TCC Portsmouth

Let's go to the Student Center! It may be summer time, but we're still open and here to serve. Come check out everything we have to offer:

✔️ Game Room
✔️ Gym
✔️ Community Feed
✔️ Study Rooms
✔️ Fitness Center
✔️ ID Office
✔️ TV Room
✔️ Student Org Suite
✔️ Student Resource & Empowerment Center
✔️ Barnes & Noble Distribution Center
✔️ Computer Lab

On Tuesday, June 18th, 2024, stop by the Portsmouth Student Center between 12pm and 1:30pm for our Freedom Day Juneteenth Observance. We'll be showing videos (don't worry, they're short!) and snacks will be available. The library will also be onsite with relevant materials available to borrow. Knowledge is power.

Let's kick off the summer right, with ice cream!
Join us at the Student Center for the Summer Sizzle Ice Cream Social
Tuesday, May 28th
12pm - 2pm
Make sure to bring your student ID card!

Welcome to the Rodeo! Thursday is our annual Spring Fling. Cowboy boots and hats encouraged!
Meet us behind the Student Center between 12pm and 2pm. There will be food, games, line dancing, resources and....a mechanical bull!
Plus a special performance by local country music singer Roberta Lea !

Make your health a priority. Join us for health screenings and information regarding health management.

Tuesday, April 16th, 10am-1pm, Portsmouth Student Center

*Dental Screenings (10am-noon)
*Hearing Screenings
*HIV Testing
*Mammogram Information
And more!

It's time for a Wednesday Reset!

Explore self-expression through various art mediums and forms of art therapy. Whether you need to relax, relieve stress, or need a creative outlet, this session promises to be both therapeutic and enjoyable.

Sign up in advance to participate: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe5dPu8Ehl7ciGM2ZL0auSTBqA3aOnqQYQibjGEO9Nl2JxPfw/viewform

From budgeting and saving to credit and debt management, come get your banking and budgeting basic questions answered.

Tuesday 4/9/24
11:45am - 12:30pm - Budgeting and Saving
12:45pm - 1:30pm - Credit & Debt Management
Portsmouth Student Center MPR 124

Who doesn't love free books? There will be all types of books for students to pick up at our LitFest Book Giveaway. Grab a book to read while you donate blood 😉

Wednesday, April 3, 2024
On the Campus Quad (rain site: Building A atrium)
12:30pm - 2pm

Only the correct and quickest answers will win! Come test your knowledge at our Women's History Month Kahoot!

There will be prizes for the winners and snacks for all!

Thursday, March 28, 2024
12pm - 1pm
Portsmouth Campus Student Center Multipurpose Rooms 124-126

April 3rd, help us save some lives!
Schedule an appointment to donate blood at https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=TCCPorts

Donors will receive an exclusive GODZILLA x KONG: THE NEW EMPIRE and Red Cross t-shirt!

10am-3pm, Portsmouth Campus Student Center

Celebrate all things Pi with us this Thursday, 3.14.

There will be contests, activities, games and pie of course!

Come dressed in your best Pi Day outfit, or dress like Albert Einstein (it's his birthday).

Pie Baking/Decorating contest.

Enter for the best Piem (Pi poem) Contest: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdIP6OHG6tqGhTO4nDrVTRe5EK2x_VdHVuTdMna5QnECniOjA/viewform

Thursday, March 14th
11am - 2pm
A110 - Portsmouth Learning Assistance Center

A successful academic plan means having a strategy. Zoom into this Advising 101 workshop, focused on developing a success strategy so that you can make the best use of your time here at TCC.

Tuesday, February 27th
12:30pm-1:30pm
Register to attend on zoom: https://vccs.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZErd-CurjwjEtejm43pmq9yxdn6VPfx8ULA #/registration

Join us in a discussion to explore the impact of the landmark decision of Brown V Board of Education, 70 years later, with Portsmouth's Chapter President of the NAACP, James Boyd.

Thursday, Feb. 22, 2024
12pm-1:30pm
Portsmouth Campus Student Center, Multipurpose Room

That's right. It's our birthday and we're celebrating! Come show us some love as we mark a decade of the Portsmouth Campus Student Center. You only turn 10 once, so we're celebrating twice!

We'll have games, food and sweet treats. On Wednesday we'll also have a photo booth.
Tuesday, 2/13/24
4pm-6pm
Student Center Commons

Wednesday, 2/14/24
11:30am-1:30pm
Student Center Gym

Calling all students. The Open Door Project has big plans for you during spring break! On Tuesday, March 5th, 12pm-5:30pm, ODP will host a leadership symposium. Gain leadership skills and expand your thinking while enjoying a dynamic keynote from Dr. Jasmine Crenshaw and a networking event that will help you excel.
On Wednesday, March 6th, join ODP in Portsmouth or Norfolk for a volunteer opportunity at 10am.
Sign up for the Leadership Symposium: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeYBi-4C8BjAyW11XD-y1r-SMP7fIw9XEUdwTPCzAzCqW_QBw/viewform
Sign up for the Volunteer Opportunity: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSflZZXbBfe1cMBqB4UBsOdVQjep70Z_c7M0NCueZ2Ah0CTLxg/viewform

Help us this Friday, National , to raise awareness about , the leading cause of death in the U.S. Devoting a little time every day to care for yourself can go a long way toward protecting your heart health.

DYK that 51.9% of high blood pressure deaths, otherwise known as hypertension or the "silent killer," are in women, and out of all women, 57.6% of Black females have hypertension - more than any other race or ethnicity.

Patients fighting sickle cell disease may require regular blood transfusions to avoid health crises. You can make all the difference. Donate Blood.

Tuesday, February 6, 2024
10am - 3pm
TCC Portsmouth Student Center

Donors will receive a $20 Amazon.com Gift Card by email.

Visit RedCrossBlood.org and enter: TCCPorts to schedule an appointment
or visit: https://www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=TCCPorts

We're looking forward to seeing the new and familiar faces on campus next week! Join us for our Welcome Week activities:

Monday - Welcome Wagon - Get a treat from the wagon as it goes around campus throughout the day!
Tuesday - Let's Play - 11:30am-1:30pm, Student Center 2nd Floor Gym - Come ready to play!
Wednesday - Student Center Open House - 11:30am-1:30pm - Check in at the front desk to play a game that introduces you to the Student Center.
Thursday - Student Connect Resource Fair - 11:30am-1:30pm, Student Center - Learn about different campus and community resources available to you.