Reporter’s Notebook: TCC Art Students Express a Protest, Make Emotional Impact   

TCC’s Annual Student Art Exhibition accumulated the best artworks, which are sure to blow someone’s mind. The show ran for about a week at the Center for Creativity Event Hall in April 2025.     Two remarkable artists, Sally C. Garner and Jason Rafferty, judged and selected the students’ works for the exhibit. According to the content…

Reporter’s Notebook: TCC’s 2024 Student Art Exhibition Was a Discovery of New Names in Art (Juror’s Choice) 

The annual student art exhibition presented unexpected art produced by Tulsa Community College (TCC) students. In this essay, Tatyana Nyborg, TCC Connection editor, highlights the jurors ‘choices for the most remarkable student artworks displayed at the exhibit this year.  Two artists from Seattle judged the TCC student artworks in 2024. The judges were Julie Alpert,…

Reporter’s Notebook: TCC’s 2024 Student Art Exhibition was a discovery of new names in art (Reviewer’s Choice) 

The annual student art exhibition presented unexpected art produced by Tulsa Community College (TCC) students. In this essay, Tatyana Nyborg, TCC Connection editor, highlights her choices for the most interesting student artworks displayed at the exhibit this year.  Victoria McGoffin surprised the exhibit guests with her sculpture “To Heap.” The sculpture is made from cement,…

Reporter’s Notebook: Designer of the popular Strawberry Shortcake character, Muriel Fahrion, uncovers secrets of cartoon drawing 

The legend of the “American Greetings” card industry, Muriel Fahrion, recently revisited Tulsa Community College (TCC) with a workshop on cartoon drawing offered for all ages of Tulsans.  The celebrity artist is known as the creator of Strawberry Shortcake, Care Bears, and The Get Along Gang characters, and as a person who never stops joking….

Reporter’s Notebook

Chicago O’Hare International Airport is a charming place to visit Chicago O’Hare International Airport is the world’s most connected airport. It covers over 7,000 acres of area and served 54 million passengers in 2021. The airport is named after Edward O’Hare, a WWII hero. Tatyana Nyborg, TCC Connection Metro Campus editor, recently visited Chicago O’Hare…

Reporter’s notebook: Monarch butterflies become rare. What can we do? 

While I was gathering information about monarch butterflies in Oklahoma, I learned devastating news about their numbers came on the air. The Washington Post, TV stations, and other mass media reported that The International Union for Conservation of Nature had put the migrating monarchs in the category of “endangered.”  Before going into details about the…