RICHMOND (AP) -- Tidewater Community College has named a new interim president.
Peter A. Spina will take over as interim president of the two-year school on March 1, when Deborah DiCroce leaves the post.
Spina is a higher-education consultant and president emeritus of Monroe Community College in Rochester, N.Y. Among other jobs, he also served as interim president at Virginia's Thomas Nelson's Community College in 2003-04.
Virginia Community College System Chancellor Glenn DuBois announced Spina's appointment Tuesday in a release.
DiCroce has served as TCC's president since 1998. She will become president and chief executive of the nonprofit Hampton Roads Community Foundation.
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