What: First Responder Career & Networking Event When: 4-7 p.m., Nov. 1 Where: Tacoma Community College Building 20 Gym Registration: Free event! Register here. Fire departments, ambulance companies and other Emergency Medical Services (EMS) employers from around the state will attend the First Responder Career & Networking Event at TCC on Nov. 1. Featuring EMS demonstrations, a helicopter lift (3:30 […]
Tacoma Community College Annual Safety Week
Submitted by Gerald Freeze. Tacoma Community College’s Campus Public Safety is pleased to announce TCC’s First Annual Campus Safety Week. The aim of Safety Week is to connect our campus and surrounding communities with great ideas and supportive health, safety, and wellness resources. Campus Safety Week is Scheduled for October 16 – 20, 2023. Activities […]
TCC to Host Pierce County College Fair Oct. 5
High school student starting to think about college, community college students who plan to transfer and adults interested in pursuing a degree or making a career change are invited to sign up to attend the Oct. 5 PNACAC Pierce County College Fair at TCC. Attendees will have the chance to meet with representatives from more than 80 […]
Patsy Surh O’Connell Exhibition coming to The Gallery at TCC
Local artist Patsy Surh O’Connell’s “Discovery of Nature” exhibition will be on display in The Gallery at TCC from Sept. 25 – Oct. 26, 2023. Find Gallery hours here. Sneak Preview: 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. Sept. 21 (Join us for a Third Thursday “Salon” artists’ discussion, 6-8 p.m.) Gallery Talk: Oct. 5, noon Exhibition Reception: Oct. 12, 4-6 […]
Registration Now Open for TCC Regional Writers’ Conference
Registration is now open for Write in the Harbor, the regional writers’ conference held each November at Tacoma Community College’s Gig Harbor campus. This year’s conference will be held Nov. 3 – 4. The conference begins Friday night with an address by Keynote Speaker Putsata Reang, an author and journalist whose writings have appeared in The […]
Three New Head Coaches Join TCC Titan Athletics Coaching Staff
Tacoma Community College Athletics department Titan Athletics announced new head coaches for three of the college’s six sports programs: Volleyball, Women’s Basketball, and Baseball. Get updates from Titan Athletics and find upcoming home games here. Volleyball Head Coach: Pat Taitano Owner and club director of Puget Sound Volleyball Academy (PSVBA) Pat Taitano has consistently maintained PSVBA’s […]
TCC Students, Employees May Have Been Impacted by Third-Party Data Breach
Two third-party vendors have notified Tacoma Community College (TCC) of a cybersecurity incident that may have exposed personally identifiable information of some of the college’s students and employees. The data breach took place with a software tool called MOVEit Transfer, which thousands of organizations across the world use to transfer files. Although TCC does not […]
Luis “Louie” Lopez Hopkins Named TCC Ellen Pinto Outstanding Student of the Year
Luis Lopez Hopkins, Tacoma Community College’s Outstanding Student of the Year for 2023, spent a significant percentage of his life incarcerated. Partly due to the experience of protecting his community as an incarcerated firefighter, Lopez Hopkins (who goes by “Louie”) made a plan to change his life’s trajectory, which led him to TCC. He was […]
Juried Local Art Exhibition Awards to Be Announced at July 11 Reception
Tacoma Community College’s 21st Annual Juried Local Art Exhibition will be on display in The Gallery through Aug. 17. The exhibition features paintings, photographs, drawings, sculpture, textile work, and other media by 35 local artists. Building 4 at Tacoma Community College (near the corner of 12th and Mildred), The Gallery is open 10 a.m. – 5 […]