On July 8, 2022, Tulsa Community College (TCC) and Tulsa Innovation Labs (TIL), in partnership with edX, the global online learning platform from 2U, Inc., and SkillStorm opened the Cyber Skills Center (CSC) in Tulsa. The center will serve as an educational facility for adult students seeking cyber security and data science careers at no…
If you are reading this, I’m going to assume you know who Shrek is. But have you heard him sing? That is what audience members were treated to at performances of “Shrek the Musical” put on by CRAFT Productions of Oklahoma at Tulsa Community College’s VanTrease Performing Arts Center for Education (PACE). The show ran…
Liz Blood is the one of three creatives profiled in a series featuring artists from Archer Studios. All three profiles may be found here on the TCC Connection website. On June 3, for the first time since March of 2020, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship (TAF) Archer Studios, opened its doors to the public as part…
Tulsa Community College (TCC) held a dedication ceremony for the newly opened A.R. and Marylouise Tandy Student Success Center at its Metro Campus on July 20. The ceremony began with an introduction from Dr. Eunice Tarver, TCC vice president of Student Success and Equity. “We’re always looking for ways to improve student success and the…
Shelby Head is the one of three creatives profiled in a series featuring artists from Archer Studios. All three profiles may be found here on the TCC Connection website. Walking into the studio of Shelby Head, one was greeted with white walls on which minimalist metal works depicting stick figures went out of a straight…
Carl Antonowicz is the one of three creatives profiled in a series featuring artists from Archer Studios. All three profiles may be found here on the TCC Connection website. On June 3, for the first time since March 2020, the Tulsa Artist Fellowship (TAF) Archer Studios opened its doors to the public as part of…
The Gem Faire is an annual event in Tulsa at Expo Square. The fair travels from state to state and offers an opportunity for shopping and education to jewelers, craftsmen, mineral collectors, and the public. This year, the Gem Faire occurred May 20-22. At the show, representatives of three Oklahoma-based organizations promoted interests in rocks…
On June 19, the Center for Poets & Writers, in partnership with Thomas K. McKeon Center for Creativity, presented the “I Can’t Write Poetry” workshop to get adults to reinvigorate their creativity. At the Zoom meeting for Tulsa Community College (TCC) students, in addition to the public, Crystal Patrick began the workshop by going over…
Marina Metevelis was Tulsa Community College’s (TCC) historian. She turned 100 years old in spring 2022. Metevelis began working at the TCC library in 1970. She became a director of the TCC Heritage Center in 1992 and preserved thousands of items of TCC/TJC memorabilia, such as the first college band uniform, books, slides, newspaper articles,…
The second annual Greenwood Film Festival (GFF) hosted workshops and film screenings featuring short films and features from BIPOC film makers from June 8-12. As Dennis Delemar, founder of the GFF and a film director, started the Film Funding workshop, various film creatives chatted about the importance of grants, crowdfunding, cooperation with businesses, and the…
