One night, a girl goes to a party at a fraternity on her college campus. She is drinking, laughing with her friends, and having a good time. A fraternity brother walks up to her and her friends and asks her to dance, and she says yes. A few minutes later, he asks her if she […]
CAB/AASA brings Masquerade Ball to Southeast Campus
On Feb. 25, the Tulsa Community College Southeast Campus held a Mardi Gras party. “The idea for the masquerade event started at our Campus Activities Board (CAB) Christmas party. I wanted to make sure we had an event planned for February. So during our party, I asked my team what they wanted our event for […]
Reporter’s Notebook: Humorous character creator, Muriel Fahrion, talks about survival in the art business
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 […]
Academic support services move online
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 […]
Summit connects African American students to mentors, success coaches
Tulsa Community College student Anthony Colbert came seeking accountability. Montez Hunter wanted to reinforce his identity. For Teren Crenshaw, he was looking for connections. Each was among about a dozen students who attended the African American Male Student Success Summit held Jan. 20 in the McKeon Center for Creativity. The event on Martin Luther King […]
The Writing Center becomes more comfortable after the renovation
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, […]
Five Simple Ways to Begin Studying Japanese
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 […]
Concert Connection: Alexis Onyango visits The TCC Connection office
Podcast Host Sam Levrault talks with Alexis Onyango, also known as LEX, when she stopped by the TCC Connection office on Sept. 13, 2019. This episode features a full interview about her upcoming plans, including her headline show at The Vanguard on September 20. Concert Connection is a series by the TCC Connection which […]
SNAPS: TCC Hosts Paint the Zoo Blue for the seventh annual time
SNAPS: My time at the Orphanage in China was rewarding
The service trip to China was the first trip to visit since I was adopted. I joined adopteen, founded in 2007 by Amy Zhong and her brother Art Zhong, to volunteer at the Xi’an City Children’s Welfare Institute in Xi;an. Located in Denver, Colorado, Adopteen is a place for adoptees to gather together and meet […]