TCC names new interim president

RICHMOND, Va. (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.