Currently, Tulsa Community College has 112 foreign students who came to the United States on non-immigrant visas to study at the college. Over 70 of them have F1 student visa status. Other foreign-born students hold immigrant visas. Both groups represent over 70 different countries, such as Vietnam, China, Germany, Norway, Brazil, Angola, and others. This…
Tulsa Community College Theatre Department presents Vampires of the Wild West (a Parody) by Mark Frank. The production will be presented at the Southeast Campus Pace Studio Theatre at 8pm October 6-8 and 2pm on October 9th. For tickets go to: https://pacetickets.tulsacc.edu/events or call 918-595-7777. Vampires of the Wild West welcomes us to Empire Valley in 1865 where a rogue vampire…
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…
In the country of the former Soviet Union, Kazakhstan, my babushka (grandma) grew bushes of lilacs in her garden. When my mother and I went to visit her, we got stems of the lilacs for home décor. So, since my childhood, I love the scent of lilacs, and I occasionally paint the flowers on canvas….
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…
