Category — Historic Triangle Campus

Thomas Nelson Community College’s (TNCC) Historic Triangle campus in Williamsburg officially opened in July. Join TNCC and community leaders for a grand opening ceremony on September 25 at 2:00 p.m. The new facility sits on nearly 74 acres of land next to Warhill High School at 4601 Opportunity Way.

The ceremony will include remarks from TNCC President Alvin J. Schexnider, Historic Triangle Campus Provost William Travis and a slate of specially invited local, regional and state government officials.

Refreshments will be available and guests can tour the facility after the program. With state-of-the-art academic, administrative, physical plant and student/faculty support facilities, the three-story, 120,000 square-foot building serves the needs of students and the community at large with a full-service bookstore, computer labs, library and more. More than 1,600 students are enrolled at the new campus as of early September and enrollment is projected to increase; the facility can accommodate more than 2,000 students.

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The Daily Press

Thomas Nelson Community College has conducted classes in various spaces around Williamsburg for a long time, but this fall it opens the first building on a permanent satellite campus there.

Tours are available to the public between now and Aug. 20. Classes start Aug. 22.

Future plans for the campus call for additional buildings if and when student enrollment demands it and state funds are available, said TNCC Historic Triangle Provost William Travis.

If trends hold, enrollment will continue to grow. Enrollment in classes conducted at the college’s Historic Triangle sites has steadily grown over the past three years, except for a slight drop from 738 students the spring semester of 2006 to 731 in the spring of 2007.

For the fall, 749 students were enrolled in 2006, 966 in 2007 and 1,117 in 2008.

In spring 2008, there were 850 students enrolled in classes, and that number rose to 1,102 this past spring. These numbers do not count students who are dual enrolled, which means they are high school students taking courses for college credit.

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WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Thomas Nelson Community College’s (TNCC) new Historic Triangle campus in Williamsburg is now open. Beginning July 22, the College will host public tours of the new facility at 10:00 a.m. Wednesdays and 3:30 p.m. Thursdays through August 21. The new campus sits on nearly 74 acres of land next to Warhill High School at 4601 Opportunity Way.

With state-of-the-art academic, administrative, physical plant and student and faculty support facilities, TNCC’s new three-story, 120,000 square-foot building on the Historic Triangle campus will serve the needs of the students and community at large with a full-service bookstore, computer labs, library and more.

 The new campus will house an array of programs, including Liberal Arts, Business Administration, Emergency Medical Services Information Technology, Nursing, Computer-Aided Drafting and Design Technology and the new Dental Hygiene Program slated to open in 2010. Continuing education and Workforce Development opportunities will also be available for residents of the greater Williamsburg/James City County area.

New and returning students can visit the Historic Triangle campus to register for fall classes, or register online at www.tncc.edu. Classes begin August 22. Registration is also in progress at the Hampton campus and the College’s Southeast Higher Education Center in Newport News.

 For more information about the tours, call the Historic Triangle campus at 253-4300.

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. – Thomas Nelson Community College’s (TNCC) transition to its new Historic Triangle campus in Williamsburg is complete. Located at 4601 Opportunity Way next to Warhill High School, the new campus is open to the public providing services in preparation for the fall semester.

Fall classes are scheduled to begin on August 22 at all TNCC locations including the new campus. New and returning students can register for classes in person at one of three locations — Hampton, Williamsburg and a satellite site in Newport News — or online at www.tncc.edu.

Thomas Nelson’s history of providing service in the Historic Triangle dates back over 30 years and efforts to establish a permanent campus in the region began in fall 1996. College operations in the Historic Triangle were previously housed in leased facilities in Williamsburg’s Busch Corporate Center at John Jefferson Square.

For more information about TNCC’s new Historic Triangle campus, please call the Office of Public Relations, Marketing and Special Events at 757-825-2725.

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The Daily Press

Construction workers scurried around Thomas Nelson Community College’s Historic Triangle Campus on Tuesday as they put finishing touches on the first building of the school’s new James City County location.

About a dozen workers spent the afternoon landscaping the exterior of the building and wiring classrooms for new equipment and technology as TNCC officials gear up for July 6, when students will use the building for the first time as they register for the fall semester, which begins Aug. 22.

The three-story masonry and brick building — projected to cost more than $28 million — is one of five being planned for the 73-acre site next to Warhill High School on Opportunity Way, just off Centerville Road.

The college has operated out of temporary facilities at Busch Corporate Center for years, but chose more than five years ago to build a larger and permanent campus to better serve its population of 1,250 students.

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Things really are taking shape at Thomas Nelson’s new Historic Triangle campus located at 4601 Opportunity Way,  Williamsburg next to Warhill High  School.  Opening this summer to our faculty and staff,  the new campus will begin offering classes this fall.

Pictured are the latest developments in the 120,000 square foot Academic Center’s library and of new shots of the building’s exterior.

The Daily Press

Thomas Nelson Community College received a $1.99 million Community-Based Job Training Grant this month from the U.S. Labor Department to expand its pipeline of employees to the manufacturing industry.

This is the Hampton college’s second big national grant in the past five years. It received a $1.95 million President’s High Growth Job Training Initiative grant four years ago to create an employment pipeline in advanced manufacturing.

According to TNCC officials, the college’s Workforce Development program has since placed 4,100 workers in advanced manufacturing jobs. The placements have been made through a partnership with the region’s community colleges, work force boards, one-stop centers and more than 60 regional manufacturers called SEVAMP — Southeast Virginia Advanced Manufacturing Pipeline.

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The Daily Press

Community colleges play a vital and expanding role in their local communities and Thomas Nelson on the Peninsula is a great example of that, interim President Alvin Schexnider told the Daily Press Editorial Board Thursday.

As the General Assembly scrutinizes the state budget, state community college officials are working to preserve their funding. Schexnider took over at TNCC Oct. 1 after Charles Taylor left for a nine-month sabbatical to work for the Virginia Community College System in Richmond.

Schexnider’s background is at larger, four-year universities. But he is well-versed in the state’s budget history, and the drill colleges go through during financial shortfalls.

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