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The first customers of opening day at the Mules Cafe.
First customers served during reopening of Mules Café
11/13/2024
More than 100 guests were served Thursday, Nov. 7, during the grand opening of the Mules Café at its new location on the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center campus.
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Dr. Roger Barnes
Ribbon cutting held for Culinary Arts Center, financed with $1.3M in grants
10/17/2024
If community members do not already know about the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center, the secret will be out soon.
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Samuel Johnson, Dan Parker and Parker Kneir.
TCC students earn Head of the Class awards from Malco Tools
10/03/2024
A pair of top Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center students were selected as 2024 Malco Head of the Class recipients last month.
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Dan Parker
TCC awarded $10K Explore the Trades grant for HVAC-R program
05/14/2024
The HVAC-R program of the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has secured its second five-figure competitive grant in recent months in a continued effort to align the training facility with modern industry standards.
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Dean Hester, Cole Pullam and Michael Barrett.
TCC computer science program awarded $27K for robotic arm
02/27/2024
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center incorporated a six-axis robotic arm into its computer integrated manufacturing class with a $27,000 Delta Workforce grant awarded at the end of last school year.
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Alex Vass, Dan Parker, George Scherr and Scott Smith.
Nortek donates $35K in new HVAC equipment to TCC
02/13/2024
Nortek has donated seven packaged heating and cooling systems, valued at $35,000, to the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center in what company officials say is the start of a long-term partnership with the HVAC-R program.
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Abby Crites fields questions from prospective students during the health fair.
Heartland Forward grant program launches with health fair at PBHS
02/06/2024
Poplar Bluff High School hosted its inaugural health fair on Friday, Jan. 26, as the first step of a grant-funded initiative designed to expose students to lucrative careers in the health care industry, and help combat the nursing shortage in Butler County.
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TCC instructor Dan Parker poses with his HVAC/R students following a shopping spree.
TCC instructor awarded $15K grant for tools at Lowe’s
12/12/2023
It wasn’t quite “Supermarket Sweep,” but it felt like the home improvement version of the game show last week at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center.
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Steven Layman and Cooper Rideout
Student-led electric vehicle conversion wins at car show
10/10/2023
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center took home the people's choice award on Saturday, Sept. 30, during the Iron Horse Festival in the very first car show that the automotive technology class entered its cybertruck in.
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Framing for the grand entrance of the future Mules Café is installed.
TCC awarded another $500K of $1.3M total toward Culinary Arts Center
10/03/2023
Another $513,000 in grant money has been awarded toward the Culinary Arts Center at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center, adding to a total of approximately $1.3 million or, all told, about two-thirds of the project externally funded.
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TCC culinary arts students, under the instruction of Chef Brandon Moon, prepare for the re-opening of the Mules Café.
Mules Café set to open for the last time on North Westwood
09/27/2023
The Mules Café is set to re-open to the public this week, concluding an approximate 45-year run at its current location in the R-I Administrative Building.
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Dr. Leigh Ann Cornman
Lifelong educator draws on wide-ranging experiences to lead TCC
08/19/2023
Dr. Leigh Ann Cornman brings an array of education knowledge to the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center, having taught at practically every grade level, and hopes to be able to continue to build upon the momentum sparked by her predecessor.
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The auto tech class poses beside the converted Chevrolet S-10.
TCC auto tech students convert used truck to electric
05/02/2023
The automotive technology class at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center recently completed the electric vehicle conversion of a five-speed truck, a campus-wide project a couple of years in the works.
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Emily Day, Dr. Amy Jackson and Shirley Persons.
Wide range of menus prepared during Senior Showcase
04/18/2023
Several dozen patrons attended the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center’s third annual Senior Showcase on Thursday, March 30, during which students displayed a culmination of techniques learned in the culinary arts program.
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A cross section of HVAC condensers is set up in TCC instructor Dan Parker's classroom.
TCC awarded $154K, latest in string of grants totaling $1.3M ​
02/14/2023
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center will receive a campus-wide HVAC overhaul with $154,000 through the Area Career Center construction fund, bringing the total of state and federal grants acquired in less than a year to more than $1.3 million.
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Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center awarded $400K ARPA grant
12/13/2022
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center will receive over half a million dollars in facility improvements through a 75 percent state, 25 percent local matching grant awarded recently by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
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Dan Parker, Isaac Siebert and Jonathan Grimaldo.
Technical Career Center adds solar power to HVAC/R program
11/08/2022
The HVAC/R program at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has incorporated solar energy into its hands-on curriculum, ensuring students remain at the forefront of industry advancements.
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Jessica Coleman and Tyler Gutterman.
Fire Department reviews fire safety with culinary arts class
09/13/2022
The Poplar Bluff Fire Department discussed fire safety with culinary arts students of the Technical Career Center on Tuesday, Aug. 30, at the Administrative Building.
