CAREER AND TECHNlCAL EDUCATlON - Tidewater Community ...

GENERAL INFORMATIONThe CollegeTidewater Community College, founded in 1968, is one of twenty-three twoyearcolleges that make up the Virginia Community College System (VCCS).Serving the cities of Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Virginia Beach, andportions of Suffolk, the college offers a comprehensive range of programsdesigned to meet the educational and training needs of its service area.Programs of study lead to the associate degree or certificate; they includethe first two years of university-parallel instruction and over 140 careerand technical programs. The college also offers both credit and non-creditcontinuing education and special workforce training programs.TCC has grown from a single location to four campuses, as well as districtadministrative offices, a regional visual arts center, a regional automotive center,a historical theater, a regional health professions center, and an advancedtechnology center. Classes are also offered at other off-campus locations.TCC’s original location, formerly the site of Frederick College, was donatedby Fred W. Beazley and the Beazley Foundation and opened in the fall of1968 and became the site of the Portsmouth Campus. Overlooking HamptonRoads harbor, the campus was located in what eventually became northernSuffolk. A statewide bond referendum in 2002 provided initial fundingto relocate the campus into Portsmouth to better serve the educationalneeds of the city and the region while maintaining the comprehensiveprogrammatic offerings of the campus. Working collaboratively with theCity of Portsmouth, Portsmouth Public Schools, the Beazley Foundation,and the business community, TCC opened the Fred W. Beazley PortsmouthCampus in the Victory Village section of the city in 2010. The campusconsists of three academic and administrative buildings with state-ofthe-arttechnology, instructional labs and equipment designed to provide alearning-centered environment, and a physical plant building.In 1971, TCC established the Virginia Beach Campus in temporary quarterson Camp Pendleton, a state military reservation. After the City of VirginiaBeach donated land to TCC, a permanent campus opened in 1974 atthe city’s geographical center. Seven academic buildings, each namedfor a borough of Virginia Beach, house academic programs, a library,administrative offices, and student services. Recent additions to thecampus include the Advanced Technology Center, the Science Building, andthe Health Professions Center.The Chesapeake Campus was established in 1973 when the City ofChesapeake purchased and donated the former Chesapeake College toTCC. The campus is located between the rapidly growing communities ofGreat Bridge and Deep Creek. The George B. Pass Building houses academicprograms, administrative offices, laboratories, student services, and alibrary. The Marian P. Whitehurst Technology Center houses academicprograms, administrative offices, laboratories, and a conference center.The TCC Visual Arts Center, in Olde Towne Portsmouth, opened in the springof 1995 as a regional center for the fine arts. The center contains the BelleB. Goodman Gallery, as well as classrooms, studio facilities, faculty, andadministrative offices.The Norfolk Campus opened January 1997 as a part of the city’s downtownredevelopment effort. The Martin Building, donated by the heirs of Alvah H.Martin, houses a library, classrooms, and faculty and administrative offices.The Mason C. Andrews Science Building houses the Ada R. Michaels StudentServices Area, laboratories, classrooms, and faculty offices. The Stanley C.Walker Technologies Building houses computer laboratories, classrooms,and faculty offices. The TCC Jeanne and George Roper Center for PerformingArts houses classrooms, computer laboratories and a restored theater thatseats over 800. The first of four planned student centers opened in thespring of 2011 on the Norfolk campus. Located in the heart of the downtowncampus, the facility provides offices and meeting space for student groupsand clubs, food service, exercise equipment, and child minding services.A state-of-the-art Regional Automotive Center, located in the OakbrookeBusiness and Technology Center in Chesapeake, opened for classes in 2008.As Hampton Roads’ only high tech educational facility for the automotiveindustry, the center includes classrooms, instructional garage bays, and anautomotive “showroom” area.TCC’s Regional Workforce Development Center, located in northern Suffolk,provides training, education, assessments, and services for area businessesto enhance their success.TCC’s central offices are located in the Joseph N. Green, Jr. DistrictAdministration Building at 121 College Place, Norfolk. The facility housesthe Office of the President and the offices of Student Learning and AcademicGENERAL INFORMATIONTIDEWATER COMMUNITY COLLEGE • CATALOG 2013-1411