Gardening can be a tricky endeavor. Each plant requires different conditions to survive and produce. That is why the “I Can’t Start Seeds” workshop conducted by the Tulsa Botanic Garden at Tulsa Community College (TCC) Center for Creativity was very helpful. A group of interested locals gathered for the tutorial provided by the Tulsa Botanic…
Muriel Fahrion, designer of the Strawberry Shortcake and Care Bears cartoon characters, surprised TCC students with her visit. Fahrion is as humorous as the dozens of characters she has created for the greeting card and toy industries. Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears and Get-Along-Gang characters were animated. After the celebrity artist conducted a workshop at the…
Tulsa Community College’s (TCC) academic support services –tutors, success coaches, research librarians – are ready to serve students just as they were before the coronavirus pandemic. Now, they are just a click and Zoom away. While students spent their Spring Break dealing with the challenges and changes at home, academic support teams scrambled to expand…
In fall 2019, the Writing Center celebrated its grand reopening after being under construction for months. The employees of the center held a party with coffee, popcorn, and prizes for those who participated in the prize drawing. Jennette Royster, academic lab coordinator at the Metro Writing Center, is very excited about the updated facility. “Before,…
Japanese is one of the hardest languages for an English speaker to learn and getting started can feel like a daunting task. However, thanks to the technology of today and much easier to access to Japanese media than America used to have, there are plenty of resources available. I have been studying Japanese for over…
Podcast Director Sam Levrault talks with TCC’s Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence, Dr. Kendra Reynolds. Dr. Reynolds is visiting from Northern Ireland and will teach a Composition II course in Spring 2020. To learn more about the Fulbright Scholar-In-Residence Program, visit https://www.cies.org/program/fulbright-scholar-residence-program. You can follow Dr. Reynolds on Facebook, as @KendraReynoldsWriter, and Twitter, at @Dr_K_Reynolds. Connection Conversations is an ongoing series…
Podcast Director Sam Levrault talks with Associate Professor of Italian, Pamela Chew about her experiences abroad, the World Languages Program, specifically the Italian courses and opportunities available to Tulsa Community College. Connection Conversations is an ongoing series by the TCC Connection, TCC’s student newspaper based at Tulsa Community College in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Music by The Odyssey,…
“I was scared to death,” Sharon Crawford thought as she enrolled at Tulsa Community College. She had not been back to college in 20 years since she was at Oklahoma State University in Okmulgee for electrical engineering. “Life happened, I had to drop out.” Despite having to drop out, she was able to find a…
Bob MuellerContributing Writer After the Tulsa Community College (TCC) Art Department relocated from the Main Academic Building to the C4C, several members of the department commented on the interior of the building. “Words like ‘boring’ and ‘sterile’ may have been used,” said Dewayne Pass, associate professor of art. With the building’s fifth anniversary approaching, Center…
