J. Preston Witt is the one of three creatives profiled in a series featuring artists from ahha Tulsa’s Open Studios. All three profiles may be found here on the TCC Connection website. On Aug. 5, ahha Tulsa held its Open Studios for the public during the First Friday Art Crawl. Two of the artists from…
Like many things that the COVID-19 pandemic put on hold, the annual “Tulsa Sings!” competition is coming back this year! So whether you are interested in entering the competition or know someone who might be, here is the information you need to know about “Tulsa Sings!” This will be the fourth year for the competition….
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…
Shannon Schwaebler felt “lost” in college, and now as the new Director of Continuing Education, she wants to accommodate adult students in achieving their dreams at Tulsa Community College (TCC). On July 25, Schwaebler became the new director of Continuing Education. In a small hallway past the Starbucks Cafe on the Northeast Campus, the Continuing Education…
During the last decade, I traveled to Kazakhstan, a republic of the former USSR. (Kazakhstan has long borders with Russia in the north and with China in the south.) I noticed several American fast food restaurants were increasing in popularity there. I visited some of the restaurants and could see similarities as well as differences…
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…
Olad’ya is small size pancake or fritter and a popular breakfast meal in the former Soviet Union. The recipe of olad’ya was passed from babushkas (grandmas) to vnuchkas (grandaughters) in that part of the world for centuries. Olad’ya is usually about two and a half inches long and two inches wide. Here is a recipe…
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…
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,…
