The Daily Splash - Technical College of the Lowcountry

College Announcements

TCL welcomes 2 new employees

TCL recently welcomed two new employees to the college.

Maureen Reed has joined the Culinary Institute of the South at TCL as an Administrative Assistant.

Maureen has over 30 years of experience in customer service, logistics and procurement.

Originally from Pennsylvania, Maureen relocated to Bluffton with her husband, Rick, in 2023. In her free time she enjoys reading, traveling and exploring her new hometown.

Nettie Wright has joined TCL’s Kozak Office of Workforce Development as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Instructor.

A first year CNA Instructor, Nettie has nearly a decade of experience in nursing – four years as an LPN in home health and more than five years as a CNA.

Originally from central Michigan, Nettie is part of a military family and lives here in the Lowcountry.

Welcome Maureen and Nettie!

Around Campus

Practicing good health!

Scenes from TCL’s recent yoga class: Former TCL instructor, generous supporter and yoga instructor Ginnie Kozak led the class at our Beaufort Campus while area yoga instructor Christine Strong led at New River. Looking good everyone!

More Announcements

TCL hosting summer food drive

The Technical College of the Lowcountry is hosting a summer food drive in response to a critical need in the community. Help of Beaufort is experiencing a shortage of items and has put out the call to area businesses and organizations. Let’s show them our support. From now and through July 2 we’ll be collecting canned goods and other nonperishable food items. See below for additional details!

TCL employees featured in Expressions

Several TCL staff members are featured in the newest edition of Expressions, TCL’s literary and arts journal.

If you haven’t given it a look, check it out here! Great work!

TCL in the news

TCL has been in the news again with the announcement that it recently made the top 100 “power rankings” for its performance in a national cybersecurity competition which included teams from community colleges and four-year institutions from across the country.

TCL’s team was ranked No. 75 out of the 476 colleges and universities that participated in the National Cyber League’s (NCL) “ethical hacking competition” – or the legal practice of using hacker techniques to test systems for vulnerabilities. Read the full story in the Island News or Bluffton Today.

Events Coming Up!

June 26 @ 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.: WALK-IN WEDNESDAY

Through July 2: SUMMER FOOD DRIVE

July 23 @ 11 a.m. – 2 p.m. & 4 – 7 p.m.: EXPLORE TCL – INFO SESSIONS (AT MCAS)

July 24 @ 8 a.m. – 6 p.m.: WALK-IN WEDNESDAY

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