TCC launches sponsored state-registered apprenticeship programs to address workforce shortages

TCC launches sponsored state-registered apprenticeship programs to address workforce shortages

PORTSMOUTH — Tidewater Community College has launched what it calls Virginia’s first sponsored state-registered apprenticeship programs, designed to make it easier for employers to offer apprenticeships and for students to learn on the job in high-demand fields. The college is “the first and only institution in Virginia to receive this designation,” President Marcia Conston said at a Feb. 19 news conference at TCC’s Portsmouth campus. She added …