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Educational Planning Day

Group advising and program exploration activities for Jan. 27.

 

Are You on Track? Check in and Explore Programs

No classes are held before 3 p.m. on Educational Planning Day, held once per quarter. This is your chance to: 

  • Check in with your advisor to make sure your program completion, graduation, transfer and career goals are on track. ** PLEASE NOTE: Some departments, such as Running Start, will not be able to individually advise every student on Educational Planning Day. Feel free to make an appointment for a date before or after Educational Planning Day.** 
  • Participate in group advising activities. 
  • Explore programs that interest you. 

Activities for all Students

Blood Drive 

9 a.m. - 3 p.m. 
Parking Lot D 

There's a critical need for blood right now. Donate to save lives!

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IT Power-Up Event 

10 a.m. - 1 p.m. 
Building 16, Room 319 

Bring in your broken computer or device and let TCC IT students try to fix it for free! Open to current TCC students and employees only. No college-owned devices, please. 

Program-Specific Activities

These information sessions, group advising sessions, and other activities offer more in-depth information about program completion, transfer pathways, and career options for students currently in programs. Students who want to learn more about a particular program are also welcome to attend.

 

Anthropology Q&A

11 a.m. - noon 
Building 10 Anthropology Lab (Room 102) 

Dr. Fortenbery and Dr. Jenkins will lead an informal Q and A discussion on TCC's Anthropology Specialization, anthropology coursework, transfer institutions, and careers. Furthermore, we will have a guest speaker, Austin Jenkins. Austin Jenkins is a professional archaeologist at Anchor QEA, a general consulting firm that specializes in environmental engineering and survey. He regularly works with Tribes, government agencies, engineers, historians, and other archaeologists to protect archaeological resources. 

Astronomy Advising 

11 a.m. - noon 
Building 15, Room 202 

Advising for astronomy majors. 

Biology Advising 

10 a.m. - 11:30 am 

Building 15, Room 201
Presented by Kristen Harrison & Ken Cushman

Chemistry Advising 

11 a.m. - noon 
Building 15, Room 202 
Advising for TCC chemistry program and Premed majors.

 

Digital Music Drop-in Session 

AA - Digital Music Pathway Information Session
10:30-11:30 a.m.
Building 10, room 302

Learn about TCC's Digital Music pathway and explore the Digital Music studio. 

Engineering Educational Planning 

9 a.m. - noon 
Building 16, Room 106  
  • Information for Mechanical, Civil, Environmental, Aero/Astro, Industrial, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Bioengineering, Chemical, Manufacturing, Sustainable Bioresource Systems Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering students.
  • Up-to-date information about TCC offerings and university engineering program requirements.
  • Breakout sessions based on engineering disciplines. 
  • Individual advising opportunities for those who have previously attended a breakout session. 
Guest Speaker  

Each quarter, we have an engineer from a different discipline tell you more about their career path and recommendations. Questions are encouraged. This quarter, Michael Hale returns to TCC.

Hale served as a TCC Engineering Mentor 2015-2025. From 1976 - 2016, Hale was a project manager  for storm and sanitary sewers, wastewater treatment facilities; marine & land outfalls;  mechanical piping/process systems, electrical & control systems for wastewater treatment Plants; start-up operations for primary and secondary wastewater treatment plant facilities and various pump station facilities; environmental projects (including contaminated/hazardous cleanup sites); highway and roadway construction (experience is for both private sector & public works); bridge construction; structural design of buildings/structures, tanks, piping support systems, wastewater/hydraulic facilities;  installation/construction of watermain, sewer and other piping systems;  environment cleanup projects; emergency response and incident administration (earthquake, rain & wind storms, etc.); project  budgeting and scheduling.  

Health Care Career Fair 

10 a.m. - 2 p.m. 
Building 13 

Interested in health care? There are lots of events to choose from! 

  • Drop-in healthcare student advising, 12 - 2 p.m. in Room 127
  • Healthcare Pathway and Nursing Information Sessions, 10 a.m. - noon in Room 127
  • Blood drive, 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. in Parking Lot D 
  • Blood pressure and diabetes screening, 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in Room 120
  • Antidote, CPR/AED, Tourniquet Classes, 12 - 1 p.m. in Room 365
  • Health Career Fair: 10 a.m. - 2 p.m. in Building 13 

 

History Educational Planning Day Session

10 a.m. – 2 p.m.
Building 10 - Room 108
10:00 – Welcome, Refreshments
Tacoma Community College History Specialization Information
 
11:00 AM Speaker:  Lindsay Ogles, Bainbridge Island Heritage Museum
 
Linsey with speak to students regarding her professional and academic experiences in a history museum. Question and answer session to follow presentation.
Lindsay is the Director of Exhibits & Engagement at the museum, which is a fancy way of saying Curator, Marketing, Education, Programming, and a few other things. As part of a small team, we all wear many hats and Lindsay is fortunate to get to be a part of so many areas of the museum’s operations. Her background surprises some people. She moved all the way from Florida to Bainbridge Island for this job after earning both a bachelors and master’s degree at Florida State University and the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill respectively. I have worked in a variety of different collections and exhibits settings, including special collections, artist books, specialized historical collections, small museums, local history museums, and county government archives.
12:30 PM speaker:  Professor Benjamin Tromly, University of Puget Sound
Professor Tromly will discuss his professional and academic journey in history, as well as present information about transferring to earn a history degree at the University of Puget Sound. Question and answer session to follow presentation.
 
Benjamin Tromly Distinguished Professor of History at University of Puget Sound in Tacoma. He teaches courses on modern Europe, Eastern Europe and Russia, with focuses on nationalism, memory, war and espionage. He is the author of Cold War Exiles and the CIA: Plotting to Free Russia (Oxford University Press, 2019) and Making the Soviet Intelligentsia: Universities and Intellectual Life under Stalin and Khrushchev (Cambridge University Press, 2014).

 

Human Services Program Information Session 

9 a.m. - noon 
Building 10 Room 208

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Meet human services faculty, learn about human services careers, and participate in human services advising. 

 

Math Advising 

11 a.m. - noon 
Building 15, Room 202

Group advising for math majors. 

Paralegal Panel Event 

12 a.m. - 2 p.m. 
Building 16, Room 106 
Hear what it's like to work as a paralegal from people currently working in the legal field. 

Physics Advising 

11 a.m. - noon 
Building 15, Room 202

Group advising for physics majors. 

 

Political Science Advising Drop-in Session 

11 a.m. - noon 
Building 10, Room 211 

Join this session to learn more about the TCC political science specialization and transfer opportunities in Washington. 

 

Psychology and Sociology Information Session 

11 a.m. - noon 
Building 19 Psychology Lab (Room 21) 

Want to specialize in psychology or sociology? Come and talk to faculty!