Tidewater Community College (TCC) is a public community college in South Hampton Roads, Virginia, with campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth, Suffolk, and Virginia Beach. It is part of the Virginia Community College System and is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges to award the associate degree. History The school was founded in 1968, when a local philanthropist, Fred W. Beazley, closed the existing Frederick College and deeded the land to the Commonwealth of Virginia for the creation of Tidewater Community College. With the support of Hampton Roads' municipalities, TCC quickly expanded to Virginia Beach and Chesapeake, and in the 1990s, it helped revitalize downtown Norfolk by establishing a campus in former department store buildings. In 2010, the Portsmouth campus relocated to a new site within the city. In 2003 TCC signed an agreement with Norfolk State University that allows students to transfer from one to another. In 2017, Tidewater Community College (Virginia Beach and Norfolk campuses) entered into an agreement with Virginia Wesleyan University on the "Tidewater Promise," a parallel concurrent enrollment program that permits students to take advantage of most services and resources on the VWU campus while enrolled as associate degree students at TCC. The program enables students to guarantee tuition costs for four years and to complete a four-year bachelor's degree less expensively than attending a state university. Edna V. Baehre-Kolovani took office as the college's fifth president in July 2012. She succeeded Deborah M. DiCroce, who had served for 14 years. In early 2018, the college's faculty voted "no confidence" in Baehre-Kolovani as enrollments declined and the college announced another round of layoffs (following layoffs in 2017). Tidewater Community College's mascot is Storm and the school colors are royal blue and white. Facilities Tidewater Community College has four campuses: Fred W. Beazley Portsmouth Campus, which opened in 2010 and has four buildings A Building B Building C Building Student Center Norfolk Campus, which opened in 1997 and has five buildings Andrews Building Martin Building Walker Building Roper Performing Arts Center Student Center Chesapeake Campus, which opened in 1973 George B. Pass Building Marian P. Whitehurst Technology Center Academic Building Student Center (opened Spring 2014) Virginia Beach Campus, which opened in 1973 and has 11 buildings including The Advanced Technology Center (ATC) in partnership with the City of Virginia Beach and Virginia Beach City Public Schools Joint-Use Library in partnership with