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Rose Lynch
50th Anniversary Notable Alumni. A first-generation college student, Rose enrolled at TCC at the age of 37 where she excelled. In fact, at the age of 40 she won the Jack Kent Cook Undergraduate Transfer Scholarship, the largest and most prestigious community college transfer scholarship in the United States, of up to $120,000 for three years of study.
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Sociology
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Renovation Underway for Hardesty Student Success Center at TCC West Campus
Construction is underway on the new Hardesty Student Success Center at the Tulsa Community College West Campus. The new facility, once completed inside the Information Commons Building, will revolutionize the student experience.
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TCC Partners with OSU-Tulsa to Strengthen Four-Year Public College Experience in Tulsa
A new initiative will strengthen the link between Oklahoma State University-Tulsa and Tulsa Community College to provide Tulsa-area students a cohesive four-year public university experience – the first of its kind in the area.
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TCC Student Receives $500 for 2019 Holiday Card Design
Caleh Trexler studied art in high school and college before switching majors and transferring to Tulsa Community College. Now a Music major, she used her artistic background to enter the student design competition for the 2019 TCC Holiday Card after seeing social media posts and flyers on campus about entering. Each year, the call for entries is open to any TCC student to submit a design and one is selected as the annual TCC Holiday card.
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New Report to Improve Process for College Transfer Students
While Oklahoma ranks third in the nation for student transfers to four-year institutions, our state performs below average on those transfer students completing a bachelor’s degree. To help address this gap, Tulsa Mayor G.T. Bynum has declared the third week of October as Tulsa Transfer Week and a new report, released during the inaugural Tulsa Transfer Week, assesses the current transfer situation in northeast Oklahoma and outlines next steps to improve the process for students.
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Grand Opening of $2.5 Million Chemistry and Biology Lab Renovation
Tulsa Community College celebrated the grand opening of a $2.5 million renovation of three Biology and Chemistry labs at the Metro Campus. The Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation provided a $1 million gift and the Morningcrest Healthcare Foundation provided a $300,000 gift specifically for the project through the $20 million Clearing the Pathway: The Campaign for Completion.
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2019 Vision Dinner Reaches Historic Goal
The 2019 Vision in Education Leadership Award Dinner hit a historic goal, raising $405,325 for the Tulsa Community College Foundation at the annual event on Thursday, Sept. 19. Visionary sponsors, the Charles and Lynn Schusterman Family Foundation, Cox Communications, ONEOK, TTCU Federal Credit Union and an anonymous donor, helped to make this the single largest Vision Dinner in its 19-year history.
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TCC Partners on Public Safety Drone Conference
Drones have proven to be effective to combat crime, help firefighters and assist with search and rescue while keeping individuals out of harm’s way. As more and more law enforcement agencies, first responders, and emergency management organizations use Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or drones, the need for training and sharing best practices grows.
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Allied Health Initiative Focuses on Setting Students Up for Success
Many of TCC’s academic programs, and particularly those in the School of Allied Health, are competitive, and not every student is guaranteed entry. Some students are not aware of just how competitive...
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