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Tallahassee Community College Partners with Verizon to Transform Small Businesses

February 3, 2023

Tallahassee Community College announced its plan to help bring a new online curriculum to small businesses across the region: Verizon Small Business Digital Ready. In partnership with Next Street and LISC, the Verizon Small Business Digital Ready online curriculum is designed to give small businesses the tools they need to thrive in today's digital economy, including access to personalized learning plans, coaching from experts, and networking opportunities with diverse, industry-specific Read More

TCC Announces Cherry Hall Alexander African American History Calendar Honorees

January 31, 2023

Tallahassee Community College is proud to announce the honorees for the 23rd Cherry Hall Alexander African American History Calendar. Each year since 2001, TCC has used the calendar to honor African American individuals committed to making a difference in our community. This year’s theme, “Freedom, Justice, Equality,” features exceptional community leaders who work to preserve and promote these tenets through community and civic engagement in Leon, Gadsden, Jefferson, and Wakulla counties. Read More

TCC First College in Florida Approved by FDOE as Charter School Authorizer

January 30, 2023

Tallahassee Community College (TCC) has been approved by the Florida Department of Education (FDOE) as the first college in the state of Florida as a charter school authorizer. The official announcement was made by Commissioner Manny Diaz, Jr. at the State Board of Education Meeting in Nassau County on January 18. TCC was one of five Florida College system colleges selected by Governor Ron DeSantis to create career and technical education charter schools. TCC was the first Florida Read More

TCC to Offer Danfoss Internship

January 23, 2023

Tallahassee Community College has partnered with Danfoss Turbocor, one of the region’s largest manufacturers, to offer an internship in Computerized Numerical Control (CNC) Machining, an automatically and digitally controlled machining process that can be applied in a large variety of manufacturing processes and machinery. The customized internship will address the growing demand seen for this skillset within the Danfoss operation. Read More

TCC Announces Addition of A.S. Degree in Medical Laboratory Technology

January 17, 2023

Tallahassee Community College has announced that the Board of Trustees of the Southern Association of College and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) has approved the College to implement an Associate in Science (A.S.) in Medical Laboratory Technology. The A.S in Medical Laboratory Technology is a 76-credit hour program that can be completed in six terms and will be offered at the TCC Ghazvini Center for Healthcare Education. The program is expected to launch in the fall of 2023 with an in Read More

Sharisse Turner Elected to NOSS Executive Board

January 9, 2023

Sharisse Turner, Dean of Transitional Studies at Tallahassee Community College, has been elected Vice President of the National Organization for Student Success (NOSS). She will begin her two-year term at the NOSS national conference in March in Nashville. Turner has been involved with the organization for more than 30 years. She is the current treasurer of the Florida chapter, the Florida Association for Student Success, having previously served as president-elect and president. Nationally, sh Read More

TCC Fine Art Gallery Presents “Two Regimes”

January 9, 2023

The Tallahassee Community College Fine Art Gallery presents “Two Regimes.” The exhibit will open on Thursday evening, January 12, with a reception from 5 to 7 p.m., and will run through February 9. “Two Regimes” is the life’s work of two Ukrainian women: a mother, Teodora Verbitskaya (1900-1994), and her daughter, Nadia Werbitzky (1922-2005). Mother and daughter were survivors and witnesses of the atrocities of two brutal dictators: the Holodomor-Ukrainian genocide (man-made famine 1932-33) und Read More

Amazon Expands Partnership with Tallahassee Community College

January 6, 2023

The Tallahassee Community College has announced Amazon as the presenting sponsor of Cleaver and Cork 2023. The $25,000 sponsorship made by Amazon provides the foundation to make Cleaver and Cork 2023 a success. In November, Amazon selected TCC as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice Program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to training programs in HVAC, Machining, and Welding. The announcement came in advance of the scheduled opening of the new Amazon fulfillment center in Read More

Two TCC Colleagues Elected to the AFC Board of Directors

January 6, 2023

Two members of the Tallahassee Community College staff were elected to the Association of Florida Colleges (AFC) Board of Directors. Gregory Williams, staff assistant in the Division of Communications and Humanities, has been installed as president of the AFC Board. He has been involved with the AFC for eight years having served in many leadership positions including President-Elect, Vice President for Commissions, Career and Professional Employee Commission Chair, Planning and Development Comm Read More

Dr. Joey Walter Graduates from Elite U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation TPM Academy®

January 5, 2023

The U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation in partnership with the Greater Tallahassee Chamber of Commerce announced Dr. Joey Walter, Dean of Business, Industry, and Technology at Tallahassee Community College graduated from Cohort XXII of its premier workforce development program, the TPM Academy®. This program is facilitated by the U.S. Chamber Foundation based on their Talent Pipeline Management® (TPM) framework and was funded by a grant from the HCA Healthcare Foundation. Read More