Inauguration of New River Community College's Seventh President Dr. Robert Brandon
Venue: Edwards Hall (New River Community College), Dublin
Directions: Google Map Link
Date: Friday, November 14, 2025
Time: 2:00 - 3:00 PM
Event Types: Speaking Engagements
Cost: Free
New River Community College presents Inauguration of New River Community College's Seventh President Dr. Robert Brandon on Friday, November 14, 2025 at 117 Edwards Hall on the campus of New River Community College's Dublin, VA campus.
Inaugurations for institutions in the Virginia Community College System are held each time a new president is appointed, typically around a year into a presidency. The inauguration represents not only a recognition of Dr. Brandon’s presidency, but also an opportunity to celebrate NRCC and its importance to the community while also honoring the legacy and future of NRCC. Delegates from colleges and universities across the Commonwealth and beyond will be attending along with other guests.
Prior to joining NRCC, he was vice president of academic and student services at Southwest Virginia Community College in Richlands, Va. Previously, he served as dean of humanities, social sciences, and education at Cleveland State Community College in Cleveland, Tennessee. From 2005 to 2013, he served as an associate professor of English at Rockingham Community College in Wentworth, N.C. where he also chaired both the English and student success departments. Before that, he began his career as a middle school English teacher in Bristol, Tennessee.
Dr. Brandon earned a bachelor’s degree from Virginia Intermont College in Bristol, Va.; a master’s degree from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tenn.; and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, N.C.
Dr. David Doré, chancellor of the Virginia Community College System, announced the appointment of Dr. Brandon on Oct. 24, 2024. Dr. Brandon began serving as NRCC’s seventh president on January 1, 2025.
Admission is free.
Reservations can be made online at: https://forms.office.com/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=CsH_XxZ0AE2l2rzoii7GbZA5YMSABiVIh2dhHIrFAiFUM1hMUVpCVjdYNE5LV1ZPOTI0R1QwQTVSQy4u&route=shorturl.
The Inauguration will also be streamed live and is available at: https://youtu.be/f4p_97MlbLk.
117 Edwards Hall is located on the campus of New River Community College's Dublin, VA campus which is located at 5251 College Drive in Dublin, VA.
To view the event flyer, visit: https://i.postimg.cc/JhtrzXwv/image.png.
For more information, visit: https://www.nr.edu/inauguration/ or https://www.nr.edu/news/more.php?id=1810 or https://www.facebook.com/nrccfb/ or https://www.instagram.com/nrccedu/.
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