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Preliminary rendering of the future Culinary Arts Center.
TCC secures $872K in grants for Culinary Arts Center
08/22/2022
A $500,000 Community Development Block Grant was approved by the Missouri Department of Economic Development one month ago toward a state-of-the-art Culinary Arts Center to be constructed on the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center campus.
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Desmond Howell
Multiple students land jobs during hiring event
05/17/2022
Dexter Bar-B-Que settled in at the second ‘hiring event’ at Poplar Bluff High School with plans of spending the morning recruiting. The restaurant wound up filling its opening within the first 10 minutes, then was able to pack up and call it a day.
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(From left) Daniel Colvin of Baldwin Chevrolet, TCC Director Charles Kinsey, student Terry Stevens, TCC auto collision instructor Denni White and Southern Reynolds Principal Jake Hime.
Inaugural signing ceremony hosted for outgoing students at TCC ​
05/03/2022
Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center hosted its first signing day to provide recognition for outgoing students entering the workforce, both through apprenticeships or employment, and those advancing to a technical college in a related field.
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Makhala Overton
Culinary arts students serve guests from original menus
04/12/2022
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center culinary arts program held its second annual Senior Showcase on Thursday, March 31, serving between 80-100 guests from several student-created menus.
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2022 NTHS inductees.
Thirty-nine students inducted into TCC Honor Society
04/05/2022
A school high of 39 members joined the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center National Technical Honor Society during the annual induction ceremony on Tuesday, March 22, at the High School.
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Emily Northern and Justin Rommel.
TCC joins Poplar Bluff litter control efforts
03/29/2022
Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center instructor Michael Barrett took his PLTW computer science classes outside to pick up litter and get some fresh air following a test when the weather broke earlier this month.
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PLTW computer science instructor Michael Barrett demonstrates a triple-pronged claw
TCC hosts 55th-anniversary tour during CTE month
02/15/2022
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center held an open house for stakeholders in celebration of its 55th anniversary as a school facility during Career and Technical Education month.
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Charles Kinsey and Rick Wilkerson
Truck donated to TCC auto mechanics program
03/23/2021
A 2002 Ford Explorer Sport Trac was donated this month to the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center by Rick Wilkerson so students have a more current vehicle to practice servicing.
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Students peel potatoes and perform other meal prep.
Guests dine at mock restaurants created by TCC students
03/16/2021
Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center students prepared a sampling from several original menus for about 60 guests to enjoy during the revamped Senior Showcase on Tuesday, March 9, in the Mules Café.
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Jae-Kwon Holloway
HVAC program forges local industry partnerships
02/02/2021
The HVAC program at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has been receiving scrap equipment donations from businesses as inroads are being made to further align the curriculum with local industry standards.
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Five barbering chairs and stations have been established at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center.
Barbering, esthetics available for high school students at TCC
01/26/2021
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has begun recruiting area high school students for esthetics and barbering programs offered for the first time under the cosmetology umbrella.
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Makhala Overton and Wysteria Oetjen
Mules Café opens for carryout Oct. 1
09/22/2020
The Mules Café is set to return next week with carryout service only, in an effort to increase safety for customers during the pandemic.
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Alex Nicolini; Steve and Terena Whitworth; Jessica Paulin, Jaden Jordan and Alayna Stokan; and Jacob Ward and Dakota Roam.
Poplar Bluff student winners named in Earth Day contest
03/30/2020
Poplar Bluff Junior High and Technical Career Center students were recently awarded for placing in a T-shirt design contest initiated to promote the 50th anniversary of Earth Day.
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Dexter visits the TCC.
TCC forges partnership with Dexter, Westwood Baptist
01/28/2020
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has expanded its service area to include Dexter High School and Westwood Baptist Academy, increasing its area sending schools to nine, in addition to PBHS.
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(Clockwise) Robbie Myers, Michael Barrett, Maria Powell, Charles Kinsey, John Scott, Jeremy Bell, Kristen Laird and Quinn Johnson.
Computer science students create potential 911 app
01/14/2020
Computer science students at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center are exploring the potential launch of a 911 app, upon garnering the attention of public officials.
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Steven Moore of SUSA displays a 3D scan.
Students take industrial tour during MFG Day
10/08/2019
Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center and Graduation Center students participated in Manufacturing Day on Thursday, Oct. 3, and were provided the opportunity to tour factories in Industrial Park.
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Austin Pullum poses next to a student-owned 1968 Chevrolet Camaro and the winning plaque for the Car & Motor Show.
TCC gearing up to host Car & Motor Show Saturday
09/17/2019
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center will host its inaugural Car & Motor Show this weekend to showcase its updated programming and help raise funds to expand opportunities for students.
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Maria Powell, a senior, performs a magic trick utilizing binary numbers.
