Faculty & Staff Profiles

Alejandra Diaz-Rangel planned to be a Spanish teacher but after attending community college discovered something she enjoyed even more: helping others succeed. As the FastForward career coach at Tidewater Community College, she’s doing just that. “My job is to be with you from the moment you show interest until you gain employment or move up […]

Meet Valerie Sharer Rodriguez Valerie Sharer Rodriguez joined Tidewater Community College in January 2018 as the program head for American Sign Language (ASL) and the college’s Interpreter Training program. Sharer Rodriguez is a third generation Deaf in her family to include both parents and siblings. ASL has been her first and primary language since birth. […]

On Dec. 15, 2005, Chad Oxton was not qualified for an engineering technician opening with the City of Suffolk. That changed on Dec. 16, 2005, the day he graduated from Tidewater Community College. “TCC got me where I wanted to be,” said Oxton, distinguished by hair that reaches far below his shoulders, which is often […]

In celebration of World Book Day, a few of TCC’s English professors shared their favorite reads. Monica McFerrin, assistant professor of English on the Virginia Beach Campus Recommended read: “The Art of Racing in the Rain” by Garth Stein is a 2008 novel told from a dog’s point of view. The philosophizing dog, Enzo, realizes […]

Christine Damrose-Mahlmann has been named a 2018 YWCA South Hampton Roads Woman of Distinction. Tidewater Community College’s associate vice president for student services is one of 12 honorees who will receive the award at a reception at the Waterside Marriott on March 29. YWCA South Hampton Roads honors women in the community whose professional accomplishments, […]

A motorcycle trip 40 years ago from his native Nebraska to Norfolk set Harlan Krepcik on the path for success, even if he didn’t realize it at the time. The Tidewater Community College program head for Heating, Ventilation, Air Conditioning, Cooling and Refrigeration (HVAC/R) has been recognized for his outstanding contributions to teaching, leadership and […]

Thomas Chatman remembers a time when college was not in his future. Now Tidewater Community College’s coordinator for First Year Success is at work on a doctorate while making sure others understand the value of higher education. Chatman is the recipient of TCC’s Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Distinguished Service Award, given annually to honor […]

Gabriela Christie Toletti just completed a work of a lifetime. She recently wrote and published in Spanish “On the Scene with Migration and Dictatorship: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Work of Uruguayan Playwright Dino Armas.” Toletti, a Tidewater Community College professor of Spanish and a native of Uruguay, says she wrote the book because the […]

Talk to Ryan Muldowney about art, and you’re in for a rich conversation. Those spring flowers in the vase that look so brilliant on the canvas? While pretty, calling them art might be a stretch, at least to this self-described artistic omnivore. Yellow Collar Man by TCC Professor Ryan Muldowney “The process of art involves […]

Meet Debra Duffy, who teaches geology and oceanography at Tidewater Community College’s Norfolk Campus. Duffy joined the college as a full-time faculty member in 2016 after working in industry and teaching at a local private school. How did you get started? I took a geology class in college because I didn’t want to take biology or […]