Category — Alumni

WILLIAMSBURG, Va. — Practically every day like clockwork Mac Morning would be the first person to arrive at Thomas Nelson Community College’s (TNCC) Historic Triangle campus at the Busch Corporate Center in Williamsburg. Most days he arrived between 6:00 and 6:30 a.m. before the building opened and waited about an hour until the faculty and staff arrived to open for the day.

For the past two years, 22-year-old Morning has made his way from Toano to TNCC via the public bus line to attend classes. This commute short takes nearly two hours on public transit due to the bus system’s schedule. As Friday, May 15, Morning’s days of waking up before dawn to catch the bus headed for class were over when he graduated during TNCC’s fortieth annual commencement.

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If Natasha Hubbard’s class started at 10 a.m., she was on campus by 8 a.m. Her philosophy: being early surely beats showing up late. Before class, the Thomas Nelson Community College (TNCC) student usually found a relaxing place to sit near the shrubbery outside of Templin Hall on the Hampton campus. Nothing disturbed her there – not even the bumbles bees that swarmed around her seat. “I never moved,” Hubbard said with a laugh. “I couldn’t see them anyway.”Hubbard lost sight in her left eye when she was 12 years old. At 16, she lost sight in her right eye, leaving her completely blind. With plenty of determination and assistance from TNCC’s Disabled Student Services team, Hubbard completed the requirements for an Associate of Science in Social Science degree at the end of the fall 2008 semester with a 3.5 grade point average.  She graduated with the class of 2009 during the College’s fortieth annual commencement ceremony. “She’s an inspiration,” said longtime friend Karen Perez.

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The deadline to submit nominations for TNCC Distinguished Alumni Awards has been extended to Wednesday, January 14, 2009. The nomination form is available at the following link: Distinguished Alumni Nomination Form (pdf)

The TNCC Distinguished Alumni Awards were established in 2008. The awards recognize TNCC alumni who are making outstanding contributions to society through professional achievements and community service.

The following three categories are awarded:

• Alumni-Employee Award: recognizes a TNCC employee who is also a graduate and has exhibited an on-going commitment to the institution.
• Professional Achievement Award: recognizes an alum that has excelled in his/her chosen field.
• Community Service Award: recognizes an alum as an outstanding member of his/her community through volunteer and civic involvement.

Award recipients will be honored at the Homecoming 2009 Community Luncheon on Monday, February 16, 2009.

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