Great Colleges Employee Engagement Survey

The survey will be open until Feb. 19 We are pleased to share that we have partnered with ModernThink to administer the Great Colleges Employee Engagement Survey this year as part of their Great Colleges To Work For program. The People, Culture & Safety Division selected this survey to replace our annual employee engagement survey after careful consideration of employee feedback, and the benefits of...

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RCC March 1 Weld-A-Thon fires up local teens

Jackson and Josephine Counties – More than 180 local high school students who have a spark for creation and a fire for high-paying careers are participating in the 2023 Rogue Community College (RCC) Weld-a-Thon on March 1. Students compete for skill-based honors, prizes and one of five scholarships to RCC’s welding program. Hosted at RCC’s Table Rock Campus in White City, students from 12 Southern...

college student Innovators inventing machinery

RCC and SOU team up for Innovation Jam event

JACKSON AND JOSEPHINE COUNTIES – Rogue Community College (RCC) and Southern Oregon University (SOU) are joining forces to inspire the next generation of creative problem solvers in the region’s first-ever Innovation Jam. Slated for March 11, the Innovation Jam will challenge college students in Southern Oregon to design solutions to some of the region’s most pressing problems. The all-day event will take place at RCC’s...

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Seventeen Teams Compete for InventOR $30,000 Top Prize

Rogue Community College hosts twelve colleges to compete for top student invention of 2022 (GRANTS PASS, OR)—Seventeen teams from 12 Oregon colleges and universities are headed to the Rogue Community College (RCC) Redwood Campus in Grants Pass to compete in this year’s Invent Oregon (InventOR) finals. An exciting competition for college and university students, InventOR offers a platform for the creation of new inventions to...

PTSD awareness month

June is Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness Month

Providing Information, Resources, and Support  By Shelly Hohl, LPCRCC Counselor  In 2010, the U.S. Congress declared June 27th PTSD Awareness Day highlighting the importance of bringing awareness to the invisible scars this disorder can cause.  The National Center for PTSD has since declared the month of June for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) Awareness.  The designation is designed to help raise awareness about the disorder and...

PTSD: Learn about common reactions, get help, and find resources

Virtual Resources by Shelly Hohl, LPC  June is PTSD Awareness Month  PTSD is a mental health problem that some people develop after experiencing or witnessing a traumatic event, like combat, a natural disaster, a car accident, or sexual assault. It’s normal to have upsetting memories, feel on edge, or have trouble sleeping after this type of event. If symptoms last more than a few months, it may be...

Food for Thought: National Nutrition Month

By Julia Fisher, RCC Counseling There are a lot of polarizing thoughts about food. What is good for us? What is bad for us? The answer to these questions comes down to this: What are your goals with the food that you eat? For instance, are you interested in providing fuel for your body and brain so that you have energy to get through the day? Are you trying to...

Beyond Positive: Body Acceptance Group

By Celeste Hettman, MS, NCC, Registered LPC Intern, Certified Body Trust Provider  Do you constantly find flaws with your body, or the bodies of others? Do you feel like you have to change your body in order to be worthy or acceptable? RCC Counseling presents a four-week Zoom group where you can explore body acceptance.  Body acceptance goes beyond being “body positive” and supports the development of acceptance and...

Gratitude: Cultivating happiness in others

By Michelle Gray RCC Counseling With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, it seems like a perfect time to discuss cultivating happiness. Yes, I realize that Valentine’s Day has become a commercialized explosion of pink, red and purple merchandise and we get bombarded with advertisements for diamonds, chocolates and romantic getaways without even saying the words loud enough for our electronic devices to hear…. But,...