The New Portsmouth Campus

Welcome to the New Portsmouth Campus web page!  This page will keep you updated on the progress of the construction of the new campus located at Victory Village in the City of Portsmouth.

                                                                             Background

Tidewater Community College and the City of Portsmouth worked together for several years developing a plan to relocate the current Portsmouth Campus, which is located in northeast Suffolk, into the City of Portsmouth. After the voters approved a statewide bond referendum in 2002, planning for the relocation of the campus began. The purpose of relocating the campus was to better serve the citizens of Portsmouth while maintaining the comprehensive programmatic offerings of the campus.  

After several years of intensive planning by the faculty, staff, administrators, and architects, construction is approaching completion on the New Portsmouth Campus at Victory Village in the City of Portsmouth. A groundbreaking ceremony for the new campus was held on May 16, 2008—for pictures of this ceremony.

The New Campus

The new campus consists of four two-story buildings and is located near the intersection of I-264 and Victory Boulevard in an area of the City known as Victory Village. The relocation and construction of the new campus is an exciting event in the history of the college and illustrates the importance of partnership to the college. The college has benefitted from excellent partners in the City of Portsmouth, the Portsmouth Public Schools, the Beazley Foundation, and the business community.

The new campus opened for registration and enrollment on December 21, 2009, and will start spring semester classes on January 11, 2010. Please visit this site regularly for updated information about the progress of the construction and the opening of the New Portsmouth Campus.

Facts About The New Portsmouth Campus

• The campus serves about 10,000 students annually, with an eventual build-out to serve 16,500
• There are 183,000 square feet in the buildings at the new campus, with a future build-out capacity of 350,000 square feet
• The four two-story classroom and administrative buildings house 25 classrooms, 11 instructional computer labs, 20 instructional labs for disciplines such as biology, chemistry, anatomy, welding, air conditioning, and computer aided drafting and design, with one building housing the physical plant building for the campus
• The total investment in the New Portsmouth Campus is $65 million including construction and equipment costs

• There are four human patient simulator labs for the nursing program with high-end human patient simulators programmed to assist the nursing faculty in providing instruction to nursing students

• The campus library, which is open for community use, houses a space called the “Learning Commons” with 100 computers for use by the students, faculty, and staff

• The campus parking lots accommodates 1,450 cars

• Each classroom has a “master presentation station” that allow faculty to integrate appropriate technology into their classroom instruction

• The innovative First College Program in Portsmouth, developed in partnership with the Portsmouth Public Schools, has office space for advisors for these high school students

• The main administrative building houses an area called The Forum that is a multi-purpose space that will serve about 250 people in a seated arrangement or 300-plus in a standing environment (such as for an open house or career fair)

The campus has two Open House events scheduled in December: 

December 29, from 10:00 a.m. until noon; and December 30, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:00 p.m.  These sessions will provide information about the campus and its programs and offer an opportunity to take a tour of the new campus.

The “new” Portsmouth Campus opened on December 21, 2009!!

Please contact Dr. Terry L. Jones, Provost of the Portsmouth Campus, at 757-822-2242 or tljones@tcc.edu (email) for additional information.   

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