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  • Rarig Chosen for PTK’s Distinguished Administrator Award

    Rarig Chosen for PTK’s Distinguished Administrator Award

    Dr. Kris Rarig has been selected for Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society’s (PTK) Distinguished Administrator Award. Vice President of Student Affairs at Thomas Nelson now becoming Virginia Peninsula Community College,…

  • Kuchina, Lannon Part of ODU Transfer Program

    Kuchina, Lannon Part of ODU Transfer Program

    Thomas Nelson has articulation agreements with many four-year institutions in Virginia. Those agreements can be complicated to understand, leaving students and faculty frustrated. Now, one of those four-year state institutions,…

  • Committee Assists with Logistics of Name Change

    Committee Assists with Logistics of Name Change

    Undergoing a name change is more than doing research, holding focus groups, town halls and meeting after meeting. There are a lot of things that must be done behind the…

  • Special Interests: In it for the Long Run

    Special Interests: In it for the Long Run

    When not at work, May Carlson can often be found running; the longer the distance the better, too. May Carlson admits to being “a geek” as a youth. She wasn’t…

  • Meet Presidential Ambassador Sharena Marsh

    Meet Presidential Ambassador Sharena Marsh

    Sharena Marsh is among four students participating in the College’s Presidential Ambassador Program for 2021-22. She serves as an ambassador at the Historic Triangle Campus in Williamsburg. Students in the…

  • College Aced Fifth-Year Interim Report to SACSCOC

    College Aced Fifth-Year Interim Report to SACSCOC

    Thomas Nelson Community College’s Fifth-Year Interim Report to the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC) earned a stellar review. The news came on Jan. 12 when…

  • PTK Survey Offers Lessons in Learning

    PTK Survey Offers Lessons in Learning

    Thomas Nelson’s chapter of Phi Theta Kappa, the international honor society for students at two-year colleges, recently conducted a survey regarding online learning. The results taught its members a lot.…

  • Long Trip Includes Key Stop at Thomas Nelson

    Long Trip Includes Key Stop at Thomas Nelson

    Megan Barnard credits Thomas Nelson Community College for helping her find the right career path. Megan Barnard always has been interested in science, always found it interesting. “It always been…

  • College Signs Lease on Hampton IV Building

    College Signs Lease on Hampton IV Building

    The College is renting space at 521 Butler Farm Rd. as temporary housing for those replaced by the Templin Hall renovations. The collapse of a portion of the Templin Hall…

  • Basketball Team 8-1 Entering Break

    Basketball Team 8-1 Entering Break

    The Thomas Nelson’s men’s basketball team has 10 games scheduled for the second half of the season. Coach Chris Moore’s goals are to win every one and place first in…