HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – (June 30, 2004) – Tidewater Community College Faculty Senate has awarded Roger Fuller, media librarian, Chesapeake Campus, TCC’s Special Achievement award that recognizes counselors and librarians, given during TCC’s annual College Awards and Recognition program.

A 45-year resident of Norfolk, Fuller’s dedication to TCC shines through his work with clubs and environmental organizations, as a voting member for the television Emmy award, and for starting and funding the first theatre scholarship at TCC.

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Tidewater Community College is the second largest of the 23 community colleges in the Commonwealth of Virginia, enrolling more than 34,000 students annually. The 37th largest in the nation’s 1,600 community-college network, TCC ranks among the 50 fastest-growing large community colleges. Founded in 1968 as a part of the Virginia Community College System, the college serves the South Hampton Roads region with campuses in Chesapeake, Norfolk, Portsmouth and Virginia Beach as well as the TCC Jeanne and George Roper Performing Arts Center in the theater district in downtown Norfolk, the Visual Arts Center in Olde Towne Portsmouth and a regional Advanced Technology Center in Virginia Beach. Forty-three percent of the region’s residents attending a college or university in Virginia last fall were enrolled at TCC.