TCC Library online services help students to succeed

According to TCC (Tulsa Communty College) Library annual report, 304,107 people visited the library in 2019-2020. In the last several years, the TCC library expanded its online services through  https://library.tulsacc.edu. Students logged on to the library computers 77,329 in 2019-2020. They hit the library home page 210,900 times and completed 725,653 database searches. Paula Settoon,…

Student Life coordinates fall activities

Fall semester at Tulsa Community College (TCC) is in full swing! Student Life is preparing for some fun and innovative fall events. “We started planning in mid-July,” Troy Dunbar, Student Life Program coordinator, said. “I have started programming in a more college-wide mode instead of individual campus programming.” Dunbar said each month Student Life begins planning for the next month’s events. “Our…

School leaders sign TCC2University agreement offering transfer opportunities to students

         This past week, Leigh Goodson, Ph.D., president and CEO of Tulsa Community College, along with leaders of other state universities signed the TCC2University agreement. The agreement includes seven higher education institutions which make up the Tulsa Transfer Collaborative. The collaborative helps to streamline the transfer process for community college students.           The degrees at Tulsa Community College…

Professor profile: Kristopher Copeland, Ph.D., is appointed as the TCC Metro Campus provost

Tulsa Community College (TCC) experienced layoffs and structural reorganization due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Because of that, TCC Metro Campus provost’s position became vacant, and Kristopher Copeland was invited to move from Texas to work as the new Metro Campus Provost. TCC Connection editor, Tatyana Nyborg, interviewed Dr. Copeland about his career and vision for…

Professor’s profile: Jenny Fields, dean of the School of Nursing, pursues a goal of nursing education to meet complex hospital demands

Jenny Fields became the Tulsa Community College (TCC) dean of the school of nursing on July 1, 2019. She has been with the TCC since January 2014. Before the promotion to the dean’s position, Fields worked as an assistant professor and faculty department chair in the Career Mobility Track. Which degrees do you hold? I…

Sivadon gets nod for academic chief, pending approval

President Leigh Goodson of Tulsa Community College (TCC) will recommend the promotion of Dr. Angela Sivadon, Metro Campus provost and former dean of the College of Nursing, as senior vice president and chief academic officer. The selection of Sivadon must still be approved by the TCC Board of Regents. Once approved, Sivadon will begin her…

Global Fest celebrated 16 years bringing the world to TCC

Global Fest, the sixteenth annual festival of cultures came to the Center for Creativity on Feb. 26. Tina Peña, Associate Professor in Spanish at Tulsa Community College said this year the focus would be on the celebration of “International Friends and Families.”  “This year, we are celebrating a day dedicated to “TCC’s International Friends and Families” citizens, families,…