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
TCC Brain Bowl Wins Fall Invitational
December 12, 2022
Tallahassee Community College Brain Bowl teams, TCC Blue and TCC Gold, earned first and second-place honors at the Delta Burke Invitational Tournament at Valencia College in Orlando. The two teams entered the tournament as underdogs, not having won since 2004. Read More
Theatre TCC! Continues Its 2022-23 Season with Peter and the Starcatcher
November 17, 2022
Turner Auditorium turns into Neverland in the Theatre TCC! production of Peter and the Starcatcher, a play by Rick Elice based on the novel by Dave Barry, adapted by James Magruder and Ridley Pearson. The production is directed by Andrew Barclay.
The Tony-winning play is an action-packed prequel to the beloved Peter Pan, telling the story of how a miserable orphan boy becomes the legendary Peter Pan. From marauding pirates and jungle tyrants to unwilling comrades and unlikely heroes, Peter and Read More
Tallahassee Community College Selected as an Education Partner for Amazon’s Career Choice Program
November 17, 2022
Tallahassee Community College has been selected as an education partner for Amazon’s Career Choice Program, providing Amazon’s hourly employees access to training programs in HVAC, Machining, and Welding.
In 2023, Amazon’s new Tallahassee fulfillment center is slated to launch. Its opening will create around 1,000 full-time jobs with good pay and comprehensive benefits that start day one. Amazon's current customer fulfillment footprint in Florida includes facilities in Davenport, Jacksonville, Read More
TCC Police Chief Graduates from Chief Executive Seminar
November 16, 2022
Tallahassee Community College Chief of Police Wesley S. Hardin graduates from the 55th Chief Executive Seminar through the Florida Criminal Justice Executive Institute. Chief Hardin is one of 19 chief executives from criminal justice agencies around Florida to graduate from the program. Participants met for one week a month for three months, taking classes on topics such as future trends, social media, risk management, stress management, succession planning, and communicating in a crisis. Read More
TCC Joins MakerUSA Learning Network
October 25, 2022
Tallahassee Community College has been selected to join the inaugural cohort of the MakerUSA Learning Network. The MakerUSA Learning Network is a national community of practice designed to facilitate the exchange of resources and ideas, develop new regional collaborations, and strengthen social capital across institutions and organizations taking community-driven approaches to support maker education and pathways to “making” industries. The model highlights best practices for the wider fields of Read More
TCC Announces Experiential Learning to College Credit Partnership
October 24, 2022
Tallahassee Community College (TCC) has partnered with Domi Station to grant college-level course credit to students participating in the Domi Education Incubation Program, Gear Up, a six-month program that includes workshops, labs, and mentorship.
Students who complete the Domi Education Incubation Program can earn a Business Basics micro-credential and 12 credit hours of college-level course credit Read More
TCC Earns $90,000 in NACCE’s Pitch for the Skilled Trades and Pitch for the Foundation Competitions
October 21, 2022
Teams from Tallahassee Community College participated in the Pitch for the Skilled Trades and the inaugural Pitch for the Foundation competitions at the National Association for Community College Entrepreneurship (NACCE) Annual Conference in Boston.
Six teams, including TCC’s Division of Workforce Development, completed in the final round of Pitch for the Skilled Trades for a share of $150,000 in prizes. TCC earned $40,000 for their pitch entitled “Breaker-Breaker One-Nine.” This project will Read More
TCC and City of Tallahassee Host 11th Annual Tallahassee Science Festival
October 20, 2022
Tallahassee Community College and the City of Tallahassee will host the annual Tallahassee Science Festival (TSF) this Saturday, October 22, from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. at Kleman Plaza in Downtown Tallahassee. The festival returns for its eleventh year showcasing science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) with demonstrations, live presentations, and hands-on activities. Attendees will have the chance to explore rocks, minerals, and fossils, walk through the seasons of life as a bear, Read More
