Area native takes helm at SwVCC
Dr. J. Mark Estepp has long admired one of Southwest Virginia’s best kept secrets.
“All of Southwest Virginia is a hidden jewel,” Estepp, the newly selected president of Southwest Virginia Community College in Richlands, said. “This whole area is a hidden gem. We are just happy to be here.” For more than 20 years, Estepp traveled past SwVCC in Richlands while visiting his family in the Matewan community in neighboring West Virginia. Estepp, who currently serves as the dean of the college of fine and applied arts at Appalachian State University in Boone, N.C., hopes to be on campus in Richlands as early as July as the new college president.
Estepp will be the second president of SwVCC, Glenn DuBois, chancellor of Virginia’s Community Colleges, said. Estepp will succeed Dr. Charles King as the first president and founder of SwVCC in Tazewell County. Read full story
