Interim Vice President of Instruction at El Paso Community College (EPCC)

Steve Smith

In this capacity, he oversees the instructional programs at EPCC’s 5 campuses. EPCC is a comprehensive urban college with 30,000 credit students and 8,000 continuing education/non‐credit students in El Paso, Texas. As Interim Vice President he has district‐wide responsibility for the College’s credit transfer, career and technical and developmental education programs, the Americana Language Program, Instructional Support Services, Counseling Services, Libraries and the five College Campuses. Administrators reporting to the Vice President include eleven Instructional Deans, five of whom also serve as Campus Deans, four Directors: Student Success, College Readiness, Distance Education, Library Technical Services, and the Curriculum Manager. As a senior administrator, Mr. Smith oversees 1,500 employees and a $47 million budget.

Prior to his current role, he served for numerous years as the Instructional Dean for Math, Science and Career & Technical Education Division at EPCC’s Transmountain Campus. In this position, he managed the daily operation of over 21 diverse disciplines. These include the STEMs disciplines and the career and technology programs offered at the Transmountain campus. He also oversaw several programs offered at EPCC’s Administrative Services Center (ASC) and the 3D Holographic Lab at the Valle Verde campus. He is the director of EPCC’s eMerging Science and Technology Institute (eMSTI) and also served as Campus Dean for EPCC’s Transmountain Campus. He also served as the liaison for the Transmountain Early College High School (TMECHS). This science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) focused school is a partnership with the El Paso Independent School District. Prior to serving in this position, he served as a fulltime tenured professor in the Information Technology Systems discipline from fall 1989 to fall 2001. He has been recognized with several awards including the El Paso Energy Foundation Faculty Achievement Award, the Aristotle Award for creative classroom techniques, and the NISOD Excellence Award.