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BREAKING: Five TCC international students have visas revoked
Bandan Koro member Terrance Thomas and students dance during the 2024 International Festival. This year the courtyard was empty since the festival was canceled.
Cultural celebration abandoned
Lupe Garcia, an auditor with Whittley Penn, addresses the board about his firm’s review of the TCC website, handbooks and other documents during the March board meeting.
New audit reviews college’s compliance with DEI ban
Commissioners Roderick Miles Jr. and Alisa Simmons listen to the public.
Tarrant County Commissioners push through redistricting plan
This sign, outside South Campus’ Family Enrichment Center, was put out for information during the VITAthon event on March 29. This event was geared to help prepare and file taxes before the national tax deadline on April 15.
Students get IRS certified, help file taxes
Comic
Comic
During rehearsal, Dayen Cruz (top) who plays Roisin Danner and Mia Jimenez (bottom) who plays Brenda Hendricks rehearsal a fight scene for the upcoming play.
Thrills, mystery come to SE Campus play
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes to theaters amid AI controversy
‘Princess Mononoke’ comes to theaters amid AI controversy
Comic
Comic
Porky Pig and Daffy Duck, both voiced by Eric Bauza, reconcile in a tearful moment in “The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie.”
‘Looney Tunes’ return with alien twist
Sticks and stones will further divide our nation
Sticks and stones will further divide our nation
Society happily sips from cups of cognitive dissonance
Society happily sips from cups of cognitive dissonance
Gen Z‘s financial future unwillingly forced into fiscal nightmare
Gen Z‘s financial future unwillingly forced into fiscal nightmare
Trump body slams Department of Education
Trump body slams Department of Education
Most students’ failures shouldn’t be blamed on teachers
Most students’ failures shouldn’t be blamed on teachers
NE Campus student Lauren Bird sits looking at her series of self-portraits. The oil paintings will be featured in a solo exhibition in the art department. Bird has been working on the collection for a year-and-a-half.
Lauren Bird’s Self-Care Journey Captured in Oil-Painted Self-Portraits
Coffee and Conversation’s guest speaker, Kellie King, speaks to veteran students about how to file for Veterans Affair disability.
Services after Service: TR Veteran Resource Center emphasizes connection between veteran students
Taste Project: Students gather, rake and remove for their community
Taste Project: Students gather, rake and remove for their community
Tarrant County Orchestra guest artist Sophia Thacker rehearses Mozart’s “Piano Concerto No. 18” prior to the orchestra’s latin-inspired concert.
Sharing faith through music: Legally blind piano student performs solo with orchestra
TR Student Government Association president Emma Murokozi is studying cybersecurity and plans to open an IT school.
Turning struggles into strength
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BREAKING: Five TCC international students have visas revoked
Zoe Spiliotis’ “Wheel in the Sky Without End”, Isadora Jackson’s “Crinkled Horizons” and Jackson’s “Soil and Sky” are all a part of the South Campus art exhibit “The Desert was Red and Red the Dust was Raised.”
Five women create abstract art to explore border region
At PBR’s Last Cowboy Standing, Rogério Silva Venâncio gets bucked off bull “Walk Hard.”
Cowboys, bulls back in town
During the parade the Moslah Car-vettes group drove down the streets decked out in LED lights, waving and greeting parade-goers.
Fort Worth’s Parade of Lights brings a shine to the streets of downtown
Tarrant County Commissioners Court votes to keep college early voting sites open
Tarrant County Commissioners Court votes to keep college early voting sites open
Serving the Tarrant County College District

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Serving the Tarrant County College District

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This sign, outside South Campus’ Family Enrichment Center, was put out for information during the VITAthon event on March 29. This event was geared to help prepare and file taxes before the national tax deadline on April 15.

Students get IRS certified, help file taxes

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
April 9, 2025
South student Ariana Cole, playing Mom, listens to Haley Sutter, playing Micah, explain how she keeps getting distracted while trying to finish her essay.

Carillon Theatre Company performs triple comedy play

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
April 9, 2025
Measles exposure warning issued for Tarrant County

Measles exposure warning issued for Tarrant County

FOUSIA ABDULLAHI and LAUREN HARPER
April 5, 2025
Assistant director of library services James Baxter adresses common mistakes when finding information in online spaces and how to identify misinformation.

