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TWO TCC STAFF MEMBERS HONORED WITH SERVICE AWARDS
TCC employees Christie Bradley and Monica Terry cited for contributions

HAMPTON ROADS, Va. – (Oct. 5, 2005) – Two Virginia Community Colleges Association Showcase Awards for 2005 went to Tidewater Community College employees for their service and significant contributions to the college and VCCA. Christie Bradley and Monica Terry were honored at the Sept. 30 statewide awards ceremony held in Roanoke.

Library specialist Christie Bradley of the Chesapeake Campus, a TCC employee since 1997, came to TCC as a student in 1976 and later earned her associate degree from the college. She has served on several volunteer committees, including the Virginia Consortium Interlibrary Loan Subcommittee, TCC Governance Committee for Student Success, and TCC Classified Association for the college’s support staff. She serves as secretary to the Chesapeake Campus Classified Assembly and co-chair of VCCA’s Learning Resources Commission.

A Chesapeake resident, Bradley has two sons, James and Joseph, and is a member of Great Bridge Presbyterian Church.

Administrative assistant Monica Terry of the Portsmouth Campus, a TCC employee for 16 years, earned her associate degree from the college in 1989 and was quickly hired as a junior secretary in the Office of the President. She has worked for the provost of the Portsmouth Campus since 1991. Terry has served on numerous volunteer committees and is a member of the President’s Advisory and Planning Council, Black History Month Committee, Student Activities Planning Committee, Campus Social Activities Ad-Hoc Committee, and the college-wide Classified Association for TCC’s support staff, for which she serves as campus chair. TCC students honored her last year with the 2004 Student’s Choice Award.

Terry and her husband, Ray, have three children and three grandchildren. A Portsmouth resident, she attends Grover Baptist Church.