criteria,
be a first-generation college student and/or a student
with a documented disability.
Cost : The services
are free to eligible participants.
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