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Thomas Nelson Community College

School Overview:

School Notes:

• Thomas Nelson Community College prepares students for success in the global community and workforce of the future through the delivery of world-class comprehensive arts and sciences, transfer and occupational/technical programs and workforce development. TNCC enhances the quality of life for citizens in its region by providing high quality, affordable, and accessible post-secondary education.
• The college offers Programs and Certificates in 40 fields of study. Some of the most popular programs include Accounting, Administrative Support Technology, Business Administration/Management/Marketing, Computer-Aided Drafting, Computer Arts, Information Technology, Nursing and Public Administration.
• Our campus in Hampton is located on 86.5 acres, and has eight academic buildings housing traditional classrooms, science labs, computer labs, language and graphic arts labs, the “Gators” Cafeteria, the college bookstore, conference rooms, a Wellness Center, The Dr. Mary T. Christian Auditorium and support offices.
• TNCC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools.
• Profile last updated: 08/22/2008.

In the News:

• Thomas Nelson Community College announces graduation speaker (Daily Press)
  posted on March 15, 2010 at 03:57:11 pm
  — Thomas Nelson Community College announced that Thomasina Wright, a Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding executive and TNCC graduate, will be the speaker for its commencement this spring.
• TNCC plans slate of Women's History Month events (Daily Press)
  posted on March 9, 2010 at 06:57:11 pm
  — Thomas Nelson Community College has planned a slate of events throughout March in observance of Women's History Month. As part of a statewide celebration titled "Minds Wide Open: Virginia Celebrates Women in the Arts," performances and displays are expected all over Virginia that focus on the artistic and cultural contributions of women, according to a TNCC press release.
• Education notebook: Hear the candidates; talk about the school budgets (Daily Press)
  posted on March 8, 2010 at 09:29:33 am
  Hear the candidates The nine candidates running for four seats on the Newport News School Board will share their visions for the school district and field questions at a series of upcoming forums on March 25, April 8 and 15. Each forum lasts three hours and the School Board candidates will speak during the first hour or so. The March 25 forum is at the Grissom Library, 366 DeShazor Drive and ...
• Diverse group trains, retrains at Thomas Nelson Community College (Daily Press)
  posted on March 8, 2010 at 04:24:49 am
  — A college graduate and a former construction worker going through the same program gives an idea of the diversity in job retraining seen these days.
• Local health departments offer H1N1 flu shot clinics next week (Daily Press)
  posted on March 6, 2010 at 03:24:49 am
  These health department-sponsored H1N1 flu shot clinics are free and open to the public:

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