NRCC Dr. Robert Brandon Inauguration Program

Meet President Robert Brandon

Dr. Robert Brandon became NRCC’s seventh president on January 1, 2025. He brings an extensive background in community college leadership and teaching across Virginia, Tennessee, and North Carolina, with a deep commitment to advancing student success, honoring NRCC’s legacy, and looking toward the future of higher education. services at Southwest Virginia Community College in Richlands, Virginia. 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, North Carolina 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, Virginia; a master’s degree from East Tennessee State University in Johnson City, Tennessee; and a doctorate from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro, North Carolina. Prior to joining NRCC, he was vice president of academic and student

Robert R. Brandon

Dr. Brandon and his wife, Melissa, live in Pulaski County and have a teenage son and daughter, twins Ryne and Emily, and a basset hound named Hank. They enjoy baseball, travel, community service, and fellowship with friends and family.

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