Library services caution against fake news

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
April 2, 2025
Most students’ failures shouldn’t be blamed on teachers

Most students’ failures shouldn’t be blamed on teachers

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
April 2, 2025
Updated: LinkedIn Learning removed again after more DEI content discovered

Updated: LinkedIn Learning removed again after more DEI content discovered

FOUSIA ABDULLAHI and LAUREN HARPER
March 12, 2025

Partnership sprouts with horticulture program, community

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
March 12, 2025
LinkedIn Learning access returns to TCC

LinkedIn Learning access returns to TCC

FOUSIA ABDULLAHI and LAUREN HARPER
March 4, 2025
Board member Ken Barr, Autobahn Fort Worth president Brendon Harrington and South Campus president Dan Lufkin shake hands after signing the scholarship check at a celebration hosted at the dealership on Feb. 21.

Fort Worth dealership awards automotive students $50,000 scholarship, internship

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
February 26, 2025
Our freedom of expression isn’t a free pass to be hurtful

Our freedom of expression isn’t a free pass to be hurtful

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
February 26, 2025
Board vice president Kenneth Barr is not running in the May trustee seat election.

Two trustee seats to be placed on spring ballot

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
February 19, 2025
Districts prepare for increased ICE presence in campus

Districts prepare for increased ICE presence in campus

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
February 12, 2025
Fire Chief Daniel White presents plan to DFW Airport Fire department.

Near tragedy ignites chiefs tenacity

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
February 12, 2025
Greedy ‘anti-medicine’ influencers prescribe false hope, promises

Greedy ‘anti-medicine’ influencers prescribe false hope, promises

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
February 5, 2025
HEB ISD coordinator of counseling and guidance Stacy Force speaks with parents and students at Central Junior High School.

HEB ISD collegiate academy coming to TCC

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
January 29, 2025
Texas Woman's University student Edith Cruz shares her TRIO program experience on an alumni panel at the 60th anniversary celebration of the program.

Community celebrates TRIO’s 60-year anniversary

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
December 4, 2024
NE Campus student and dance club member Emily Reyes performs a self-made ballet folklorico routine during Fall Fest. She has been dancing since she was three.

Campus celebrates fall with dance, crafts

ALEX HOBEN and LAUREN HARPER
November 13, 2024
Two-way conversations fuel political respect, empathy

Two-way conversations fuel political respect, empathy

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
October 30, 2024
Presenter Chelsea Davis explains the examples of physical violence seen in unhealthy relationships, which all relate to an abuser’s need for power and control.

Students learn domestic abuse signs, solutions

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
October 23, 2024
SE student Kristen Wirkler, who plays Hilda, tells the story of her mothers mysterious disappearance during a party

‘The Thin Place’ offers thrilling drama

LAUREN HARPER, multimedia editor
October 23, 2024
Parent Jade Goodwin and her family exit the NE Children’s Center for the last time on Friday Oct. 11.

Children’s Center shut down after 50 years

LAUREN HARPER and FOUSIA ABDULLAHI
October 16, 2024
SE student Vanessa Cruz votes on her favorite superheroes at a mock voting event. The event was held to prepare new voters for the voting process.

Early voting on campuses starts Oct. 21

LAUREN HARPER, campus editor
October 16, 2024
NE Campus Children's Center is located in the NFAB building. It includes three classrooms as well as an outdoor playground.

UPDATED BREAKING NEWS: NE Children’s Center set to close after a ‘deeply concerning’ incident

Fousia Abdullahi, Lauren Harper and Alex Hoben
October 9, 2024
Ted Sunge, a 4-year-old enrolled in the Children’s Center program, celebrates the 50th anniversary on Sept. 24.

Children’s Center celebrates milestone

LAUREN HARPER, campus editor
October 2, 2024
NE Movers Unlimited finish their peformance with drums as they rehearse for the Fort Worth Dance Festival.

Rehearsals ramp up for Fort Worth Festival

LAUREN HARPER, campus editor
October 2, 2024
Students pick up junk under a bridge behind TR Campus during the Trash Bash event hosted Sept. 21 by the Tarrant Regional Water District.

Students, staff help clean up Trinity River

Lauren Harper, campus editor
September 25, 2024
Mental health experts share tools to prevent suicide

Mental health experts share tools to prevent suicide

Huda Qureshi and Lauren Harper
September 18, 2024
Valuing vulnerability while prioritizing privacy

Valuing vulnerability while prioritizing privacy

Lauren Harper, campus editor
September 18, 2024
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Access to LinkedIn Learning denied

Fousia Abdullahi, Huda Qureshi and Lauren Harper
September 4, 2024
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