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TCC Vet Tech Students Donate K9 Vest to OHP ‘Marko’
Students with Tulsa Community College Veterinary Technology program raised more than $1,100 to purchase and donate a bullet and stab resistant vest to Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Aaron Lockney and his partner ‘Marko’.
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2017 Vision Dinner Honoring Alison Anthony Sets Fundraising Record
The 2017 Vision in Education Leadership Award Dinner set a new fundraising record as the evening honored Alison Anthony, the newly named chief operating officer of the Tulsa Area United Way. In addition to honoring Anthony, the event also marked the 10th anniversary of Tulsa Achieves, a program that served as a nationwide model for public higher education.
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OpenStax Saves TCC Students Thousands of Dollars in Textbook Costs
An initiative to help Tulsa Community College students with the cost of textbooks expands this semester to reach an estimated 2,500 students. TCC partnered with OpenStax, a Rice University-based nonprofit publisher, in the summer of 2016 to boost the use of free online and low cost textbooks across TCC courses.
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TCC Corrections Education Program Sees Largest Graduation Ceremony
Cody Zimmer is one of 57 individuals at Dick Conner Correctional Center in Hominy, Oklahoma graduating with a certificate or degree from Tulsa Community College. The commencement ceremony was held on Thursday, July 20 and was the largest group since the TCC Corrections Education program started in 2007 as a partnership between the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Dick Conner Correctional Center and TCC.
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TCC Partners with Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office to Offer New Certificate
Tulsa Community College is offering a new Corrections Certificate beginning fall 2017 for individuals who work in corrections facilities or prisons. The program is the result of a partnership between TCC and the Tulsa County Sheriff’s Office.
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Tiffany Verlander
Tiffany Verlander didn’t know that coming to TCC was going to give her skills that would extend out of this world and connect her to real rocket scientists. “Growing up I always loved science, but...
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Biology
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Danny Aery
Danny Aery won’t let anyone think they’re too old for school or past the point of charting a new career path. That’s because the 52-year-old has just completed his third degree from TCC. Danny first...
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Nursing (RN)
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Alison Anthony is Named the 2017 Vision Honoree
The Tulsa Community College Foundation has named Alison Anthony as the 2017 Vision in Education Leadership Award recipient. As President of The Williams Foundation, Inc. and Director of Strategic Outreach for Williams, she is being honored for her local and national contributions to education, diversity, inclusion, and community development.
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Clayton Williams
Clayton Williams had to make some adjustments when he came to TCC. As a home-schooled student making the transition to college classes, he had to adjust to not only a new peer group but also a new...
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American Sign Language
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Terry Brown
Terry Brown’s route to Tulsa Community College was unconventional. After growing up and living in New Orleans, she became a Tulsa transplant in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. But even after coming to...
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