TCC starts first new program in over a decade
09/10/2019
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has launched its first new program in over a decade this school year with the addition of computer science in what was once the health occupations classroom.
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PBTCC House 39 is ready for bidders
05/24/2019
TCC Building Trades House is open and ready for bidders. Be sure and click here to read more...
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Amber Whitworth, Jody Cochran, Sheila Wallace and Isaac Branson
TCC students qualify nationally for SkillsUSA
05/01/2019
Four Technical Career Center students have qualified to compete in the National SkillsUSA competition this summer.
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PBTCC and PBHS Host 1st Hiring Event
04/04/2019
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center will be hosting the Poplar Bluff Schools Student Hiring Event. This local event will be for all of our..
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David McKuin of the Poplar Bluff Middle School receives a salon quality hair treatment.
TCC partners with Scouts to explore trades
03/21/2019
The Boy Scouts of America has partnered with the school district to provide students a hands-on opportunity to explore programs offered at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center that they may later be interested in pursuing.
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Dakota Radake helps plate food under the instruction of Brandon Moon.
Mules Café takes reservations for first time
02/26/2019
A total of 50 reservations were made at the Mules Café on Wednesday, Feb. 20, for culinary arts students of the Technical Career Center to prepare their first full-service meal.
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Marcia Priest and Jessica Paulin
TCC student designs new logo for Giving Closet
02/05/2019
A Poplar Bluff student enrolled in the computer graphics program at the Technical Career Center has created a new logo to be used to help market the Giving Closet at the High School.
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Gov. Mike Parson
Computer science program approved at TCC
01/15/2019
The Technical Career Center has been green-lighted to start a computer science program, after the governor chose Poplar Bluff High School as his backdrop location to sign House Bill 3 into law.
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Culinary arts curriculum upgraded with industry input
Culinary arts curriculum upgraded with industry input
08/28/2018
A Poplar Bluff restaurateur has worked with the culinary arts program of the Technical Career Center to upgrade its curriculum in an effort to better serve the industry.
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TCC students compete nationally at SkillsUSA
TCC students compete nationally at SkillsUSA
08/14/2018
Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center students proved this summer that they are competitive in their respective trades not only in Missouri, but on a national scale.
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TCC lands professional development grant
TCC lands professional development grant
08/14/2018
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has been awarded a competitive grant in excess of $85,000 over the course the next five years for professional development and instructional coaching to help enhance the school’s academic focus.
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Student Appreciation Day
05/01/2018
An annual tradition of the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center, Student Appreciation Day was held on Thursday, April 26, featuring a recognition ceremony, cookout and fun activities for both the morning and afternoon sessions.
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Several TCC students to compete nationally
04/24/2018
The most in recent memory, 11 Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center students placed in the Missouri SkillsUSA contest held Thursday through Saturday, April 5-7, at the State Technical College of Missouri in Linn.
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TCC students place in SkillsUSA branding contest
12/05/2017
Computer graphics students at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center won second and third place respectively in the 2018 brand design contest at the state fall leadership contest of SkillsUSA Missouri held recently in Jefferson City.
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Manufacturing Day promotes industrial occupations
10/18/2017
Several factories at Industrial Park partnered to host plant tours for Poplar Bluff Schools on Friday, Oct. 13, during the second annual Manufacturing Day organized to promote job opportunities available locally.
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PBTCC contributes to Pass the Pride effort
10/16/2017
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center would like to thank its sponsors...
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Building Trades program completes house
05/23/2017
The final touches are being made on the 38th house constructed by the Building Trades program of the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center.
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PBTCC
PBTCC Seeks Adult Students
04/05/2017
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center is accepting applications for the Cosmetology and Technical & Industry (T&I) Programs scheduled to begin in August 2017. Application deadline for Cosmetology is May 5 and June 2 for the T&I Programs.
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National Technical Honor Society chapter started
03/21/2017
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center inducted its first set of students in its newly established National Technical Honor Society chapter on Thursday, March 9, at the High School.
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Nursing application period delayed
01/01/2017
The Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center has pushed back the beginning of the application period for the LPN Program from Jan. 1-Feb. 1.
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Bad interviews make lasting impression on TCC students
03/09/2016
Janet McNece of Productive Staffing once had an applicant glide into a job interview on Heelys sneaker skates. Poplar Bluff Chamber of Commerce President Steve Halter has had a person show up to an interview accompanied by a banned shoplifter back when he was manager of Wal-Mart.
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Students build computers with $3k Foundation grant
12/08/2015
The Poplar Bluff Public School Foundation has awarded $3,300 in computer components so Technical Career Center students can gain experience building CPUs and upgrade their basic skills lab in the process.
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TCC students save district money, gain employability
11/26/2012
For years students at the Poplar Bluff Technical Career Center have gained experience applicable in the job market working on projects right here in the school district.
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